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Housing budgies and finches

Postby dylbagz » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:37 am

Hi,

Looking for some advice on housing a pair of budgies and a few pairs of zebra finches together in a bay aviary of 2000Hx1000Lx1000W. Have a pair of kings on the bottom vacuuming extra seed also. I have kept plenty of finches, quails, budgies and numerous other species, but when co-housed their aviaries have been at least 2000Hx2000Lx2000W.

Have gotten the opportunity to swap a pair of my masked lovebirds (housed and getting along well with a pair of ringnecks :shock: ) for a nice pair of breeding budgies, which I'm not game enough to put with my :irn: as I have seen ringnecks tear babies, if not other smaller birds apart.

Will the budgies be stressed at all being housed in a sort of small bay avairy with half a dozen to a dozen zebras? Or vice-versa? I.e budgies out-competed for nesting space and materials or zebras having their eggs destroyed?

Cheers
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Re: Housing budgies and finches

Postby marie83 » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:08 am

Keep the budgies and finches seperate as they can be rather aggressive to smaller birds. I wouldn't mix any parrot species with finches, although I have seen finches in with budgies in really really large aviaries.
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Re: Housing budgies and finches

Postby dylbagz » Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:54 am

I'll take that on board, cheers
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