okay I took the budgie for a walk - I tucked him in the top pocket of my Jacket with the chick at the other side. He'd never felt the wind or seen the sky or trees. After an initial nervousness he relaxed and began to look around. The chick didn't pop her head out of the pocket. The walk was along country lanes and lasted about 20 minutes. I did this because he was spastic and never flew. He had more chips on his shoulder than in silicon valley and he used to wind me up. After his outing he changed. He became calmer and seemed to be accepting his limitations. I got the feeling he appreciated what I did for him which surprised me. Has anyone else been pleasantly surprised by a budgies' reaction?

 

BYTEMAN

If I have a budgie that is sick and near death and can't fly, I take them outside and let them run around on the grass.

They seem to enjoy freedom with protection. Sometimes they decide to live on a bit longer.

Budgies are inteligent little creatures and they DO know when you are trying to help them and understand more than they let on.

I have a couple of new birds who were refusing to eat my seed mix. After 5 days of not eating properly, their bottoms were green and i was really starting to worry. I pulled them inside and put them in my hospital cage. I looked them in the eye and and held up my crop needle. I said to them "eat before sun down or you get fed by this (the crop needle) " - to my delight they ate within the hour and haven't looked back since

If I had a budgie that was sick and near death and can't fly I would put it in a hospital that I made (which is fairly easy to construct) and invariably they recover (at least in my case). But maybe they'd rather decide themselves when to die - who knows?!! Find out more on http://www.avian-world.net/

 

BYTEMAN

LIV:

 

They certainly have a sophisticated communication system and no doubt understand more than they let on. If you've used the needle previously, "word" probably got round to what the procedure entrails and they've taken the hint. I had an egg tweet at me just before I was going to discard it. It was a day over and I assumed it had adled. I got it out and fed it but sadly it died the next day.

 

BYTEMAN