i just adopted a budgie from a lady who said she didn't have enough time for him. she was examining him one day for a possible blood feather and some of his tail feathers came out. he doesn't seem to be missing them too terribly. anyway, will they grow back?
thank you!
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| 2008-04-23 18:07 |
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I just got a new budgie (I already have one three-year-old who is thriving). I have had her for three days She seems mostly very happy and healthy; her feathers seem clean and shiny, she is eating and drinking, after some diarrhea at first she is pooping normally, and she seems fairly energetic. The only thing is, she seems to preen an awful lot. Is this normal for a new bird, or could she have some sort of problem? She doesn't seem to be pulling out feathers...
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i was wondering if anyone had experiences with avian harnesses with budgies. I've seen them on larger parrots, and some even on tiels but i feel like they may be too bulky for budgies? But i did see one nice brand here (http://www.mybirdstore.com/WHAT_S_NEW_EXCITING-AVIATOR_HARNESS_PETITE_X_LARGE.html) it seemed nice because it has an elastic on your wrist so the shock of running out of leash isnt harsh, (I mean the bird is clipped but i still would never take it out unrestrained). Since spring is around the corner and early summer will probably be the only nice time i can take him out without it being too hot i though i would ask now instead of at the last minute.
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| eterri |
| 2008-03-02 16:09 |
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Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know that I'd like to add more cage setup photos to budgietalk.com. If you have photos of a setup (that belong to you) that you'd like to share, please reply here!
Please include as much information about your cage as possible. Most importantly, the dimensions of the cage, model name (if you know it) and the pros and cons. What do you like about it? What do you hate about it?
We've had a cage setup post before but it's been a long time and it will be easier for me to get permission to use photos if we do a new post. (Not to mention, we've gotten a lot more members since then who might want to share.)
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| wiebke |
| 2008-03-01 14:31 |
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Hi all!
I was just doing some calculating and realized that my little bird Pell is now SEVEN! I am astonished at this, since I've never had a budgie over two, and Pell just keeps chugging along. She's never been sick a day, sings and chortles at all hours (up through midnight, even when covered) and eats well. She's having a bath with a bit of water and some watercress right now, as she's decided she likes greens. Her regular food is pellets. She gets out to fly a couple of times a week, usually for a couple of hours while I've got my cat locked up in the other room.
Anyway, now that Pell is getting older, I'm just wondering if there are any particular health issues or other problems I should be on the lookout for. Her cagemate died suddenly two years ago without warning. She has a different attitude than her cagemate, however, and has always been more relaxed and way less afraid of stuff. Any advice?
Oh, and here's a pic from a couple of weeks ago.
She gets occasional seed treats and yeah,
she had just torn apart a seed log
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Hello all,
It's been forever since I've posted in here; I haven't lived with my birds for a couple of years (they're with my parents), so I rarely have anything to post anymore, unfortunately.
My question stems from sad news; Phoebe, one of my two budgies, passed away on Monday after a bad case of pneumonia combined with either a cyst or a tumor, and an enlarged liver. Now, Ollie (a female) is on her own. She's more sociable with my parents now that she doesn't have a budgie to keep her company, but we don't feel it's right to keep her on her own. A friend of mine has several budgies and has offered to give me one (this way we can get Ollie a friend that is about the same age).
Now, in my experience, male budgies are (in general) more sociable, and just have different personalities than females. I love my girl budgies, but I really would like to see how it is to have a male. BUT...Baby budgies are the last thing I want, and they're the last things my parents want. I know to shake/freeze any eggs that might happen and to put them back to avoid over-laying and babies, but my parents and I are worried about how any laying might affect Ollie's health.
So my questions to the rest of you budgie owners are the following:
- In your experience, does having two budgies, a male and a female, result in eggs all the time?
- How do your males and females interact?
- For those birds that do lay eggs, have you seen any negative effects on their health and general well-being?
( A picture of my girls )
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So far so good. He's still VERY shy and we try to tread softly when around him. But he's adorably cute. Those big eyes and funny face.
