Glen

thank you for your reply. As I only have one other bird I can not justify the expense of an Autopsy if I had a breeding flock then I would not hesitate. At the moment all is good with my other budgie so I will just see how we go. Cheers Glen

Well my bad luck with budgies is still running. While sitting at my computer last night, Angel collapsed in her cage after what I can only describe as a fit. I picked her up (she was still breathing but not moviing and had no responce) and rushed her to the Wattle Grove vet as they are the closet avian vets to me. Unfortunatley she died on the way there. THe vet nurse told me that is just happens for no reason. She did say that Angel looked very healthly so she had no idea what caused it. Due to my money suituation I could not afford for the vet to investigate and tell me what was the cause. Has anyone else been in this situation and is able to give me an idea of what caused this. Cheers, Glen RIP Angel

Thanks Daz and Kaz, I think I will be planning a drive out to midland soon! Cheers, Glen

Hi Daz, Where do you get your cage fronts and trays for your breeding cages? If possible would I be able to buy some off you sometime in the future. If so how much are they. The reason I am asking now is so I can put a budget together and save up the cash to build them. Cheers, Glen

You have very colourful budgies and I love the way you have named them and know all about them like family. Welcome the forum, hope to see more off your babies in the future. Glen

What an amazing little budgie. I would kill to have a little budgie friend like that.

Daz you are the man, thank you very much!!! :bow: Cheers, Glen

Hi Daz, What are the chances of getting you to post the plans for your breeding boxes and cages on the forum? I tried talking to my old man about how you built your he is the sort that needs plans to work from. Cheers, Glen

Thank you all for your kind words and support. It is what I love about this forum/ community. I know I only had DiNozzo for a couple of days but he was really friendly and oh so cute with his yellowface. Libby did such a great job raising him for me. However could off's and should have's are in the past and I have learnt my lesson. I still have my Angel and Ziva to look after and once Ziva has finished her quarantine and is in with Angel, I will go looking for a couple of boys for them. (Hopefully Libby will let me have a look at her pieds that she has on the way). So onwards and upwards is what I will do! Thanks Again Glen.

Last night while trying to bond with my new budgie Dinozzo, he flew out of the cage and landed directly in front of my little dog basil. Thinking that DiNozzo was a new toy, Basil grab him and took off with him. After chasing him around the garden a few times we finally managed to get Basil to drop him, but I knew the damage was done. I rushed inside and called the vet who told me that she was closing up I begged her to say open and after explaining what happened she agreed to wait for me. I rushed down there and the vet told me there was nothing she could do and I had to have him put down. I am very very sorry to Libby who hand raised DiNozzo. I feel so useless and stupid at the moment, having the cage door open while the dog is in the house is something that will never happen again. It was a lesson learned the very hard way. Glen

I know NCIS is my favourite, I can wait till season five is released on dvd. Elly they are both in quarantine away from my other bird. It should work out well,as they will be out of quarantine by the time I get my next bird and yes he will be named McGee or Probie. Cheers, Glen

I was very lucky, as my sister in law got me 2 new budgies for my birthday. After talking to Kaz she put me in touch with Libby and I went to her house to have a look at her new babies. I fell in love with a Lutino hen and later on I also got a YF Spangle Cock. http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww26/Glen79/P4050056.jpg With the help of my sis in law I have named them Ziva and DiNozzo. Unfortunately I think Ziva fell off her perch as her left wing hanging lower than her right. I called Libby and she thinks that she just hurt it and not broken it. I have picked her up and gently touched her wing and she does move or scream, she is still moving about the cage well enough so I will watch and see how see goes. I am also planning to get another babie from Libby as she has some pied's still in the nest so I will have 4 pet budgies in total 2 hens and 2 cocks. I can't wait till I can see the pied's that Libby has coming. Glen

Hi Liv, Your new bird room looks fantastic, just a quick question - What are your plans for combating the heat in the summer months? I have 3x3 tin shed that I plan to use one day and I was thinking about building a second roof out of shade cloth about 20cm above the current roof. Love to hear your ideas on the problem.. Cheers, Glen

Love you set up Nubbly, another great idea to add into the book of what to do when building a new aviary. Well Done. Cheers, Glen

Wow how exciting waiting for them to hatch, I would love to see picture's of the babies of the first pair. I think I am going to be a fan of the Dom/ Rec pieds, I just love the colours!

