Budgie Flight Cage?

This is the new residence of the budgies. We found this wonderful flight cage at the bird fair and the budgies are so pleased with it, and so am I!

Cockatiel And Budgie Housing

That depends upon several factors, such as their individual personalities, how you introduce them but most especially, diet. I recommend keeping each bird in its own separate cage at first. Then allow the birds to explore each other’s cage of their own accord, say, while out for exercise.

Or, you can introduce the birds in neutral territory, such as on an open playpen or activity center, in a large flight, or cage, where they can escape if one bird should become aggressive or territorial.

Only allow birds to share one cage if you know they truly desire to be together. Never place birds together in a cage without closely monitoring their behavior — for at least several days — or force birds to live together where one, or both, become aggressive over feed cups, water cups, perches, mates (even a mirror image), or other perceived territory.

Since your birds are different species, a problem does exist in your situation. Cockatiels eat a different diet than budgies. Although a cockatiel mix contains the same seeds as budgies, it also contains some safflower, sunflower and other high-fat seeds. Safflower contains some lipids, and a lipid by any other name is still fat and not appropriate for a budgie.

Review: Expandable Habitats Budgie Cage « Coco's Flock

A few days later and I love my Expandable Habitats cage even more than I did when it first arrived.  Being that they also built Lola’s cage , I wasn’t expecting many surprises, but I still experienced some pleasant ones this second time around.  As some of you might know, my search for the perfect budgie cage has been a long time coming: actually, it began well over a year ago, even before Charles ended up in the powder-coated Featherland cage I hated so much.  It seems that well-made, functional, and large cages made for small birds (with 1/2″ bar spacing in particular) are quite the rarity.  There are a few options on the market: that Featherland cage, the HQ or A&E flight cages, a Prevue Hendryx cage, even an extra-large A&E flight cage.  But after all of my research, I simply wasn’t going to go with a company with a spotty track record in terms of powder-coated lead and zinc safety.  I know that chances are, the cage I purchased would probably be safe: it seems that most are, but a good enough percentage end up with deadly levels of lead or zinc that I don’t want to take that risk — and more importantly, I don’t want to reward a company with a spotty safety record with my hard-earned dollars.  So after trying out the Featherland, which had a better reputation for their powder-coated cages, and still being disappointed, I finally decided that I would have to go custom and American-made if I was going to get the cage I wanted.