Budgies preen a baby conure

I wanted to join in the preening!
◆A sky-colored budgie（♂）
Name: Kue (meaning "Sky")
Character: Friendly, curious and energetic.
Birth: Late June 2019
Adopted: August 15, 2019 (at 2 months old)
I got him from a local bird shop with Kie
◆A yellow-colored budgie（♂）
Name: Kie (meaning "Yellow")
Character: a slow-tempo and timid.
Birth: Late June 2019
Adopted: August 15, 2019 (at 2 months old)
I got him from a local bird shop with Kue
◆A normal-colored green cheeked conure（?）
Name: Oolong
Character: Oolong is a DIVA!
Birth: Late May 2020
Adopted: July 6, 2020(at 40 days old)
I got Oolong from a breeder nearby
◆A grey-colored rescued stray cat（♀）
Name: Ume (meaning "Japanese plum")
Character: She loves people!
Birth: Late Apr.- Early May, 2021
Adopted: June 6th, 2021 (at around 40 days old)
She'd been abandoned and I rescued her.
◆Their owner（♀）
Place to live: Aichi, Japan
#Budgie #Conure #RescueCat

[@pandorabox5532]

I love how many animals can easily recognize a baby even if it's twice their size

[@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574]

ikr

[@janinerusinovich3040]

Aww

[@Zack_Zander]

@@princessazula600 It's probably less about the puppy being young and more that it is a “puppy” towards the cat

[@meglove6214]

It's so sweet!!!! Esp them helping with its feathers❤

[@anjachan]

I think they know exactly it's a baby ... a big baby :D

[@budgieconureandcatdiary988]

That's right. They definitely know that Oolong is a baby☺

[@carenxatu5962]

I saw another video of a small adult parrot tending to and caring for what it clearly knew was just a baby, even if that baby parrot was three times their size. It was quite something to see.

[@anjachan]

@@carenxatu5962 they also are more careful with human babies ...

[@nerysghemor5781]

Cats often seem to know when they’re dealing with a human baby too, even if the baby is their size or bigger. I think other animals can tell too. ❤

[@erickchristensen746]

"Awweee looke at the little baby.." Little Baby: *Adorable high pitched baby Waa!* "Now look at the Big baby" Giant Sized Baby: *Extremely deep voiced "Waa.."*

[@thatkippy]

We had a male budgie that wanted to make friends with everyone, too. He even preened the hamster 😂

[@anjachan]

budgies are very friendly.

[@tweetthechicken3870]

My cockatiel has pruned my guinea pig and my sister's bunny when she came over with her bunny

[@superwhatevergamin9634]

Budgie: Hamsters sure have weird feathers... Hamster: I don't even- ah nevermind. Go ahead and comb my fur I guess.

[@onaona.]

Hahaha awesome 😂

[@FeenieVonKarma]

baby is like "why are these small adults so loud and fast" 😂

[@Droidzi]

this is typical of Australian anythings

[@helixxia9320]

yeah 😂

[@H240909]

I can’t be the only one who cracks up at the little tapping sound their feet make when they scurry around, right? 😂😂😂

[@Kurikage]

You are not alone. I loved the pitter patter sound they made on the table ❤

[@KipperStudios]

​@@Kurikage same!

[@Valoriel]

They sound like the occasional humming birds that run on top of our roof 😂 Mom says they're having a party lol

[@Goober_gobbler]

I love it when my bird walks! It looks so silly

[@ArianaCapraro]

That’s my favorite thing they do, I have 3 cockatiels and they run around on the floor together. I’ll tap my fingers on the ground and they come running over taptaptaptaptaptaptap!

[@Bioshocking12]

Awww I love how her eyes are closed she’s in heaven

[@budgieconureandcatdiary988]

I know! Big brother budgies are good at preening!

