fuzzy butt

I'm sorry I don't understand any of these points being made here. Sorry to here about the deaths though. Budgies are an Australian bird right? And they live in all areas of Australia and that's why are known to be so hardy. Below zero temps and really hot days should not effect any budgie.................why are the birds you guys are talking about so fragile? Sorry but I'm a bit confused here

Oh dear, okay the person who told me keeping budgies is addictive. WAS RIGHT! I found instead of handling fuzzy I preferred to watch him play. And so did my boys And that has led to Sponge Bob and Gilly. so introducing Gilly! Named after a Cricketer set to retire and spongebob

Thanks for all your advice guys . Update: Went back into town yesterday after reading the FAQ's and bought ladders and bells and bird grit paper for the bottom of the cage. Went out the back and picked up some sticks for the cage. fuzzy is now sitting on the branches and scratching on the grit. One thing though fuzzy won't eat out of the feeding tray, but if I put it on the floor of the cage he eats like there's no tomorrow. As you can see in one of the pics his bum is fine and clean. oh and the little white tips on his head seem to be young white stiff feathers, so i assume it's a malt. More questions : I live in the country and right next to a 'Landcare' site so I have about 20 species of gum that i can choose from , is there a particular species of gum that budgies like best? Also we have a lot of parakeets and cockys and galahs around here, If i was to hang his cage up outside will he become stressed with the other birds and will it throw the taming thing out the window? funny story : He gave my young son a heart attack this morning,. He was doing one of his somersaults and must of heard my boy come in and stopped half way through a turn. My son thought he'd been decapitated because his head was all tucked in . :(Laughing out loud): And in my sons words "It must be a girl because a boy bird wouldnt' play a bad trick on him like that" Thanks again guys your help has been much appreciated.

Hello everyone, I'm Megan and this is "fuzzy butt" He's been living with us for all of three hours, and I'd like some advice please. firstly he/she was an on the spot purchase. I was actually out to buy some tomatoe plants, saw the cage of budgies in the nursery and fuzzy kept looking at me ( staring me down is more like it) So I decided I would stare back. The other budgies were indifferent to me but this little so-n-so kept squishing against the bars and chirping at me....................So of course i had to have him. anyways we have him home now and I think he's settled in. He's eating, doing little tricks and somersaults and making a *** of a noise. He's also bitten me (I tried to fix his food dish and he went me like I was not allowed near it, chirped his head off.) This is him playing.............lively little critter, and as funny as heck I htink they must have fed him coffee beans. apparently he's never been handled What i would like to know is : is this bird able to be tamed? And how do I do it? Around what age is he? why does he sit at the bottom of the cage like he's going to sleep (I thought he was sick at first.) Thanks in advance for any help you can give me