welshman

Jim loves the stuff, he goes mad when i give him a leaf to chew on and clears the lot. How much is too much though?

happy new year everyone, jim is totally better now,back to his cheeky ways, he enjoyed a leuttce leaf earlier and now has a nice green tint to his face!

oh my god i am so touched, all your kind words really have helped me and jim along, feathers you have brought tears to my eye,so kind your words are, today is another great day for jim, as i came home from work this morning i could hear his whistle welcoming me home, he does this when he sees people approaching down the drive! so that was great to hear. he doesnt like taking his meds though, gave me a nasty look after that again. Its amazing how you bond with these little birds, i really cant describe how i felt on the 27th when i thought he was leaving me. Thankfully i can now look forward to the new year with my little family,Jim is a big part of it. and thanks again for all you help and kind words people, very much appreciated, as we say here in wales,"Diolch yn Fawr".......(thankyou)

nah i dont mind the balding at all. the wife likes it so thats okay, and jim doesnt mind when he decides to sit on my head.

thanks very much....i feel a bruce willis haircut coming on

hes been talking a lot tonight, loads of wolf whistles etc.....so glad he feeling better, here he is lying on his ramp getting a good scratch from me...i apologise for me looking so rough...and my god im going bald!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/welshade/DSC01017.jpg

he getting better, he is more balanced today, and about half an hour ago he told me he was a good boy this made me feel much better, he is eating seed well and has had water.I am over the moon :budgiedance:

thanks for your posts, i will try some lettuce tomorrow, dont think i could handle it if i lost jim now, the other morning i really thought it was a matter of hours for him and i got really really upset,there went my hard man image when people heard about that..

hes having 0.2 mls twice a day, i cant hold his head tight in fear of hurting him, weve had a few small wolf whistles tonight and hes been ringing his favorite bell a bit so he must be getting better. one thing though is that he hasnt drank much if any water in the last few days

here he is relaxing, taking some weight off his foot. god its hard to get him to drink from the syringe. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/welshade/DSC01016.jpg

hi everyone, jim is a bit better today,he still is having problems balancing but he is eating more, i kept him in my hand until about 4am then i placed him in his cage and he managed to perch. ive given him his antibio this morning but its hard to get the syrine in his mouth.

yes i will, tonight is a vital time i think. i wil post tomorrow

i can go without, i want to make sure he is comfortable, i tried the towel ealier but he wouldnt stay, wanted to be with me,hes been in my hand all day , he did an incredible poo just now too, the biggest ive ever seen!!

Do you think i should ho;d him through the night?? hes been in my hand all day and he cant balance on a perch, maybe i should lay a towel in the cage?? allthough i dont mind holding him through the night.

im going to, its been a hectic year for the wife and i, we are having a baby. but jim is still my baby. i will be so glad when i hear him talk again, its so quiet here in the living room, he had just mastered "wot you doing".

thanks for all the help people.

im just back from the vet, luckily the closest vet had a nurse in today who specializes in birds, she said it could be septic arthritis, no sign of breaks. he had an antibio injection, i couldnt watch!!! also got antibio for a week now. keeping him warm for as long as it takes now, here he is getting some love http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/welshade/DSC01014.jpg

there are no marks on his foot, just looks swollen a bit. im going to get him to the vets now somehow now

i cant get to a vet, closest one to look at him would be 60mile round trip.and i dont have transport. any ideas what it could be

hi, im adrian and my budgie is jim, some of you know us... i got up today and jim is sick. i think hes had a stroke, his right foot will not grip and seems swollen. hes now sitting in the palm of my hand,fast asleep i think hes going to pass.......im crying so much as hes my best buddy, i cant stand the quiet here without him talking.

yeah with his feet, hes been doing it for as long as ive had him but i just wanted to know,

Jim seems to allways scratch his bum,he cleans all the time really but should i be concerned at him having a good scratch there or is it a normal thing for them to do?

okay here we are,i havnt got the best camera so please forgive my pics,and hes just had a moult too!

yeah i will be taking some this afternoon,i will post them later

hello all, i have not been here to post for ages due to work etc,just checking in to say that Jim is still going strong,he is a year old now and i love him loads. His vocab is great,loads of phrases like "jim good boy" "what you doin jim" "come on jim" "quick quick quick" "hello" among others that im teaching him,his wolf whistles are spot on and cause great fun when people come around! he also has learned to imitate my laugh which is cute. and of course he is still tame,he just loves to hang around with me it seems. when we arrive home from work at night you can hear him chirping loudly from outside because he has seen us put up on the drive. Long may this fun last