~ Charly ~

Well ... my "aviary" is only really a patio aviary, it's on a stand. We can't build a safety chamber on it then. But, we will be getting a bigger aviary with a safety chamber, and we will be putting it in the shed just to keep all the birds inside.

Another two budgies have escaped from their cage ( dumb aviary doors ! ). They are two young birds named Princess and Dusty, both females. Dusty is a Cinnoman, she is a green-grey blue colour. She escaped today, 6 / 12 / 2011. Semi-tamed I guess ... Princess was suppose to be a Lacewing, but I think she may be Albino. She is plain white, and a very inquisitive bird. Somehow yesterday ( 5 / 12 / 2011 ) one of the doors to the aviary was left open or popped open ( wasn't main door ), I am pretty sure she was the first to escape the cage, before two others who were returned on the same day.

Oops, forgot. She is a Sky-Blue CINNAMON Opaline hen. Sorry.

Our Sky-Blue Opaline Hen escaped from her cage today and she is untamed. We call her Sky. If anyone catches her again / sees her, please PM me ! We are on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Thanks for any help.

I though it looked more pink ... I was thinking male but then again I may be wrong.

Hi, I looked through the posted topics, and through the FAQS, and I didn't find anything on this ( I hope I didn't miss anything ). I was wondering if, when budgies are breeding, do they get food cravings for some fruits and veggies or other foods ? The question suddenly popped into my head and now I really want to know. Sorry if there is already a topic on this .... But thanks.

Aww ... It would have been nice to see what the turn out was if they were to hatch. But I guess no one can change anything now can they ? Sigh ...

Ice's name has now been changed to Sky II ( in honour of Sky I ). Ice did not fit. It is Sky for for short ....

Yes, I have seen it. I have seen a few love birds in a small cage once, actually very recently, who had been pulling their own feathers out because of boredom. The poor things, the only things in their cage was a perch and their food and water dishes that sat on the floor, and each other of course. The poor things were helpless. I have seen much worse - such as a sick bird sitting at the bottom of the cage surrounded by many other budgies, no one bothering to tend to his illness - but anything else I would rather not mention. I recommend you don't buy from that pet store again if you dislike

Now that you've asked that I am wondering the same thing.

I'm sorry for your loss. Loosing a beloved pet is the worst thing ever, you must feel so miserable without her. I know I did when my budgie passed away.

That's a shame. Better luck next time. Hopefully next time you will have some nice birds and end up with some really nice chicks. Good luck !

Hi everyone ! I thought I would get everyone to post a picture of their little buddies. And it doesn't matter what kind of little buddy he is - whether he is feathered, furry, scaly, slimy, whatever ! We want to see them ! I'll get some pictures of my pets and post them in the morning, right now I don't have a PhotoBucket account and I don't know how to use it. But I'll get the hang of it soon enough. And I know there is probably something like this already posted, but there are more people that have joined this forum now, and we want to see their pets too !

You seem to be doing a pretty good job there ! I haven't even added a nest box to my birds cage, I'm still preparing. This is my second round at breeding, and I decided I would do LOTS of research on some stuff before I tried again.