Posted July 24, 201113 yr Hi everyone! I tragically lost my beloved Polly late last year and I still shed tears because of the way it happened and because I loved him so much. I have been searching for another pet budgie for a while but either couldn't find the right one or I wasn't ready yet. I actually resigned myself to the fact that I might not ever be ready again because what I really wanted was Polly back, not another budgie. It would be hard to get another one like him afterall, and it takes time, effort and a passion from the heart to get them to love you. Well today I went to the pet shop to get some rabbit accessories and I walked past some young budgies. They were all the same colour and very cute. I watched them play for a while and I became focused on a little male ( I hope, I have been wrong before ) that was playing with a rope, while all the other ones seemed to be in couples snuggling up to each other. I thought $27 was a reasonable price so "Cheeky" ended up coming home with me. This was only a few hours ago. When I got him home I cleaned out Pollys old cage again ( I allready cleaned it thoroughly a while back ) and let him settle. I kept talking to him continuously and kept trying to gently pat him on the cheek. He seemed to be getting tired around 6 o'clock, so I put a cover over his cage. To my suprise ( and delight ) he started to call out to me, and when I took the cover off and went to pat him he stuck his neck out because he wanted to be patted. Now he loves pats on his first day, within a few hours of bringing him home! Maybe I'm just extremely lucky but I think what I'm doing is obviously working and other new budgie owners might want to follow. We are allready bonding and he has come along way in just a few hours, I really can't believe it! Sorry, no photos today but I'll try and post one here in the next couple of days. I'm really happy and excited to have a budgie again ( for a while I thought it would never happen ) and while I know he is not Polly, I'm confident we will have a happy future together.
July 24, 201113 yr Good to hear about Cheeky Bren. I look forward to your photos. Sounds cute Welcome to the forum Taylor...to the left of every post is the persons details...like if it says they have made 18 or so posts....it means they arent new and dont need a welcome like they are new Welcome back is fine for anyone who is returning
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