If your budgie is out of the cage for half of most days, I would be happier having a single budgie. But if they're home alone for most of the working day or ot

If your budgie is out of the cage for half of most days, I would be happier having a single budgie. But if they're home alone for most of the working day or otherwise kept in their cage most of the time minus an hour or two I would get a pair.