Posted February 3, 201015 yr I have noticed that many Budgie Owners/Breeders also tend to have lots of other Pets as well. We are no different! It all started with the Goldfish, first I had a couple, then I got a "big" tank and got some more! Along the way we had the misfortune to buy some "infected" fish and and after a visit to the vet and getting one dissected at The Dept of Fisheries we got them all treated and never looked back! YES, believe it or not you need to quarantine you 'new' fishies too! Alas, one of them has cancer - would you believe it! It is my big Oranda and although when the Vet visited in the New Year he said he could operate I am afraid that I draw the line at $xxx operation for a Goldfish. So in the meantime we are making his last days with us as comfortable as possible. Then I was "given" a pet budgie by a client who was moving overseas ... I bought an aviary, then a friend for him, then a couple of "girlfriends for them and along the way heard about the MBC - I figured I better find out as much as I could about looking after my budgies and joined Mid-2006! The rest they say, is History! When Tony and I got married my Aunt very kindly gave us some "wedding money" to spend on a gift. Most people would have bought a fridge or something along those lines but we already had a fridge and I was wanting Tony to get more involved in looking after our pets, so we got a Marine Tank! Alas it only survived 2 summers .... What they don't tell you at the Aquarium is that due to the high summer temperatures if you want to keep reef fish you do need an internal refrigeration system and you need to have a specific type of tank to begin with so it can be fitted ... At the beginning Tony really wasn't keen on the budgies and complained bitterly that they bit him - on purpose! So with the budgies now in a much bigger aviary I got some pretty canaries for him ~ They do Not bite! And finally the latest additions to our menagerie : Tom and Tim! Tony had kept guinea pigs as a child and when his brother's one died from old age he asked if he could have their cage and excitedly went down to City Farmers and got 2 "pygmy" guinea pigs. And last, but certainly Not least is Batman, my Cat who I don't really consider as a pet - more a member of the family!
February 4, 201015 yr You have very nice looking pets, thanks for sharing their pictures with us Edited February 4, 201015 yr by birdluv
February 4, 201015 yr I have noticed that many Budgie Owners/Breeders also tend to have lots of other Pets as well. We are no different! It all started with the Goldfish, first I had a couple, then I got a "big" tank and got some more! Along the way we had the misfortune to buy some "infected" fish and and after a visit to the vet and getting one dissected at The Dept of Fisheries we got them all treated and never looked back! YES, believe it or not you need to quarantine you 'new' fishies too! Alas, one of them has cancer - would you believe it! It is my big Oranda and although when the Vet visited in the New Year he said he could operate I am afraid that I draw the line at $xxx operation for a Goldfish. So in the meantime we are making his last days with us as comfortable as possible. Then I was "given" a pet budgie by a client who was moving overseas ... I bought an aviary, then a friend for him, then a couple of "girlfriends for them and along the way heard about the MBC - I figured I better find out as much as I could about looking after my budgies and joined Mid-2006! The rest they say, is History! When Tony and I got married my Aunt very kindly gave us some "wedding money" to spend on a gift. Most people would have bought a fridge or something along those lines but we already had a fridge and I was wanting Tony to get more involved in looking after our pets, so we got a Marine Tank! Alas it only survived 2 summers .... What they don't tell you at the Aquarium is that due to the high summer temperatures if you want to keep reef fish you do need an internal refrigeration system and you need to have a specific type of tank to begin with so it can be fitted ... At the beginning Tony really wasn't keen on the budgies and complained bitterly that they bit him - on purpose! So with the budgies now in a much bigger aviary I got some pretty canaries for him ~ They do Not bite! And finally the latest additions to our menagerie : Tom and Tim! Tony had kept guinea pigs as a child and when his brother's one died from old age he asked if he could have their cage and excitedly went down to City Farmers and got 2 "pygmy" guinea pigs. And last, but certainly Not least is Batman, my Cat who I don't really consider as a pet - more a member of the family! Lovelly Renee, really love the "skinny pigs" as my sons used to call them. I think most of us could be called animal lovers, I had beautiful gold fish in a pond outside my lounge room window, until one day I came home and found the wire mesh[ that used to cover the pond] in my carport and a Blue Crane standing in the pond looking very content. Very sad day. Cheers Clearwing Edited February 4, 201015 yr by KAZ fixed quote tags
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