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Put in your best entry for Budgie of the Month. Every one has until the end of each month (U.S. Time EST) to enter a picture. Members vote at the beginning of the month to chose who will be the winner. You can win only 1 time within the year so for example if you won March Budgie of the Month then your pictures can not be qualifed to win again. This prevents 1 member winning all the time and makes it fair since each and every one of us have different talents with our camera . One picture per member per month. Please remember to keep to the board rules of maximum, pictures should not exceed 480x640 AND links will not be accepted ONLY images. If this is not met then you picture will not be accepted (notification of non acceptance is not guaranteed). Any post you make to this thread will not show up so please do not repost. Do not post questions on this thread if you have a question you can either PM me or post in the Competition Area, thank you. Good luck to all that enter. Winners are recognized for the whole month and a Budgie of the Month Picture (example below) is is added to their signature line and it is removed after the month is over and is added to the next winners signature line. Click HERE to see all the different emblems that are used. They have been created by our own BBC members and we appreciate their help. created by mysixbabies Also note that all monthly winning pictures will be automatically added to the Budgie of the Year fpr 2010. To check out "2008 Budgie of the Year" CLICK HERE OR "2009 Budgie of the Year" CLICK HERE (NOTE: you can only win 1 month per year to make it fair for all members, so example if you win Jan then you are not elibgible to win for the remaining months of that present year) Important Information: if you are the Budgie of the Month and are entered in the Budgie of the Year your original photo most stay up and not be moved, deleted, or link broken, this is the only way we can verifiy that that photo was the winner, if you decide to move, delete the photo your photo is disqualified from the Budgie of the Year Competition. Interested in our Monthly 2009 Winners? CLICK HERE and feel free to look, this is a readme only post, to congratulate the winner feel free to click on the CLICK HERE to Congratulate Link in this thread under the photo. Read here on how to post pictures within guide regulation Photo Regulations/How to Post TIPS on taking good pictures that WIN Make sure you have good lighting, the best is in the daylight without a flash Try and take your budgie's picture without the bar cages, many camera's will let you zoom in and you can put the lense between the space If it is a close-up use your macro setting (symbolized on some camera's by a flower) and then press the shutter button 1/2 way and let it focus If the picture is blurry check your setting and try again Make sure you resize your pictures to message board size (640x480) too small of pictures are hard to see

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How old is she? I believe the link above is the Taming article with great tips.

Sounds like you are doing everything right :rofl:

Generally around this time budgies do start molting but they also start to get hormonal and males can tend to be flirty with the person who spends the most time with them which I bet is you. When I get him to step onto my hand, he sometimes bites me and gives a warning swark (like go away!), but he will still step onto my hand. He'll generally stay on my hand but may continue to bite my fingers!! Generally his bites are not hard. When he does this, I just ignore him. He probably is cranky because of molting but also hormonal. The getting on your hand and biting gentle or even hard and flirting with your fingernails is a sign of hormonal behavior and it will continue. You are his "mate" or so called buddy so that is what budgies do they flirt and they will do it often if given a chance. With my hubby, it's worse. When he tries to get Alfie, he gets bitten quite hard on the fingers and Alfie tries to get away. When Alfie's out of the cage and flying around the house, he evades him by flying erratically around and has crashed heavily into doorways a couple of times. So far, he hasn't injured himself. How much time does your husband spend with him? My husband spends hardly anytime with Merlin, Merlin is my bird or I am his girl lol the same thing happens all the time if he wants a different bird he will need to take the same steps you have to create a bond. Birds don't bond overnight they are not like "some" dog (I say some because I am not talking about ones that have been abused) but dogs are usually always happy to be by a person birds are not like that at all you have to work with them all the time and be with them. I'm quite concerned about his behaviour, especially towards my hubby and the risk of Alfie seriously hurting himself or worse. He's healthy in every other way (ie. eating, flying, babbling, playing with toys and his buddy Sandy). I would consider but your choice to have his wings clipped so your husband can work with him more when he is out of his cage you can always let them grow back in that is what I did with my birds they both had 1 clip and then after that they were not clipped again. This is very common behavior because he does see your husband as a threat and feels like he has to protect you. Alfie's also gotten grumpy with Sandy and they tend to squabble more. I know they normally get on because they always want to be together and often preen/feed each other. Make sure that the cage is large enough, there are enough perches high and low where they both can go, make sure they are enriched, you can read about foraging and making them work for their food, along with different types of toys and switching them out often. Squabbles are normal but if they are getting bad you may need to separate them for a bit. Could Alfie just be going through a phase or could it be that he prefers women? (my family once had a galah who loved my sister but hated dad). Birds don't prefer sexes I don't believe that unless abused by that sex, they bond to the person (male or female) who is with them the most, and in most cases (not ALL) it is the female not the males in the family.

wonderful news

Not all budgie mess drops downwards. Think about it, Every flit across the cage, every flap of the wings sends the seeds husks into the air. Your bedding carpet, curtains etc gets covered in DUST. So true, my computer room since Merlin is in here full time is the so dusty it is not just the bird feather dust, the seed shells too...I personally would not keep a budgie in my room because of the allergans and I am not allergic to dander or dust but it is unhealth for it to be in your lungs and settle there. It is a personal choice and if this is the only spot you can keep him then I would make sure you keep his cage very clean and do the best you can.

