Dezdemona

That is a shame. Some budgies are not as playful. Mine does not care either to play with her toys If your budgies don't really get the thing with toys, I strongly recommend you to go back to (their) basics! What do budgies do in the wild? Well, they chew, fly, climb and hang out with each other, but most of all - they search for food. Try to make some easy food-toys for your birds, food can be very motivating! There are special food-serching-toys (I really can't figure out what the English words for those might be...sorry), but it's pretty easy to make fun things at home. Here are some examples that comes to my mind: a toilet roll filled with grass and millet, they have to rip the grass out to get the delicious seeds they crave. a piece of tree with drilled holes in it, then you put seeds in the holes and watch the birds as they try to reach them and get them out of there make a tiny bag of paper with something good in it, they have to rip the bag to pieces to make the food fall out a box with grass (or something like that) in it, then add seeds and watch them search around for the food It might take a while for them to get the point, but when they do, they'll love it! Budgies are very smart and energetic, and they are made for searching for food. So this is a great way to keep both their bodies and their minds busy. Here are some photos of what kind of food-toys my birds like:

I've grown millet a few summers ago. It was very interesting even for me who honestly isn't into gardening at all, and it wasn't that hard! I admit that I put them in the ground a bit too late on the year, and it didn't really get better from the fact that I'm born an raised in Finland. I can tell you that it isn't the warmest country on earth, especially not if you are a millet plant... I strongly recommend you to try it out! I just put my seeds in the ground and watched them grow. They didn't get as big ad the ones in the stores since we have like three warm months here... but my birds totally loved them anyway! And also they are way healthier when they are green and fresh than after getting dried. My Fjådor wanted them aaaaaall for himself. as you can see, my millet didn't get big at all... But they say size don't matter

That's just disgusting! How terrible, I feel so sorry for him and his budgies sake

Thanks

They are so cute! Great photos too

They are adorable!

It's been a while since I last posted, so I've got a bunch of photos by now. I don't remember if I've told you this before but in January a new little bird will move in her. She is a second hand parrot who was born at my friend (the breeder) in September 2008, then she moved away to a woman who can't have budgies any more. So yes, I'll go and get her in January. Her name is Rosie af VildaParadis and this is how she looked as a baby, adorable! (Photo taken by the breeder) And my birds at home are just fine, crazier than ever I would say. They all love this toy, here's Petronella using it as a swing. Winchester's moultings are as beautiful as always Fjådor is feeling a little jelaous. Petronella and Winchesters don't care. Friday night, Winchester is trying to get drunk on coke And Petronella my little beauty queen Fjådor would like to show you a new "ugly-face-look" he has learned Here are another one, I'm not very impressed... Everyone likes a good book, except from Winchester who is trying to destroy them. The Christmas-toys are here now, Fjådor loves everything Petronella shows her not that fluttering side, the egg-shaped one. Winchester is trying to look huge And Petronella is just cute

They are adorable! Thanks for sharing

Petronella and Winchester wants babies, and I won't let them. Hehehehe. So now I'm tierd of their humping and they're mad at me for stopping their baby-dream. bah! But Fjådor is a well behaved parrot. (sometimes). Not very often but i happens. wroooom Petronella and her favourite-food. More humping, gah. Petronella Winchester and his favourite-food. (yeah it is the same) Fjådor thinks that he is a super-hero.

Oh nooo, how awkward! Poor poor thing

Your photos are beautiful! And the clearbody is very handsome

The second photo is stunning

Wow, they have a lot of beautiful colours!

Welcome! Your birds have beautiful colours!

Thanks! Those photos are taken with the standard lens, 18-55

Thank you

However; They are adorable!

I think you have a point there!

Adorable! The last photo is so cute

Isch! That was pretty wierd

Thank you all! SJW: I've got a Canon EOS 450D, I love it!

Now are I and all the birds home from the summer cottage. The budgies have been in the aviary the whole summer and they totally loved it! Their feathers got perfect after a couple of weeks in the sun, the birds are so handsome now! Here are some photos from the summer: Petronella, my looove And the gaybirds Avril my princess And Fjådor lost his tail feathers in his latest moult, haaaaaha. Riddicolous! I liked it but he don't want to talk about it. Winchester dumped his boyfriend Fjådor and got after Petronella instead. Groaw

Haha that would be strange, but thanks Here are the last photos for a while:We build a little bit here and a little bit there, but it is fun. 26.07 The house is soon done A door! I love it. It is a very old door from the late 18:th century. Great. More walls The house isn't broken anymore. The windows are bought at an auction 27.07 And the floor is build the ground sawing is hard work DONE! 29.07 We fix roof and builds a wall inside the birdhouse. I'm cleaning the windows. And the door Clean! The inside-wall is under construction It is difficult to photograph inside that tiny house, but we are building anyhow 03.08 The details are under construction too Done again! Now it is just about to paint the inside before the birds can move in. Everything is white And a last photo from yesterday morning, the budgies really liked it.

Sorry for the bad update, everything is going just fine and the birds loves to be outside! 21.06 2009 A door Dirt to cover the net with, and big stones so no one can get into the aviary from the outside. 27.06 We are building the second door We are doing the roof 28.06, keep building, I will paint it all later The roof and one wall are done The entrance is getting better and better and the floor is stabile The inner door 02.07 The birds are moving in!

Haha, I like your enthusiasm, my builders are great! We have a few predator birds too, but at this time of the year they don't eat budgies. And they've roof over a little bit of the aviary. And yeah it is possible for wild birds to poop in the aviary but I'm not worried about diseases. (As long as nobody shits in their food) I've traps all around the aviary and I got millions of mice! But they don't dig no. I saw one in the aviary once but I killed it. Thanks for the warning anyhow! Thanks! No not that kind of lock, but a second door so the birds can't escape when you walks in to the aviary. :hap: