Arrowdane

Hi Kaz, I always go to Wattle Grove and see Tim. I wasnt able to see him and had to see one of the other vets but i took my chances as im sure she would have had more experinence with birds than the vets i work with who just euth everything He is doing really well now - would never know he had a sore leg!

No idea on the mutations sorry but have to laugh as i have a marshall and a lilly too - good old how i met your mother

yay, well then theyll be coming home with me! I think im slowly getting better with the younger budgies and sexong again, im atleast now able to pick out males and females from one another when there is a group of them, its when there is nothing to compare them too that i run into trouble! Thanks guys

I hope so!!! My budgie flock is growing at a frightening pace it seems. A friend has offered my her whole flock as she is moving overseas - none are over 18 months of age and she has lots of lovely pieds too! However most of hers are pairs and i still need 2 girls to make my numbers even - looks like i may have someone who can supply me with two young beautiful girls though!

He is doing really well actually I really thought his leg was going to be broken because of all the swelling but it is actually very stable and now he is on a course of anti inflammatories and AB's for a week to let everything settle down and to make sure infection doesnt set in

Hi there guys. Ive been offered a few budgies of a nice young lad looking to downsize a little, he has been kind enough to send me some photos so that i can ask your opinion on sex - one i am pretty sure is a female but because it is white i shall ask anyone and the other i think may be a male (he isnt sure yet) its a very pale blue and white budgie The one i am pretty sure is a female as the cere colouring is brown! And the one i think is probably a boy but im not 100% sure Would love to know what you think! Hehas a few handsome young males that he would like to sell too but i would really like to get a few females first!

Id be interested to see what they come back with too I was just searching bidgies for sale on the net and it popped up!

Ahh it seems such a short time into my "rebirth" of budgie owning that im allready of the the vets tomorrow morning - i took the day off work to go for one of our little boys who has hurt his little leg - He is in a hospital cage for the night on a nice warm heating pad. Looks like one of the other budgies had a chomp at him. His leg is intact but there is a scabby bit and its a tad swollen - he still has blood flow to it and can still open and close it so i presume it shall be all okay (i hope so) I work as a vet nurse at a very good vet clinic in perth but i dont trust the vets i work with with my birdies as they have a tendency to think all birds that are injured should be euthanaised. hence i go to another vet clinic to see a fantastic birdie vet that ive seen for years and i trust with my birds lifes! He hasnt lost one yet! I will post pictures of the injury tomorrow and let you all know how it goes

As far as im aware there is no such thing as a pink budgie because it isnt possible to acheive that colouration - Why do i always see people trying to flog off "pink" calcium perch dyed budgies to unsuspection people -it really irks me! Do many people fall for the "pink" budgie adds? I see there is one advertised on gum tree at the moment with "reasonable offers only" as its base line. Im guessing its just another person trying to scam someone who thinks they are getting something rare and wonderful. Has anyone here fallen for the pink budgie sales? Megan

Hey Guys, Thanks for the tips! Im going to have to head over to the avicultural club meeting / auctions one of these days and join the various budgie clubs for WA too so i can attend meeting etc. Megan

Looks like i may have found the girls i was after! Thanks everyone!

Hi Guys, Another wanted add from me! I would love to buy some breeding cages / cabinets - im looking for around 10 cages in total If anyone has some for sale or knows of someone who can build me some i would love to know! Not needed for a little while as im not planning on breeding anytime soon but would be nice to have some when im finally ready! It will be nice to have some budgie babies... much quieter and more pleasant sounding that baby toos!

woops Guys, thought id correct the spelling of my Name. its spelt Megan - my computer keys are not so great anymore and a & e seem to come together failry often and since meagan is another way of spelling my name it still seems to make sense. Ill make sure to edit my posts more carefully in the future as this keyboard isnt very reliable!! O & u dont work all that often and i think i type to fast for the keyboard to register and letters often get missed out (whole sentences sometimes!!) Thanks for the welcome! Im allready enjoying the friendly atmosphere here!

Hi guys, Im looking for 4 x female pet type budgies in Perth, WA - happy to travel to pick them up anywhere in WA. Would prefer some pieds or violets or really enything that looks lovely and will help brighten the budgie aviary and could be used for breeding in a year or so (so babies are fine!) Also mabye looking for some older pairs of birds that would produce some nice offspring if bred in the future PM me if you can help out! Megan

thanks everyone for your advice so far! Its much appreciated and very helpful! Kaz thanks for the info on cere colour ill try and practice so i get the knack back! Finn they were out of the same aviary in the same shop and bought within two days of each other so i presumed they would be okay as they are the birds that i was thinking about buying on the same day as the first pair. Normally i quarantine for three months with new birds in the set up here as we have some birds that are too valuable to lose if we dont quarantine =)