Budgies & Caneries - together in a cage ok?

[~Debbie~]

DH made a bird cage on the weekend.. more like an avery really (2.4m x 2m x 0.9m).

Can we mix Budgies with Caneries? I seem to remember my mum keeping them seperate when we where kids, so, am abit curious.

[Trillian]

We had a big avery when we were kids and we had mostly budgies, but also a few finches, canaries and peach-faces (love birds) and they were all in together. As far as I remember there was never a problem with them being in together.

[diannescruffy]

Think it should be alright, DH has canaries and finch together and they are fine.

Regards,
Dianne

[[M]umma[M]ia]

yeh they will be fine. Just watch the budgies as they can be bullies. If you notice they are losing lots of feathers, seperate them as they are under stress.

[~Debbie~]

thanks.. i have done a bit of a reading on the net, and it seems as long as i dont overcrowd them, they will be fine.

[~ Mylitta ~]

I think I remember reading that curved beaked birds (like budgies and parrots) and flat beaked birds (like canaries and finches) shouldn't be housed together. Although, given enough space, I think canaries and budgies might be ok. Maybe just start out with a couple of each and have a back up plan in case they don't get along. For example, have someone that can take either the budgies or the canaries on standby.