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I had success too! I succeeded with the leafy vegies... Started with the Parsley and now on to Bok Choy, which they love. I'm now giving them Bok Choy every morning when I let them out and it's been attacked by the time I get home to put them back. So happy!

I've tried frosen peas and corn, and had grated carrot in a mix I mixed with seed... I just bought some bokchoy and parsley to try.

I've tried mixing baby food into their seed, covering veggies with seed, hanging banana and apple in their cage, providing sprouted beans and i'm still not having much luck :[ I'm going to try hanging some spinach leaves in there next, as they eat eucalyptus leaves but only when they are dry and crackly.

LOVE the last bird!!!

Thanks, Krosp. He is such a schmoocher!

I don't have any on this computer, but i'll try to remember to have a look when I get home. Most pics I have are on my little arab, I don't have many yet of Bund. This is me and Bundy in our working class at Yass show earlier this year. We got second. I have more pictures from this day framed on my wall, but didn't think to scan them beforehand! http://www.all-creatures.net/gallery/displ...=277&pos=41

What type opf events would you like to see? Lol.

He has a doona from newmarket on. Best rugs i've ever bought, he is very far from being cold :] I have a pure wool under-rug to put on, but he hasn't been getting cold yet, so I may not even need it. That would be typical, waste of a new rug I clipped him because I compete full weekends nearly every weekend throughout winter, it's the main mounted games season. Its impossible to cool him off enough in between sessions with all that hair on, and he is much more comfortable cooling off easy than staying damp and sweaty. He still has furry legs and beard, so he's all good :] I took him to a SJ comp a week ago, and ended up getting high-point in D grade, very good effort for his second SJ comp! So now we go up to C, which will be good. I think he has the scope to make at least B, maybe A with consistent jump work. Very proud of my boy :]

Yep, Australian Stock Horse :] He's all naked now, I body clipped him a few weeks ago. Looks funny!

Thanks! :]

They do smell a bit funny... I might have a look at that article and try and do it properly instead of by accident, lol.

Thanks everyone! I really was annoyed about having to put them in together, I was also hoping to do a bit of individual taming with the new bird. But as it turns out now they are together, the new bird is tamer than Minx. She is more flighty and being very anti-social since the new bird arrived. However I did get them both to sit on my finger this morning. I never really like the green/yellow series birds, but just love Squee and her bright colours... So now I've got my own, lol. I almost bought a beautiful DF Spangle (not sure on that, looked like a creamino with black eyes) but the pet shop she was at was less reputable than the one I ended up buying from.

Um... I would guess at least a metre on the long side, maybe 50cm on the short side... And I will make it probablya metre tall. Okay nwo thinking about it I think the table is longer than a metre. I'll have to measure it. It's nice and big though. There will definately be a latch/locking type thing on the doors. Already have escaping birds, the new cage needs to be escape proof!

The cage I have now is ****. lol. Minx can escape and Pickle nearly did while I was watching yesterday... I've temporarily remedied this by putting a towel on top of the cage... But I want a new cage. The ones in pet shops/on ebay are either not what I want, or super expensive, so i've decided to build one with the help of my dad and boyfriend. I want one bigger, longer horizontally than vertically, and a rectangle. I have a table that the cage is currently sitting on, and I want to make the new cage the size of the table. We are planning on making it out of mesh, similar to what most aviaries are made of. Is this suitable? We are thinking of ways to make a slide out tray at the bottom for easy cleaning, and will put hinged doors for food/water dishes. Now. If you could build your ideal cage, what features would you have? Little things to make it more convenient or fun for your bird? I'm looking for any and every idea... I want to make it the best I can, and something that I can ahve for a long time, and something that my budgies will enjoy.

Would love photos of your cage!

This is one of my horse, Lone Pine Josh, stable name Bundy. He's a 15.1h 7yo ASH Gelding. I do mostly mounted games, campdrafting and ASH shows with him, but also a bit of jumping, polocrosse, etc. http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee184/w...ot/IMG_0274.jpg http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee184/w...ot/IMG_0273.jpg http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee184/w...ot/IMG_0272.jpg http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee184/w...ot/IMG_0271.jpg http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee184/w...ot/IMG_0270.jpg

okay. First, I understand the importance of quarantine, and di have the best of intentions. I ahd nowhere else in the house to put another cage, so I was planning on having the new budgie in a covered cage on the other side of the room for the quaratine period. Best I could do. However, Minx has found a way to escape from her cage, and was over socialising with the new arrival when I got home yesterday, so any quarantine was shot. I couldn't catch her, so I ended up putting them both in together to stop her escaping, after a LOT of time spent trying to catch either/both of them. I am aware that I may lose both birds if the new one is carrying something, but I have accepted the risk and moved on. I think she is a hen, if i'm wrong, feel free to correct. I was also thinking normal recessive pied, again, feel free to correct! So, without further ado this is (for now) Pickle: http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee184/w...ot/104_0260.jpg http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee184/w...ot/104_0264.jpg http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee184/wild_spot/Birds.jpg http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee184/w...ot/104_0269.jpg http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee184/w...ot/untitled.jpg Argh! The resizing didn't work. Sorry mods.

Beauty. I think she might be more willing to try this as it looks more natural... Like grass, kind of. lol. Fingers crossed!

A week or two ago I bought some bean sprouts for Minx to try. She didn't take to them and I soon moved on to other things, and forgot about them. Well... They sprouted! I'm wondering if I could put this container in the bottom of her cage for her to nibble at...

Mind if I ask, where did you find that cage? Have been on the lookout for a nice roomy cage but they are impossible to find!

You bought him sight unseen? Very brave! Hope he is exactly what you are looking for :]

Thanks for that Kaz, I will try that. How long can I leave it in the cage before it will go bad? Ugh, it gets hard sometimes, We also have 8 dogs and I have two horses to ride. I'm loving having her though.

I recently bought 5kg? I think, for $7.50 which wasn't too bad. Seems better quality than the last stuff I got from a different pet store, none of those little black seeds that they don't eat.

Buying in bulk is always cheaper, I don't think I could get it in smaller quantities for that cheap. But yes, $17 is very expensive. I think i'm going to pass on this mix, but i'm still trying to convince my girl to eat her vegies without any luck.

I don't have any ivermectin, I have just heard that through this forum, and I know it's used on cattle and horses, lol. Where would I buy Avial Insect Liquidator?