Budgie Reviews

We had a green budgie called Blue. He was named after the old man in the comedy 'Old School'. I didn't like that budgie, and here's why: 1) He was boring - he wouldn't train, wouldn't come to us or copy our whistling - boring! 2) He looked ugly- yes his feathers were nice, but he was all boney and skeletal and I just didn't ...  Read the complete review

My dad is a bird man and although his dream was to own a bird of prey, he dulled down his desire with other birds that were cheaper and easier to care for, one being the good old budgie. I developed the same passion for birds and it wasn't long before I wanted my own personal bird to care for. The most memorable budgie we had was a ...  Read the complete review

Having lived all my life in flats I would never consider a cat or a dog. Others do, but my desire, however overwhelming, to have a four legged friend was outweighed by the cruelty of leaving a creature locked in a flat while I was out at work. So a budgie it was- a cage, a daily clean and feed, coupled with loads of love and affection was all my ...  Read the complete review

I've wanted a pet for a very long time, but unfortunately my boyfriend who I live with is allergic to all things fur, which crossed out a lot of things. He also hates lizards, snakes, etc, so really, there wasn't a lot of choice. We were at our local pet store picking up some fish food and I saw the cages of bird, and, as he's not ...  Read the complete review

I have had my budgie, Carrot, for over two years now. Up until then, I had never had a pet bird before, but knew they were friendly having met those owned by relatives. I'll write the rest of this review in terms of the pros and cons of budgerigar owning. Negatives: Budgerigars need a LOT of attention to be happy. If you plan on ...  Read the complete review

This is my guide to looking after budgies to help people take care of them and understand what they need. I will include general information which will answer some questions you may have. First of all a common question what is the difference between a parakeet and a budgie? or if any at all. The term 'parakeet' is almost a catch-all ...  Read the complete review

I had 2 budgies when I was growing up and the first thing I did when I got my own place was buy a budgie. At one time I had 3 but once the last one died I couldn't bear to get another to replace him so have a cockatiel. Budgies are quite small and come in a variety of colours, males have a blue cere and females a brown cere (the bit above the ...  Read the complete review

~ Overview ~ I have always been an animal lover but must admit that birds were never top of my list of favourite pets to keep. That is until I decided to take pity on an unwanted green and yellow budgie called Rocky and decided to give him a new loving home. This is a review of my own experiences of keeping a budgie and all the pros ...  Read the complete review

Budgies Budgies are colourful and friendly little birds. They can be kept alone or in groups. Personally I have 4 budgies and they are all in one cage together. I feel that as I am not at home all day, everyday, it is nice for the budgies to have some company and they can often be seen grooming each other. For someone who is at home a lot, ...  Read the complete review

As a keen budgie keeper I have owned a large number of budgies in the past and have a passion for them and their welfare. I am also a worker in the animal care sector and have qualificaitons within Animal care, management, development, breeding and many other subject matters. I will go through the basics of the budgie in this review, though if you ...  Read the complete review

I have two budgies called Birty and Polly they are both blue apart from polly who has more white feathers. Budgies are avalible in differant colors they include green, yellow, blue, silver, and other combinations of those colors. It is difficult to tell the males from the females when they are young but the male has blue around the noistels ...  Read the complete review

Can anyone advise please. We are new to budgie keeping and bought our budgie, Bobby, only a couple of weeks ago. He is very entertaining and very noisy, and we are trying to teach him to talk. It may just be coincidence, but our 5 year old daughter has come out in a raised, red rash on her legs, and we wondered if she might be allergic to ...  Read the complete review

I have to say, I'm rather disappointed by my Budgie. I've had him 7 years and he really doesn't do much. When we went to the pet store, he actually came to the edge of the cage as I walked up to it. "Wow, he's friendly" I thought. So we bought him. When we got him home, he just sat there like a lemon on his ...  Read the complete review

Many people have left opinions on how to care, tame and generally look after budgies. I am going to tell you my experiences with budgies and how much fun they can be. I currently have two budgies. A green and yellow budgie that someone found on the road on a cold, rainy winter night but couldn't keep it. What was I to do? I adopted ...  Read the complete review

I have always liked birds. My gran got a budgie about 4 years ago (she paid £10 for it) and I got one a month or two after. I only paid £4! Its a yellow Lutino Hen. A lutino is like an Albino, but with Yellow feathers and 'less-red-eyes!) People say that yellow budgies are a bit more shy than other budgies - i only wish mine ...  Read the complete review

BUDGIES ARE SO ENTERTAINING, GOOD FRIENDS AND LOYAL. MY ANGEL IS WHITE AND I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ANGEL WAS A GIRL BUT NOW I FIND OUT ITS A BOY! BUT THAT DOES'NT MATHER BECAUSE HES SO LOVING, I'M HIS BUDDY. THE ONLY DOWNSIDE IS GETTING THE SEX OF THE BIRD WRONG BUT THAT IS VERY EASY TO DO, SO THE VET SAYS. I THINK THAT IF YOU LOVE ...  Read the complete review

I had never kept a bird before and I don't think I will again. I have never been particularly fond of shoving essentially wild animals in little cages and teaching them to do stupid things like mimic human voices. A while back though, a friend of mine had to go away for three months and asked me to look after her budgie Charlie. ...  Read the complete review

One summers morning, when I was a little girl of about 12 years old, I was drying my hair in the kitchen before school. Suddenly, from in the garage next door, could be heard some sort of commotion. Much fluttering and flapping and clattering could be heard through the ajoining door, followed by an unusual squawking like nothing I had ever heard ...  Read the complete review

I am sitting here listening to the sweet chatter of a family of budgies that I took in recently from a breeder. They were defective in feathers and crooked legs and she couldn't consider breeding any of them for fear of passing the problem on. I came home with one and named her Grey Lady, such a sweet little thing and so lonely looking. So ...  Read the complete review

Until my budgie uttered his first word I had not realised how dull of hearing my family were. I had assumed that their auricular powers were as well developed as my own. You can imagine then the shock I received when Joey pronouncd his name distinctly, twice, and no one as much as batted an eyelid. As calmly as I could under the ...  Read the complete review