Per carola:

I'm no expert, but from observing our cat I'd say that cats are to land animals
what the great white shark is to sea animals: nature's perfect killing machine.

I think your cats would just *love* those budgies....-)

We lived for years with a cat and a budgie.  The budgie came first and we
had the cat from a 6 week old kitten.  Initially, the cat (kitten) took
great interest in the bird, however, over several weeks of conditioning (ie,
a slap on the tail if it went anywhere near the budgie's cage), it learned
to avoid the cage, and thus avoid the slap.  In the end, the cat became
completely uninterested.

Not sure what would happen if you introduced birds to the existing threesome
of cats.  I suspect that if they are much older than a kitten it would be
harder to condition them to leaving the budgie's alone.  Unless you can
guarantee the budgie's safety all of the time, I wouldn't risk it.

I have 2 inside cats and a budgie.  The budgie's cage hangs from a
bungie cord attached to a hook in the ceiling in front of a window.
The cats will jump onto the countertop to watch Petey, but have never
offered to jump from there onto his cage.  I wouldn't hang a cage from
a cage stand since if a cat did jump onto the cage, if it were on a
floor stand it would get knocked over.  The ceiling hook and bungie
cord work very well for me.

Purrs and Hugs,

Nan and the furkids

A wise man talks because he has something to say;
a fool talks because he has to say something.

When I was a child we adopted 2 budgies from friends who had two cats.
The poor little guys were in a cage stuck on top of a wardrobe to keep
them away from the cats. For the budgies' sake, make sure you can
figure out a way of taking care of their needs before you combine birds
and cats. We never had a cage stand but Dad put 2 screws into the wall
at about head height and we hung the cage on them. We didn't have cats
at the time but we chose a place with no furniture nearby so a cat
could not have reached them. He also put 2 screws on an outside wall as
well and we hung the cage outside most days. Sometimes native birds
would come and perch on the cage and talk with the budgies.

Good for you for wanting to help out. Hope you can work out a plan.
Kate