Posted November 30, 200618 yr Hello... My husband and I own 3 budgies. Baby is 15 years old and was hand fed and is the sweetest little girl. We're not sure what the name of her coloring is. She basically looks like a pale green keet, all of her colors a lighter version of the traditional green ones - her barring is even gray. My husband gave her to his mom as a Mother's Day gift in 1991 and his parents moved to Florida in July and gave her to us so she wouldn't have to make the move since she's so old. She's flourished with us. We have a playground for her on top of her cage and when we're home and awake she has an open door policy so she can go up there and forage when she wants. She occasionally flies around, but she's really good and doesn't go far since she hasn't had much flying time in her life previously. A few weeks ago she had her first bath and she loved it! I could babble on and on about her! A few weeks ago, we bought Cupid and Psyche, a green pair we saw mating at the pet store. We're not entirely sure how old they are. They do have their adult feathering though. They looked absolutely adorable at the store doing their mating rituals and before we knew it, he mounted her! We were entranced and didn't want them to be separated; they seemed SOOO in love with each other. Psyche laid an egg on the way home, but it was very soft shelled and was broken. She hasn't laid any more and has continued to be pretty skittish and freaky. Cupid is a bit more relaxed. We're working on getting them more comfortable with us, but its slow going. Since this is just an intro post, I'll skip the things that have come up and the questions we have right here. We live in the Twin Cities area in Minnesota in the US. I have 1 semester left in a vet tech program. We also have 2 baby snakes - a garter and a ball python. Cupid and Psyche http://www.flickr.com/photos/armchairdeity...57594379537260/ Baby http://www.flickr.com/photos/armchairdeity...57594333776911/ Jenna
November 30, 200618 yr Hi and welcome to the place All your birds look great and i'm amazed at how active Baby looks to be at the age of 15 years. Once quantine is over with she might help as a taming tool. In budgie world it's monkey see monkey do. She basically looks like a pale green keet, all of her colors a lighter version of the traditional green ones - her barring is even gray. She looks like a greywing to me, which the name for all you discribed above. Cupid and Psyche both look Olive to me ( if their tails are blue like I saw in the pictures) and at least over the age of 6 months, looking at their ceres and iris rings in the eye. After this age if the bird doesn't have a ring marked with the year of birth it's impossible to work out their age. Psyche is also an opaline - this is when their wing are the same as their body colour. Hope that wasn't too much information straight up Have a look around and feel free to ask question on anything and everything. Edited November 30, 200618 yr by Nerwen
November 30, 200618 yr They are delightful...... 15 years is excellent for most budgies these days. She must be very happy with you and all that you do for her. Welcome to the forum....
December 1, 200618 yr Author Thank you everyone! Learning about our little guys is why I'm here, so there is never too much information! Its good to know the names of the colorings of our birds so we can sound like we know what we're doing. *L*
December 2, 200618 yr Hello to the budgie-friend! Is Baby happy with her new company? How do your budgies co-exist with the snakes? :offtopic:
December 4, 200618 yr Author Baby doesn't seem to mind the new birds. I kind of would think that after living alone with just a few humans for a flock for so long that having some budgies around would make her happy. They're on opposite sides of the room (rather large) and aren't out together. We've brought her over to them a few times on our hand and they chirp happily at each other. The snakes and the birds don't really mix. I mean we don't mix them. We do our best to keep Baby away from the snakes when we have them out. I don't think they're even aware each other exist, which is fine with me cuz I don't want the big snake thinking we have treats for her hanging around. *(Laughing out loud)*