[@Alpha1111Omega]

hence its stil a baby it sleeps often. Preening is so wonderful, so he fall asleep right away. Sooo innocentttt

[@dawsie]

Was thinking the same thing😹😹

[@SirCameron]

I'm pretty sure it's the equivalent to getting your head scratched in all the right spots

[@michalrzmichalrz6656]

"Since Kue and Kie know each other since they were born, they don't know how to make friends" - that is surprisingly deep

[@Yahnart]

How is it deep?

[@lucyk.5163]

@@Yahnart They mean that having a sibling since you were born doesn't make you good at making friends and socializing, because you never had to try to gain someone else's attention or interest, build up trust, etc. They were there since forever for you, and most likely accept you fairly unconditionally. But I don't know. I'm not sure I agree a 100% with the argument. Because having a sibling teaches you to share, teaches you that you can't always have it your way, you gotta respect when the other sibling doesn't wanna share a toy or food or play with you, so there is a level of socializing. Even for birds, when you're an only child, that's truly when you don't know how to make friends and socialize. I know that because I have budgies, and my first one was an only child at first. When I got my second one a few months later, he REALLY didn't know how to socialize. He didn't like to share my attention, food, toys, nothing. To this day they are more like colleagues than friends. They don't even sleep close to each other nor preen each other. They also don't play together, each of them will get something to do and do it by themselves, separately.

[@michalrzmichalrz6656]

@@Yahnart On one side, a firm bond between living things comes naturally, even when there is no capacity to consciously develop it. On the other, the ability to connect seems to slowly fade with age and has to be re-discovered.

[@DoveJS]

@@lucyk.5163 You're right but I wonder if 1) it's possible to socialize them yourself since you're presumably the only role model that your birds have and 2) it's also possible they just weren't ever going to be friends because they are naturally incompatible (for example, some siblings become fast friends while others never do.) That's not meant as a criticism btw; I'm just thinking how human children rely on their parents and other caregivers to help them learn friendship before going to daycare/school! I suspect it's relatively similar for other animals even if it's obviously not exactly the same.

[@unlimitedrabbit]

*Twilight Sparkle has entered the chat* ✨

[@josequins9099]

Budgies have such chaotic energy. They're hilarious.

[@Gwalchgwyn]

They seemed to be checking the baby's pin feathers and opening the ones that were ready. That was adorable.

[@veramae4098]

They kept missing a big one between the baby's shoulders. I wanted to reach in and help

[@cottoncandykawaii2673]

I love watching they get distracted and then return to preening him, typical male budgies lol

[@Fogolol]

Guys will still be guys, even as birds lmao

[@Jadzla]

Like an old married couple stopping to have a tiff 😂

[@takatacheroki2624]

The baby's eyes are so big, bright, and clear! Makes it look soo cute, and clear that it's a healthy little bird

[@1062ish]

The budgies are like two bossy aunties😂 they look good fun.

[@warrioroflight6872]

Though they're both males.

[@1062ish]

@@warrioroflight6872 They might be thems🤭

[@newb8032]

@@1062ish Please, no.

[@fuzzynubbins]

@@1062ish lol don't even

[@Goofyahhbird332]

Very cool uncles

[@Dubstequtie]

Watching birds preen another bird this seriously is like eye asmr for me.. idk why. I can feel the pampering feeling that baby bird is feeling, like when someone gently brushes my hair in long strokes... that puts me to sleep....

[@threeofcats5803]

Eye asmr ❤ exactly!

[@tuskiomisham]

I think birds have a sense of cuteness, but of other birds. So when they see a baby bird, they know 'aww is a baby so cute

[@Gentleman...Driver]

I think this would be like every animal. Babies look cute so that predators dont want to harm them. Sometimes it works. Also birds are living in swarms, so taking care of each other ones is common sense to them. Especially with body hygene and sorting out bad feathers.

[@onemoregodrejected9369]

Yeah, as long the predator is not starved or ever worse, a mother with hungry cubs, ironically.

