Budgies seem to have gestures and ways of communicating that humans are unaware of, these gestures and behaviors can sometimes seem very odd to us humans
This article is a look into why your male budgie is feeding the female.
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Why is my male budgie feeding the female?
Budgies may not be able to talk to us humans but we can figure out what these birds are feeling and the health of the bird by the bird’s appearance and behavior.
Here is why your male budgie is feeding your female budgie:
Mating ritual:
In the wild, the male budgie proves that he can take care of the female budgie that he wants to mate with by feeding her, this feeding of the female budgie is a mating ritual.
These behaviors are not lost in domestic budgies who will perform the same mating rituals when looking for a partner, he does this to try to impress the female.
The female budgie is the one that picks the male that she likes and the male budgie is the one that does the pursuing and the impressing
To show the female that the male can take care of and provide for the female, the male bird will regurgitate food in the mouth of the female showing her that he can feed her while she is gravid (the bird version of being pregnant) and feed her while she is nesting as well.
Doing this also strengthens their bond and shows that he really does care about her.
What to do:
There isn’t anything that you need to do in this case, this is actually positive behavior and is quite normal and good behavior from the birds.
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