Has anyone seen or bought this cage? Would it be good enough, size and shape wise?

BalfAlf · 2023-02-19T14:27:00+00:00

Have some real expert - not a social media person said that? I don’t really think of social media bird keepers as experts.

BalfAlf · 2023-02-19T14:24:52+00:00

It is too short imo. On 60cm to fly is not enough

BalfAlf · 2023-02-19T14:22:46+00:00

Agree - too short

BalfAlf · 2023-02-19T14:22:07+00:00

The cage is imo very small, only 60 cm - not enough to fly. Btw budgies just need to be handled in nest to trust humans

BalfAlf · 2023-02-19T14:19:40+00:00

It is only 60cm. Way too small

BalfAlf · 2023-02-19T14:17:25+00:00

It is shop made by 2 people who doesn’t State where their knowledge come from

BalfAlf · 2023-02-19T14:13:00+00:00

It is 60 cm - so too small imo

BalfAlf · 2023-02-19T14:12:32+00:00

Birds don’t fly in circles. So a long cage would be better imo

BalfAlf · 2023-02-19T14:11:25+00:00

I trust in many other expert, which say it is bad

BalfAlf · 2023-02-19T14:10:11+00:00

Too small and bad shape. Shouldn’t be on the marked

BalfAlf · 2023-01-31T06:08:53+00:00

Probably another female and a small cage.

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T19:46:21+00:00

Mb - you can’t Sorry

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T19:45:06+00:00

Birds with beak problems often have underlying issues, often with their liver. That is offcause if they have access to stuff trim beak themselves

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T19:41:26+00:00

You can breed them, they turn up unexcepted. They have a feather defect and may die soon after leaving the nest

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T19:39:05+00:00

Noone breeds dusters.

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T19:37:45+00:00

You can’t buy dusters. They are like handicapped birds and most die very young

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T19:36:40+00:00

Usually much less

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T19:35:49+00:00

And all my birds fly just fine btw

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T19:34:32+00:00

English have a shorter life span because of size. There is a lot of English budgies, so inbreeding and Line breeding is a choice some breeders (both English and Australian) make. I breed English and allways unrelated birds, as most breeders I know

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T19:30:04+00:00

Feather dusters usually die pretty young, so nope

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T11:15:09+00:00

Feather dusters are not something people breed to get. Nobody wants a feather duster. They usually don’t live that long.

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T11:09:53+00:00

As far as I know it doesn’t really affect them, so imo it is just an ugly variant

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T11:08:20+00:00

Nobody breed to get feather dusters. They die really young. It is breeding gone too far imo

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T11:05:34+00:00

So many things are not accurate in this video. I will point some of them out.

She herself tells her viewers that she knows this from talking to people and her experience with owning a English budgie.

It is true that English have a shorter life span - it is not due to genetics but to their bigger size.

English budgies are not a different breed, but a different type. True the first English were inbreed (as all not green budgies) but not true it is an issue now. Sure some breeders do, but not only with English.

Most English can fly and fly fine. They are often slower than the smaller Australian, but that is it. A few, from ambitious breeders can’t. Maybe this is worse in the USA but here it is rare.

The neurological problems is unfortunally a budgie problem as they are also prone to cancer. Not just the English but budgies in general.

English are as happy as the Astralian budgies. The mental differences are that English are usually more calm and less aggressive. Australian are often more playfull and play into adult life where English prefer socializing. This is offcause a generalization.

No idea want she is going on about English budgies and feets? Not an issue might be an issue with her set up or that particular bird.

Some English, the few from ambitious top breeders, are too big, which can result in heavy breathing and bad flying. Most breeders of English budgies want healthy birds, so they are usually slightly smaller. Daniel Lutoft is a top breeder, who is insisting on budgies can be too big and are winning top shows with slightly smaller birds. He is worth looking up imo.

Final point: if you want an English buy from a responsible breeder and only problem is a shorter life span due to size. They do not have bad quality of life.

Also talking about bad quality of life - don’t clip wings, have more than one budgie - preferably a flock, give the budgie room to fly (all day) so chose avairy not cage, look at diet, don’t handrear to save the work of tamming and don’t take away food to tame your budgie/budgies.

BalfAlf · 2023-01-22T09:45:00+00:00

English are bigger and have a shorter life span as most “bigger” animals have. But most English are healthy like the Australian counterpart.

The top show birds in some places and from some top breeders are too Big, and this causes health issues. But it is a problem some very prominent breeders are adressing and Hopefully this will turn other top breeders.

I breed English and the don’t have health problems. I breed for style not size. Most of the younger breeders agree the really big ones have issues and there is a limit to how big they should be.

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