MissHarley

Thank you so much for your replies I wonder if he will believe it still with all the experts responses ! The Rosa is a lovely bird and very sweet, when we first got her we were told to put her in with our finches , so we did and she was MISERABLE !! they were all zooming around her and she hated it , I then did some research and saw that they like to fly around and be sociable to an extent , she is happy in the cage with the others and follows the budgies around , especially chickee my male budgie , my cockatiel who unfortunately flew away on monday loved her too ... so glad we took her out of the finch cage , all of my birds except the finches only sleep in their cages , for the most part they are flying about the place .

Hi there, my partner and I are disputing whether Motley is a M or F , I think its a girl mainly because of her behaviour, she is very nasty and a bully to our other birds , we found her approx 3 months ago being attacked by lorikeets and her prev owner hacked the feathers off her wing so she couldnt fly , so her wing has since started growing back .... we had her isolated as of a couple of weeks ago , but we trialed her in our bIgger cage with our other 2 budgies (M&F) a cockatiel and a Rosa Bourke and she has just taken over , the others dont even want to go back into their cage when she is in there , and when we do finally get them in , she chases them off their purches and bites their tails and wings , she is really agressive , but with my male Budgie she seems to get along with him fine , i have isolated her again into her own cage so they can at least get some sleep , when they are out of the cage they can at least fly away from the little terror ! her cere is also a laventder colour which is what is making my partner think its a boy EVEN though I have shown him pics of females with Lavender ceres , I would love to hear from the experts if possible !

those pics are awesome !! and those cute little flat top canaries are SO CUTE with their "feather do's" (Laughing out loud) what a sweet little menagerie you got going there :budgiedance:

hey Djelibaybi All I can say is thank your lucky stars its not your MALE thats fallen for u !! My chico loves feet and well, lets just say he gets a little TOO excited on them!! apparently its not uncommon for them to fall in love with their owners, but i dont have a female for Chico so I am it !! but for you to have a male in there with her is strange that she hasnt put her attentions on him.... UNLESS budgies can tell age differences !! (Laughing out loud) anyways I know its not uncommon, so now ya got 2 girlfriends !!! hehehehe

thanks for the friendly information Karen, I am glad to know Chico isnt the only budgie out there who likes his own poop

On my little Chico ..... for the past 2 weeks or so, he has been making these funny little "puffy" noises which are SO CUTE, but its usually to the ends of you know those rope fixtures you can put in the cages, the big plastic things, and it looks like he is almost trying to feed them .... he was GLUED to one (not literally) last week and now migrated tot he one in his cage, and he seems to just want to stay there and coo and make these noises and stuff .... occasionally he will have his little crazy flying spree and hang with me, but not as much as before, he is just under a year old and I am thinking he is going through some sort of hormonal thing possibley, as males tend to feed their young , he also gets very amorous on my foot at times so he probably wouldnt mind some female budgie lovin !! but anyways, i hope its a little phase and he will soon get over it cause I miss his cheeky little self Oh and one other thing ... he has a YUKKY habit of munching on his dry poo in his travel cage ... he doesnt do it in his big cage at home, only this one, he LOVES to travel as I bring him to work at times , so it cant be nerves ....he is chirpy and fun and cute but tends to go on the floor of the cage to chew on the dry poo .... as soon as I see him do it I clean it all away .... do others do that too ? is that normal or does he have a strange fetish ?? (Laughing out loud) ANY feedback appreciated THANKS !!

Sailor, cant remember if it was you or not ... but do I recall you posting something about wanting to get another little one for your lonely budgie ?? and now you have all of these !!?? forgive me if it wasnt you, but if it was, looks like you went Budgie crazy !! and rightly so ... they are toooo cute !

VERY cool shots !!! I'm going to have to practice !!

Fantastic shots !!! I know what u mean re them being too fast , but you did REALLY well !!!

they were such cute pictures !!! he looks like he is an adorable bird .... I would love it if chico let me take pics of him but as soon has he sees the camera he flies right on top of the camera the little bugger !!

