From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of answering questions from owners who love their birds and, occasionally, find them profoundly exhausting. Screaming is one of the most common complaints, and one of the most frequently mishandled. Most screaming … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of daily first-hand experience with these birds and the people who keep them. In that time, the question he has been asked more than almost any other is some version of … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching owners discover what life with a tame budgie actually looks like, often with a mixture of surprise and delight. The question of why a budgie licks its owner is one … Read more
Updated 24 September 2026: Reworked regurgitation and vomiting guidance to explain diagnostic limits and when to contact an avian vet. A budgie may bring up food during courtship, but regurgitation can also accompany illness. Head movements, a favourite toy or the position of the food cannot reliably rule out a medical problem. If this is … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has reassured countless worried owners who have noticed their budgie standing on one leg and feared something terrible was wrong. This is … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. Beak grinding is one of the questions he is asked about regularly, most often by new owners who have heard the sound for the first time … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has watched countless worried owners notice their budgie yawning and wonder if something is wrong. This is his honest, practical guide on … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and kept budgerigars at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with one of the UK’s most popular pet birds. In that time, he has been asked about budgies biting cage bars more times than most owners would expect. It is … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and kept budgerigars at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with one of the UK’s most popular pet birds. In that time, he has been asked about budgie head bobbing more times than he can count — by new owners … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. In that time, he has watched countless owners worry whether their budgie is genuinely happy. This is his honest guide to the 7 signs that tell … Read more