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That's terrible...poor Cookie :bliss: Commonsense should have told them that the cage was WAY too small....poor Cookie, 2 years in solitary confinement with no crime commited..... You are an angel AV :rofl: I am such a sook I have tears in my eyes......they should be fined for cruelty...

Hi Crysal_feather.....and welcome, Beautiful birds..... What colour are the cream budgies eyes? Does the darker one have iris rings?

How cool is that!! Good news for a change.........

Hi Guys, No doesn't seem to be "flaking off", it's just crusty?? I will try and take a close up tonight and post. So if this is the case are you guys meaning "past breeding condition" this year or always? Thanks

go fish Do you like roast lamb and crunchy baked spud.... :rofl:

okay...thought that might be the case..... I will put Boo back in the avairy till September and try instead.. So do you suggest with Cindy - Billy (green opaline) ....or Austin (dec)????

OMG Krosp....thank goodness your intuition was telling you something!! Paranoid is GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rofl:

okay....I did it today...... My first go at cabinet breeding.... I selected Cindy and Boo, going okay only been in the breeding cage for a few hours, but eating and drinking...Cindy has been in the box and sussed it out..... I am concerned though with Boo....what are those pin feathers around his head?? Is he moulting?? should I put them back in the avairy??

Yes Do you go for QLD in the Origin?

Hi Brett.

Hi Gaza!

when are you going to try them again M6B?? can't wait to see what they produce....

go fish... Do you have children?

some millet....he

go fish Do you like red wine?

Thanks C.S.B.... I'm sooo excited too.....

LOL Richo..... I think I know what you are saying....and I know that there are some great pet shops out there....I thought this one was one of them....I called in on my way home tonight and that bird was not in the cage with the others....but all the others were still for sale.... It IS thier responsibility to ensure the pets they sell are healthy..... Still angry but most of all sad for the little fella - I should have bought him....

Thanks Liv, I have felt very sad all day....if that little bird has something bad...and no doubt it does... then it will be just left "out the back" til it dies a slow death .....but as you say we have to be strong..... I had a PM from a member here recomending someone close to home so that's good..... Thanks for your reply.... Anne

Loved the last picture BP.....1 big loving family .......

I think I will go... Cindy and Boo Austin and Grace Billy and Alice J.T and Lacey

Well as you know I am new at all this, but even I can tell when a budgie is sick........and from what I've learnt they have been sick for a while by the time they show it....... I went to a local pet shop today -I want to get a few more birds and there was a baby sitting all fluffed up at the bottom of the cage - I went to the counter and told the girl that she had a really sick budgie - she came over and snatched it out and had a look and said " it's not too bad..." (even though it had poop all stuck to it's bottom)....She then said she would "pop" that one out the back...then proceded to ask which one I was interested in....I told her....no... they ALL need to be taken off sale and get a Vet to look at them to decide what the problem was, or at the least quarantined and watched..... she then informed me that they were all from different breeders and only recieved today so that is not enough time for them all to be sick with the same thing?????? I went to the hardware a few doors down - was gone about half an hour...went back to the pet shop and all the others were still there..... they should not be sold.... I have bought from this shop before and never had a problem - but now I will NEVER walk through those doors again - I have put in writing my complaint to management - I am not holding my breath for a reply........ I wish I'd had the money to take the all home............... Anyone on the Southside of Brisbane with budgies for sale???????????????

Hi BP.......picture no 4 is.... and the last one.... they ALL are beautiful

So cute Kaz....

Good luck AV......keep u us posted. You are an angel.....