Many people on here seem to be breeding budgies in fairly large numbers. When your keeping large amounts of animals there is also going to be a fair bit of death. I was wondering what everyone does with the bodies of the birds they have lost?

 

When I was breeding and showing guinea pigs we had a fairly large stud with lots of births and deaths each year. My mother [being a farmer] used to just put them in a box then in the bin. I found it shocking when i was younger but i soon understood that if we didn't dispose of them our entire backyard would become a guinea pigs grave yard.

 

Having just recently lost my first budgie[RIP Rocko] This is a subject that has been on my mind.

 

Thanks for your thoughts

I "plant" my budgies in plantpots. In every plant pot I have I can look at something pretty and know that a certain special budgie is in there. I suggested this recently to one of our members that had to bury a dear budgie that had died and she was about to move house. In a plantpot, the departed budgie goes with you. In a plantpot you can have a special plant that reminds you of that special bird. You can get joy by watching the plant blossom and remembering. :angel1:

aww that is a gorgeous idea Kaz I love it.

Luckily to date I have only had two plants needed. Touch wood that won't change.

We're trying to establish new gardens around the house and aviary on our 22 acre block. Many of the agapanthus and spider-lily bulbs lining the road down to my new aviary complex have either a budgie, finch or quail buried at the bottom.

 

I only had one problem with some quails that had been dead for a week or so in summer in a heavily planted and grassed otherwise empty finch aviary. This old pair were always very good at hiding from me even when they were alive. They were a bit "on the nose" when I eventually found them and every plant that had one under it was dug up in mysterious circumstances. High on the list of suspects is a fox :-( I hope they gave the lousy blighter food poisoning!

 

My only tip for garden burial would be make the hole fairly deep so any dogs that might come across it would not dig it up as that could be distressing for the bereaved "owner". And if it's in a pot - make sure it's a fairly substantial one.

 

Cheers,

KathyW.

That sounds nice Kaz but I empty my plant pots every year to put in new soil, etc.

In the compost bin with the husks ect,then to the garden. :angel1: