Absolutely.
They will retain some individuality but not all of it. They will take on some of the others’ behaviours.
My blue budgie is very adventurous and agile. He lands on curtain rods and tables and floors without a second thought. My yellow budgie is physically insecure. He never tried to do these things when he was my solo budgie; he stuck around exclusively on budgie-made perches even tho he had free flight of the apartment. But when I got my blue budgie, my yellow would watch him go to these new places. He tries several times to follow, pulling back at the last second; and then eventually he gets it. Now he has so many more places to hang out (he always had them, he just didn’t know it) and he has developed excellent flight skills, he can do some aerial acrobatics whereas before he was strictly a point A to B kind of flyer.
On the other hand my yellow budgie converted my blue budgie to pellets for me. While they were still quarantined, blue budgie would literally only eat millet. He lost 10% of his body weight before I realized. He had access to a seed mix and pellets but he was only eating the millet and there wasn’t enough. When I realized I have him unlimited millet and he quickly regained his weight :) But I did all the tricks like pellets on a mirror and bird bread and eating the pellets myself and so on but he wouldn’t even consider them. Fast forward to after I’ve introduced them and blue starts eating pellets with yellow almost immediately.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm hoping Kiki enjoys vegetables more, and encourages Burt to try. It's really interesting how different they are.
Must be a colour thing 😂 As my blue one is exactly like yours and my yellow one is exactly like yours.
Yellow one is few days behind on the action but he's starting to trust the teachings of sensei blue budgie
My budgie does/tries everything my tiel does (she’s naturally very curious, and is the type to play with a toy not too long after it’s put in her cage). Same foods, same toys, same tricks, etc. monkey see, monkey do… but in this case, it’s birdy see, birdy do.
Same way that solo birds bonded to you are more likely to try what you do: food, toys, etc. and may show interest in what you do… not all, but that’s my experience, before getting my budgie, and just having my ‘tiel.
They just naturally follow the flock!
They're both adorable, and yes, the less dominant bird will follow the lead of the more dominant (or older, or braver).
With Mello & Mocha, who leads what depends. Mello is a few months older, and has been with us a bit longer. He's usually the first to explore, check out new things, and he's more bonded to us. That's definitely been helpful in hand taming Mocha and getting him more comfortable with us, he was stepping up almost immediately because he saw Mello do it.
On the reverse, Mocha leads Mello in one area: food. He is a weird little bird, and he will try *anything.* Mello doesn't have that adventurous a palate (unless it's something I'm eating of course) so Mocha has been helpful in expanding their fresh food diet.
Hard to say whether they'll take on the same 'traits,' but they definitely observe each other!
When I got my 3rd budgie I kept him quarantined for 30 days and he was terrified of me the whole time. The day I introduced him to the other two they both landed on my hand to eat millet. My 3rd bird swiveled his head back and forth between me and the other birds and you could SEE his little brain debating. Then he landed on me for the first time and starting eating too haha.
Be patient with the skittish one and keep handling the tame bird in front of him - he'll warm up faster seeing you're not a threat.
Definitely. I had my boy pamuk for about 2 years now and the way he is just a copy from my other boy sun. He was at first shy, very nervous and just overall quiet but then he started to do the things that sun always did, screaming for food, trying to “lead” the other birds, always being loud and now he is just like his big brother. I think they learn from each other so much.
Also ur birds are adorable🥹
Your budgies are adorable! It's always fascinating to see how personalities can evolve when they're together. My two budgies had such different temperaments at first, but over time they've definitely influenced each other. Can't wait to hear how Burt and Kiki's journey unfolds!
Most definitely! I like to think of it as flocks sharing 1 brain cell 😂
Of course they all still have individually, but they definitely learn and bounce off of each other
Our new girl taught a 5y old boy how to mimic a Samsung notification lol. They both were constantly “be-boop be-boop” without a reason. This guy was untamed and never wanted to learn new things, but suddenly started beeping and annoying my mom with “fake” notifications.
My budgie was skilled at mimicry, but didn’t use any human speech. He spent a week at my friend’s house while I was away and had a great time hanging out with her own chatty budgie (who did say lots of words).
I brought my little dude home and heard him say, “c’mere!” for the very first time 🥰
Yup, when I was little my sister brought back the class pet who was a budgie named goldie, we kept our Charlie separate from her and kept their cages apart but Charlie would stare at her all day. Goldie would preen and then rub her head against her back, Charlie didn't rub at all. But after her weekend stay, Charlie started rubbing his back from then on XD
They not only learn from one another, they learn from their humans too. My bird learned from my father how to use a toothpick, from watching him. She also learned what rooms I went to and flew ahead of me.
YES!!!! I got a hand raised budgie after he weaned, and when brought home immediately saw the noises my cockatiel made, and went “huh. This must be how birds speak.” So, he only spoke cockatiel. Whistling and repeating words included. Then, I rescued a second, terrified budgie. He was so excited to see another budgie after what he (the rescue) had been through. He taught the OG one how to speak budgie, and the OG taught the rescue cockatiel. I joke they’re both bilingual. My OG budgie also taught the rescue how to be a pet and that humans are friends. The rescue loved him so much he’d follow him around, including to sit on us. He learned freedom and trust and love with his help. They’re all just little sponges and seeing how they learn really just puts into perspective how intelligent they are.