Oh I just had quick read of this and I am lost . So much to learn before I start getting into showing birds. I think I really need to get down to my local club to listen, listen and listen again and hopefully learn something along the way!

***Update on Bonding with my Budgie*** Well after many more attempts at gettin my budgie to bond with me, I am now changing her name from Angel to MISS I AM GOING TO RIP YOUR BLOODY HAND OFF IF IT EVEN COMES NEAR MY CAGE !!!!! The one good thing is that she does it to everyone who comes near her cage, so it is not just me. I think she is going to be a budgie that I will enjoy looking at while she flys around in a bigger avairy with other bdgies and not a pet on my shoulder. Oh well just gives me an excuss to get more budgies and start building my flock sooner. My birthday is coming up soon so I might have put aside some birthday money to fund my expantion.

Thanks Kaz for the offer of the cage, I have talked to Karyn and she is going to get Libby to look after kiwi. While I would have love to have kiwi, I think it is better that Libby look after her as I would have had rush the completion of the avairy and then find some more birds so that Kiwi was not alone. Also this allows me to slow down and make sure everything is in place and perfect before I start getting more birds and building my flock, which no doubt I will be asking you and everyone on this forum alot of questions. Cheers, Glen

I should be able to give her a new home. I am in the middle of renovating an avairy and should be finished this weekend. What type is she? Can you please post or pm me a picture of her. Cheers, Glen

thk, sounds like Maxie and Angel could be twins. My plans are to keep on trying for a 12 months if there has been no improvements then I will look at moving her to my Avairy so that she is with other birds. I think you are right in saying that although pet shop sell the birds as hand reared, I think that when the birds actually get to the pet they are either handled porrly or not at all, and with all the kids banging on there cage, I can see how they might get scared. Anyway, in the future I will by my birds from a breeder that knows what they are doing. Cheers, Glen

Usually I dont react to her biting as it is not hard or painfull. This time I did but slowly as not to scare her however she just kepted hold of me. She is currently moulting so hopefully she will claim down once it is over. I was hand feeding her again on the weekend and while she nibbled she did not bite me. I dont she is nibbling me out of affection as she still runs away whenever I put my hand in her cage, it is only after a little while that she see the food and will come and eat it. I will just keep going with what I am doing hopefully she comes around. I have read that it can take up to a year to train some birds. So I will wait and see. Cheers Glen

I have had her for almost 2 months now, it has been in the last couple of days the she has really be going for my finger agressively. When I got home tonight I put my hand on the side of the cage and she tried to get at it.

Well I have been working with my budgie Angel everynight I can, trying to get her to bond with me. However while we have made small steps forward with the broccoli she still attacks my fingers. Even when I have food for her she seems to be torn between eating the food and biting my finger, it's like eat or bite, eat or bite. Now while she has not been biting me hard and therefore me not really worried about thinking that she is trying to boss me about, last night she actually latched onto me and broke the skin. She had latched onto me so tight that when I moved finger away she came with it still attached hanging off my finger and (while you are all laughing picturing that :rofl: ) I dont mind saying that it bloody hurt and I am now thinking twice before putting my hand in her cage again. She is even trying to get to my finger when it is on the outside of the cage. What I want to know is has anyone else had the same experiences and there bird has come good or should I move her into an aviary with other birds so that she is not alone? I am currently refurbing an aviary and should have it finished in a couple of weeks. Thanks for your advise Glen

Thanks Kaz, I might have to see if I can get down there. Do you have any times and an address.

Hi Nubbly, Welcome I am new here to and I love this site, I have only one budgie and looking forward to growing my flock. If you are going to do a cull in future please let me know as I am very interested in breeding and maybe one day showing budgies. I do travel down your way every couple of weeks. Cheers Glen