I was thinking of doing that at the time Spartan but luckily it was in the day and i put him out in the sun to dry off ... I know the noise of the vaccumm cleaner doesnt bother Chico and birds naturally fly in wind as well .... I would say I will keep that in mind for next time but Hopefully there wont BE a next time !...

thanks for your replies everyone Marlony he is actually a sky blue dominant.... such pretty colours he has , although looking motley cause of his recent molt .... Chico is a cute name for a budgie I think .... and he even speaks some spanish !! You are right Feathers when you said it scared me more than it did him, they just seem to be such tough little buggers sometimes !! but he is definately back to his normal self now ...

these quizes are GREAT !! I am learning so much !

Not going to say my score BUT I did learn some things !! I always thought the foot going back was just a stretch, but I notice Chico doing it moreso when I pick his cage up to transport him so it makes sense !

Yup he is all good !! I even called the vets to see if I did the right thing and she said yes, ESPECIALLY the fact I didnt use any soap .... he is back to his normal self now ... and u are right Bea ... he was just sulking cause he was SOAKING wet ! poor little bugger ... anyways lesson learned by me, Lids on everything !! lucky the water was cold !

Not sure if any of you have experienced similar ... but I was washing some greens under the sink and chico flew down and was having a wash himself .... he gets a little excited and flies off now and then and comes back ... but he accidently flew into a pot I had soaking with bolognese sauce in it, it was reddy / oily water and he flew straight back out ( a little traumatised) and I caught him and wrapped him in a chux and washed him down under luke warm water, and am pretty sure I got it all off him .... I feel SOOOOO BAD !! he is quietly in his cage now .... but he will be okay wont he ???

So glad your little one is okay now Vonn, nothing worse than having to wait to get your little buddy checked out cause they are so delicate ! I have to put mine on a diet cause he is overweight which can also lead to complications, I have to give him french white millet a teaspoon 2 times a day and greens, I am finding it hard to find the frecnh white millet so am giving him a teaspoon of trill instead (the one with all the good stuff in it) but now he is off his bok choy ... i think he is bored with it ... he likes snow pea sprouts and a little brocolli, but the little bugger is getting fussy now, I have to look into these pellets you are all talking about tho .... seems the pet stores that sell budgies have no clue half the time and it makes u wonder how well do they treat them

hahahaha good to know chico isnt the only one with no shame !!! he grabs onto his mirror and lets loose on his perch !

Those are some GREAT pics there, I keep trying to get Chico in flight but the little bugger is too fast !! by the time I think i have got the shot he has landed on the camera !!

Those Blues are absolutely gorgeous !

Thats a pretty bunch you have there .... with HEAPS to play with !

What a gorgeous bunch of birdies ! believe me, I think they ALL have evil in them at times ... :devil:

I have to try Chico on brocolli too !! he LOVES bok Choy and lettuce he nibbles at some fruits, but have to try him on that too .... good tip !

A lot of you probably knew this about budgies, but I didnt until I took my little Chico to the vets .... I took him cause he had loose stools, some were watery and some were almost like constipation, but the watery ones were fewer, so of course it caused me some concern, anyways , the Vet told me that sometimes they can get a watery stools because of excitement, cause they poo and wee at the same time mosty .... but if it was a constant watery poo then it could be a problem, also he is overweight by 6 grams, budgies shouldnt weigh anymore that 40grams and he was 46 grams, apparently Budgies naturally fly about 10 kms a day too look for food and can also survive on very little food, but cause we love our budgies we leave an abundant amount of food for them plus they dont get to fly as much being in cages and limited flight areas, thus putting on weight.. Chico has to go on a diet now cause he has a fatty liver which can lead to other diseases.... the vet said that budgies hide their illnesses quite well ... and makes it hard to detect anything without having to do blood work etc , so keeping their diet to a low fat one is the best to prevent any other complications, the normal budgie Seed we feed our little guys has about 30 grams of fat in it , so now Chico has to go on 2 teaspoons of French White Millet a day only which has 20 grams of fat in it , and veges daily , I am going to make him excercise a little more too by playing a chasing game maybe to get him to fly more ... I have noticed he gets puffed a lot sooner than he probably should... I will do anything to keep my little guy healthy even if it means having to take his seed away for a healthier diet :ausb:

Sailor I think he is VERY cute .... he is the same colouring as my little one ... I have seen pics of show budgies and personally, I like the average budgie better, those show ones always have that boofy head thing happening ... Nothing wrong with a budgie whos a little rough around the edges with a Pin head and hinged tail and short mask (no disrespect Hath or Daz, just didnt know that those points were looked at for show Budgies)