I think they are a bit different but small cages can be used similarly, a travel cage would be more secure, my small cage as Kaz said the doors need to be tied off, the perches taken out of, the seed bowls removed and those doors tied off and the tray removed and then I put a small towel on the bottom where they can stand and newspaper over if if you prefer.

I just love kitten energy they are so cute cute and she is just adorable, congrats.

your photos are so nice and what a nice story to go with them, you should enter 1 of them for Budgie of the Month if you haven't already just make sure they are sized to 640x480 :bump:

I know it is just one budgie but I have heard and read that keeping a budgie in your bedroom is not healthy for the human because of the feather dust and breathing it in while you are asleep it could cause breathing issues, with 1 I am sure it is not a big deal but I am putting that out there.

very normal

that is because he was the odd man out most likely you had 4 the other once probably were already established with their pairs or bonding friend therefore it left him out and no one to pair with.

budgies are social creatures so by nature they will bond or try to bond to another animal or human, that is why when you have a sole budgie (bird) you will find that they do bond closely with their human, because this budgie is a baby this behavior is very normal as the love bird is the closest thing to another bird, I would not be afraid of the budgie hurting the lovebird but vs versa.

Your budgie looks like a female and looks to be around 3 months old. I would allow them to visit each other supervised but not be housed together. Cute picture you should submit it for this months Budgie of the Month competition.

Happy Birthday :fingerscrossed:

Welcome :fingerscrossed:

Splat...Congratulations!!!! What a cute cute picture. Please leave your congrats here and comments. Don't forget to enter for April's contest now.

You decide, break the tie, who will be this months winner? Will keep the poll open for three days. Don't leave comments, if you have questions feel free to PM me.

You can vote for as many entries as you like. Do not post comments on this thread. If you have questions please PM me. Thank you and good luck to all the members who entered. To enter for April CLICK HERE Tie Breaker CLICK HERE to VOTE

Put in your best entry for Budgie of the Month. Every one has until the end of each month (U.S. Time EST) to enter a picture. Members vote at the beginning of the month to chose who will be the winner. You can win only 1 time within the year so for example if you won March Budgie of the Month then your pictures can not be qualifed to win again. This prevents 1 member winning all the time and makes it fair since each and every one of us have different talents with our camera :raincloud: . One picture per member per month. Please remember to keep to the board rules of maximum, pictures should not exceed 480x640 AND links will not be accepted ONLY images. If this is not met then you picture will not be accepted (notification of non acceptance is not guaranteed). Any post you make to this thread will not show up so please do not repost. Do not post questions on this thread if you have a question you can either PM me or post in the Competition Area, thank you. Good luck to all that enter. Winners are recognized for the whole month and a Budgie of the Month Picture (example below) is is added to their signature line and it is removed after the month is over and is added to the next winners signature line. Click HERE to see all the different emblems that are used. They have been created by our own BBC members and we appreciate their help. created by mysixbabies Also note that all monthly winning pictures will be automatically added to the Budgie of the Year fpr 2010. To check out "2008 Budgie of the Year" CLICK HERE OR "2009 Budgie of the Year" CLICK HERE (NOTE: you can only win 1 month per year to make it fair for all members, so example if you win Jan then you are not elibgible to win for the remaining months of that present year) Important Information: if you are the Budgie of the Month and are entered in the Budgie of the Year your original photo most stay up and not be moved, deleted, or link broken, this is the only way we can verifiy that that photo was the winner, if you decide to move, delete the photo your photo is disqualified from the Budgie of the Year Competition. Interested in our Monthly 2009 Winners? CLICK HERE and feel free to look, this is a readme only post, to congratulate the winner feel free to click on the CLICK HERE to Congratulate Link in this thread under the photo. Read here on how to post pictures within guide regulation Photo Regulations/How to Post TIPS on taking good pictures that WIN Make sure you have good lighting, the best is in the daylight without a flash Try and take your budgie's picture without the bar cages, many camera's will let you zoom in and you can put the lense between the space If it is a close-up use your macro setting (symbolized on some camera's by a flower) and then press the shutter button 1/2 way and let it focus If the picture is blurry check your setting and try again Make sure you resize your pictures to message board size (640x480) too small of pictures are hard to see

Oh how cool Kaz, I have read about them.

No the ink on the printer would not make him sick very unlikely. Birds do not have a great sense of smell where an oder would bother them. Their eyes and ears are where their great sense comes into play. The noise of the printer probably got him all excited any loud noises usually get budgies excited in a good way most of the time because they are used to living in large colonies where it is always noisy. Silence for a bird means danger, noise means everything is going well. There is a taming article in the FAQ if you would like to read through it on taming.