[@pandorabox5532]

Yep, specially parrots, they have strong parenting instincts so they feel protective of babies even if they are not the same species

[@PuppyLynch]

​@@Gentleman...DriverPredators kill and eat cute baby animals all the time, whether it's prey or to snuff out future competition. It's more likely that cuteness evolved to motivate caregiving, mostly within an animal's own species.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

@@PuppyLynch Thats why I said "it works sometimes". But I agree with the rest of your statement.

[@thesheerwoodcrow5465]

“Did you hatch this?”. “Nope, you?.” “Nope.”. “Well guess this is our baby now.”.

[@camillecope9960]

Is there anything cuter than the pitter-patter of budgie feet? 🥰

[@elliot_rat]

i love the sound of their little footsteps 足音可愛すぎるじゃん

[@MintyZedGrimes]

I love how the baby closed their eyes they looked so happy!!

[@sfuta2005]

It’s the pitter patter of their little feet pacing back and forth that gets me 💕

[@ThirrinDiamond]

ITS THE BEST SOUND!!! 🥰

[@mimirants7935]

The baby has immensely bright eyes, she is too cute

[@lftm0]

They are like thats giant baby how we going to work on him

[@catpoke9557]

So sweet! I love how parrots want to be friends with birds of any species.

[@thethirdchimpanzee]

The best part is that you can tell the baby is enjoying this immensely, which means that not only are the budgies bonding with the parrot, but the parrot is bonding with the budgies, so they are basically accepting *each other* as, friends and, well, FAMILY. And since the green parrot is a juvenile, if I am not completely mistaken, it's going to imprint a bit on the budgies, and they, seeing is as a baby, will imprint on it.

[@user-wr7pu1yn4q]

赤ちゃんが大きいところもかわいい🥰

[@user-wz2ou8ww6g]

面倒見の良いお兄ちゃん達に大事にされてて幸せな子ですね

[@kenishascraft7605]

Kue and Kie- "We're going to make you look even more beautiful/handsome." Cute little bird stylists they are ❤

[@momsspaghetti2246]

Oh god this is so cute! ^^ ❤ And the little tapping sounds they make when walk around .

[@kingkwad129]

i miss my little girls. conures are really good babies.

[@denizaltnsk9199]

I can watch preening videos all day

[@slimebucket642]

0:08 I love how after the Conure pushes away one of the Budgies, the Budgies swap like, “Oh hey, can you get this here? I think you could do it better than me.”

[@Boba_And_Scusi]

The tippy-tap of their feet kills me! 😂😂😂

[@hananobarako]

種類が違っても、自分より大きくても、「赤ちゃん」なのはわかるんですね。 こんな小っちゃい命の中にも大きな慈しみの心があるんだなあって、 ほっこりさせてもらえました。🕊

[@budgieconureandcatdiary988]

クゥとキィの態度を見てると、完全に「赤ちゃん」と分かっているようです。大きさではないんですね。不思議です。

[@Birb-Chicken]

The best thing is they take care of a baby that is kinda a stranger to them like not exactly like the type of theirs they are so sweet they are exactly like angels 😇😍❤❤❤❤

[@AzurasLunarEclipse]

How sweet they where so kind with the baby ..ive never seen other bird types do that

[@fawneh1359]

I wouldnt be able to resist helping!

[@wonkybee7612]

The baby instant closing his eyes and enjoying the process

[@Oh_yesiamanoob]

Aww I love how two friendly different species don’t fight with each other if small species is older and the bigger one is younger

[@kelly_seastar]

That's a big baby 😍

[@nanairo_inko]

ウロコちゃん大きくても目が赤ちゃんだよね。鳥好きにはたまらんです💖

[@budgieconureandcatdiary988]

本当にあどけない顔をしています。純粋無垢とはまさにこの目のことですね！

[@zanedexter990]

instablaster...

