Posted January 22, 200619 yr On Friday, Eucy's quarantine was over, and it was time to bring Quin back in the study where they will now live. So, it's time to officially introduce Eucy It took a long time to come up with his name (pronounced you-key/ Eukee/ Euki - something like that). We decided to name him after the Eucalyptus branches he was so enthusiastically playing with when we first saw him in the petshop. He looks kind of eucalyptusy too Here are some pictures of Quin and Eucy's interaction of the first night (Friday). I have some great pictures of Saturday too, when Eucy first came out of his cage, but I'll save them for another post. They were so wonderful together, sorry there are so many pictures, but I couldn't help myself :(Laughing out loud): Those of you with dial up (like us) might not be too happy Meeting through the bars of Eucy's cage. (They're still in seperate cages at the moment. They slept apart on Friday and slept in Quin's cage last night). Kissing Eucy spreads his wings Talk to the hand Sharing a banksia cone MINE! No, MINE! Having a snuggle (and some brocolli) Its so much more fun doing things together Chatting I've got an idea... A short flight around the cage Each enjoying one of their favourites So, now that we've gotten to know each other, do you mind if I mount you? ***I tried to post and there were too many pictures - so apparently you CAN have too many budgie photos in a post! There are more cute pictures in our photobucket, click here. The best part about them being together is that Eucy has followed Quin's lead and become A LOT more tame very very quickly. On the Friday that these pictures were taken (2 days ago) Eucy was barely stepping up (he'd done it 2-3 times, very cautiously). Once Quin was in his cage, he was sitting on our hands to eat the banksia with no worries. Not to spoil future posts, but yesterday (Sat) he was on our hands out of the cage. And today, he flew and landed on our heads, shoulders and hands voluntarily (mostly once Quin was already there, and we did have banksia cones... but what a great start!) :D I was standing with both budgies on my hands today, and later with one on a hand eating banksia and one on my shoulder, playing with my earring... It's an indescribably wonderful feeling. They've only been together for such a short time, but I can already safely say that having two tame budgies is even more wonderful than having one (and I think it's a lot nicer for them too, as you can tell from the photos)
January 22, 200619 yr oh they are all so cute and I love Eucy colors. I think my favorite is when Eucy is snuggled up to Quin
January 30, 200619 yr Author Thanks for the replies They've been doing well together (both living in Quin's cage now, but getting a lot of flying time). Eucy is still timid, and Quin can be a little timid at times too, but they always return to their cage between flying around without us having to do anything. As long as they're tame enough to be allowed out, we're happy They will get less timid in time, as they get more used to the room, and us At the moment, they're happy to sit on our hands when we have yummy fresh food, and will sit on our heads/shoulders and play with hair/earrings etc occasionally. We'll send in some more pics of them (out of the cage) soon
