My son just got his pet budgie back yesterday.

 

He flew the coop way back in early December and we had given up all hopes of ever seeing him again but thankfully some of the places he had posted "lost" posters he had put up in the neighbourhood had never taken them down and after three months my son and his budgie were reunited!

 

The trouble with birds is that they can fly :rip: So they cover distances differently from a lost cat or dog and they can end up a couple of suburbs away very quickly because they don't need to use roads or pathways. Do they can end up far from home with no way of identifying them.

 

Is it possible to microchip them or is it just too hard and they are too small? You can tell I know nothing about micrichips so please don't get annoyed if this is a completely stupid question.

Yes in Australia you can get Budgies Microchipped but more for breedng purposes. A pet budgie found usually is not checked.

I would've thought it would be very difficult to microchip a budgie....is it an ultra teeny tiny chip? Do they need to be under some sleepy drug for the chip to be put under the skin?

Yes in Australia you can get Budgies Microchipped but more for breedng purposes. A pet budgie found usually is not checked.

 

okay thanks for that info.

 

It sounds like it's probably a waste of time and unecessary stress to the bird.

 

Now my cat on the other hand...

have you thought about ringing him? im not sure how you would go about getting them or getting your details on the ring though. budgie society perhaps?

 

thats so lucky that you found eachother again!