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I would love to see your pictures but it says my access is denied???

So, somehow we went from budgies to cattle....does that mean I now have a HERD of budgies??? :raincloud: Hmmm...doubt I could milk a budgie.....

Congratulations KAZ...she's such a lovely baby. Tell your daughter I can relate to having a big one...my last two were 9 lb 12 oz and 10 lb 1 oz. You have a lovely family...both inside and outside your aviary!

Thanks KAZ...they really are a lovely tree! Do the budgies like the flowers and the leaves or just the leaves? I just found this site with the proper names ...which do you think it is or are any of them okay? http://www.anbg.gov.au/callistemon/index.html My goodness, the neighbors are going to be jealous of my australian paradise if I can get all these lovely thinks growing! I'd better buy a greenhouse me thinks

I'm wondering if I can grow that here too but have no idea what it looks like. Thanks

Thanks...I just bought one of these and I'll keep everyone posted on how well they do here in Canada! Hope it gets through customs okay. Also, does anyone know the full name (Genus and species) of the eucalyptus that the budgies love so much? We import many vrieties of eucalyptus as we have a microclimate that isn't so disimilar to the climate of some parts of Australia and as a result they do quite well here.

Hehehehehe...thanks for the giggle...yes...we do have inhabited islands! I live on Vancouver Island which is off the pacific coast. The population of this island is a little over 3/4 of a million people! There are many islands between this island and the mainland which are also populated called The Gulf Islands. I think you need to come visit this part of the world...we might surprise you! PS..one of the refs in todays hockey game is a friend of mine

You are right JimmyBanks...I guess unless you've seen what a tsunami can do locally then people just don't get it. A town on the island I live on was devastated by a tsunami from an alaskan earthquake in 1964. Lives were lost and much of the town was destroyed...not something the locals take lightly.

I'm so jealous that my husband got to go to the game today! He's been working over on the mainland for the Olympics and they all got tickets to today's game...wish I could have gone too but I'm glad he had a nice treat.

YAY!!!!!!

Thanks Corka...I hope mine get hungry right before dark!

It's better to be safe than sorry. And I don't think it's quite accurate to say "nothing happened"...just ask the people of Chile...I doubt they'd think of the loss of over 400 people as "nothing"

I think it must just be the area you live in Joey as in my area there are many many breeders and bird clubs. If you find a bird club and join, I'm sure you'll meet like minded folks.

I looked at it but it seemed complicated. I did find another at http://www.homeproplan.com/ This program is free for 30 days. my first attempt is at http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....ic=28305&hl

I found quite a good user friendly design program to use at http://www.homeplanpro.com/ (it's free for 30 days) and this is what I've designed so far:

I live in the mildest part of Canada but we do get some snow most years and it does hover around freezing for a good few weeks. I couldn't feel good about leaving them outside all year.

What are your winters like in Australia?

I'm going to maximize daylight with several windows in my aviary but I'm wondering what the best type of electric light is for them. I've just replaced the light in my current birdroom with a full spectrum bulb and I can't believe what a difference it makes when viewing their colours and ceres etc. Should I use these in the aviary too or is fluorescent best? Also, how do most of you het the aviary in the winter? The aviary will be on a stone patio in my arden and will have a large birdroom, indoor flights for the colder months and large outdoor flights for the warmer months. And lastly, how do you get the birds in from the outdoor flights back into the indoor flights at night once the nights get cooler?

Please let me know if this isn't sized properly...I don't have much luck with photobucket.

No...it won't get to that point here...people were advised to stay away from beaches and marinas here but it's probably only an advisory now since the waves were smaller than expected in Hawaii...only about a meter there from what I'm reading. Our waters here will no doubt rise but no huge waves..I think they were saying it would be about 0.5 meters here.

We're under a Tsunami warning here as I'm sure much of coastal Australia is too. Prayers for the people of Chile.

That's wonderful news! I'm so glad Nibbles has improved so much.

I wouldn't omit any of the injections. I'm thinking it might be some sort of chelation therapy to counter the heavy metal poisoning so probably very essential. to Nibbles

Hannah, you and your Mum are truely good people to stick by poor Nibbles right now. I'm sorry he's doing so poorly. The bacteria the vet told you about is Staphylococcus and it's good that he's eating the cooked oats with the antibiotic in them. Do you have any idea how he got the metal pieces in his crop? Keep us posted as to how he is doing. Heavy metal poisoning in a human is a long road to recovery but I'm not sure about birds. Are the injections gold injections?

Oooooh...I like this idea!