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I spent all day at the shops yesterday buying bits to make loads of bird toys hehehe So far i have made Scooter a flat bottomed, no slide off, ricket friendly swing Made with stainless steel wire, hard plastic beads, funky hard plastic shapes and 100% natural cotton cord All that effort and he has done nothing but stare at it :hap: i will make some shrader toys soon. i bought lots of natural reefa (sp?) which sould be popular

Good luck with your hand rearing - It's something i haven't tried yet ( a bit scared I'd stuff it up to be honest). We have had a member on here recently who lost a 4 week old chick to sour crop, which can be caused by incorrect feeding. Ensure everything is sterile at each feed and make sure the food is at the right temperature. Good luck and i hope the little chick makes it You will need to find another heat source as the wheat bag will cool off fairly quickly (especially at night) There are some very talented hand feeders here that i am sure would be more than happy to help you out Would be great to see some pics when you get your new charger.

Looks like a diluted dilute to me Very pretty

Hello and welcome. You have got some great advice from Kaz. I hope your little babies are going to be okay. Kaz, 10,000 Posts - WOO HOO!!!

If your heater has a flu then you will see it coming out your roof or wall... If its a free standing heater with no external flu then they are barley okay for humans, and quite dangerous for birds.

Budgies are totally addictive and this place makes them even MORE addictive! When i joined here i had 10 birds, 9 months later I have 30 Great to hear you have found a cage Here is a link to see the right and wrong cage types... Just because someone says they are suitable for birds, doesn't mean they are.... just double check here to make sure the cage to are looking at is suitable. --> Right and worng cages

Hello and Welcome Firstly. No question is too big or too small We love questions - it keeps us on our toes You will probably get a number of different opinions here, and it is also a personal choice. Personally, I would have 2 birds. I would buy 2 baby (6 week old) siblings from a breeder who has continued to handle the babies from a young age. That way they are already starting to tame and are good friends with each other. Ensure your cage is big enough for them to have room to fly... This is an ideal cage for 2 budgies And fill it with LOTS of toys. A radio or a TV left on during the day can help too. Hope this helps a little

They are great pictures Your daughter is adorable. my son is the same with the birds, he will be 4 in September. I love watching Kids with animals - there is something very special about it

Does your gas heater have a flu that vents fumes outside?

Congrats on your photo shoot. I'm pleased it went well - photographers can be pushy, but they know what they are doing and i am sure there will be tonnes of GREAT shots If you can, it would be great to see some

Thanks for all your kind words and hugs... I called the R***A yesterday morning and they said they were going to take a look at the bird and the condition of the other birds in the shop. I really hope they will do what is best for the poor little guy. I will give them a call on Monday to see if they have any feedback for me

Thanks Maesie!! Thats some great advice I didn't know about budgies preferring the shredder toys.... COOL! I want to make some big ones for my aviary's. I am so excited about making some toys that i am hoping to get my mum to do a little baby sitting today while i get supplies and make up a couple I will post pictures when I have done some

great advice hold 1 is my fave... but I did scooters wings yesterday using hold 2

If it didn't have the mint in your mixture i would tell you to give them some as it wont do any harm .... I am not sure about the mint ingreedtenet though, so I'd wait until we find out if mint is safe

WOW!!! That is AWESOME!!!! so much attention to detail Love the frying pan too hahahahahahahaha and its just the right sized stove to cook it on hahahaha!! Oh don't get me started hahahah :budgiedance:

Congratulations !!!! :budgiedance:

Thanks Missy So do you think that plastic is safer than wood....???

Perhaps there is someting in the air today.... or something with the weather change, because when i went in my avairy this morning to do my usual rounds, i was mobbed by all my young male budgies (they are all 5 months old). They were sitting on my shoulder, standing on my hand and nibbling at me.... was realllllllyyy ODD Perhaps I have changed my shampoo to some sexy budgie ferimone (sp?) scent or something hahaha

he is tiny... he is my smallest bird now. I am blown away, he is still sitting happily on my shoulder. He is nibbling my hair - Just because my hair is the colour of millet, doesn't mean it tastes like millet hahahaha

The link worked!! Thats awesome guys, Thanks OMG!! I have been looking at Bea's toys!!! WOWOOWOWOW! i have the bug now!!! Grrr i am stuck at home with no car today and tomorrow Grrrrrr...... I am going to the shops first thing Saturday!!!!!

I have just clipped both of Scooters wings... Now you can see how little he is compaired to Latte Scooter is currenly sitting quietly on my sholder!! He has either been handled before or he is one friendly bird Hahahaha - Great site Tam. thanks... I might get a spending ban there too hahahaha

I am so sorry I had an old hen (10 yrs) get egg bound with prolapse, it didn't rupture, but her uterus came out with the egg still inside. I rushed her straight to the vet to be put to sleep - i couldn't bare to see her suffer I don't know why my hen laid an egg.. i wasn't breeding back then - it just happened and it was very sad I hope you can find your answers and i hope you friends hen is going to be okay (((Hugs)))

I hope so.. i dont think there will be a problem taming Latte as i have held her since she was teeny weeny - i am hoping Scooter will see she is calm with me and tame for me too I look forward to Latte coming inside... i feel the period between her coming out the the box and being weaned from her parents will be the toughest part.... My kids are crazy for birds - must be in the blood hehehe. I have had a tiel, Sammy, inside for about a month now. I have been taming him for my dad - Sammy is flying to Melbourne (to be with my dad) next Thursday. They are going to be devastated when Sammy goes It will be great. I picked Latte for her name because her cinnamon markings are the colour of a perfect mid-strength latte.... MMMMMMmmmmm coffee hehehehe

I am making custom toys for my boy Scooter who has rickets in his feet and falls off any round perches. I was in Spotlight (huge craft store) the other day and was grabbing all sorts of colourful wooden beads, ropes, danglely things and other fun stuff to create some bird toys..... Then i stoped and though for a moment.... How do i know that any of these bits are not toxic - they could have lead based paints etc used on them the packaging said nothing.... so i put it ALLL back on the shelf. How do i find (or make my own) budgie safe, non toxic bits for toys. Is food dye safe to use for colouring rope?

This is Scooter He is a budgie that came from a petshop and has rickets causing him to have little use of his feet for perching. I am in the process of making him special perches and toys He still has 3 weeks of quarinene to go. And this is Latte.. She is the baby i have selected to be Scooters friend. She is a pretty Skyblue Cinnamon Pied. I took this picture of her this morning and she is already bigger than Scooter at 24 days old hehehehe She still has 2 weeks or so with her parents then she come inside. Here is their cage i purchased yesterday It is, as you can see, totally bare so i have LOTS of toy making and buying to do in the next few weeks I have always only had aviary birds, so having these two inside is going to be a real experience for me, i am very excited. I am hoping to tame Scooter. He is about 4-5 months old and quite flightly, but he is already calmer today then he was a week ago