Welcome to ukbudgies


Breeder of beautiful budgies in Essex
Lets Talk Cages


Without a doubt, a budgie cage is one of the most essential items to have if you want to be a budgie owner. Although I'm sure that this will be stating the obvious, it is very important to have the cage clean, ready and in the location that you have chosen for it before the budgie is actually brought home. Take care when shopping for a budgie cage as you don't want one (well, your budgie wont want one) any smaller than 24 x 16 x 16, otherwise they will be cramped. They need to have space enough to spread their wings and have a good flap if they want to in all directions. It’s a very good idea to make sure that if they wanted to fly from one end of the cage to the other, they would be able to do so with at least one wing span of space either side of them when their wings are extended. You need to make sure that their wings or tail never hit against the bars so just to be safe, it would be best to get the largest budgie cage that your budget can stretch to.

The spacing in between the bars of your budgie cage should be no more than half an inch. Any bigger than this could be dangerous, as they may very well get their head stuck in the bars and cause themselves an injury. I'd say that (as budgies love to climb) it's a good idea to get cages that have vertical bars too (although this is not essential as you could buy ladders for inside the cage if you have one with horizontal barring).

Warning - do not buy a cage made from the following metals as they are highly poisonous to birds; lead, brass (it contains zinc which can be toxic when wet), zinc or galvanized steel. The one's to buy are made from cold rolled steel (powder coated), wrought iron (powder coated) or stainless steel. Budgies love to chew, which inevitably means that the cage bars will get a bit of a chomping, so safe metals are a must. The wrong type of metal cage could make them seriously ill or even kill them. Make sure that the cage is in perfect condition before you buy it (refuse any with chipped paint on them or that are rusty) as it can blow a bigger hole in your wallet to go and have one re-powder coated that just buying a new one! So buying a damaged one is a big waste of time and money. If for any reason you do have to have a cage re painted make sure that spray paint is not used as this is also toxic to birds. Make sure the cage is powder
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Budgie cages come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Generally speaking budgies prefer to fly across distances not up, so if you have a tall cage, they will probably spend most of the time perched at the top of it, as it makes them feel safer therefore rendering the rest of the cage as space that it totally wasted. They do tend to like to have one side of the cage against a wall, so I would steer clear of round cages. I think that going for a cage with a good width is the best bet. They will get to fly about to their hearts content and will be able to use the entire cage without feeling vulnerable.
 

 

Hello and welcome to my Budgie website.

Here at ukbudgies we breed all lovely and beautiful budgies all year round. We are based in Braintree in Essex. We pride ourselves with being a careing, loveing, and clean breeder. Our budgie's vary in colour and price, the most popular budgie we sell is the handtameables. These are ideal as pets for children and are easy to tame as they are very friendly and will sit on your finger.

We sell violet budgies, rainbow budgies, lutino budgies, albini budgies, breeding pairs, spare hen budgies, spare cock budgies, aviary budgies, we sell mostly every kind of budgie you can imagine,but we will no longer be selling full circular crested budgies, sorry!

Please see our prices below ....
 
NORMAL AVIARY BUDGIES HENS/COCKS £10 EACH UNLESS STATED BELOW
VIOLET AVIARY BUDGIES HENS/COCKS £15 EACH
RAINBOW AVIARY BUDGIES HENS/COCKS £15 EACH
NORMAL HANDTAMEABLE BUDGIE HEN/COCK £20 EACH
VIOLET HANDTAMEABLE BUDGIE HEN/COCK £25 EACH
RAINBOW HANDTAMEABLE BUDGIE HEN/COCK £25 EACH
LUTINO AND ALBINO HANDTAMEABLE BUDGIES HENS/COCKS £25 EACH
BREEDING PAIRS £40 A PAIR



 



Please contact us if you are looking for a budgie

 becky@ukbudgies.co.uk