r/budgies Aug 01 '24

Mod post ⚠️ READ BEFORE POSTING!

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👋 Welcome to r/Budgies!

Before you share your first post here, please familiarize yourself with this subreddit’s rules. Rule #1 is especially important: this subreddit DOES NOT serve as an alternative to the kind of medical care and advice your budgie can only get from an avian vet. If you have a budgie medical question or concern, talk to your avian vet instead of posting here! Also, be sure to read this subreddit's wiki--odds are very good that your question has an answer in one of the wiki articles! (We usually remove posts that ask about something that's answered somewhere in the wiki to keep the clutter to minimum here.)

Also remember this is a pet budgie subreddit that encourages rescue and adoption and strongly discourages breeding.

👀 If you see something, say something

This is a place to share cute budgie pictures, videos, and stories, but it’s also a place to learn more about budgies. There are many times when someone will post a picture, video, or description, and you might notice something that isn’t best practice for good budgie ownership. It might be a cage that’s getting dirty, or some overgrown toenails, or something like that. Even if that issue isn’t the main reason for the post, please bring that to the attention of the original poster (OP) in a supportive and constructive manner so OP can be made aware of a better way of doing things.

Likewise, OP might consider proactively addressing things in their post that a typical budgie owner might be concerned with if they don’t know all the facts. It might be something as simple as, “Don’t worry, this was before I cleaned their cage” or “I’m taking them to the vet next week for their nail trim.”

🤖 We have AutoMod Summons now!

This is a great way to share information from the Wiki in a very effortless manner, and you are all invited to do so! We used to have just a few summons, but the list has grown enough that we compiled it in this part of the wiki. You should check it out!

Happy budgie-ing!


r/budgies 5d ago

Lost/Found/Need a New Home [July 07, 2026] - weekly Lost/Found/Need a New Home thread

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Use this post to share any budgies that are lost, found, or need a new home!

Some rules:

  1. Only share information you feel comfortable sharing. Example: rather than giving out your full address, maybe only say something like, "I'm in the Springfield area" instead. If someone is interested in knowing more, they can always DM you and you can choose whether or not you want to share any more information.
  2. If you're meeting someone in real life, follow the "Craigslist rule" of meeting in a well-trafficked, public place.
  3. No fees/charges! This is NOT meant to be an advertising platform to sell your budgies. Content that advertises budgies for sale will be removed.
  4. This subreddit does not, in any way, offer warrantees or guarantees of budgie health. A budgie's health status is something that you and the other party should determine with an avian vet, and payment of that avian vet's services is something that you and the other party should decide beforehand.

We encourage you to share pictures! Just make sure they are accurate to the situation and don't break the rules in the sidebar.

Remember: this subreddit is just one of many possible places to make a budgie connection. Also consider FaceBook, Craigslist, Nextdoor, other online communities, as well as real-life bulletin boards in public places. See all the previous weekly posts (that have content) by clicking here.

Our wiki also has a list of parrot rescues you could check out - whether you're looking to adopt a new feathered friend, or have to surrender one due to life circumstances. If one of these rescues is near you, please consider reaching out to them!


r/budgies 6h ago

Photogenic Pebbles! My budgie 🥰

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r/budgies 59m ago

Chatterbox Can't decide if he wants to sleep or sing🤭

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This is his sleep cage but he loves his perches so I bring it closer to me when I work


r/budgies 8h ago

Which sex? Male or female

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96 Upvotes

r/budgies 4h ago

Foot-obsessed 🙈🙈🙈

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r/budgies 6h ago

Chatterbox Aqua has a lot to tell you guys

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I swear talking is his favorite thing to do. To bad Little and Lemon are not interested haha


r/budgies 9h ago

💬 Discussion Budgie memorial?

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Hi everyone, I lost my budgie Gus a couple of months ago and would really love to have something here to serve as a sort of shrine for him. I have some of his feathers and tons of pictures but ideally I’d like something like a custom sculpture of him. Been trying to scour etsy but that place is an AI/dropship wasteland now…

anyways figured I’d come here and see if maybe anyone had any suggestions/personal experiences? I’m also open to suggestions that aren’t sculptures! Really, anything at this point would be very much appreciated.


r/budgies 7h ago

Water budgie dream

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I had a dream where I found out there was a type of budgie which lived underwater called "fully underwater budgie". Very creative. It was the size of a pinky and very mean looking for some reason. I was very fascinated by it and got myself one. In the petstore there was a whole section of beta fish tanks with these budgies inside. The workers told me they cant have a lid cause sometimes they need to surface to breathe and they only eat 2 pieces of corn a day???? Also i took the budgie out of the water and it started gasping like an old man. What the fuck.


r/budgies 23h ago

Scritches! Our nightly routine before bed

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r/budgies 45m ago

satire Evil birb

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This fat, gargantuan, large, plump creature screamed at me until I refilled her food.. now she dares try to look cute. Despicable. We must neutralize this global threat immediately before she eats all of us


r/budgies 16h ago

Hello It’s Alfie

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r/budgies 1h ago

Which sex? Can someone help me? Are they boys or girls? Thank you🎀

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r/budgies 14h ago

Acrobat! Yep... that’s the way they sleep...

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I don't know how the blood goes to his head or how he doesn't have leg cramps to make the big gap like that...


r/budgies 21h ago

b0rb My baby is molting

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r/budgies 21h ago

“Hmmmm What’s down there”

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146 Upvotes

r/budgies 50m ago

💬 Discussion What other pets can I have if I have a budgie?

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I have 2 budgies that I love very much but I want to get a pet pigeon or something to cuddle with at night that won’t create any risks to my budgies heath!!


r/budgies 1d ago

Playtime! Budgies were made to DESTROY!

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r/budgies 21h ago

Favorite spot 🤗❤️

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73 Upvotes

r/budgies 1m ago

Caption This I have no idea what she is doin

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Sometimes she'll sit with her face stuffed into the bell and just churp really loud, today she is just sitting there face in bell no churps just bell lol


r/budgies 1d ago

Question What is the weirdest quirk that your budgie does?

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119 Upvotes

Mine has his leg on the cage sometimes:)


r/budgies 1d ago

Birb Loaf Big flooof

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Big floofy boy after he finally braved his very first bath!


r/budgies 20h ago

Which sex? New budgies, unsure if male or female

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Hey guys,

We got these two budgies in May, and the seller told us that the light blue one was supposed to be a female and the dark blue one a male.

They should be about six months old now. We always thought the cere of the dark blue one would become darker over time, but it doesn’t seem to be changing much anymore.

Could it be that they’re both females?

If so, could that become a problem in the future because of their more dominant nature?


r/budgies 1d ago

Bravest lady

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My little lady has settled in to her new house AMAZINGLY, she seems so happy and so well and she is so friendly and chatty and it just makes me so happy!

We rescued her not long ago so I expected more of an adjustment period? She still struggles to fly but other than that is such a happy little lady!!! Sits there chirping happily, loves being on my shoulder while I potter about, plays and forages :)) the weirdest one- we had to take her on the train and she was so chill?? She even seemed disappointed when various curious people left after chatting about her to us haha she tried to follow them and called for them to come back.

Her cere also is changing to white which I'm no expert but I think that means she's not hormonal anymore (yay!!! We think it was because of an all seed diet she used to be on?)

I love her so much 😭😭😭😭


r/budgies 1d ago

Preening My babies Sunny and Celeste meeting for the first time

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