Dove and Budgie together

[soblessed]

I just bought juvenile budgies. I believe I have one girl and one boy. I have a 3 year old rescue dove that I would like to introduce to the budgies for companionship. Has anyone tried this? Any recommendations?

 

[GoosesGeeses]

i only have budgies, but i would say, first let them see eachother through wire, then maybe after a while et them together in a big enclosure, keep an eye on them, dont leave them alone together. then go from there, if they seem to be nice to eachother then maybe leave them together a little longer.

Not speaking from experience though, don't take my word for it

 

[GoosesGeeses]

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[Debbie292d]

I just bought juvenile budgies. I believe I have one girl and one boy. I have a 3 year old rescue dove that I would like to introduce to the budgies for companionship. Has anyone tried this? Any recommendations?

They are totally different types of birds. It'd be like introducing quail to chickens.

Nothing says you can't try it, though, by putting their cages beside each other, as they might both be entertained by the other.

I've had a rescue dove, currently have two parakeets, and while I might let them see each other, I would never put one or the other in each other's cages. I also have two macaw parrots in a totally different room. They will never see each other.

 

[Finchbreeder]

Budgies are hookbills that like to chew things - sometimes those things include other birds that can't stand up to them.
My mother has been keeping and breeding Budgies for 60+ yrs (yes she is in her 90s) the only thing that ever shares with the Budgies is King quail on the floor, and only if there are places they can get away from the Budgies. It is a way of guaranteeing the King quail do not breed, as the budgies kill any chick that hatches, and sometimes smash the eggs before any chance of that. The younger the Budgies the bigger the risk of munching on anything in sight.
So it is fine for them to be neighbours in adjoining cages, but in actual contact would not be fair to the dove, having to keep defending its self.
There is always the "odd one that is different" but the odds of 3 well behaved young Budgies - not a risk I would take.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I never knew budgies were raptors had one myself

 

[Finchbreeder]

Budgies can be the sweetest little things & complete monsters.
Sometimes in the same bird at different times and different reasons.
Mum has one female Budgie (EK) she is the best and most fertile mum - and a vicious protector of kids. She knows mum will not hurt her babies, but will bite real hard if she decides today is not the day my baby will be rung. (they are show budgies and require registration rings) So in Dec '24 one of her beautiful boys went ringless as she was in such a moody - pity - it means he will be a great dad - but never be shown.
As mum handles her birds a lot from the time they are a week old - they tend to be quiet and some continue to come to her and crawl all over her even in the avairies long after weening.
EK was not bred by mum - but by a friend of hers - from a mix of mums and another bloodline. Maybe that is why she is a little less pliable.