Ratzy

He's still kicking. I think he got cold during the night. I just wish I'd been able to get to him earlier.

I woke up and went to check on him. My heart froze when I saw him lying on the ground. Thankfully, he was still alive. He had managed to crawl away from the heat source and was cold. I filled the hot water bottles and sat with him for two hours and held his head away from direct heat. He is still alive, but just. I fed him via suringe. I think he might be giving up.

Did I get them right, appart from the DF dom pied? I've never actually seen one before.

I'll have a go. 1# Grey opaline 2#Yellow face type 2 rec pied 3#Yellow face type2 cobalt 4#Spangle? Rec pied 5# Rec or Dom pied These are just a guess, based on my limited knowledge. Listen to what others have to say before taking me at my word.

Wow, only 6?

Thankyou! I will try that. I bought some hand rearing mixture and he did eat some ( via suringe ). I've almost cleaned his but, just a few dirty feathers, but I got that clumps of poo out. I got some extra seed and water dishes. He is under a heat lamp in the warmest room in the house. He is still drinking and eating. I will look at his poo in a minute but they were almost normal yesterday. Taboo, how could I have just left him there? I'd be guilty for the rest of my life!

How many eggs has she got?

Just asking. How's the little guy going?

I'm not sure I could do a crop feed.... He has a lamp. His poos vary, from normal to green. They are normal consistancy. I am going to a shop today to pick up more bird seed, hand rearing formula and extra dishes. He will have to come to school, unfortunately, so I can keep an eye on him and keep him at the right tempreture. If the kids are a problem he can stay in the staff room, which is very quiet. I haven't named the poor guy but he is still very much alive.

I will get him some tommorow then. He sleeps funny, and bows his head instead of tucking it in.

I felt his keel bone and he is starving. I am fattening him up. I tried to clean his bottom but he got stressed half way through. When I saw him in the pet shop he had an overgrown beak but it is trimmed now. I thought he was a spangle. Can I feed him hand rearing formula?

I think he is a clearwing spangle. As you can see by the tail feathers in one picture he isn't in a good state. Sorry about the quality of pics. His flights feathers are weird, so at first I thought long flights, but it seems he just can't really hold them together. http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy62/Ratzy_2009/025-2.jpg http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy62/Ratzy_2009/023.jpg I did resize these but photobucket is being weird.

Can I ask why the budgie was in with a ringneck? I'm trying to add more to this than the people who have already posted, but I can't.

You bet I'm keeping it! It needs a load of TLC at the moment and fattening up. I'll get some pics for you. I said I was disgusted because of the state it is in. I did say I think that was what happened but I suppose it could have been bought the chucked out by the new owner. Just try to wait a few minutes before I get photos.

okay. Thanks.

If you remember I posted about my pet shop not listening to me when I said their clearwing in the PIED section was sick. Seems they listened to me.... I was walking down to my local PAC with my school to perform and I saw, lying in the middle of the road, behind the pet store, the SAME clearwing. I grabbed my jumper and got it after 2 attemps. My teacher took it to her sisters shop while I performed. When I got back to school ( with the bird ) I warmed it up and gave it food and water. It cannot fly so how could it have escaped from the pet store even if it hadn't been in the back room. I think they just chucked him out and left him there. He is now sitting in the hospital cage on a hot water bottle with a heat lamp. He is starving and was bleeding. He ate ( actually ate, not just pick through the seed ) and drank. I will spray him for mites and worm him. I am disgusted!

I've found you can plant the budgie seed mix. It is like sprouted seeds, just longer and it is like grass. You can trim the top bits then it will keep growing. I grow apple, pear, strawberry, corn, carrots and a lot of other stuff. My budgies get the occasional tiny bit of lettuce. We don't use sprays so everything is organic. Also, we get our own eggs daily.

I think Mr Turtly Turtle might be hibernating. Where they go find a nice place to sleep for the winter. Or has he escaped? What breed duck?

Can you post a picture of her legs?

Skye blue opaline, grey cinnamon opaline, and ( correct me if I'm wrong ) blue bred grey normal?

Thimbles cere is turning brown at three months, it is only slightly brown though.

Wow that is a long list! I don't know why people think sheep are dumb, Amy knows how to unlock at least three gates. Once, when she was a little lamb, she ran at a log and litterally flipped over it. Then when she was two years old, she tried the same trick over a fence. It worked! She is smarter and better than a dog in my opinion. Dogs kill other creatures ( I have nothing against dogs, they are one of my many favourite animals) while sheep don't, both make good guard dogs and dogs keep the neighbours up all night barking.

You are an angel for saving her!

My budgie Skye has the violet shading. He is normal cobalt split opaline and possibly violet. He looks exactly like Kasper and Marigold looks exactly like Koko. Welcome to the forum by the way!

Welcome! My family is from England.