Ellie

at last, someone who does as much/if not more colourful make-up than myself! looks awesome dude.

sorry guys. i completely forgot to take those photo's & can't do it now as my boyfriend accidentally let butters out when he was entering the aviary! men -.- haha

Flip! I'd be more than happy for you to use the photo's. The more people who see them, the better. If people know that what's being shown in the photo is wrong, then progress is being made. P.S: I'm going to like that Facebook page of yours. :-)

i can't believe people just watched on as this bird just sat there in obvious distress! i wish there were more people like you. i don't know much about eclectus parrot's but so far what you've done so far is probably the best that anyone in your situation could've done. this is a budgie forum and seeing as though you recently joined, there was definitly no harm in posting on here but you may get some better responses from a forum that talks about a wider variety of domesticated birds. good luck! keep us posted. Ellie.

wow, i completely forgot to reply to this! it's been a while since i've been on the forum. just thought i'd let everyone know that the chick grew up to be a healthy female budgie even after allowing the hen back into the nesting box with her.

thanks for the help everyone. If my budgies breed, their chicks will have you to thank for having a special little ring on their leg. :-)

Just a quick update! Tonight I found an ad on gumtree for three budgies. Guess whose budgies they are? (Yep, it's him. I can tell because the mobile number is the same). Here is a link to the ad: http://brisbane.gumt...QAdIdZ349922152 I was considering buying the remaining three, not that he deserves any money for them (just like Finnie said!) but I do need to consider my other budgies. I'm only really looking for one more budgie rather than three, otherwise my aviary will be too crowded. Anyway, I just thought I'd pop this on here in case anyone in Queensland/Brisbane feels like attracting some good karma or adopting some budgies. :-) Thanks for reading!

So, I don't breed many budgies a year but I'd like to put leg rings on them just for my own benefit of knowing when they were born, etc. Where can I buy leg rings? Do I have to buy specific ones for a certain type of budgie ie. spangle/pied etc? I'd really appreciate the specifics! Also, at what age do the leg rings go onto the chicks legs? Thanks, Ellie.

tell me about it! i mean, this little one would've been putting up with these health problems for some time now. i just don't understand how some people have no empathy whatsoever! i'm going to have give your idea's a go once fungus starts eatting more. they sound fantastic! thanks for your comment & foodie ideas K&M! i have no idea. personally, i wouldn't be able to ignore something like that growing on my budgie's face. this afternoon i greased up fungus' feet & legs with some olive oil. they're looking better already - not as flaky and white. ty for your comment.

Aw, thanks Kaz! I just told him the whole way home "Don't worry buddy, you're going to get better". I think I'll send these photos to the RSPCA because unfortunately, I may get done for trespassing & assault if I tried to handle it myself, haha.

yeah, me too. i'll hit up the rspca tomorrow.

she took the tiniest bit of the end of his beak as she was concerned about nipping the blood vessel. his beak is still quite long but the aim of the trim was so he would be able to eat more easily & preen himself. you should've seen him preen his feathers. he looked like a huge weight had been lifted from his wings :-) do you think I should report him?

Last weekend, I found an ad on Gumtree for a free budgie. I jumped at the chance seeing as my boyfriend accidentally let out my last budgie, Butters. The ad stated that the owner wanted to rehome his budgie for free due to it having scaley face & he not being able to give it the care it needed. I thought "Well! Nothing, I shouldn't be able to handle!" and so, I texted the available number and picked up the budgie on Sunday (22/01/2012). I drove all the way from The Gap to Wynnum to pick him & and laughed at the fact that he probably wasn't free after using quite a bit of petrol to get there - it didn't bother me though. A boy, presumably 16 years old brought out a green and yellow budgie. I was so shocked! His face & feet were covered in mites & he had an overgrown beak to match. I asked whether he had any more budgies (mainly because I was concerned that if he had any more, they may be in a similar condition). He said "I have 3 more that I'm trying to sell before I go back to school because I will be be busy" or something like that. I assumed that the other budgies were probably healthier than the one now in my bird cage & so I told the boy that the budgie was going to a good home & I left as quickly as I could. Here are some photo's I took on the night I bought him home: Fungus himself. Fungus himself 2. Fungus' face. Fungus' face 2. Fungus' face 3. Fungus' face 4. Fungus' face 5. Fungus' feet. Fungus' feet 2. Fungus' foot. I assume nobody on this forum has ever owned a budgie quite this ill unless they've rescued it. If you have a pet, you have a responsibility. Neglect allows something as bad as this to happen to an innocent and voiceless animal. I texted the boy the next day to tell him that I've never seen a budgie that has looked as ill as Fungus does. I said that I'd be happy to take the other budgies off his hands & suggested that he buy some cuttle fish & treat his birds for mites ASAP if he was going to keep them. I could've strangled this kid looking back now. He appeared not to care that his budgie was in obvious ill health. On Monday, I booked an appointment with my local vet, Jenny White. She trimmed his beak & told me what medications to use (as I have seen her for my budgies health issues before) that I already had ready at home. She also suggested that I give him alot of fresh foods too because he is terribly thin (you can feel his breast bone). He is so small & skinny that he looks as though he's still a chick learning to take care of itself. So far, I've given him a treatment of Ivomec on the back of his neck & have also mixed up some Ronivet & water for him to consume. I also put some lettuce, a stalk of brocolli & a fresh cuttle bone in his cage for him (not that he knows what any of them are). He sits on the cuttle bone & avoided the fresh veges as he doesn't know of them as food (I assume). Anyway, he's in good hands now. It'll be at least 6 weeks before his can join my 4 other budgies in the aviary. If you have any tips to help me improve his condition, please let me know. Ellie.

I guess I could try and take some photo's of his eyes. Butters isn't very tame but I'll do my best!

Thanks for the feedback guys. :-x I'm so happy! ^-^ I have two males to four females now which is alot better than one male to five females! I don't think I'll ever get the hang of this genetics thing. I've been doing my research and feel none the wiser! *derp*