Haha ohhh yes. I instantly thought of when I put in something new for my budgies and it's visible no one wants to be the first to try it.. and then one does and the others come. They learn it's safe.
I don't think this is exactly what you're asking, but I was trying to teach my cockatiel recall and she just didn't understand what I wanted. I had my other bird do one flight and she got it immediately. So they definitely learn from each other. (same with budgies)
Yes. When I used to have lots of budgies, when ever I got a new one I’d use my older budgies to teach them. I’ll ask a master bird to step up when the new bird is looking. Then I’d ask the new bird to step up haha.
I had two budgies. My eldest "kid" used to come to me when I called. Then I got my youngest, and he couldn't care less lol.
So my eldest noticed he was not obligated to come every time I called for him, because the youngest didn't.
And started doing the same😅 He still only comes to me when he wants to, despite knowing and fully understanding that I'm calling him.
Also the eldest is more scared of everything. My youngest is the daredevil. He fights his fears and goes wherever he wants to, carefully at first, then when he sees it's all okay, he gets even bolder... And the eldest follows him. On his own, the eldest stick to what and where he knows. He won't try to go to new places, or land on new objects. Same with food. The youngest will try to nibble on everything he's offered, while the eldest will run away screaming. But if he sees the youngest eating it, he'll come to try it out too.
But imo they fully retained their individuality. They don't lose their own personality to become a blended mass. They just teach each other stuff.
My eldest taught the youngest that it's nice to get scritches from me.
Yes. One of my budgies taught the other how to chew a deep crater into a roll of toilet paper by standing on it and digging down.
That's a bit of a worry, ours won't get too close to the toilet hopefully.
Absolutely. They will retain some individuality but not all of it. They will take on some of the others’ behaviours. My blue budgie is very adventurous and agile. He lands on curtain rods and tables and floors without a second thought. My yellow budgie is physically insecure. He never tried to do these things when he was my solo budgie; he stuck around exclusively on budgie-made perches even tho he had free flight of the apartment. But when I got my blue budgie, my yellow would watch him go to these new places. He tries several times to follow, pulling back at the last second; and then eventually he gets it. Now he has so many more places to hang out (he always had them, he just didn’t know it) and he has developed excellent flight skills, he can do some aerial acrobatics whereas before he was strictly a point A to B kind of flyer. On the other hand my yellow budgie converted my blue budgie to pellets for me. While they were still quarantined, blue budgie would literally only eat millet. He lost 10% of his body weight before I realized. He had access to a seed mix and pellets but he was only eating the millet and there wasn’t enough. When I realized I have him unlimited millet and he quickly regained his weight :) But I did all the tricks like pellets on a mirror and bird bread and eating the pellets myself and so on but he wouldn’t even consider them. Fast forward to after I’ve introduced them and blue starts eating pellets with yellow almost immediately.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm hoping Kiki enjoys vegetables more, and encourages Burt to try. It's really interesting how different they are.
Good luck! Peer pressure really helps.
Whereas my older rescue acts like any non-seed food is gonna hurt her, so transitioning them to any new food is super tough!
Must be a colour thing 😂 As my blue one is exactly like yours and my yellow one is exactly like yours. Yellow one is few days behind on the action but he's starting to trust the teachings of sensei blue budgie
When it comes to getting in trouble.... yes they learn from each other haha
Neither of mine are trouble makers yet, but there's still plenty of time.
My budgie does/tries everything my tiel does (she’s naturally very curious, and is the type to play with a toy not too long after it’s put in her cage). Same foods, same toys, same tricks, etc. monkey see, monkey do… but in this case, it’s birdy see, birdy do. Same way that solo birds bonded to you are more likely to try what you do: food, toys, etc. and may show interest in what you do… not all, but that’s my experience, before getting my budgie, and just having my ‘tiel. They just naturally follow the flock!
They're both adorable, and yes, the less dominant bird will follow the lead of the more dominant (or older, or braver). With Mello & Mocha, who leads what depends. Mello is a few months older, and has been with us a bit longer. He's usually the first to explore, check out new things, and he's more bonded to us. That's definitely been helpful in hand taming Mocha and getting him more comfortable with us, he was stepping up almost immediately because he saw Mello do it. On the reverse, Mocha leads Mello in one area: food. He is a weird little bird, and he will try *anything.* Mello doesn't have that adventurous a palate (unless it's something I'm eating of course) so Mocha has been helpful in expanding their fresh food diet.
Appreciate your response, I hope Kiki, our skinny baby, leads the charge, as Burt is a bit of a boring boy!
Blue budgie reminds me of Shaggy from Scooby Doo.
That dude is tall! So cute!
He's a slim baby.
I taught my blue budgie to eat millet and my yellow was like "what is this stuff you are eating". Now he loves it too.
