Posted January 3, 200718 yr :sad: I have just sent my budgies down to Perth to stay with my mum while I'm on holidays, the house is so quiet I didn't realise I'd miss them (not the mess though) They are being taken down by a friend, it was a bit of a rush as she had to leave right after we got home from work, not tomorrow as planned as the roads are likely to be closed for a few days. I didn't think I'd worry about them so much and think no-one would be able to look after them right (that is why they are doing a trip to Perth!!) Even though we are having a lady come round everyday to feed the dogs, aviaries, ferrets, water the garden, (hmm guinea pig, mice, snake) it just goes on! She wouldn't have given them one-on-one time which they need. I don't know why I am posting this but I spose I am just thinking/worrying about them. But the holiday will be great as long as the rain stops so we can get somewhere, we are heading across to NSW- collarenibri (sp) area, up towards QLD then to Brisbane/Gold Coast, then to Tamworth Country Music all up we are gone for about 3 1/2 weeks
January 3, 200718 yr Author yeah I know, they probably won't come back!! Actually I'm cheating as one of them is only (dob: 10 Nov) ...7 weeks? Although he is tame, steps up, loves head scratches and been inside for a few weeks with me and chook, hopefully they both get the extra time spent with them and come back tamer :sad: Once she actually has them I will stop worrying and probably forget about them on my holiday (its just the 8 hour drive to Perth and the overnighter at friends family house I worry about)
January 4, 200718 yr I can imagine how much you are missing your babies .... I have a solution to our holiday probs and that is if we are driving we take chico wherever we go a bit harder though if you are flying ... but he LOVES his holidays with us ... I think sometimes he has more fun !! I hope your little ones arent missing you too much either ...
January 5, 200718 yr Author okay I have another problem- I was outside yesterday and a weiro flew onto my head- he is tamish, in that he flys over to you and doesn't leave but he's not a talker or whistler. As I sent my only inside bird cage to mum with my budgies he is free-flying around the house for now with food and water set up for him. He will fly off you if he's hungry and got to the kitchen for a feed. BUT I am leaving tomorrow and no-one is answering my found notices. Surely someone is missing him! Hopefully his owners turn up today before I go away or its into the aviary for him until we get back! Also we can't take any birds with us as we are camping out for 3 weeks and they just wouldn't fit!! Edited January 5, 200718 yr by the pie
January 6, 200718 yr What's a weiro? A weiro is the name we call a tiel here in Western Australia ......also spelled Weero. Edited January 6, 200718 yr by Bubbles
January 6, 200718 yr What's a weiro? A weiro is the name we call a tiel here in Western Australia ......also spelled Weero. I have to know... why? Where did that name come from? It's nothing like cockatiel
January 6, 200718 yr What's a weiro? A weiro is the name we call a tiel here in Western Australia ......also spelled Weero. I have to know... why? Where did that name come from? It's nothing like cockatiel l was also wandering the same thing , it's really different .
January 6, 200718 yr Author hhmmm- well I'd never heard them called a Tiel before joining this forum! They have always been Weiro's to everyone I know, even in the paper- cockatiel was always the 'flash' name! Well he is still here, although now in the aviary while we are away- he hates me for doing that to him! I don't think he realises he is a bird and my birds had never seen a weiro before so you can imagine the panic for the first minute :bluebudgie: Everyone is okay now and getting along.
January 6, 200718 yr Weiro is the original native name for them. It is a bit like Budgie being called Parakeets in the US.
