Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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George, Daisy, Iris, Billy, Peter, Chipper, Dinku, Barney, Ayla and Rocky
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 3, 2022 19:14:59 GMT
tweetiepiesmom, I have no trick, I just let them out! Getting them back in, there is a routine to that. I know who to put in first. At bedtime, in one cage they have to sit in a specific order or they will squabble.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Dec 5, 2022 17:47:15 GMT
How are you and Herbie? I'll bet once he gets settled into your routine, he'll be a great pal! The daughter of a friend just had her first baby, a girl. After they got home from the hospital, she told her mom that the baby was a monster. When she went to feed her, she said the baby growled at her and launched herself at her mom! We all laughed. All new 'critters' need settling in time!
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 5, 2022 19:06:24 GMT
an actual baby launched themselves at someone?
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Post by ladybird on Dec 5, 2022 21:59:40 GMT
I have some not so nice news about Herbie. His over excitement in the cage was getting much worse and distressing for him and for us. I just knew it didn’t seem like normal over exuberance. so I phoned the breeder and he asked me to take him in so he could look at him……All the way back in his travel cage he jumped up and down and chattered………..The breeder popped him into a flight cage and he continued to jump around . He watched him for a while and said it was something he had seen before and in his opinion he would be better being with other birds. He said it was sometimes something in their brains and they were overstimulated. He still had his two others from the brood. One was a hen,so he said why don’t you take his brother and see how he goes. He is four days younger…….I got upset and tearful …we had only had Herby for just over a week but I still loved the little boy. So we have brought his brother home and he hasn’t moved yet in the cage, but he is frightened of course…. We think we are going to call him Buddy.. I feel upset about the whole thing but honestly if you could have seen Herbie you would have understood how distressed he was when we had to shut him in the cage……
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Post by Loz on Dec 5, 2022 22:13:24 GMT
How upsetting, Ladybird! You've done the right thing, contacting the breeder, getting advice and taking decisive action. I'm sure Buddy's quietness is just the usual budgie caution and adjustment and that he'll settle in a day or two. Please let us now how you and Buddy are getting on.
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Post by ffiscool on Dec 5, 2022 22:18:10 GMT
You’ve done the right thing. It is upsetting, but Herbie needed that different environment. Hopefully Buddy will settle well. Before I got Bailey, I’d collected a different budgie from the breeder. He wasn’t just nervous but the morning after I got him, his head was down. He looked so depressed. I rang the breeder, took him back and got Bailey.
The one I took back perked up the next day. So I was glad I had taken him. Bailey was quiet but not miserable looking.
Some need the flight and freedom from day 1, more than others. Bailey didn’t come out of the cage for weeks but he was my great talker, kisser etc
What colouring is Buddy?
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Post by ladybird on Dec 5, 2022 22:29:38 GMT
He looks like HERBIE, BUT IS SMALLER. I do hope he perks up tomorrow. He is just over seven weeks old……Not a good pic but didn't want to frighten Him.
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Post by ffiscool on Dec 5, 2022 22:43:25 GMT
V cute. I’m sure he’ll be fine with a few days to settle
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Dec 5, 2022 23:25:13 GMT
Sorry Herbie didn't like being alone. I hope Buddy settles in and becomes your pal soon. Of course, I'm partial to the name 'Buddy".
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Post by stevex on Dec 6, 2022 9:03:00 GMT
It's a shame that Herbie couldn't stay with you but his welfare matters. Fortunately the breeder had experience of this behaviour, so it's best that he returns to be with the flock. As with people, birds have different personalities and it seems that he is better when with other birds.
I hope that Buddy settles in well over the next couple of weeks.
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Post by jellybean on Dec 6, 2022 9:25:42 GMT
Could you maybe have kept Herbie and got Buddy for company, both might have had a great little friendship, with each other and you.
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Post by Ira on Dec 6, 2022 15:25:43 GMT
It's a shame but it sounds like the right thing for both of you. Peri was a lot like that as a young one, though he wasn't a single bird for long, Aster could be similar, and Gwen still does those sorts of antics if she's separated from any of her flock. We took our linnie back because he couldn't be left alone without screaming the house down. Hopefully your new little friend feels more settled soon and perks up.
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Post by Loz on Dec 6, 2022 15:33:41 GMT
Eeyore ended up tearing his feathers to shreds when we first got him. I am ashamed to say, I ended his isolation after less than two weeks because of it. The moment he was able to socialise with Mr Hibs, that behaviour stopped but it was months before all the damage grew out. I shudder now to think that I risked Mr Hibs' health like that but it was early on in my budgie stewardship and I didn't know as much as I do now. I tended to follow the then-girlfriend's advice on birds.
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 6, 2022 17:13:08 GMT
ladybird You did the right thing. I am sure Herbie is happier with a group of birds. Welcome to Buddy, hopefully he'll settle soon and you can have a great friendship. loz Don't be ashamed of ending his quarantine early. Sometimes it's necessary for the mental health of the bird. Roswell (Eeyores bruvva from another muvva) mutilated his feathers after his friend Jerry died. Are the greys more emotional I wonder?! Eeyore ended up tearing his feathers to shreds when we first got him. I am ashamed to say, I ended his isolation after less than two weeks because of it. The moment he was able to socialise with Mr Hibs, that behaviour stopped but it was months before all the damage grew out.
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Post by Loz on Dec 6, 2022 17:32:40 GMT
All things being equal, Marianne Marlow, I would have done the same for any bird now as I did for Eeyore, as long as I did not see evidence of illness in the new bird. I couldn't have returned Eeyore to the breeder as I actually didn't like him or his set-up. I think greys might be highly strung!
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