Getting one of my male budgies to bond with one of the females has been quite difficult. Both Calypso and Skylar have had female budgies in the cage for about 4 months now, and I only recently noticed the slow bonding of Calypso and Malutka about 4 weeks ago.
Before a female was added to the cage, Calypso and Sky had a very strong bond with one another. Months after adding Malutka, both males were still ignoring her, which was a little concerning. I thought that maybe Calypso and Sky though of each other as a bonded, mating pair. They did attempt to mate with one another a few times.
My plan was to breed Calypso with Malutka, and Skylar with Colada. I am glad that Calypso has started showing an interest in Malutka. They have been grooming each other, sitting on the same perch side by side, and when separated, Calypso has been running back to Malutka more often than going to Sky.
The reason for wanting to breed Calypso and Malutka is because of the huge color difference; white-based blue variety and yellow-based green variety. Both birds have no dark factor, so I expect their chicks to either be sky blue or light green. A chick can either be white-based or yellow-based, opaline or have normal markings, or maybe a rare mutation will be created. I'm very curious as to what the chicks are going to look like. Time will tell if Calypso and Malutka become a breeding pair.
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