I was going to say they were both opaline... maybe the blue bird is normal though... I'm hopeless with opaline I still haven't figured out what it is that is different, I just know it looks different...

Edited January 8, 200916 yr by JimmyBanks

The blue one is also opaline, sorry my mistake.

Jess!! They're gorgeous! Man I wish I could come meet your flock!!!!

So many beautiful budgies! I had missed this thread at first and wondered why you had talked about breeding so much if you only had the one bush pair. You need to update your thing below your name that says "Budgies kept: 3"

GUESS WHAT!!!?!?!? Today I come home and they are GONE! GONE GONE GONE! I cant believe it. Dunno what happened to them. They are in the same breeding box the bushies WERE in. And now they are gone. Im thinking stolen!!! ARG I could kill something! SOOO fricken angry. GRRRRRR

Huh??? all your birds are gone??? was the cage locked? was the cage door open when you came home??

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by JimmyBanks

Do you have doors on the breeder cage that is lockable or can a budgie lift it up ? Are they in a secure area ?

WHAT?? How horrible!! How many were stolen??

just the new two in the breeding cabinet. Its not locked. but the bushies were in it and never got out.

 

Fair enough if one lifteded it. but both is ver unlikely

 

doors closed when i got home. its on our verandah (through the carport, through a gate, into the back)

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by jwancia

That's not good are they outside in the back yard? can anyone see them??

just the new two in the breeding cabinet. Its not locked. but the bushies were in it and never got out.

 

Fair enough if one lifteded it. but both is ver unlikely

 

doors closed when i got home. its on our verandah (through the carport, through a gate, into the back)

 

 

You know I have a birdroom with all my breeder cages in, right ? Just about everytime I open the breeder room door there is a couple of budgie out and flying the room. Most often due to one of them lifting up the door and flying out. They show their partner how to at the same time...most often both are out. They also lift the nesting box lid to get out too. Most escapees are out in "pairs" so YES its entirely possible thats what happened to yours. I am sorry

If yours arent in a secure area then all doors must be pegged, extra doors cable tied, and nesting box lids secured.

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by KAZ

Oh no... so sorry for your loss. With this and the loss of your bush budgie dad... maybe you should invest in a secure area for them... another aviary for breeding cages and/quarantine cages to go in... that way nothing can/will escape. Hugs

Im at my parents house. Lol Thats not gonna happen. But thank you for your avice kaz. I presume I should also peg the doors on my avairy (its a big patio type).

 

 

Gosh Dang I am soooo angry.

Im at my parents house. Lol Thats not gonna happen. But thank you for your avice kaz. I presume I should also peg the doors on my avairy (its a big patio type).

 

 

Gosh Dang I am soooo angry.

 

 

I can only imagine... you can get those padlocks (large and small) that use a combination instead of a key. I have them on my aviary. It's eaiser than remembering the key all the time. I also use cable ties for the doors I don't need to use and pegs on the others...

Jessie I'm so sorry hunny xoxo

Fricken sucks Nae.

Im at my parents house. Lol Thats not gonna happen. But thank you for your avice kaz. I presume I should also peg the doors on my avairy (its a big patio type).

 

 

Gosh Dang I am soooo angry.

I can give you some tips on easy secures for nestboxes and doors

That would be great thanks. Im thinking of getting some cheap locks and or clips for the avairy. But dunno about he nest box :S

Show me what type of nestbox you have

Fricken sucks Nae.

 

I know babe..sending you big hugs and love xoxoxoxoxoxo you know where I am if you need to talk!!

Worst escaped bird I ever had was ...

once a had a blind budgie, and as soon as I realised it had gone blind I put it in a cage hanging on the back patio till I could think of a home for her. Unfortunately she was trying to escape the cage and eventually found a gap I hadnt noticed and flew off. I always wonder about her...blind and flying ...where ? ? I am sure she was a hawks dinner before too long. Wish I had noticed the gap sooner and anticipated that she would try and escape

 

Have you looked around the neighbourhood or is it too late and too dark ?

Edited January 9, 200916 yr by KAZ

Its a flip up top lid. Its a nest box that came attatched to the cabinet (all wooden) that can be removedYou really think they got themselves out? Its never happened before? And why dont the aviary birds do it?Too late and too dark. No one was at home all day so who knows when it could have been

Its a flip up top lid. Its a nest box that came attatched to the cabinet (all wooden) that can be removedYou really think they got themselves out? Its never happened before? And why dont the aviary birds do it?Too late and too dark. No one was at home all day so who knows when it could have been

You know how pairs newly put into breeder sized cages try to jailbreak....they are more lekely to try and escape than other birds. flip up lid should have had something weighty on top.

YES I really believe they let themselves out. You need to go through everything thats not secured and think like a budgie who wants out.

Everytime I open the breeding room door there is budgies out. Difference is its a secure area.

Okays. Tough lesson I guess. Ill have to do some reno's tomoz arvo. On the upside, that means I get to go to bunnings

Okays. Tough lesson I guess. Ill have to do some reno's tomoz arvo. On the upside, that means I get to go to bunnings

I live at Bunnings