Hills 0 Posted October 24, 2008 Member ID: 4,763 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 529 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 28, 2015 Birthday: 11/05/1963 Share Posted October 24, 2008 (edited) Hi all, I'm new to this forum and have had several budgies previously and now my son would like to get one. I have always got them from pet shops and they have varied from stepping up onto my finger from day one to trying to remove my finger from day one :fear Obviously I'd like my son's first budgie to be as "friendly" as possible so after reading here it looks like the best bet is to get one from a breeder that was handled from an early age. Can anyone tell me if any Adelaide breeders have any available in the near future? We don't intend to breed or show it so a "show" reject would be fine as long as it would make a good pet. By The Way my son is 10 years old so he will always be supervised when near the budgie (read: I'm getting the budgie but letting him think its his ) Cheers Phil Edit... again Thanks for moving my post to its own thread Kaz. I have now found the wanted section so I have posted in there too. By way of further introduction, as I said I have had several budgies, love birds, finches and a crazy but much loved galah over the years and now that my son is keen to get one he has rekindled my interest as well. As with most things I have found in the past that any venture seems to go better if you listen to the experts first, hence I posted here rather than just going to our local pet shop. The info on this site looks great so I have an afternoon of reading ahead of me and hopefully soon I'll have some pics for you. Expect lots of questions Cheers again Phil Edited October 25, 2008 by Neat Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted October 25, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Hi Phil Very good to have you here. A great bonding thing to do with your son too. We have some great advice to share on here. We also have a large amount of info in our FAQ section. If you need any help....just ask :fear Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted October 25, 2008 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Hello and welcome It is great to have you here and you will find all the answers to any questions here as well :fear Look forward to seeing what baby you get. There are lots of great breeders on here and i am sure you will find one local to you. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted October 25, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted October 25, 2008 (edited) We have forum members who are breeders in Adelaide Edited October 25, 2008 by KAZ Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted October 25, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted October 25, 2008 (edited) welcome to the Forum! Hope you find it very happy and enjoyable. There's plenty of information, I spent ages on here before buying my 2 birds just so much to take in. Its great! Look forward to hearing your many questions. I might even be able to answer one or two Edited October 25, 2008 by JimmyBanks Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted October 25, 2008 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.21 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Welcome to the forum :party0011: Link to comment
Montie 0 Posted October 25, 2008 Member ID: 4,561 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 88 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 26, 2011 Birthday: 22/07/1975 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Welcome to the forum. Good luck in just reading for the afternoon, before you know it the week has passed and you are still stuck in here (willingly)! It's the best place to hang out. Hope you find a nice budgie and please post us some pictures so that we can share your excitement with you. Link to comment
Hills 0 Posted October 25, 2008 Member ID: 4,763 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 529 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 28, 2015 Birthday: 11/05/1963 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! I'll be posting lots of pics once we get the little fella. Just out of curiosity how rare are budgies in the US and Canada? I sometimes hear in the news of people trying to smuggle aussie birds and eggs out so I assume they must be quite hard to get over there to risk those sort of fines or imprisonment (not to mention what the poor birds are put though!!). Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted October 25, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Budgies are not rare in the USA. In fact our american budgie lovers have termed their budgies "American Budgies" Some of our types of budgies are harder for them to get or find near them but budgies are commonly found in petshops and with breeders and pet owners all over the USA and many other parts of the world. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted October 25, 2008 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.21 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Yes you can get budgies here all the time it is the "show type" AKA English type that are not found commonly in the pet shops, but you can find the "pet type" AKA American at almost any pet store...in fact they are bird rescuse organization here for those people who impulse buy and dont' commit to their pet budgie and now we have budgies that need homes. Link to comment
Montie 0 Posted October 26, 2008 Member ID: 4,561 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 88 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 26, 2011 Birthday: 22/07/1975 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Same here in Canada. Most of the budgies in the shops are blue though! Link to comment
Hills 0 Posted October 26, 2008 Member ID: 4,763 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 529 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 28, 2015 Birthday: 11/05/1963 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Ah I see, sounds like a successfull Aussie export then. Thanks for the info! Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted October 26, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I hear alot of Americans calling them parakeets too... Link to comment
Hills 0 Posted October 26, 2008 Member ID: 4,763 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 529 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 28, 2015 Birthday: 11/05/1963 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 (edited) Yeah I was just reading in my sons new budgie book that budgerigar is actually the indiginous Australian name for them from their words "betgerrygah" which in turn means pretty bird. (I'm sure this info is all on here anyway but I found it interesting ) It says they're also called Undulating Grass Parakeets, shell parrots, warbling grass parakeets, canary parakeets and zebra parakeets by ornithologists. I think budgerigar sounds much better, thanks to our original Aussies!! Edited October 26, 2008 by Hills Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted October 26, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I read somewhere that it means good food in an aboriginal language... lets hope pretty bird is the right one lol Link to comment
Hills 0 Posted October 26, 2008 Member ID: 4,763 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 529 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 28, 2015 Birthday: 11/05/1963 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Haha!! Oh dear, a quick google agrees with what you said. Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted October 29, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted October 29, 2008 plan on opening a restaraunt? I'd suggest show types... more meat... Ewwww... Link to comment
Hills 0 Posted October 29, 2008 Member ID: 4,763 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 529 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 28, 2015 Birthday: 11/05/1963 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Haha!! I was reading up on this as it tickled my curiosity. Sounds like the juries out... as one person said "if budgerigar means "good food" then why isn't all bush tucker called budgerigar?"... Perhaps it means good "light snack" or "canapaes" or even "Hors d'oeuvres" in their native tongue. Link to comment
Neat 0 Posted October 29, 2008 Member ID: 3,275 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 321 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,171 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,845 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/03/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 25, 2010 Birthday: 22/05/1980 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted October 29, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I'll have to ask Cyril Rioli when I go to Hawthorn FC. Wasn't that Grand Final such a good game... sorry had a flashback of greatness then. Will try not to let my footy get in the way of my budgies... Link to comment
Hills 0 Posted October 29, 2008 Member ID: 4,763 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 529 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 28, 2015 Birthday: 11/05/1963 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Yeah rub it in to an Adelaidean! :yes: Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted October 30, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm originally an Adelaidian... I live here now but I will never call myself a Victorian. I'm not a convict! Just know greatness when I see it. I moved over here when I was 10 and everytime I went to the football Hawthorn were playing so I started going for them... ANYWAYS... I think we are enough now lol. I wonder if I went to the Northern Territory to meet with the different aboriginal tribes to try and find out this information, would I be able to claim it on tax... hmmm Link to comment
Hills 0 Posted October 31, 2008 Member ID: 4,763 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 529 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,070 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 28, 2015 Birthday: 11/05/1963 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 Hmmm dunno about that, but they might treat you to a free meal! Link to comment
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