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this is mum and dad...mum is green dad the blue..i have no idea of the "type" i am so nervous to touch the babies at the moment because they look so delicate i would hate to hurt them..i check thier feet for caked food and poo and make sure they are being fed...what colour do you think the babies will be?????

hello all a friend of mine has a pair of budgies and last wednesday they became proud first time parents. she laid 4 eggs..only 3 hatched. my friend and i are very inexperienced in budgie breeding and i have been following the "FAQs" on new budgies in the nest very closely. i just had to share this photo with you all as i think it is just the most cutest thing i have seen This photo was taken yesterday.i go over and check on them each morning as i am worried they will freeze over night (we have been having temps of only 2-3degrees at night) the nest box is out of the way of drafts and mum and dad budgie are doing a very good job at looking after them. one of them will eventually be coming home with me . i already have a 4 year old female budgie called matilda who is an inside budgie.she is a very scatty (nervous) budgie so she doesnt come out of her cage. (her cage is large enough to fly from one side to the other so she gets enough excersise hehe!) i will get another cage for my pending arrival as i am hoping to tame him or her. i am open to any advice that anyone has regarding the new babies...as i have said i have been reading through the FAQs about handling and quarentine and am finding them very helpful thanks

thanks for your response..i will look into maybe a spray to help... all of you an this forum have been extremely helpful

hi KAZ....starting today im going to put her to bed in the spare room at dusk...i will leave her uncovered...this will work during the week as i can do this before i go to work and put the radio in there with her on a timer then she wont be disturbed when i get home..This will hopefully get her back to normal hours her cage is big enough for her to fly to the other side and spread her wings....as for toys she does have a few..i put bits of fruit in different parts of the cage so she has to climb and work out how to get to them ...thanks again for everyones responses

thanks everyone for your advice...i might try putting her in the spare room at night time for the next week or so and see how she goes..does a cover actually help in keeping her warm or is it just to prevent light/draft????

thanks for your response..i didnt realise bed time was so important ..as i was saying to KAZ im going to try putting her in the spare room so she can wake with the sun...im going to miss her company though in the early evening but if its the best thing or her im all or it

thanks for your response KAZ...i use "Whistler" budgie mix which according to the box has vitamin pellets and shell grit..i also buy a bag of hulled oats which i get from city farmers and mix that in as these are her favourite..is this okay??? does she not need to covered at night??? i can put her in the spare room at night time and leave her uncovered if this is okay???? usually she lives in the living area My suggestion about the covering of the cage is due to the bedtimes and wake up times she is forced to accomodate due to your hours. If she was to go to bed at dusk and wake up with the sun, perhaps she wouldnt pick at her feathers. I would suggest she picks between sun up and the time you uncover her.....for she is bored and waiting for her day to begin. i will try her in the spare room with no cover and see how she goes..is her seed adequate????

thanks for your response KAZ...i use "Whistler" budgie mix which according to the box has vitamin pellets and shell grit..i also buy a bag of hulled oats which i get from city farmers and mix that in as these are her favourite..is this okay??? does she not need to covered at night??? i can put her in the spare room at night time and leave her uncovered if this is okay???? usually she lives in the living area

oh...ive never actually seen her pull them out.....she must do it when im at work.... does it hurt them??? i hate to think it hurts when she pulls them...must be like plucking eyebrows...thats terrible :mellow: .....what else can i do for her while im at work???.. she has rings which she does summersaults through..2 mirror toys... once a week i give her millet stalks which keeps her entertained...she was like that even when riley was with her...i worry about certain toys as she has hurt herself before (i bought one of those hanging ones with bits of rope and the balls you hide fruit in it was only small not like the ones you buy for large parrots and she got caught up in in with her nails)

hi liv...thanks for the speedy response ... i work alot of night shifts so i partially cover her when i leave for work which is about 3pm...i leave a soft lamp on and the radio and fully cover her when i get home which as about 12-1230 am...we usually get up at about 11-1130am and have our breakfast in which she gets small amount of fruit n veg along with her seed mix which is supplied always..i talk to her frequently throughout the day at the moment im trying to get her more comfortable with handling since riley has gone..unfortunatley she does not come out of the cage but the cage is big enough for her to fly from one side to the other and stretch her wings (they are not clipped) ..your input on anything i could be doing better would be great as i have said i am very limited on my budgie knowledge but i try the best i can

