Who else loves budgies? 😊 #NationalBirdWeek continues - and today’s spotlight is on one the world’s smaller chatterboxes: the budgie. Some things that make these guys so great: - Budgies can have vocabularies of over 1,000 words - but they’ll mostly repeat whatever gets the biggest reaction. - They’re professional seed flingers and will redecorate your floor daily. - They can ignore anything new for days/weeks/months, then suddenly act like they’ve discovered treasure. (Neophobia!) - They trave

Budgies, weiros, finches and other small birds are some of the most common pets - and the most forgotten. They fill millions of homes around the world, yet they’re often overlooked when it comes to welfare. - Cages are too small for them to fly - Their social needs are ignored - Their voices are rarely heard Many of the birds here came from breeders or pet shops where they were considered unsellable (cosmetically imperfect) or unusable for breeding - or from online sellers who didn’t care what h

Budgie waddle-style zoomies! Dang, I forget how fast these guys can move until I'm watching videos back sometimes 😅 Did you know budgies can get the zoomies, just like dogs, cats etc? For the budgies, typically it involves energetic bursts of flying around an area. (You might've noticed yours suddenly take off from time to time.) Perfectly normal sign of a happy, healthy budgie. So waddles aren't exactly the traditional zoomies, but i maintain they're just as hilarious and cute. #accessibility