Budgie behaviour

[Poodulum]

How do you know if a Budgie is angry just by looking at it through the cage?

[Twinkle_1987]

He sticks two feathers up at you. :P

[Mosaic]

Do budgies experience anger? Aggression I can understand - they tend to go all 'thin' ie feathers not fluffed up, wings appear defined at the 'shoulder', not resting fluffily on their fluffy little bodies, and they tend to make 'ak! ak! ak!' tweets quite rapid and high pitched repetion. In this, it is not much different from their fear or anxiety reaction. Given the fleeting emotions of budgies they probably can't tell much difference either. A budgie feeling aggression will then go on to peck at or bite the object of the aggression, usually another budgie. A budgie experiencing fear will back off and if unable to fly away will bite anything that gets too near, ie my thumb.

[wildwood]

I've heard of an angry budgie that bit its owner so she put it in with a cockatiel to sort it out. Five minutes later the cockatiel was dead and the budgie was still angry and said 'that was easy". So she put it with a cockatoo thinking that will teach it a lesson. When she came back from shopping the cockatoo was cowering the the corner and the budgie was still angry, squawking loudly and yelling "that was no challenge either".
Right, thought the owner. I am going to teach this thing some respect so she took it to the zoo and when nobody was looking she put it in the night enclosure of an Golden Eagle. 10 minutes later the budgie came out completely naked, not a single feather left, still angry and said "that was a bit tougher, I had to take my coat off for that one".

[mrs.chappie]

If it turns green and starts bursting out of its feathers. Or was that the Incredible Hulk?

[mrs.chappie]

Seriously though.......if he's giving one of his toys a right good thrashing, he's probably angry. You wanna see my parrot when he's in a bad mood.

[classylady60]

I could tell when my darling budgie was in certain "moods" and yet he was never aggressive, he did get "angry" tho when I wouldn't let him eat my ice cream....lol. I think if you know your pet well then you get to know their moods.

[Calibax]

He tweets you with contempt!!

[classylady60]

<He tweets you with contempt!!>

I love that lol.

[mrs.chappie]

Make sure he's a happy little chappie by changing his toys often, offering him a fresh dandelion leaf or a bit of spinach in addition to his Trill, scratching his head now and again, and if at all possible.....getting him a feathered buddy to keep him company in the cage.

No girlie buddy though......not until you've had a man-to-budgie talk with him about the birds and the bees.

[mike11111]

A bit confused here. You advocate a feathered buddy, but not a girly one. Do you work for Gay Lib (avian sub-department?)