hi everyone, i have finally worked out how to add photos onto these posts yay hehe!!!(as i said before i am not very computer savvy ). this is a picture of my matilda.she is almost 4 years old and as you can see she is missing feathers from her belly and also beneath her wings. her tail and wing feathers are in perfect condition. she has been to a vet when they first started to go and he thought she was pulling them out herself but this is not the case. I have since read on this forum about "french moult" and "viral plumage disease" but the vet has never mentioned either of these as being the cause (he is an avian vet) and she is otherwise healthy and it doesnt seem to be a problem. she has lived with her partner and he never lost any of his feathers and he wasnt responsible for pulling them out either. she last went to the vet a week ago as her partner riley was sick and has since passed and i was worried about her health but she is happy and healthy..my question is does anyone know what this is?????..maybe i should ask to have tests done???? what/how are budgies tested for these things???? the only thing it seems to be affecting is her appearance hehe!!! as my partner tells her how feral she looks ....i still think she is beautiful.... any ideas would be greatly appreciated....

thanks for your advice.....i dont think im ready to replace him yet..although i do work 8hr days i do mostly night shifts so am home most of the day...since he has been gone i have spent all my time at home with matilda..since i have had her she has not been fussed on being handled so i am hoping she might become more tame with the extra attention...she has started to talk this afternoon before i left for work (since he left she had hardly made a sound) so am hoping she will not be too badly affected by his absence...thanks again for your reply

thanks..... i will investigate..

i cant work out how to add photo to these posts....i click on the add image icon but i cant work out how to upload..it askn for URL????? i not very computer savvy hehe!!!! the photos are in a folder in "my pictures"..i know how to add them as an attachment to an email but thats it...maybe i could email to you????

hello everyone, i first joined this forum yesturday and have now had time to look through all the fantastic photos of all of your families.....i cant believe it....i didnt know how many varieties of budgies there were. my knowledge of the budgie world is VERY limited hehe!!!! I had two budgies, a blue one (have absolutely no idea what kind ) called riley who passed away on sunday which was the reason for my first post yesturday, and my beautiful matilda who is green/yellow. i got them when they were 5 weeks old and matilda will be 5 years in november.i cant believe how big some of the budgies are in your photos...matilda is tiny compared to some of them. one question i would like to ask anyone is that when matilda came into her adult feathers her belly grew bright green feathers which gradually faded to white and then disappeardall together.her belly has now only scattered feathers so you can see large patches of pink skin. she has been to the vet many a times and although she is very healthy the vet has put i down to feather malformation?????? all her other feathers such as on her back and wings are perfect its just her belly....when it first occurred i thought she may have been pulling them out but this wasnt the case...other than this she is in perfect health other than being a bit sad at the moment due to the loss of her partner.i have been trying to upload a photo of her but they not workin must be too big..anyway im lookn forward to being a member of your budgie community and veiwing photos of all your budgies bye for now..... shortcuts please try not to use shortcut language. It is against forum rules and must be edited out creating extra work for staff

thanks for everyones speedy response and kind words......i stumbled across this forum and am glad that i did......im sure u (you) will hear alot more from me in the future..i will keep a close eye on matilda and hopefully she will shine again in a few days thanks again to those who replied and thanks for the warm welcome....

hello... early sunday morning my beautiful budgie riley passed away . He was 4 years old and had suffered diabetes. After continuous visits to the vet for check ups, two weeks ago he caught a cold which led to a kidney infection and after a course of antibiotics he gave up his fight. He lived with my female budgie called matilda and i separated them on friday but kept thier cages together so they could be near each other and she was happy with this. However now that he is gone she has gone all mopey and sits on his mirror.She hardly chirps and despite all the attention she is recieving from me i obviously am not a replacement for his company. My question is how do i overcome this????? am i supposed to replace him with another????? is it too soon to replace him??? if i do replace him how do i introduce a new companion??? so many questions...... i am devastated that he has gone and am now worried about her.... any advice would be greatly appreciated....thanks