Today I got my new beautiful little boy from one of the members here, Splat. He is the most beautiful boy I have seen since Dalek passed and my life now feels complete with him in it. He already loves belly rubs and little head scratches, and he has started to settle down really well in to the house and I can't wait to see his personality shine out even more as the days pass.

 

He now has a new name, as we were just calling him Buddy when he first showed up, but his name is now Flipper or Flip for short.

 

I want to say thank you to Splat for bringing him here and taking the time to see the other birds in the aviary we have. My dad was really happy to find out what the hen was (the yellow faced gray one) as we had been having a lot of conversations about what type she was. I am also proud to know that I own a Golden Face and I hope to breed her to my Yellow face cock that has been feeding her for a few days now next year when she is old enough to breed. I'm really looking forward to see what that pairing will bring.

 

I am hoping to give Flipper the best life that I can give him and to have him in my life for a long time and I'm excited to see how a budgie grows when it isn't a special needs budgie and see what is different. I also hope to one day be able to write something about how to look after a budgie with a short life span and special needs, based on my time with Dalek.

 

Thank you again, Splat. He really is perfect for our family.

Nice to hear you've got a new friend. You'll have to post some pics. It was so sad about little Dalek.

 

Good on you, Splat. That was a lovely thing to do.

THATS GREAT THAT YOU COULD MEET SPLAT AND ACQUIRE ONE HER DEAR LITTLE BIRDS

 

GO SPLAT

YOU REALLY ARE A GEM

I'll get some pics in the coming weeks once he's calmed down and settled in to a routine,

 

We've just had our first night fright, but he seems to be settled down now. Just wondering if tail bobbing can be a sign of stress as well as illness? As he seems to be bobbing his tail when he breathes a little, and i'm slightly worried about it.

Hi A, I would say he is nervous or stressed, just let him settle in for a couple of days. He was a healthy

little chappy when he left here yesterday but very nervous.

Just keep him in a quite area until he adjust. He is probably missing his little friends in the aviary.

How is his poops normal or a bit watery. A bit watery is a sigh of stress.

Nope, his poops are fine, and he seems to be settling down now, his breathing has started to go back to normal, but he still tail bobs when he gets a little stressed. He slept on the water dish last night, but he's on the perch now, so that's a good sign. He's also eaten some seed and the millet. I'm gonna give him a little bit of corn on the cob for him to have as a treat.

 

The boys have been sent away from him, and the door is closed with the radio on softly for him to settle down even more.

 

And he is a lovely little bird Splat, just a little sweetie. We only had one night fright last night and at one am in the morning he figured out how to open the doors on his cage. He was very proud of his new little trick till I stuck pegs on them so he couldn't get out. But I am completly in love with him

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That's good, yes he just needs to settle in , a nice quite area where he won't get spooked for a couple of days.

He will get use to your brothers once he has been there for a while.

I am glad you like him , lol even better that you love him, I think he will be a nice bird when he moults through.

At least he will be your little buddy, I mean Flip.

My goodness he is a chatter box! The house is quiet because mum and dad took the noisest brother out shopping with them lol. And all of a sudden after I was whistling a tune, Flip starts to whistle and chirp back at me. I nearly fell off the bed in shock at it, because he hadn't made a noise since he arrived. But now he's happily exploring the cage and chirping away. He's also discovered the bells, but freaked out when they jingled after he pressed them with his forehead. He's started to groom himself, which I heard was a step forward in him relaxing in the environment?

 

He's still a little spooked by me talking to him, but he loves it when I whistle.

That's great, he is settling in. He chirped all the way over to your place but then I guess he got a shock when I left him there. At least he is coming around now. I said yesterday when I got there it looked like he was sulking. lol.

Dunno about you guys but I am hanging out for photos :D

Here he is guys, my beautiful little boy, Flip.

 

 

Please excuse the quality, my camera is dying and it's quality has just dropped badly.

 

This afternoon was just filled with leaps and bounds towards him settling down. Not only did he happily chatter away, but he felt safe enough around me to groom and feed, but the best thing was he ruffled his feathers and before he settled down to sleep, he started to beak grind. I nearly jumped off my bed in joy at how relaxed he is.

 

He is sulky due to moulting, and his head is annoying him, but I am going to use some warm water to gently wash his head tomorrow to see if that will help him. His personality shines through between sulking sessions due to the moult. He is a really cheeky boy who is already looking for a way to get rid of the pegs so that he can come out and explore my room.

 

I will start getting him to step up on my finger and used to that next week when the boys go back to school and the house is more quiet then it is now.