Boris' Slave

G'day and Welcome to the site. My budgie is a real chatterbox - she only shuts up when she sleeps! sometimes not even then

G'day! Welcome

I've been looking through youtube and came across this one and thought I'd share it as it is a crack up!

Did you see the whole video? He was getting very friendly!

They are gorgeous! Dr Nats birds are among the best I've seen. They are all robust and very happy. One of the lacewing hen's I got off Nat has already paired herself to one of my boys.

I hadn't noticed this behaviour with the Elegants before. This girl puts her forehead down to the nest box/walls in what I can only guess is an acceptance of the box or maybe an offer to the boys that she is ready to breed. Don't know if it's right or not but have seen my rosella's and red rumps doing the same thing. I also saw a male doing the same thing when in the presence of his mate too. http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/kar...nt=DSCF0365.flv

How to annoy them? Disrupt their quiet reflection! LMAO http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/kar...nt=DSCF0315.flv

These boys are getting really flirty, poor girls look so put upon. http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/kar...nt=DSCF0321.flv http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/kar...nt=DSCF0277.flv

http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/kar...¤t=DSCF0286.flv Here she is singing along: http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/kar...¤t=DSCF0297.flv and making some noise: http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/kar...¤t=DSCF0287.flv

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Congratulations to Geoff O'Neill our 1500th Member!!! :rofl:

makes you want to cross your legs in sympathy . . . :rofl:

oh how I miss handraising budgies! They are so happy and lively. :rofl: *sigh* Turbo (RIP) was the last budgie I handraised.

Here is the direct link for those who can't get the video to play from the above post: http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/kar...nt=DSCF0179.flv I thought it'd been too long since people had seen her. I got a few more today. Boris was the naughtiest I'd ever seen her today - took me 15 minutes to catch her and put her back inside her cage. Naughty girl! :rofl:

Thought I'd play with my new camera earlier this month . . . Boris approves. I've taken a few more, I haven't figured out how to edit yet so they are a bit long.

He's so handsome! and lucky!

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Aboriginal name for budgerigar is betcherrygah which means "Good Eating".

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I wouldn't attempt that in my area. We've got hawks and I've seen a wedge tail around. Plus the many many butcher birds and those annoying noisy miners that just love to scare the daylights out of you. My father would enjoy if I got into pigeons - was offered a flock of 25 - but I would lose too many to the predators.

cameronsch my cages are exactly as you describe. It was after I'd cleaned the cages though and gone inside for the afternoon that I'd left about an inch & a half gap. I was thinking of going to Bunnings and getting some of the rubber that you put on the side of doors to stop creepy crawlies coming in from the side. That way if something happens again they will be safe. Ideally I'd like to put something for the trays like what the locking mechanism is for the show cages. The trays aren't flush though which may create their own problems. I will have a closer look next weekend and ask the father his opinion. GB if it was Boris who got out I doubt I'd catch her easily - she is a good flier. Even though she is tame she is a little @#$%& when it comes time to catch her to put her in the cage.

So yesterday morning I spent cleaning cages, soaking bowls etc. I go inside and late in the afternoon I go to cover one of the cages. I think, wow there's a yellow budgie visiting one of the cages. I get closer and see it's not visiting! it's one of my girls! I had studiply failed to properly close one of the trays and she'd climbed out. I walk up and grab a net but missed and she flew behind the cages. I try to get her again but she took off into a tree 30 metres away. I approach her again and start pulling the branch down ready to net her - she is very calm. Suddenly a wild bird screams and freaks her out and she takes off! Last I saw she was being chased by 4 of the noisy miners and I figure that's the last I'll see of her. I go as fast as I can up the back yard but see nothing. Suddenly hear a rustling in the garden and she flies out to another garden and sits on top of the mother in laws tongue. As I approach she darts to another section and looks at me. I go up (reassuring her she will be okay) and net her. She struggles at first but then settles into my hand and I pop her back in the cage where she goes up and starts kissing a male friend. I really have to figure a way of securing those trays so it doesn't happen again. I got lucky this time! I am amazed she hung around - at her cage too!

Great Adventure! I look forward to the pictures. :hmm:

i like this consept with the picture of winners photo under month they won That might require too much work and memory. I was meaning 12 emblems, one with the month date on it. Maybe if it is a preferred option it may get looked at too.