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Nope, Blinks is my only cobalt spangle. I have a violet spangle but last time i paired him up with Akala he spent the whole time hiding in the nest box and not letting her in. I've decided to put off breeding for a while, i think i was going into this a bit half-heartedly which is obviously not the way to go. I will however use all this info next time i do breed my budgies because i most definitely want to use these pairs.

Just thought i'd update you all on my plans. I've rethought the breeding idea so rather than breed lots of babies to possibly not get a male to tame for Blinkie starting tomorrow i'm going to got searching in pet shops and breeders (if i can find any) for a young male budgie. I'm hoping that i'll find one at my favourite pet shop, the last few times i've been there they've had a separate cage with young budgies that haven't yet been in an aviary situation so that's what i'd like to get if at all possible.

My budgies don't have human names either.....i come up with food names!! :wine

Definitely don't let your budgie sample your beer or coffee, it's really bad. Also, some spinach or carrot or brocolli would probably make a better daily snack for him although still give him fruit a few times a week cause obviously he likes it! :wine

Oh no! I really hope Jim gets well soon!

Well now i can't remember who i have with who. :(Laughing out loud): Thanks for your help though, basically there's a lot of different combinations i could get!!

Yeah i know it's not an instant fix, if i wanted an instant fix i'd probably just got to the pet shop......like i said i would i'm already having second thoughts, i guess i'll just make up my mind for certain when and if i end up with babies.

Whoooo!! I'm so happy for you! What a little cutie?? Have you named it yet or am i the only on to do that?

okay, so you may or may not have read that i've set up 2 pairs of budgies for breeding Blinkie a friend (yes, i want lots of choice.....and maybe i like babies.....maybe). The pairs i've got inside are Jasper + Akala and Bobbi (or Budgie) + Lemon, so now naturally i'm curious about what colours i could possibly get. Here's what the different birds colours are: Akala: greywing opaline cobalt Bobbi: sky blue spangle (Parents: sky blue spangle cock, opaline violet hen - from this pairing i also got cinnamons and an albino if that means anything) Now Bobbi might be Budge, my fool proof plan of one having cheek spots and one not has failed so now i don't have half a clue which is which! So Budge: skyblue spangle (has produced cinnamon and albino babies) And the other pair.... Jasper: sky blue spangle (Parents same as Bobbi) Lemon: lutino lacewing (Parents: normal green cock, green recessive pied hen) So what are everyones thoughts?

I'll PM Una now. This afternoon my friend helped me to set up my breeding cages so i now have 2 pairs set up in my bedroom - Jasper + Akala, Bobbi (or Budgie )+ Lemon. I'm certain i'll change my mind as to whether or not Blinkie will get a friend about a million times before i get babies but i really would like Blinkie to have a birdie buddy to hang out with while i'm not around. HurdyBirdy, i'll start with them both in separate cages so if things go wrong i can always keep them separate. I'm hoping that if i get the baby to a point where he's dying to be out whenever he sees me (like Blinkie does) then after the initial excitement of having another budgie both of them will settle down and still love me.....that's what i hope anyway. In the end the only reasons Blinkie doesn't have a feathered buddy already is because i worry about losing my bond with him but really that's not a good enough reason, i think that if i can't be there for him all the time he should have at least a friend living next to him if not with him.

It wouldn't take a year....would it? I don't mean i'll keep the new baby on it's own for a year, just until it's bonded to me super well.....which for mr Stink took probably a month or 2.

I know it's possible and even probable to be able to keep multiple tame budgies but i really really need reassurance. Ever since i bred Blinkie a year ago i've been toying with the idea of getting him a budgie friend. I've been schooled at home for the first year of Blinkie's life so a friend wasn't really important however now i'm back in regular school he's alone during the day (never for more than 4-5 hrs, i have a great timetable) and although this doesn't appear to worry him in the slightest it does make me feel a little bad. I've put of breeding Blinkie a buddy for so long simply because i'm TERRIFIED of losing my bond with Blinkie. It's only just Autumn now so if i was to set up a pair of budgies for breeding now then i would have feathered babies by Winter, no probs. And besides, we have heating so it never gets too cold here. Anyway, anytime i've introduced Blinkie to another budgie he's sort of gone ecstatic and just smothered the poor thing either trying to grab it and wrestle it like a toy or beak tapping it in such a way that i'm sure the other budgie would have been left with a headache. :(Laughing out loud): Do you think that this behaviour would calm down after a short while of being with another budgie? And most importantly do you think Blinkie would stay tame? My plan would be to mimic what i did with Blinkie as a baby with another baby: handle from a young age, help feed it, etc. And then for a time after it left the nest i would probably keep it in it's own cage in my room. Once i was satisfied that it was ridiculously bonded to me i would move it's cage beside Blinkie's cage and then begin to have them out for play time together although i'd still have individual time for both of them. Then hopefully once Blinkie gets over the excitement of a budgie friend i'd be able to have them both in Blinkie's cage and still have tame budgies......what do you think? I realise i've just written a TON of stuff and probably lost your interest long ago but do you think my paln would work????

That's a very useful article! Thanks for posting it.

Hehe!! The pictures match the song perfectly! :(Laughing out loud):

Aww!!

That's one determined budgie!

What a cutie! I think your guess sounds right.

Or it can even just be applied directly to the skin between their wings as a one off treatment.

Well probably that will happen eventually but you'll still have a playgym and i'm sure your budgies will like it just as much. :bluebudgie: I'm sure there'd be a way for you to re-dye the parts if the colour with food colouring if you really wanted colour but it'd just come off again.

Yep! I believe they use food colouring to dye it so i think it's still safe.

Awwww.....what a gorgeous gal!

2 budgies and a ring!!! That's a great guy you've got there! :(Laughing out loud):

Still looks like a type 2 yellow face on my monitor. Cheekysunny, do you have a photo from the front?

Sunny looks like a yellow faced blue recessive pied to me?? Aren't green recessive pieds usually WAY brighter?

To me that just sounds like he was preening and acting energetic. What exactly about his behavior was concerning you? Was he bopping his head in a different way to usual?