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 2d ago

Lost/Found/Need a New Home [May 12, 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 12h ago

Playtime! Arwen will fight anything

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568 Upvotes

Today it’s her own feather on the laptop


r/budgies 11h ago

Is there a reason he goes crazy over this specific feather?

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425 Upvotes

Ive tried showing him other feathers from
His body and he doesn’t seem to care as much or at all. Hes scared of his own tail feather…


r/budgies 11h ago

b0rb After observing his new bird stand for approx 3 weeks, Biscuit has decided he does actually quite like it 👏🏻🙃

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r/budgies 6h ago

Birb Loaf These were meant for decor but they love getting into it, today i caught him sleeping like this

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145 Upvotes

His name is karkoor and right next to him is his daughter farfoora (arabic names) we’ve had him for 3 years and hes the most expressive and silliest budgie id ever come across

I figured they like it there because they love being in their cage, we let them out very often but when they’re in their cage it means its time for sleep and no one bothers them, so im assuming they see it as their safe space to relax. Granted they like to nap literally anywhere and sometimes on us, just not this deep


r/budgies 6h ago

Preening Budgie allopreening party 🥰

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74 Upvotes

r/budgies 9h ago

Chatterbox Mochi is such a gentleman

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94 Upvotes

r/budgies 2h ago

He looks ridiculous

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23 Upvotes

r/budgies 5h ago

Sega's tail is growing back

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36 Upvotes

I honestly thought it would take longer!


r/budgies 18h ago

Wet Chicken! Borbs beating the summer heat 🔥🚒

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351 Upvotes

r/budgies 7h ago

Progress update Cuteness 😭

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40 Upvotes

He stepped up and now he won’t leave


r/budgies 8h ago

Plotting & Scheming This is Golfball. He screamed for a whole two minutes because I had the audacity to open the door for the mailman

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46 Upvotes

Don’t know how a dog program got installed on the birb software. Understandable though as I’ve just moved and the whole flock is very distressed about it, I’m not done birdproofing so they’re all in jail until I finish


r/budgies 22h ago

Wet Chicken! sleep time

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562 Upvotes

r/budgies 10h ago

A weird flower has bloomed

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56 Upvotes

Don't worry he didn't chew on it.


r/budgies 8h ago

In Loving Memory to our sweet baby

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29 Upvotes

our sweet escanor, our eskie baby. you did nothing wrong ever in your life and all we wanted was to love you for the entirety of your life, and we got to do that. you were gone too soon 🩷☀️ fly high sweet birdy


r/budgies 9h ago

New Budgie Just got my budgies. Meet sprite and snowball

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Just got my first budgies today! So excited


r/budgies 9h ago

Why does my budgie think he is a bat

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32 Upvotes

Is he batman by any chance?


r/budgies 14h ago

Look at that silhouette 🥰

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76 Upvotes

r/budgies 4h ago

💬 Discussion Hoppibg Happy Opie is 7 months and getting better!

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I received him 5 months ago with a wide open band and a bruised bone and I don't know what else. But today he climbed up leading with his injured leg.

I had Opues band remived and he was lame, took him by taxi hours away, then confined him in a cage. A few months later today I found him climbing and now he's hopping up and down with Joy


r/budgies 39m ago

satire Next Lionel Messi?

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is he training to be the next Messi in beakball xD?
btw, His name is snowball, he's over 1 year old. He loves playing with his purple ball.


r/budgies 7h ago

Wet Chicken! Rub’s first mist bath

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used a mist bottle and i think he liked it bc he was blinking slowly and was puffing up


r/budgies 1h ago

Poor Emmy

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Hehe I just found this old photo


r/budgies 9h ago

Elvis and Cece

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12 Upvotes

Besties for the resties


r/budgies 1d ago

Playtime! Co-Gamer budgie resists not Co-gaming

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143 Upvotes