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:hap: Cute! And haha! Why do they love our heads so much!?? (Hair = feathers, and it's warm? (Laughing out loud)! ) Nice shots! Your blue boy in picture #4 looks like my Yoda! :hap: gahhh! Love him!

Haha, okay! Yeah - I am thinking it would be the Brown Falcon more than any of the above! :hap: Hope you can scare the bugger off permanently!! :devil: Let us know how you go!! :hap:

Yes! Cosmo loves grated carrot! He eats it from my fingers too! yay! Haha! Yeah - cats have always been to me - selfish! (not to offend anyone on here! *runs away and hides* ) Whenever my brother wanted a cat - I would complain and say 'But all they do is eat, sleep and runaway!'. : Cats can be fun and cute, but birds are way more interesting AND can talk! (However :excl: we had 2 cats when I was growing up who would 'talk' with you.. *shrug* ) ahhwell! Ahh, thanks Phoebe.. :hap: I really hope Jodie improves ASAP! Has she calmed down? Take care of yourself too eh? She needs a strong Mummy! All the best for you and Jodie .. :hap: (no hug emoticons on here..). *prayers*

Ahhh! Thank you Feathers! Carrot and broccoli for Mr. C's lunch! :(Laughing out loud): Yeah - my guy seems to be acting more like a Daddy nowadays.. He said that he didn't realise what great little pets budgies can make! He was always a 'cat person' before.. haha! Cosmo doesn't run away as quickly from his hands compared to mine! :hap: Odd, since I spend much more time with him than he does! ha! All good! Hmm.. Cosmo is very quiet today.. But he enjoys being out of his cage. :hap:

Gawww! I should ask you for name help! haha! I like the above, and thought instead of Foot and Loops, maybe Fruit and Loops? :hap: haha, errrrrm, maybe, maybe not! (Laughing out loud)! Can't wait to see feahtered pics!

HUGE post, sorry!!! Possible birds: Black-breasted Buzzard (probably not, but): http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000067 Brown Falcon: Yikes! Could be the monster!?? http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000112 Brown Goshawk: http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000114 Brown Songlark?: http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000118 Red Goshawk (probably not - descibed as living further north): http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/birds/redgoshawk.html http://www.johnyoungwildlife.com/index.php...id=52&Itemid=38 http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000515 Pallid Cuckoo: http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000475 Pacific Baza???: http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000464 Osprey: http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000462 Peregrine Falcon (may be THE monster!?!? The Brown Falcon is more likely I suppose? the colours don't really look right though.. ): http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000483 Whistling Kite: http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000716 Spotted Harrier: http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000641 Spotted Nightjar (NOT your monster - but I thought it's call was kinda cool! ) : http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000642 Swamp Harrier: http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu02?...d505=1000000666 Anyhoo, youwill be able to have a better crack at it later! Maybe you could get a photo of it? Good luck!

Gahhh! The damn thing! Hopefully the cloth will help! Here is a link to help you figure out what this monster is: http://www.birdpedia.com/au/bi.dll/bipu01?m=042 I will bookmark that one myself! Good luck!

Haha, yeah - birds are so vain aren't we, *cough* I mean they? haha! I love watching him preen his tail feathers - the curl he does with the longest one is lovely! Even my partner goes 'gaa-gaa' at him doing it! Yeah - I was going to get him a plain old ladder from the shops, but thought it would be more fun if I made him one! Problem was, I didn't want to use any threads or glue. The paperclips' sharp ends are inside the straw - hopefully he can't gnaw through straw! He keeps looking at it - but I haven't actually seen him on it yet - just his poops are! (Laughing out loud)! Cosmo has been the best thing that has happened to us in a long time! My partner keeps thanking me for bringing Cosmo home, and says that he calms him! :angel1: awww.. Cosmo will sit on me for ages, but is still iffy about the fingers. I think he thinks that I am going to either clip him or give him medicine! eek! He'll come round! Pics of the ladder will have to be later tonight (in roughly 9 hours' time.. (Laughing out loud) - my guy took my camera to school today.. oops!). Time for playing with Cosmo! Its raining at the moment (YAY! Finally some rain!!!!). He looks interested! haha! :(Laughing out loud): Oh yeah - his poopies are less watery and more consistent. I haven't given him any lettuce or cucumber for the last 2 days, so maybe I can give him some more tomorrow? Is carrot okay for when the poos are a bit sloppy? Thanks you guys!

