And I started off with one budgie at the age of 10. He was called Budge (imaginative I know). A sky blue normal. 2 years later Budge got a friend called Sage, a DF yellowface cobalt. No quarantine took place !!!!!!! Then when budge died at the grand old age of 5 (complete seed diet!!!!! ), we got Aqua a lovely little cobalt recessive pied male with violet shading. Then when Sage passed away we got Saffy my sweety grumpy pie who only recently passed away at age 6. Aqua sadly passed away from a heart attack which caused him to fall off the cage and then die in my hands. . Saffy was alone for awhile, but she amused herself by chewing up my movie posters. Then moved in a little baby Izzy, who was actually quarantined!!!! He would let me scratch his head and hang upsidedown from the perches. Upon moving in with Saffy, I wasn't allowed to give scratchies anymore. 2 years passed and I discovered this awesome forum!!! And my addiction began to grow! A baby Arkady moved in about 2 months after discovering the forum. The little monster was quarantined, but managed to break it and fly over to Izzy and Saffy. He became an absolute goo monster. So then I thought "Well I'm going to need a bigger cage" I didn't just get a bigger cage, I got a giant sized patio aviary in my room!!! Then I felt sorry for poor Izzy who had his girlfriend stolen by the suave Mr Arkady. So I thought why not get him a girlfriend and along came Isis. A year later and 3 clutches later I had 13 budgies!!!!! Some of the babies (1) were given away. Then when I thought my addiction was gone, along came Emmett. Emmett and Saffy decided I did not have enough budgies and decided to make more :devil: :!!!!!!! They produced Butters who was given to my brother to accompany Cereal who was given away from the first clutch.

Now I have 11 budgies. which is far too much for my bedroom and now 8 of them live outside in the patio aviary where it should be... ON THE PATIO!!!!. And 3 monsters live inside: Bacardi, Arkady and Izzy. (Izzy might end up swapped for Alo, he's very noisy!). And just the other night the thought entered my head of getting another inside budgie!!! :

 

Hi my name is Sailorwolf and I'm a Budgieholic.

Please tell us your story, at Budgieholics anonymous we share with and support others who are afflicted with this problem.

Edited July 6, 200817 yr by KAZ

Hi My Name is Neat and I swear I don't have a problem ....

 

 

 

I am here for moral support ....

I have a little thing called a husband that restrains me

My name is Nick. I can control my budgieholic cravings by drinking hard liquor excessively. I don't buy budgies. I get them given to me. I suppose I have a wee problem when it comes to budgies as I have never been able to turn down a bird that is a rescue or comes from a sad broken home or past. I have a big ole heart & soft spot for them messed up boids !

 

As I said ... grain alcohol is my only prevention from me buying more birds. I can't afford to drink & buy budgies. It's just not possible. Ever heard a budgie hiccup & sing, ''How Dry I am ?'' It's truly a blessed thing.

 

Thank you for listening to my story. Donations will be greatly accepted, as I need to drown my sorrows from recently losing one of my more special budgie friends. I will set up a PayPal account to make donations more easy for you to assist me.

 

Please note. NO Budgies will be purchased with your donations.

Edited July 6, 200817 yr by NickNack

 

Hello, my name is Liv and i am a budgieholic :fear

 

I started with 1 named Snowy, when i was 7 years old. I then got another when i was 10. From then on the addiction started and it has never stopped - It didn't help that my best friend/ boyfriend was also a budgie breeder and introduced me to them more I started breeding budgies at age 12 and kept an intimate flock of 10 budgies up until i joined this forum almost 12 months ago - NOW i have 40 budgies and 8 tiels

 

 

 

I have not bought a new bird for over 3 weeks - I great improvement on my account

Edited July 6, 200817 yr by **Liv**

Once you have reached your 1 year mile stone you will recieve this

Silver medal as a reminder

 

 

:budgiedance:

I have been fighting the urge....but I really need to join Budgieholics anonymous.

 

Can I stop the urge to add to my budgies ??? :mellow: NO. :budgiedance:

 

But I will endeavor to keep the numbers under 150 for awhile.

LOL

Hi my name is MB and I have a problem. BUT I only take in budgies I have space for, so I'm just gonna keep building new aviaries, problem solved :budgiedance:

My name is Sam, and I have a problem too. I can't stop buying birds! Everyone gives me birds, and I just can't refuse!

So need to join this group. For years I kept it to One or two budgies and then... well... I think i need another hobbie!

You lot are in the right place, it does sound like you all have a problem...

 

Me I am still in denial , I mean I still don't have a problem ..

 

"We admitted we were powerless over Budgies - that our lives had become unmanageable."

"We admitted we were powerless over Budgies - that our lives had become unmanageable."

 

So true, we don't have an problem everyone else has the problem with not understanding why we have so many budgies!

HEY ! Isn't someone suppose to provide some cake, cookies & beverages at these meetings ? I am hungry & hung over & need some sustenance.

 

FEED ME PLEASE ... OR I MAY BUY A BUDGIE. STOP THE MADNESS !!!

 

Yay. I'm almost coming up for a silver medal!!. Almost a year to the day I bought Emmett. Does Emmett making babies count?

Yay. I'm almost coming up for a silver medal!!. Almost a year to the day I bought Emmett. Does Emmett making babies count?

 

Nope SW, babies from original pair don't count- so that silver metal is looking good to have your name ingraved on it

i dont have a problem but my other-half says that i have. she wants to cull some of my birds but i have hidden the keys to all aviaries.

............ oh maybe i do have a problem it's affecting her daughter (7yr old) as she now has her own 2 pairs

Forgive me BBC! I may have fallen of the wagon!

 

I was tempted today by the budgie devil.

 

The thought of buying a show type hen had crossed my mine on several occassions today!

Its been a year for me just about to the day- July last year was the last time I bought birds. (only the fact there are no good ones in Kal has saved me!) BUT next trip to Perth... look out!!

Its been a year for me just about to the day- July last year was the last time I bought birds. (only the fact there are no good ones in Kal has saved me!) BUT next trip to Perth... look out!!

I will steer you into temptation PIE by way of Rockingham

I never had a problem till i joined this forum so i have to blame all you guys for my addiction. I had 6 budgies when i joined this forum 7 months ago, now i have 25 budgies. No wonder my husband is freaking out.

I never had a problem till i joined this forum so i have to blame all you guys for my addiction. I had 6 budgies when i joined this forum 7 months ago, now i have 25 budgies. No wonder my husband is freaking out.

Deb, the way your husband is making aviaries ....its only HIS FAULT if you now have room for ten times that many !!

My OH has given up. He didn't even bat an eyelid when he found me setting up an aviary in our garage the other day He just got this little resigned smile on his face and he asked me if I needed any help

My OH has given up. He didn't even bat an eyelid when he found me setting up an aviary in our garage the other day He just got this little resigned smile on his face and he asked me if I needed any help

You have him WELL TRAINED looks like