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Oh yeah, sorry. The name I've chosen for her is Cookie, when I talk to her she talks back as in makes sounds. She doesn't qwable though, you know that sound they make? It's good that the Vet deals on all animals, but they may just have general knowledge on Budgies. If you can find a Specialist in Aviary then it would be better in my opinion. How is your budgie doing? Has he settled in yet?

Thanks Missy, yeah she's a cute thing, a little mischeif though. The link you've provided has expired so I can't view the vet If they specialise in Aviary then you're good to go. The vet near me does exotic animals only, Cats/Dogs/Rabbits/Rodents they do not do. But birds/reptiles they do.

Nice looking Birds. Salt and Pepper I think work well.

Yeah, got an avian Vet near me. Thanks for the help. EDIT: Picture of her on my finger. http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8726/img011su5.jpg

I have kept an eye on her and she hasn't done it for a few hours now. I think it could be a nervous thing, only happens when I get near her (Laughing out loud). She happily flies around my room and calls out. I have a Vet near me but don't know the procedure. Do they charge to look at your' pets or isit free? I'll give it another day or two just to see how she gets on.

She can't get out, she just did it today, now she's ontop of her perch. Sneezing kind of thing is almost daily when I'm near her, I do play around and she doesn't bite. I thought it was a warning kind of thing at first, but not so sure.

Cheers guys, right at this very moment. She's sticking her whole body in the food and kicking it out with her legs onto the bottom of the cage Think she prefers eating from the bottom. I also have a question, she always ends up making this noise it's like a sneeze but also like she's spitting, does anyone know why a budgie does this?

Thanks Kaz. She's very much still a sitter yet, doesn't go about the cage much. I have to put her next to her tray with seeds so she eats, she's nearly always streching her feathers too. I was stroking her cheek with my thumb and she started calling which pleased me.

More progress, I've managed to get her to sit on my finger, and fed her some millet. She's at the bottom of the cage now eating some of the loose seeds, is this normal? First time she's been on the bottom and she's fairly hungry, so I'm pleased she's eating. She's had a peck at her Cuttlefish aswell.

Thanks for the advice guys. I have no intentions of clipping her wings, I have, some what bonded with her/him. I have a perch in the cage which can detach and I introduced her to were the food and water is kept in the cage. And she had some of each. She's really calm and sits in one place most of the time. Not really an "active bird". I've started to play calling sounds quite frequent and she/he responds much more louder then before. I agree, some petstores I have visited don't know what they're talking about. She was kept with 3 others birds, a grey one which she/he looked very much a partner of as they were together most of the time. Thanks for the advice guys, and sorry about the pictures should have read the rules first . EDIT: When she/he bit me, bit my thumb and didn't let go of it, just kept it bitten and also squawked.

Yeah 4-5months I thought to myself too. They were advertised in the pet store as 'Baby Budgies'. In my opinion I think the cage is the right size for him/her as it's on its' own (by the way isit a Him or her?). I'm slowly trying to bond with it, I guess I have to give it time. Just worried that if it doesn't eat it might pass away . I've grown fond of him/her.

Sorry about quality, haven't got a good camera to hand apart from my phone. Hope this helps http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6333/img002ma5.jpg http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5156/img003az1.jpg http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4636/img008kx9.jpg

Hello all, I bought a budgie yesterday and had done my research before getting one. It's a baby budgie, male I think, the cere is purple/blue with white around the nostrils. I'll have to get some pictures of it later just to make sure. When I took it out of the box to put into the cage, the little bugger flew out and all around the room. Our patio windows are fairly big and it being a bird flew right into them, flew around again and then sat on the curtain rail. At this stage I got him and he bit me and very hard, holding the pain I managed to put him in the cage. He was breathing quite hard and was upset I gather. The cage is fairly big for one bird has 2 perches/a mirror and a Bell. The budgie doesn't seem to interested hasn't really called out and hasn't eaten anything. Just sat on the top perch, I've been talking to it and put my hand in the cage and it wasn't to shaken up this time, and it let me stroke it's belly abit. I'm just a tad worried, do budgies act like what I've mentioned when they've been parted with the rest of the group (was housed with 3 others), and will take time for it to eat and get used to the new surroundings? Pictures will be up later. This is my first budgie I'm keeping, last year I had 2 Rosella Parakeets, which were really active as soon as they'd jumped into the cage. Today, he's being really quiet and when I play sound clips of Budgies from youtube he'll call back. I do feel really terrible, as he just doesn't seem happy, I know it's early days just thought he'd be alot more enthusiastic. He hasn't had anything to eat apart from Millet Spray which was very little off. I'm tried encouriging him but isn't having any of it. I'm really unsure on what to do Thanks guys.