Ohh my gosh! They are SO cute! (I am a twin - we do prefer hanging out together a lot! - especially as kids). Keep the pics up! Awww! :angel1:

Welcome! I am relatively new here too! Everyone is so nice, and very helpful and supportive! And sweet! Nice gym! How do you make one? Have fun!

Cosmo likes sitting on my shoulders and arms! He also goes to sleep on my lap! eeee! I was talking to him in Japanese earlier - the sharper sounds ('on' or the 'morae' - eg.: ko, ta, ge..) seem to be of interest to him! My partner knows some Japanese, but I will have to teach him too! The best phrases my partner knows that Cosmo might have a crack at learning are: * Ahh! I feel relieved after going to the toilet! * Bring me a beer! (please!) * How much for the women? :excl: (I did teach my partner that though.. oops!) * Long time no see. * Too fast! * Yummy! We'll see! Today I made a simple, home-made budgie ladder. (I was bored and wanted a colourful ladder for C-boy) I made this ladder out of: 12 paper clips (regular size) - bent out at the middle flat - so that I still had a hook at each end. 4 drinking straws - (of different and bright colours = cooler!) 1 wire coat hanger Plyers scissors marker pen (not really needed, but makes it faster) 10 minutes or so. NO GLUE! Simple, can be altered easily, and sort of cute! Anyhoo.. pics are coming..

No problemo! I like to see people and their babies happy! GOOD LUCK! *Hahah - maybe you could sit on a rotating disc and wobble about? haha! Cool stuff!

Stupid predatory birds - but I guess they need to eat - an aviary looks like easy pickings, unfortunately! grrr! Yes - the shade cloth idea would be great! I was thinking when I got up this morning (since I had a yucky nightmare about a scary evil brown bird coming to get Cosmo and Yoda. *oops!*), how you could scare off these hungry birds.. All I could think of was * a scary scare-crow sitting atop the aviary (on the solid roof so your babies can't see it!), * a fake snake (?? Or do these hunters like snake? ), * the good old plastic bags on sticks (ha, yeah, that'll stop it! ). Gosh, its hard! You don't want to scare your babies at the same time.. hrmmm... :book: A few links (sorry if they are rubbish!): http://www.pestproducts.com/bird.htm#Visual http://web.birdbarrier.com/BirdBarrier/Sit.../ScareHowTo.htm - scare eye balloons!? Cool! http://blogs.chron.com/backyardbirder/archives/2006/05/ - A little bird uses snake skin in/ around their nest to scare off enemies.. Interesting! (This little one: It is a Great Crested Flycatcher - found in northern America - [east] ). Gosh, I hope something works for you! Irri-tape seems like the cheapest option! There are products out there that cost a little, but I am sure that you could whip up a scary flappy bird using that awful psycadelic vinyl/ plastic book contact... Anyhow: http://www.bird-x.com/products/itape.htm http://www.birdxpeller.com.au/products.htm has: Yikes!! - I thought of this sort of thing earlier too. Anyhoo:

Awesome picture! 'B' looks like our Yoda! Cutieeeee!!!!

Hahaha!

I agree! Curry is spectacular!! So bright and energetic looking! Gorgeous!

I did it again and got GREY.. Not so bad then!

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Okies, and thank you! Cosmo still has his appetite, but keeps checking out his backside and scratching/ preening about. I think the mites are running about and he has worms freaking out.. Not sure, but he seems reasonably okay.. I am wondering whether to clip the last primary feathers.. He still gets quite high and goes seemingly as fast as before.. It's probably best to leave him be for now, but I almost die when he flys near and sometimes hits the windows/ walls. I was also thinking that maybe the wormy looking thing was just a long bit of poo without the white bit of regular poo? It was a bit more solid than regular poo, but was in a watery mucous..

Cool! Yeah - I think it would pay to stay with the same vet! Like having the same GP The vet was rather tall (nearly 7ft!!!!). His poopoo is sticking a little to his vent area. I guess this is from having previsously passed some sloppy stuff? I am keeping a very close eye on him today... Annnnnd::: Cosmo flew onto my arm when I went to pick him up! He crawled to my shoulder and was chirping! :angel1: I wonder if this is because he is slightly unwell? Maybe he likes me!!?? He also hopped onto my head and wouldn't get off until he slid down my hair! haha! Ohh! Elly, (or anyone else!), I remember when we had our first budgie (Cheeky), the pet shop guy clipped all of his flight feathers. Would it be silly to clip Cosmo's outer primaries? ?? He flew into the window - still quite quickly... *confused and worried!*

My vet prescribed Ivomee with glycerine drops - shaken VERY well - once a week in mouth. Best take your budgie to the vet incase it is different... And oh my god! Cosmo just flew onto my arm when I went o pick him up! He crawled to my shoulder and is NOW chirping! :angel1: Also - I was wondering - the vet told me that if he had any worms - they will come out too. Well, ta-daaaa! Cosmo has had a little bit of diarrhoea, and a little bit of vomitty stuff (including seeds everywhere - including on cage bars). He is still chirpy, but doesn't look 100%. The wormy looking thing looked like a pale-green long (about 15mm long) lump in his sloppy poopoo. It actually came off him when he flew into the window - it stuck to the window! bleghh... Hopefully this is what the vet meant! ick but good! Glad if he is being wormed! (*also - Cosmo won't get off my head, and is still not ready for fingers - hope he doesn't let one rip!)

Yikes! Hopefully he doesn't come back!

Well, I got Cosmo clipped! Glad I did too. There are so many areas here at home that he could fall into but I can't do much about to 'plug'. Also, the visitpaid off - found out he had mites from the pet shop!

You're a gem Elly! Thanks!! I took my Cosmo boy to the vet yesterday afternoon (luckily too! He had mites from the petshop!! ). If I didn't go to the vet today - I would have allowed my poor little Cosmo suffer from the stupid pet store's mites without my knowing! ( I rang the pet store out of concern for the other birds - not to complain - they were rude to me and tried blaming ME! ). The vet clipped the primary feathers - except for the first 2 on each side. I brought Cosmo home - he can still fly - but not as fast - which was the whole point! He was flying quite quickly before - going into walls and corners too fast. I was scared that he was going to break a wing/ his neck! He already seems a little more tame. This will also make my job easier to give him his medicine prescribed by the vet. Hopefully the mites nick off very soon! Clipping Cosmo's wings has not stopped him from being energetic in the slightest!! He sits on my legs and will let me pick him up - though he doesn't hop onto my finger just yet! :mellow: But he does seem to be more willing for us to 'hang out' with him. He sure recognises us - he was looking for me when I took him to the vet! I hope I can get his drops in next week on my own! If not I will take him back down to the vet..? His cere is already lookg a lot 'softer'/ clearer than yesterday. The drops stink - but they must work. Hooray for an attentive vet! (I would like to go to the one closer - so would it be silly to go to the closer one next time? ?). Oh and you are spot on Elly! The vet said Cosmo would be between 5 and 6 months old. Gaahhhh! I love little Cossy! He loves sitting outside with me in the garden too.. Bless him! Ooh! He whistles out for us (seemingly). I am upstairs at the minute - he is downstairs. I call his name - and he does a loud chirrup! Hopefully he is chirrupping back - and not because he can see other birds! (Laughing out loud)!

Haha! Gues who is going to have broccoli next? Haha! Yoda goes berko for whatever we are eating at the time.. We only share the vegies! Otherwise, he zips over and steals some! haha! Cosmo is starting to want what we are having too.. But we try not to eat infront of him (he shares our study and bedroom - where we try not to eat in these rooms!).