We are a family business located in Mudgeeraba Gold Coast Australia and we specialise in breeding and hand taming budgies. Our aviaries are set in 8 acres of manicured grounds with lake, windmill and 400 metres of rock pooled creek with beautiful views up the valley towards Hinze Dam. You can take a look at our aviary and our superb breeding pairs of budgies that are kept in modern, clean, well lite, well ventilated surroundings and fed on fresh vegetables and salads and budgie specific seed. We have the healthiest budgies you will find and that shows in their temperament and personality which is essential for hand tame budgies to make good pets.

Our ethos is to provide healthy stable happy and well adjusted hand tame budgies ready for the home pet market. We have done all the hard work for you which starts when our babies are just 2 weeks old. At this age we take them out of their box every day to clean their feet and check that they have no issues that need dealing with. At the age of about 6 weeks, the babies leave their nest box and we allow their parents to continue to feed them and teach them how to fly. At this age, they are already partially hand tame due to their daily handling and for the next 2 weeks we teach them to sit on your finger and shoulder and also to step up from finger to finger.

When the babies are 8 weeks old the parents usually want a rest and they stop feeding as the babies will have become more than capable of feeding themselves. At this point we seperate them into conditioning cages with other babies of a similar age where they learn to socialise and most importantly, learn budgie etiquette which is so important to enable them to live happily with their budgie partner and also to live and bond with their new human family. The cage conditioning process also prepares them to live and play both inside and outside a cage which is most important for hand tame budgies that are going to be handled as pets.

By the time the babies are 8 to 12 weeks old, they are ready to go to their new homes after they have been selected by their new owners. We prepare them by ensuring that they are fully treated for mites and worms and that treatment is certified so that the new owners have a record of it. We then spend 30-60 minutes with the new owner showing them how to handle the budgie, how and what to feed them and how to bond with them.

For most home pet situations we recommend trimming the wing feather tips to slow the budgies flight so that there is less chance of the budgie injuring itself by flying too fast into glass windows etc. We do this wing feather trimming free of charge and also offer to re-trim the feathers if required in 3-6 months time when the feathers have regrown, this re-trim is also free of charge.

EVERY PURCHASER RECEIVES FREE OF CHARGE…. 1) Our Budgie Hotline with any questions being answered by our experienced staff by phone, text message, email, FaceBook or web site enquiry. 2)  A 3 month health check at our premesis and any treatments required, are of course, free of charge as well. 3) A budgie swap for any budgie that proves to be unsuitable within 7 days of purchase. 4) A further training session for the owner and their budgies if any difficulties are experienced in handling. 5) BONUS…. Any treatments required after three months following purchase, is carried out at our premises at a maximum cost of $20 including medication. What other establishment offers this kind of value packed backup?

Our other ongoing services are Budgie Sitting for times when you need your budgies looking after like holidays, Budgie Therapy for budgies that need special training (for special needs people etc.), and full cage installations in your home complete with hand tame budgies. Full details of these services are available on request.

Investigate our Questions & Answers section for some really interesting facts, you can even ask your own question if you need an answer to something that is not in this section.

Take a look at our gallery of budgies to get an idea of the colours and types available although we have many many more than we can show in the gallery. Download the free booklet Feeding & Caring For Budgies, this is a heap of information and advice to help you along the way with your budgies.

Remember that if your budgies are a gift for children, we also offer a Budgie Birth & Adoption Certificate with your children names on it, a lovely little touch to make your gift memorable.

We look forward to welcoming you as a customer into our family of friends at Just Budgies at Whispering Pines Aviary.

Garry Mills
Just Budgies at Whispering Pines Aviary
Gold Coast Australia
Telephone or text on 0412 993 334
Email: Garry@JustBudgies.Com.Au