Boomberry

I agree I have 15 indoor birdies and my neighbours never complain about them. Plus I have an African Grey who vocalises at 5am and he is LOUD hehe!

Aww he is so clever. I wanna snug him up in a ball!

A few pics seen as though I havent posted any in a million years hehe. Fat girl Cassie. Little boy blue Alfie. Maxy, beak trimming due again this week. L.C's head hehe. Chippa and Patty. Patty Patty Poo. Billybob - he always take a nice picture. Georgy and Chippa. Miss Heidi girl. Chippa Chippa Choo Cah - he gets everywhere this boy. So there we are all there except Jamie who I have no idea why not.

Great pics Bea. I always thought PB was green for some reason hehe.

I had an issue with 3 budgies and they were all male. I have to disagree that I think an even number works much better .

In my opinion if you have cats you shouldnt have birds. One slight mistake on either of their parts would 99% surely end in disaster. That is however my opinion on the subject

That budgie is definitely a girl.

I guess it depends on your lifestyle. I work a full day so my birdies are uncovered at 5am so they can have an hour and a half out time before I go to work. The budgies and tiels are covered up by 7.30/8.00pm and Monty (CAG) half an hour later because he needs his Mummy cuddles.

I dont think advising Bea to breed Blinkie just because his hormones are racing is a very sensible idea. Getting him a girlfriend is easy to see but could make him worse. Thats what happened to one of my tiels. Blinkie is an indoor pet bird and I think that would be a terrible mistake to 'get him a girlfriend' as you are saying. I dont know the actual answer to cure him buttt that option well its not an option.

A warm draft is perfectly fine!

I wold let the bird clean it itsself you really dont want to aggrevate any other close by blood feathers - bird are very hygenic creatures!

Bad genetics are a MAJOR part of budgies dying young thats for sure! I fed Trill up until a while ago. Im just using a Pets At Home Nutritional Brand for now. But Im planning on doing my own mix. Any advice what I should be adding and whats not necessary.

One of my cockatiels eats poo all the time but she is just a dirty girl :offtopic: Could be a baby thing that he will grow out of.

Either that or buy a bunch of males :offtopic:

Unexpected is always the worst and thats the problem with these little birdies - the little imps mostly give us no warning at all

He was, he is and always will be Elly. There isn't much else to say other than that because I know how it hurts and how hard it is to believe you wont feel like you do forever. You wont

Its tough VERY tough - but Elly it will get easier I promise you that. I can look at pictures of my late budgies now and smile at the memories rather than cry. You will too in time. Merlin will be just fine in time.

Budgies grieve for sure. I had my fair share of grieving budgies last year so I know exactly how hard it is for you Elly. When we lost Tobi Girl. Max her mate found it tough - you know its been almost 8 months since she passed and today I still see a look of sadness in his eyes at times. He loved that girl we all did. I think it didn't hit them so much when Beano and Bobby died as when I came home and found them - the rest were just playing as usual - how inconsiderate grrr. But bonded budgies grieve Im 100% sure of that!

Well lucky for me Ive 2 very large budgies cages and I had to swap birdies around until I got the right mix who didn't fight. Youve got 4 hens so its not as easy as splitting them and housing them with half males like Ive done. Could it be hormonal time for them and thats whats making them more misbehaved than usual?

Ann, I have a cage a zillion times bigger than that with the same amount of budgies in and they still fight at bedtime grrr. Its the hens that fight too the males are usually happy to sleep anywhere - but even in a huge cage the two hens want to same spot.

Im so sorry Elly.

Im glad he is doing okay but the weight loss is definitely a mystery unless he is pining for his Blinkie hehe.

How is Ozzie Bea?

I think toys for the bottom of the cage are a great idea - mine love to play football with those little plastic balls with bells in - just make sure they are cleaned regularly!