Budgie_Girl

Thanks for making me feel better.. Now to go & have a talk to Pip & let him know that she is a he.. Wish me luck...(Laughing out loud)

Nah not sad, just feel like an idiot now... Pippin is good, or just plain old Pip. Gotta love the pet shop assistant...(Laughing out loud) Now to try & edit my heading!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, she is a he????? How can this be, do their bits change colour like this. It was pink when I got her/him on Saturday?? Now she/he will have a huge identity crisis.. Maybe we could have a girly boy bird.. All our pets are girls, even the kids..(Laughing out loud) :hap:

Her thingy near her beak was pink when I got her (sorry my knowledge of budgie bits is very limited).. It seems to be going a pink/purple kind of colour. The girl at the pet shop told me she was a girl. I have only noticed it today, but just dismissed it as my eyes playing tricks??

Hope this works!!! Here she is, taken today

Kids are 12, 9 & 8!! All girls so they think Pip is their baby.. They are pretty good, they are sticking their faces near the cage as I type!! Oh there we go again, the arm is in now.. (Laughing out loud) I guess if Pip doesnt seem too worried about it, we will keep it to hands in the cage only.. She came out yesterday & had a sticky beak around the lounge room for 5 minutes, till we could catch her.. Naughty birdy!!

Yeah, she is a baby, 3 months old I think. She still has the stripes on her head. The seed thing is a worry though, the ants like them better than she does at the moment. I might have to relocate her cage!! I have done a bit of study about training & everything I have read tells me to only have 1 person train her until she is used to them. Problem is I have 3 kids who cant help but stick their hands into her cage. I have told them not to, but they are sneaky!!! Should I make it so I am the only one that handles her until she gets used to me & then slowly introduce others?? Pip seems to be okay with it, but I do worry that I will raise an unstable feathered friend.. That would mean she fits in just nicely here...(Laughing out loud) :(Laughing out loud):

Hi again, I have a few questions regarding my budgies behaviour, I want to try & understand her.. 1.. She makes a sneezing squeeky noise, normally when I put something new in the cage.. Today it was water for dipping in.. 2.. She sometimes sits & opens her beak without any sound coming out.. I thought she was sick??? or trying to talk.. I have been trying to teach her?? 3... She kicks all her seed out of the dish onto the floor of the cage & my floor (thanks Pippa).. Is this normal or is she rebelling, trying to tell me something?? I will have plenty of others, but cant think of anything right now.. Any tips would be appreciated.. :rip: BG

Thanks everyone for your warm welcomes.. Sounds like a very friendly place..

Oh thankyou for that, I was beginning to think I should have got a male one, but she was so pretty I couldnt resist. We called her Pippa. My other half wanted to call her 'Seed Face'.. Pippa is much nicer...(Laughing out loud)

Hi, I have just found this forum, so I am still looking around. I bought my first budgie on the weekend. Totally a spur of the moment decision. Went in for dog food & came out with a bird aswell....My kids love her.. :yellowhead: I got a pretty blue female (I have been told). She is pretty quiet (about 3 months old). She now sits on my finger but we havent ventured out of the cage yet. Now I find out that girls dont talk, I am hoping that this one will be the exception to the rule...(Laughing out loud) I am trying to get some info on the way they chirp & what it means (bird talk) I guess!! Angry, happy, etc?? Does anyone have a female budgie that talks at all??