Post by a11ycat on Jan 18, 2006 13:08:32 GMT
To-date I own (or am owned by) two budgies (Sky and Storm) and a cockatiel (Sunny).
I love them to bits, and am working hard to re-tame the budgies who had got a bit un-tame.
Sunny unfortunately doesn't get on with the budgies too well, if they leave him alone, he's ok. But Storm is very curious about Sunny and has to go and see what this strange yellow bird is doing and I think he tries to make friends with him by attempting to 'beak' Sunny, which Sunny just sees as an attack and so lunges back.
I moved over to Northern Ireland about 18 months ago, from England and am still finding it a bit lonely over here... which may be leading to my 'addiction'... but I spend my time at work checking all the bird forums I can find to learn more about all the different types of birds and seeing whats for sale. Fortunately or not, it's quite hard to find birds for sale over in Northern Ireland except in the pet shops. So I regularly pop into my local petshop as it keeps 2 blue & gold macaws and usually a variety of other parrots, to see the parrots (always ending up buying a treat or toy for the budgies/cockatiel). Anyway they've currently got in 2 African Greys, both babies, and so I went up to them and one of them just attached itself to me, snuggling up and practically went to sleep, as if to say "Take me Home!". It was adorable... but unfortunately the pet shop is selling it for around £700 and the average price of these birds in England is £500. So, despite me finding this baby adorable, I'd feel a bit stupid paying £200 over the going rate, just because this one is so lovely!
Plus I live in a rented house (currently no housemate, but landlord is searching!), and so I'm worried that the landlord wouldn't approve of me getting a parrot aswell, not to mention that there isn't much room for another cage in my room aswell. Then I'd have to worry about it getting on with the others and vice versa.
So, I'm in a dilemma... so thinking I might give the parrot a miss until I have my own place, I'm wondering whether to add a new budgie/cockatiel to my collection as both cages will hold one more bird. I can quarantine them... but the pet shop owner suggested that a 6 month old cockatiel (which mine is), might not get on so well with a younger one... and seeing as mine doesn't like the budgies, maybe it won't and I don't think I have the room for another large cage should things go badly.
And all this because I got myself some budgies and became hooked!
I love them to bits, and am working hard to re-tame the budgies who had got a bit un-tame.
Sunny unfortunately doesn't get on with the budgies too well, if they leave him alone, he's ok. But Storm is very curious about Sunny and has to go and see what this strange yellow bird is doing and I think he tries to make friends with him by attempting to 'beak' Sunny, which Sunny just sees as an attack and so lunges back.
I moved over to Northern Ireland about 18 months ago, from England and am still finding it a bit lonely over here... which may be leading to my 'addiction'... but I spend my time at work checking all the bird forums I can find to learn more about all the different types of birds and seeing whats for sale. Fortunately or not, it's quite hard to find birds for sale over in Northern Ireland except in the pet shops. So I regularly pop into my local petshop as it keeps 2 blue & gold macaws and usually a variety of other parrots, to see the parrots (always ending up buying a treat or toy for the budgies/cockatiel). Anyway they've currently got in 2 African Greys, both babies, and so I went up to them and one of them just attached itself to me, snuggling up and practically went to sleep, as if to say "Take me Home!". It was adorable... but unfortunately the pet shop is selling it for around £700 and the average price of these birds in England is £500. So, despite me finding this baby adorable, I'd feel a bit stupid paying £200 over the going rate, just because this one is so lovely!
Plus I live in a rented house (currently no housemate, but landlord is searching!), and so I'm worried that the landlord wouldn't approve of me getting a parrot aswell, not to mention that there isn't much room for another cage in my room aswell. Then I'd have to worry about it getting on with the others and vice versa.
So, I'm in a dilemma... so thinking I might give the parrot a miss until I have my own place, I'm wondering whether to add a new budgie/cockatiel to my collection as both cages will hold one more bird. I can quarantine them... but the pet shop owner suggested that a 6 month old cockatiel (which mine is), might not get on so well with a younger one... and seeing as mine doesn't like the budgies, maybe it won't and I don't think I have the room for another large cage should things go badly.
And all this because I got myself some budgies and became hooked!
It's hard, but we all have to practice a lot of restraint so that we can give our existing birds the best life possible. Besides, less birds in the cage means more room for them!
. I've had it well before Birdcrazy, but since joining my symptoms have got far worse. 
, and visit the pet stores around. My whole body then gets out of control, and lunges towards the avairy aera. 
, and the 'WWWYCH' symtoms get far worse.
