I have been asked to come in and talk about budgie ownership for a group of year 6 girls at a local school. I asked why they did not want to bring in a vet or a breeder, they said that they had done this and all they got was alot of technical stuff and no emotion so they asked me to come in. One of the girls (who I know well) said that the vets or the breeders come in and lecture to them not talk to them. They also want me to bring Blue and/or Harley in. Now Blue I have no issues with, Harley is a big no.

 

Blue would not be passed around however I think that no one has ever brought a bird in with them before, there is only one other person who would handle him and that is a girl who he knows and has handled him already.

 

Now having said that I want to put together a pack/ info booklet to give the girls so that they have info to read and talk home and discuss with the parents. Also alot of the info they got last time (I have seen it) is great but parts of it went over my head, really they do not need to know if you cross X color with Y color then you have X% chance to get this and this is due to dominance blah blah blah, I did not get half of it let alone a 10 year old understanding it!

 

I could just hunt around the board and find stuff and alter it but thats just wrong and I would love to credit. I am making no money from this.

 

The topics I am thinking about are,

 

- What is a Budgie, where did it come from

- Cage set up / Cleaning

- Purchasing a Budgie - Pet Store vs Breeder

- Breeds / Colours

- Feeding

- Vet Care / Health Care

- Wing Clipping

- Taming / Bounding

- Teaching Tricks / Teaching to Talk

- Other info.

 

I may not cover all these in the talk but more so that they have the info to go home with and talk to parents.

 

I would love to put the booklet together for girls around the age of 10 - 13. As I said I would love to credit and if the mods would allow it would love to put that the booklet was complied by members of this forum if the mods so allow.

 

Anyway if you have any suggestions please let me know. Also any other recommendations that you might have would be great. I would be happy to supply the soft copy of the booklet to anyone else that wants to use it as well.

 

Thanks in advance

This is a great idea but i would not take any budgie out, classrooms have tall ceilings, and trust me when i was in yr 6 a few years back some one brang there cokatiels and every one was so noisy they flew as high as they could. There was two of them and they were so scared exspecialy how they wern't near each other.

If you do take it out let them stay on your finger show them some parts of their little body show the little fellow on your head chewing your hair. Add some funny stuff to keep them intrested.

 

 

- What is a Budgie, where did it come from- yes good to include things on native budgies too

- Cage set up / Cleaning yep

- Purchasing a Budgie - Pet Store vs Breeder- yep

- Breeds / Colours- yep include pictures

- Feeding- yep like not all seed diet

- Vet Care / Health Care- yep

- Wing Clipping- yep

- Taming / Bounding-yep

- Teaching Tricks / Teaching to Talk - yep, maybe even show some tricks with blue or play a sound clip of a budgie talking

- Other info. - yep maybe even talk about the difference between american and english budgies.

 

 

I can give you more things if you want. :nest:

Remember not to much to be too serius, because there kids .

Trust me im a kid.

Edited August 13, 200718 yr by Budgie's r cool

Yeah I want to keep it simple. I have said that if I bring the bird in they have to cover the windows. As for getting high, Blue has his wings clipped he can fly but can not gain height.

 

I was going to give them a booklet to take home that has lots of info in it but is still easy to read and then do a powerpoint presentation with pictures etc that is more fun to look at. Blue is pretty good at just sitting on my shoulder and trying to eat my earings so I figure he will be more then happy to stay there.

 

thanks for the feedback.

how long have you got until this would be needed?

 

- Purchasing a Budgie - Pet Store vs Breeder

I think the important bit to add under here is what to look for in the healthy bird/living environment when buying your bird.

 

Are you wanting folks here to help with putting in the information? Or just to add a note about this site in the booklet?

Hi there. There is a leaflet that I created for this site in this FAQ, http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...&artlang=en , which I am happy for you to use. If you click on "My new Budgerigar Care Leaflet" it will bring up a PDF of it. The leaflet has this website address on it.

 

Most of the other information that you are chasing is in the Budgerigar FAQ section also. Directing the students, or their parents that require more information to this site would also be an option.

 

 

Feathers.

how long have you got until this would be needed? - Purchasing a Budgie - Pet Store vs Breeder I think the important bit to add under here is what to look for in the healthy bird/living environment when buying your bird.Are you wanting folks here to help with putting in the information? Or just to add a note about this site in the booklet?

Time wise they have said around the end of september so I am working on a month from now.Yeah under Purchasing a Budgie I was going to say that at the end of the day a healthy budgie is the best way to go, I have purchased from both in the past however I do feel that you are more likely to get a healther bird from a Breeder then a pet store but then again after this weekend that theory went out the window!Yes I would love people to put in the information. If anyone wants to write an article or give me an article they have written before that would be great! I would love to say that this booklet came from this board because this board is very kid friendly so the kids could get online with their parents and have a look around and see people who wrote articles, I think that would be kind of cool for them.Also I suck at writing stuff like that, give me a software training manual and I can write that in about 3 hours but anything else ends up really bad!

Hi there. There is a leaflet that I created for this site in this FAQ, http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...&artlang=en , which I am happy for you to use. If you click on "My new Budgerigar Care Leaflet" it will bring up a PDF of it. The leaflet has this website address on it.Most of the other information that you are chasing is in the Budgerigar FAQ section also. Directing the students, or their parents that require more information to this site would also be an option.Feathers.

WOW thanks for that, will have a look. Yeah there are some great articles but I don't want to use them without asking the authors first. Will also direct all the guys here to get more info.

 

HMMM pdf and link does not work. :rip:

Edited August 13, 200718 yr by Angelic Vampyre

HMMM pdf and link does not work.

 

If this link http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...&artlang=en doesn't work go to "Budgie FAQ's" at the top of the page. The PDF is in a FAQ on page 2 of "general budgerigar FAQ's" called "What do I need to know when selling a budgie?"

 

This is the direct link to the PDF: http://www.aly.bigpondhosting.com/My%20New...e%20Leaflet.pdf

 

(the server seems to be experiencing some bandwidth problems at the moment, so it may be a tad slow)

 

In the FAQ's section there are also articles about how to evaluate and find a good breeder or a good pet shop (some do exist)

 

 

 

Feathers.

What age group are the girls? I missed that part?

You have some great advice and feel free to use information from our FAQ section.

 

I agree about not letting the bird out. Hands, schools etc...have many germs.

Please take a net with a very long handle just in case.....

Thanks feathers got that took a bit but great will def use if you are happy for me to do that. My other friend suggested maybe doing little show bags style things. That has info packs in it some stickers, a list of breeders to buy from in the Melbourne area and business cards for the vets. I am starting to like that idea just have to work out how many kids there will be.

What age group are the girls? I missed that part?

You have some great advice and feel free to use information from our FAQ section.

 

I agree about not letting the bird out. Hands, schools etc...have many germs.

 

girls will be about 10 - 13 years of age. As blue is clipped I am not so worried about taking him out of the cage however that will be a see how he is feeling on the day and also see what the situations is. I will not be passing him around there will only be two people to handle him me and the other girl.

 

 

Please take a net with a very long handle just in case.....

 

nah just take a snow pea! I can dangle millet infront of him and he ignores me, someone on the other side of the room holds up a snow pea and everyone in our block knows about it! yeah I will, they have also talked about which room to hold it in as I said if they held it in the gym then he would not be allowed out. They are going to look for a smaller room for me.