melbournebudgies

I'm with you GB. I use lemon scented tea tree to help with internal things, they get this every day in the flight and the breeding cages. Plenty of fresh fruit and veg, natural branches and very limited supplementation. The only supplements I supply are pink minerals in a powder which is supplied in a dish where they take it as needed (it includes a calcium and D3 component). I also supply tonic seed which includes coriander seeds plus poppy seed, niga and canary seed plus a few others I can't recall. I have also just planted a lovely herb garden which is more than double the size I would use so that there are plenty extra for the birds, this includes coriander, parsley, oregano, two types of basil, thyme and also snow peas and silverbeet up one end. I don't eat silverbeet so that is purely for treats for the birds a couple of times a week. Other than a small amount of pet safe snail bait on the soil to keep the snails at bay(we have a lot of them here otherwise I wouldn't even do that) they are all grown without any chemicals which is the best for us and my birds I think. I look forward to movng to the country where I'll be able to put in a HUGE vegie garden plus a small orchard is planned to supply almost all my birds fresh food needs (oh and ours too ) I love threads like that as I am still dreamng up how I am going to build my aviaries when we move so it gives me so many great ideas!

It looks like a Cordyline (sp?) to me. Yuccas are succulents and have more fleshy leaves, cordylines have thinner smooth, shiny leaves

Use a piece of fabric then or a flexible plastic placemat and then just take it out when he's finished

Put some paper over the top of the grill

Just take them out now, itwill be fine

A simple point mutation in the sequence for opaline in one of those parents could cause the occasional normal bird out of opaline as without that second opaline gene the chick would automatically revert to a normal colouring. I guess the issue here is 'anecdotal', unless their is actually proven eveidence of these brds it may be as simple as someone not havng seperated a pair for long enough and the hen carrying sperm from another cock in the flight.

Because it doesn't get errors all the time and also isn't susceptible to viruses

IF the slab is flat and there are no gaps big enough to allow mice then I wouldn't worry. You can fill any larger gaps with aviary wire folded in half

Actually it's not that it is illegal for someone other than a vet to do it but it must be done under the advice of a vet, the vet himself doen't have to be the one that does it as long as he is 'guiding your actions' As someone that works in a pet shop you need to be careful with the legalities of this, as long as your vet is happy to endorse your actions in clipping wings then it is fine but if the vet doesn't agree with them then you could get into serious trouble. Here is the exact wording in the Code of Practice for the Housing of Caged Birds (Department of Primary Industries) Cage birds should not be wing clipped except for the health of the individual bird and on the advice of a veterinarian experienced in working with birds.

You buy it JB, just like buying your Windows XP or Vista software. It's a full operating system used instead of Windows but which is almost the same to use (as in I didn't realise I was using it until dad told me it was Linux so if you can use windows you can use linux), you can probably buy it cheaper on ebay

In about 4 weeks your house will be crazy!!! :bliss:

The one you aren't sure f it's ino or DF, it's easy, f it has black eyes it's DF if it has red eyes it's ino :bliss:

He looks like he's a little slow to get hs feathers but given he had a bit of a rough start I wouldn't be too worried as he certainly looks healthey enough :bliss:

I clip my birds wngs as required if I need them done. When my lori was a permanently indoor bird I kept her wings clipped as I was worried about one of my kids leaving a door open. It's personal preference really, you need to be very aware of how well they can get around though as somecan still fly quite well with their wings clipped.

I have a dog that bolts too if she thinks I'm not watchng so I feel your pain, luckily forme she loves the lady around the corner and I've worked out that I'm almost guaranteed to find her sitting on her front porch

Actually my father has moved over to Linux (he's a big computer geek) and has had much less trouble with it. Vista is revolting!!!! I couldn't use word or excel because they'd changed it so much and I couldn't work it and ended up cracking it and asking hubby to reload an older version for me

No worries :rofl: In the interests of genetic diversity I plan to only keep three of four bubs from each clutch this season so if I am extra lucky and end up with a large clutch with lots of cresteds ths season I'll let you know also

Before you do that JB just be aware that I don't have a spare room for you when she turfs you out

That's the plan, since it doesn't really matter what mutation they are when they get one the showbench as the are classified simply as crested I figure the easiest thing is for me to make use of my good spangle and normal birds to put to my cresteds.

Basically 5 metres is considered seperate air space unless there is lots of movement in the room (such as a fan blowing.

That's awesome!!! Kazzy I thnk when I do my Gippy move next year I'll have to bring my hubby to visit as he promised to build me my aviaries and that is beautful :bluebudgie:

Whenever I have to move a cage I strap it in using the seatbelt

That bubba will be a valuable addition to my future breedng BP but I'll give you first dibs if you are still keen on one if I have some to sell next season okay :rofl:

Touch wood I have never had them in my birdroom :rofl: Hopefully shouldn't need to get them again in the future as from now on all dry goods will be frozen prior to being put in the cupboard and anything that might attract moths will be packed into snaplock bags before storing too.

Yeah well the cat managed to catch it about 5 times before I eventually grabbed it. I didn't really care where it went as long as it wasn't in my house but the magpie had other ideas...