Amoi

Hi there I've been a member of this forum for a while but never really participated. My name is Amy and I'm from Kingaroy, QLD. I've been keeping birds on and off for basically my entire life but I have now made a business of keeping birds so the collection is ever growing. I have a number of pairs of parrots (Alex's, Ringnecks, Quakers, Galahs, Corella's, Lovebirds, cockatiels, 28's and the list goes on) and have had groups of budgies on and off but my other half Will has a terrible habbit of selling my budgies when I'm not at home. So to help my cause I got in contact with a local show budgie breeder who happens to be the President of the Caboolture Budgie Society and took Will along to have a looksee. Well... needless to say we came out with just a few budgies (40 to be exact... we never were good at starting off small...) and are now members of the society. I don't think we will get much of a chance to attend many meetings as they are held mid week and we are 2hrs away and still need to work the next day.... but hopefully we can get to some. Will has been banned from selling any of my show budgies and I look forward to the breeding season coming up!!! Other than that, we also hand raise parrots as Impulse Parrots which I just love and it keeps me rather busy... and as I like to keep myself busy, we are also in the process of developing a new pet supplies website - Impulse Pet Supplies. And then there are the Nanango markets once a month and full time work outside of that lol. But I always have time for my birds . So I am looking forward to participating in the forum and hope to learn lots and help out where I can! Cheers Amy

Just an update. I ended up taking the hen to my parrot breeder friend who luckly had everything needed. After a few snips either side of the ring, her leg was free... a little banged up from the ring but nothing to bad. She didnt bleed much at all and it was instantly bathed in some light antiseptic she had for her birds. From the looks of it, the breeder I got her from had put a finch size ring on her leg (we compaired it to other budgie rings she had on hand) so no wonder the leg swelled! She is being kept away from other birds in a clean environment and getting her leg bathed 3 times a day until she heals. Thanks again Amy

Thanks for your replys. I did get her from a breeder but there is no way I am heading back there.... its 3 hours away. I live in rural queensland (Kingaroy) and there are no english budgies around here that I know of. We dont even have any bird clubs and I dont know any other breeders around here. The only options I have at the moment is to either wait until the vets open tomorrow and hope that work will let me take some time off or talk to a parrot breeder thats 30 mins away who doesnt have anything to do with budgies and only ever uses split rings for her parrots. I dont even know if the vets around here deal with birds. They are all the bigger farm animal vets. Hopefully i can eventually find some breeders a little closer to kingaroy in the future... I like the english budgies and would love to start getting more into the genetics side of things.

Hi all Im new to the forum and pretty new to budgies. I have kept pet budgies in the past but have only just started getting into the english budgies. I bought some pairs yesterday and discovered that one of my hens has a swollen leg from the leg ring. Its very swollen below the ring but also a bit above. I want to remove the leg ring as it is obviously too tight for her now. I know that she should be taken to a Avian vet but I live in a small town and just the standard vets shut at 11am on a Saturday and wont be open again until Tuesday (public holiday on Monday). Can someone please help by telling me the best way to get the leg ring off?? My other birds (vars type of parrots) all have split rings so its easy to take them off... this looks to be a solid ring. Thanks in advance! Cheers Amy