[@TheCandiceWang]

These dear budgies are not even very old, themselves 😇😇🥰🥰 2 boy boys

[@aj_art7201]

I remember when I was a kid me and some family friends went to a zoo. There was a budgie pen there which we visited. I had a bunch of grass seeds stuck to my shoes due to some chores at home I was doing, and my feet were absolutely swarmed with budgies. It was the best time of my life xd

[@ArianaCapraro]

Ohhh such a beautiful baby, I love how she closes her eyes and leans into the preening 💕 such a sweetie

[@janemiettinen5176]

They are like childless aunties, who at first dont wanna hold the newborn, but after they get going and gain some confidence, just try to get the baby back!

[@anonymouslyincognito2399]

What sweeties! They are truly making her feel welcomed

[@hirahira5824]

インコ類はこうやってお互いに羽繕いするんですね😊

[@thedazzlingape2006]

budgies are the most adhd birds ever.

[@shadybadger7896]

Budgies are honestly probably the best preeners, as long as they're not too rough

[@deepa3610]

My male budgie preens the corner of my eye on purpose to make me tear up and lick the tears 💀😭 it’s so weird and funny

[@madenabennett]

I love when the two keets back up together assess their work, discuss briefly and then return to the job at hand!

[@timeshark8727]

helping with pin feathers is a good way to win over a conure, especially a young one. They just sort of shut down in some sort of bliss coma.

[@gkalenaki]

Aww, such lovely beautiful birds! The budgies are being good big brothers, helping the little one (though bigger than them in size 😁) to preen his pin feathers 🥰 Seems like they have accepted him into the flock already!

[@PinkChibiSpawn]

the kawaiiness of this is too overloading!!! 🥰

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

There’s something about Japanese KZbinrs’ videos that’s just so adorable. And it’s not just the cute birbs.

[@tikimillie]

Thats uh, Theres a problem with an infantilization of asians, so uh- Idk, i would think twice before saying something like that if i were you- Twitter freaks might cancel you

[@tinymegazell6060]

​@@tikimillie 🫥🫥🫥🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@ChillinRed]

I love the little pitter patter their feet make. 😂

[@BlueSummers101]

At the end the Conure was like "mmm Elephant fresh"

[@aphyngodiva2551]

I love how they're fighting over who gets to do it 😂

[@ogtme]

So precious🩵🩵🩵

[@Alpha1111Omega]

ain´t this cute as hell???? he is so enjoying it. Omggggg. Love it They want to make friends, best way is to preen.

[@user-kv1ti5io3h]

二羽の優しいお兄ちゃん達にハミハミしてもらって、うっとりしているウロコちゃん。 みんな、可愛いなぁ～😍 くうちゃんと、きいちゃんの優しいまなざしが、素晴らしいです！ セキセイお兄ちゃん達のかいがいしい動きと、ほぼ動かない、大物感満載の赤ちゃん。 微笑ましい動画、ありがとうございます♥️ チャンネル登録させていただきました✨

[@budgieconureandcatdiary988]

ご視聴と登録ありがとうございます。私もクゥとキィがこんなに世話をしてくれるとは想像していませんでした。癒されます♪

[@tiasara5967]

Sweet sweet angels

[@dereck377]

Those budgies are tasting that bird. Absolute savages!

[@st.michaelthearchangel7774]

That is so stinking cute.

[@HectorConCarne.]

I miss mine. Rip Barry, lived for 16 years

[@oishi_sammich4542]

Those tippy taps

[@fayperry9530]

You made my day with your beautiful parrot videos ♡ You have such a sweet birdie family♡ Love from Michigan, USA

[@budgieconureandcatdiary988]

Hi! Thank you for your warm comment! Yes, my babies are so cute and precious to me. Please enjoy their videos(^^♪

[@misshulagirl05]

When the baby yawns 🥱🥹❤️🥰

[@75inco]

なんて優しい世界っ‼️‼️‼️

[@ProjectExteria]

Wow they're really carefull. Mine tend to be harsh and rude with my kakarikis (pulling feathers, they started to avoid the budgies)

[@lewischasen]

Budgies have such strong parental instincts. My little tye did the same for our gcc when we first got him

[@LooneyTombs]

They are so sweet to baby bird

[@txt9436]

全員かわいい

[@smil5961]

Me and my wife fawning over our gigantic son.

