Post by Billie on Nov 30, 2009 15:00:04 GMT
Hi All
I'm very pleased to annouce the arrival of a little baby boy budgie to our home today
He is very young and timid, so will give him time to settle before I take his picture. Its all MILs fault, she sent us into pet shop for peanuts for her wild birds and I heard cherping, that was on Thursday last week. Saw our little bird in there but he was still on quarantine there till Saturday. So we went back today to pick him up.
He is a very beautiful terquoise colour with grey wing markings, gorgeous big baby button eyes and terrifed of everything! Bless. He is also anothe seed pot miner! What is it with young babies and seed pots they dive in head first and try to bury themselves.
Poor baby was quite stressed when he came home, so I put on a classic FM relaxing CD on very quietly. This turned out to be a great idea, he calmed down started eating, had a drink and a preen then a little sleep. Bless
His plumage is awesome and he is pogo-ing around the cage like a bird posessed so he's very fit n healthy. So far he's across the room from the flock in the big cage.
Do you think 4 weeks across the room from the others is adequate quarantine? I want to bring his cage next to the big cage for a few days before he goes in with the others so they can get a good look at each other before they are in together.
I haddn't intended on getting a bub just now, but poor Minty was still being left out by Harry and Tiny and was still feeding everything in sight, even after 6 months. Could't leave him without a friend.
So happy for them all, just hope they get on!
Hugs
Billie 
I'm very pleased to annouce the arrival of a little baby boy budgie to our home today
He is very young and timid, so will give him time to settle before I take his picture. Its all MILs fault, she sent us into pet shop for peanuts for her wild birds and I heard cherping, that was on Thursday last week. Saw our little bird in there but he was still on quarantine there till Saturday. So we went back today to pick him up.
He is a very beautiful terquoise colour with grey wing markings, gorgeous big baby button eyes and terrifed of everything! Bless. He is also anothe seed pot miner! What is it with young babies and seed pots they dive in head first and try to bury themselves.
Poor baby was quite stressed when he came home, so I put on a classic FM relaxing CD on very quietly. This turned out to be a great idea, he calmed down started eating, had a drink and a preen then a little sleep. Bless
His plumage is awesome and he is pogo-ing around the cage like a bird posessed so he's very fit n healthy. So far he's across the room from the flock in the big cage. Do you think 4 weeks across the room from the others is adequate quarantine? I want to bring his cage next to the big cage for a few days before he goes in with the others so they can get a good look at each other before they are in together.
I haddn't intended on getting a bub just now, but poor Minty was still being left out by Harry and Tiny and was still feeding everything in sight, even after 6 months. Could't leave him without a friend.
So happy for them all, just hope they get on!
Hugs
Billie
