Are there budgie experts out there?
We started with a pair of male budgies some years ago.
Unfortunately, one had to be put down on vet's advice.
We got a young 2 months-old male budgie as the old budgie was desperately seeking company.
The old boy passed away of old age some months ago.
My plan was for the weather to get warmer and rehome the remaining budgie. A local cafe keep budgies in a big cage outside in warmer months. I don't know where they go in winter.
In the meantime, the 18th month old boy seems to have adopted well to solitary life. He flies around our front room during the day, we keep the cage door open. We keep the radio on for him, he likes background noise and starts singing when the radio comes on.
I would be sad to see him go. However, I am just wondering if I am being cruel by denying him the company of other birds. I heard budgies are social creatures.
I really don't want to get another bird. My son is sensitive to noise and the pair made an astonishing amount of noise.
What would budgie lovers advise?