[@nt-yr3ex]

インコって優しいよね 毛づくろい終わってるのにしばらく待ちの姿勢が可愛いです（笑）

[@budgieconureandcatdiary988]

気持ちよかったんでしょうね。もっとして欲しいなぁ～って顔ですよね(≧▽≦)

[@falanfilanyoutube]

Licking the eye of the baby

[@budgieconureandcatdiary988]

My budgies are really good at preening!☺

[@anajuarez-1999]

Mini toddles taking care of a giant baby 🥺

[@vampire101ism]

must feel nice having those pin feather capsules being broken apart by small more precise beaks. bet it feels therapeutic

[@tesskage4056]

That blue bird was going for the eyes a few times. Made me worry for a second. At least they are being nice

[@TiberianFiend]

"It's your baby, I swear! Don't you trust me? He looks just like you!"

[@yakko6828]

かわいい～♥ 体大きいのに赤ちゃん めっちゃ構われてる～(笑) 微笑ましい小鳥の世界(≧∇≦)

[@budgieconureandcatdiary988]

ふたりがかりで羽繕いを始めたのを見てビックリしました。癒されます(#^.^#)

[@quantumfineartsandfossils2152]

I feel so fortunate to have grown up with lots of budgie parakeets they’re extremely intelligent and sweet we had countless white and pink and blue and green ones in a giant white cage in the Philippines and they were some of my closest friends they used to very consciously carefully pick little seeds out of my hand

[@oldschoolgamer5113]

I luv the sound of their little feet shuffling around

[@Sean-ll5cm]

This looks like it feels so good

[@ataolcam311]

I love birds😍🥰

[@plicketyplunk]

They are like 2 hairdressers fussing over a new client😂

[@letiellecv]

I love this birds like mini crazy people 😅

[@ooXChrissieXoo]

lol they must be like Conure: tiny adults Budgie: giant baby

[@Epic.Enchantment]

Oh 😢so cute 🥰

[@haydenTenno-]

Budgies are extremely social birds

[@ch-mu2de]

ウロコインコって人間味があって可愛い動きするよね

[@570y3n]

Those are three cutenesses! I love them all! 🥰

[@DanDaFreakinMan]

It's like they are not so different from each other.

[@SuniSmiles]

It's like a tall child meeting short but sassy adults

[@angelinabrown3142]

Plus, that baby has all those new feathers that need to have the casings removed. Never met a bird yet that could resist those.

[@starcrystal5551]

ahhhh. Nice ASMR For Baby! & For Me Too!!

[@ICantThinkOfANam3]

They look fluffy

[@GoodKingMody]

This is exactly what I imagined when I was reading The Hunger Games. Before the arena.

[@fritzjagr5121]

Hahaha omg it was like the conure was a client at a hair (feather?) salon and the two budgies were two crazy hair stylists hopped up on adderall and getting distracted looking at themselves in the mirror while they were working on the client’s glow-up… 🤣 🦜 💇‍♀️💅🏻 🪞

[@Milca_11]

POV: you are looking in the comment section to find out what preening is. Preening is a bird's way of grooming its feathers to keep them in the best condition. While preening, birds remove dust, dirt, and parasites from their feathers and align each feather in the optimum position relative to adjacent feathers and body shape. Most birds will preen several times a day to keep themselves healthy.

[@ssmouse77]

Such a wonderful video. Absolutely adorable. I love birds so much. Thanks for sharing. 🥰

[@schectermeister]

Any time I'm having a rough day, all I have to do is watch some parrot videos and it somehow makes everything ok. 😎👍

[@MadMax-yq9ix]

Such beautiful blue and green birds 😢