Look at those colors! He's so cute... He's also been in that spot for a while and pooped a few times into his food dish! I'll have to clean that up. :)
( More here. )
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This morning Marc set up the bird cage with new perches and some of Scooby's old toys that she didn't really like. He told me he was ready to get a new bird and he wanted to go get one today. I took one look at the cage and burst into tears. It was so hard imagining a new bird that wasn't Scooby. The pain is still very fresh for me and I still feel sad for her every day since she died. Marc reassured me that the new bird will not be replacing Scooby at all. It'll be like one of her brothers or sisters that we will be giving a new home to. I know I wanted more birds but didn't think we'd get one so soon. But we did.
( Introducing Sprite...I mean Sparky the Lemon Chicken! )
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Well guys, its been a slice, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be leaving the community since I don't have budgies anymore! My sister came and took them back since she got a place where she can have them now.
Thanks to anyone and everyone that ever offered me help or advice regarding those two crazy cats. You were all fantastic!
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This community is wonderful. I love reading your stories and seeing pictures of your beautiful birds. It's a comfort to me right now as I am suffering the loss of my sweet budgie Scooby.
I wrote a little dedication for her on the day she died.:
( Scooby, Our little blue chicken )
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soooooo..... I've got two budgies, not hand tamed really, but i do keep their wings and nails clipped, and they do let me hold them on my finger for a bit after i do those things...
Anyways, its a boy girl pairing for SURE, with the boy around 2, and the girl minimum a year and a half. (because thats how long I've had her)
So... two days ago, I come home to find the lady chilling in their little hanging coconut hut thing. Come back a few hours later to feed my reptiles (because they're in my reptile room) and lo and behold, there was an egg in her little coconut thing! after some googling, i found out they can lay up to 8 eggs, and that they usually lay them every other day. Well, today was "every other day" and now there are two little eggs in her coconut. She looks adorable all fluffed up and sitting on them, but since this is her first clutch of eggs, i guess I have a few questions that almighty google can't answer.
Firstly, for anyone who has bred budgies before, how fertile will the first clutch be? I read it takes 18-20 days for the eggs to hatch, but how long can you leave them in there for her to "mother" when they're infertile? and how soon can you know if they're fertile or not?
Secondly, what should I be keeping an eye out for? or what vitamins/suppliments should I be trying to give to the female while shes laying all these eggs? I know with reptiles you want to suppliment them heavily with calcium after they lay eggs, but I saw one place online that you don't want to do that with budgies for risk of prolapse?
I'm kinda a newb at this, and definitely don't want to fail or anything, and wouldn't mind keeping a beeb for myself to tame unlike the parents... so any information would be wonderful!!
thanks!
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Pippin just said his first words :)
"Hi" and "Pippin." I thought I'd heard him say Pippin before, but I wasn't sure... now I am! What a smartybutt.
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So i just joined yesterday. We have 6 parakeets and love them all ;)
heres some pics of them and introductions to them
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| tsunami_ryuu |
| 2007-11-28 18:49 |
| Young budgie vomiting? Help! |
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I need some help from other budgie owners.
I've got three young budgies (under 6 mos.) living with me. I just took them in for their first vet appointment two weeks ago, and they all got clean bills of health.
Today I let the three of them run around on the floor of my apartment, monitored the whole time. I put a little millet on the carpet and let them eat it. They picked around the carpet a bit in typical budgie foraging-on-the-ground mode, but I thought I stopped them from eating anything other than the millet (and I just vacuumed recently, so there really wasn't much of anything on the carpet).
Fast forward to now, about two hours later. I look over into the cage and Alfredo, my youngest guy, is doing something weird. He's putting his head forward and retracting it fast, like he's gagging. And then he threw up some seeds.
It doesn't look like any courtship feeding I've ever seen (I've owned budgies before)... he's just sitting on the perch and doing the head-gagging every few minutes.
Should I take him to the emergency vet? Could some tiny bit of stuff on the floor be hurting him? I don't want to stress him and me out if it's not necessary to take him to the vet. Do some budgies just vomit/gag like that without courtship feeding anything?
Help!
EDIT: Aaaaand now he's down on the food dish, eating and looking okay. I really have no idea what is/was going on.
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| eterri |
| 2007-11-27 19:59 |
| Featured Budgies on Budgietalk.com |
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Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you budgie owners know that I'm going to be adding another page to the budgietalk site just to feature our little budgies. If you have an especially cute picture (or two or three!) that you'd like to share on the site, feel free to post it here or send it to terri AT budgietalk DOT com and I'll put it up! Please include some information about your bird (name, age, that sort of thing) and maybe a cute little story along with it.
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