Essential Budgie Supplies

Getting ready to bring home a budgie? Whether you’re a first-time budgie owner or adding to your flock, having the right supplies makes a huge difference in your budgie’s health, happiness, and confidence.

🏠 1. Cage

Your budgie’s cage is their home, so size and safety matter.

Must-have features:

• Spacious: At least 60cm wide x 45cm deep x 45cm high for 1–2 budgies

• Safe bar spacing: No wider than 1.2cm

• Horizontal bars: For easy climbing

• Easy to clean: With a removable tray

🟢 Tip: The bigger the cage, the happier the budgie!

🌳 2. Perches

Budgies spend a lot of time standing and climbing, so they need good-quality perches.

Best types:

• Natural wooden perches (like gumtree or manzanita)

• Different thicknesses and textures to help their feet stay healthy

• Rope perches for variety (bird-safe only)

🛑 Avoid: Smooth plastic or sandpaper-covered perches – they can hurt their feet.

🍽️ 3. Food & Water Bowls

Budgies need clean, easy-access bowls for their daily meals.

• Separate bowls for seed, pellets, fresh foods, and water

• Choose ones that clip onto the cage to prevent tipping

• Clean and refill every day

🌿 4. Food

A healthy budgie diet includes more than just seeds!

Essentials:

• High-quality seed mix or pellets made for budgies

• Fresh vegetables (like spinach, carrot, capsicum, broccoli)

• Fruits (as a treat) like apple, berries or banana

• Millet spray for training or bonding

• Fresh water daily

🛑 Never feed: chocolate, avocado, onion, garlic, caffeine, alcohol

🧸 5. Toys

Budgies are smart and playful! Toys keep them mentally active and prevent boredom.

Great toys include:

• Swings and ropes

• Shredding toys made from paper or bird-safe wood

• Mirrors (in moderation — some budgies get too attached)

• Foraging toys to encourage natural behavior

🎡 Rotate toys weekly to keep things fresh and fun!

🦴 6. Cuttlebone or Mineral Block

These are super important for:

• Beak health – helps them grind and keep their beak trimmed

• Calcium – especially for breeding birds or young budgies

Hang it on the cage wall where they can easily reach it.

🧼 7. Cage Liner or Paper

Line the bottom of your cage with:

• Newspaper

• Paper towel

• Bird-safe cage liners

Avoid sandpaper or anything rough.

Change it every 1–2 days to keep the cage clean.

🛁 8. Bird Bath or Bath Dish

Budgies love to bathe!

• Use a shallow dish of clean, lukewarm water

• You can also mist them lightly with water (some love it!)

• Bathing helps keep feathers clean and skin healthy

🛁 Offer a bath a few times a week, especially during warmer months.

🌙 9. Cage Cover (Optional but Helpful)

Budgies sleep best in darkness and quiet. A light cloth cage cover helps:

• Reduce noise and drafts

• Let them know it’s bedtime

• Prevent night frights

🕯️ Some owners also use a night light to help nervous budgies feel safe at night.

🛍️ Optional Extras

These aren’t must-haves, but they’re very useful:

• Travel carrier for vet visits or pickups

• Play stand for out-of-cage time

• Food storage bins to keep seed and pellets fresh

• First-aid kit (with styptic powder, saline, tweezers, etc.)

📋 Want a Checklist?

Here’s a simple version you can print or screenshot:

✅ Cage

✅ Perches (wood/rope)

✅ Food & water bowls

✅ Seed or pellets

✅ Fresh food

✅ Toys

✅ Cuttlebone / mineral block

✅ Paper for cage lining

✅ Bird bath

✅ Cage cover

✅ Night light (optional)

✅ Travel carrier (optional)

✅ Play stand (optional)

🐥 BudgieBliss Tip:

Start simple — you don’t need everything at once! Focus on the basics, learn your budgie’s personality, and grow from there. We’re always happy to help recommend trusted brands and setups.

Got questions about supplies or want to see what we use for our own birds? Contact us anytime — or check out our BudgieBliss Shop (coming soon)!