Kiki won't touch millet yet, but Burt enjoys it!
Hard to say whether they'll take on the same 'traits,' but they definitely observe each other! When I got my 3rd budgie I kept him quarantined for 30 days and he was terrified of me the whole time. The day I introduced him to the other two they both landed on my hand to eat millet. My 3rd bird swiveled his head back and forth between me and the other birds and you could SEE his little brain debating. Then he landed on me for the first time and starting eating too haha. Be patient with the skittish one and keep handling the tame bird in front of him - he'll warm up faster seeing you're not a threat.
Definitely. I had my boy pamuk for about 2 years now and the way he is just a copy from my other boy sun. He was at first shy, very nervous and just overall quiet but then he started to do the things that sun always did, screaming for food, trying to “lead” the other birds, always being loud and now he is just like his big brother. I think they learn from each other so much. Also ur birds are adorable🥹
Thank you, and thanks for your contribution.
Ofc, they are social flock animals. So they will learn from one an other.
Yep. I have two male budgies and a female cockatiel. The two little guys LOVE to imitate my cockatiel’s call, they go “squee!!”
Yes, they definitely learn from ech other. If one is fearful and you bring a baby one home, it will be automatically fearful.
Your budgies are adorable! It's always fascinating to see how personalities can evolve when they're together. My two budgies had such different temperaments at first, but over time they've definitely influenced each other. Can't wait to hear how Burt and Kiki's journey unfolds!
Thanks for your interest.
Most definitely! I like to think of it as flocks sharing 1 brain cell 😂 Of course they all still have individually, but they definitely learn and bounce off of each other
Burt needs the cell.
Our new girl taught a 5y old boy how to mimic a Samsung notification lol. They both were constantly “be-boop be-boop” without a reason. This guy was untamed and never wanted to learn new things, but suddenly started beeping and annoying my mom with “fake” notifications.
Good boy.
My budgie was skilled at mimicry, but didn’t use any human speech. He spent a week at my friend’s house while I was away and had a great time hanging out with her own chatty budgie (who did say lots of words). I brought my little dude home and heard him say, “c’mere!” for the very first time 🥰
Yup, when I was little my sister brought back the class pet who was a budgie named goldie, we kept our Charlie separate from her and kept their cages apart but Charlie would stare at her all day. Goldie would preen and then rub her head against her back, Charlie didn't rub at all. But after her weekend stay, Charlie started rubbing his back from then on XD
They not only learn from one another, they learn from their humans too. My bird learned from my father how to use a toothpick, from watching him. She also learned what rooms I went to and flew ahead of me.
Super interesting! Thanks for your comment.
YES!!!! I got a hand raised budgie after he weaned, and when brought home immediately saw the noises my cockatiel made, and went “huh. This must be how birds speak.” So, he only spoke cockatiel. Whistling and repeating words included. Then, I rescued a second, terrified budgie. He was so excited to see another budgie after what he (the rescue) had been through. He taught the OG one how to speak budgie, and the OG taught the rescue cockatiel. I joke they’re both bilingual. My OG budgie also taught the rescue how to be a pet and that humans are friends. The rescue loved him so much he’d follow him around, including to sit on us. He learned freedom and trust and love with his help. They’re all just little sponges and seeing how they learn really just puts into perspective how intelligent they are.
Wtf that bird slim
Yeah he's totally slim and a baby, loves to pretend to be a rainbow python. Hope he's ok!
Haha ohhh yes. I instantly thought of when I put in something new for my budgies and it's visible no one wants to be the first to try it.. and then one does and the others come. They learn it's safe.
I don't think this is exactly what you're asking, but I was trying to teach my cockatiel recall and she just didn't understand what I wanted. I had my other bird do one flight and she got it immediately. So they definitely learn from each other. (same with budgies)
Yes, I had 4 of them fly around and start chewing material off my frame pictures, I’m highly disappointed in all of them
Mine learnt how to sing like a canary somehow
Yes. When I used to have lots of budgies, when ever I got a new one I’d use my older budgies to teach them. I’ll ask a master bird to step up when the new bird is looking. Then I’d ask the new bird to step up haha.
Yes they both copy each other 😂
Lol i love how ZOOP the blue guy is
I had two budgies. My eldest "kid" used to come to me when I called. Then I got my youngest, and he couldn't care less lol. So my eldest noticed he was not obligated to come every time I called for him, because the youngest didn't. And started doing the same😅 He still only comes to me when he wants to, despite knowing and fully understanding that I'm calling him. Also the eldest is more scared of everything. My youngest is the daredevil. He fights his fears and goes wherever he wants to, carefully at first, then when he sees it's all okay, he gets even bolder... And the eldest follows him. On his own, the eldest stick to what and where he knows. He won't try to go to new places, or land on new objects. Same with food. The youngest will try to nibble on everything he's offered, while the eldest will run away screaming. But if he sees the youngest eating it, he'll come to try it out too. But imo they fully retained their individuality. They don't lose their own personality to become a blended mass. They just teach each other stuff. My eldest taught the youngest that it's nice to get scritches from me.