A Match Made in Heaven

Goldie is sitting on her new eggs. Yep, just after about a month since I removed her unfertilized eggs she started to lay new ones. I thought this time would be different, but maybe I am wrong...again. She has been sitting for almost a month but nothing has happened. 

I took pity on Baby Blue because Goldie still refuses to mate with him despite his debonair personality. He's been a very nice male budgie anyway. He's been taking care of Goldie and has always stood by the nest, feeding and preening Goldie all the time. I'm starting to think that they are not soulmate.

Parakeet is a social bird, they love to live in a pack, so don't be surprised to find two same-sex budgies kissing and regurgitating(feeding) to each other 'cause they can mate with other same-sex keet with just no problem. They just need a mate to play and hang out with. I guess, I was thinking that Baby Blue needed a female budgie when he started to show signs that he wanted to mate. He tried to ascend Elmo in several occasions! But giving him a female budgie has been proved wrong since budgies and lovebirds are well-known for their choosing of their own mate. 

Beside that, one thing that bothers me much is the fact that Goldie likes to abuse Baby Blue. Every time he ate I noticed Goldie would be making loud noises and thus discouraged Baby Blue from eating, she also liked to shove-him-off the perch to the bottom of the cage. Baby blue seemed like a stressed budgie. He loses weight and feathers. His molting seems never finished despite all the vitamin and medication I gave him. He pluck his wing, back and tail feathers, both of his sides are also bald. He's a lone bird, he doesn't like to explore anymore and he's no longer happy. He always stands on his perch. I had tried to separate them several times when I see the bullying was escalating. But not only Goldie but even Baby Blue cried for other every time I separated them to a different cage. It's funny to have found Stockholm Syndrom in animal, where the abused has strong emotional ties with its abuser. But I know I have to do this to save him... before too late...

Baby Blue in shaggy feathers. Looks old and unenthusiastic.

In the end, I bought another 2 male budgies to be his friends. Noel (white) and Tweety (yellow). They quarrel with each other sometimes but so far they can get along together in the same cage. Of course I provide them their own perch and food.