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 16, 2022 10:37:44 GMT
Buddy is so cute. Eve asked me if it was Rubble. Rubble is from Paw Patrol, would be a great name for a budgie though
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Post by jellybean on Dec 16, 2022 10:48:04 GMT
He's saying "Whacha getting me for Xmas Mum" 😂
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Post by ffiscool on Dec 16, 2022 10:57:14 GMT
Adorable and interacting. He’s doing so well
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Post by skysmum on Dec 16, 2022 15:06:32 GMT
What a gorgeous boy 😍 I’m still catching up with stuff ladybird , I’m so sorry you lost Charlie. This little man sounds like a perfectly normal baby budgie to me and just look how he is coming on, he’s going to be a great little character you’ll see 😊
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Post by blueelephant on Dec 16, 2022 18:36:56 GMT
I love this. I hope he was listening carefully and did as he was told. Sounds like he is going to be a little superstar.
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Post by ladybird on Dec 21, 2022 18:32:56 GMT
We have had Buddy for over two weeks now and he is a puzzle to me. He comes out but only goes on the curtain pole or mirror and then back into his cage. Hand training isn’t going well. He will come onto my hand if I have a bit of millet but if I take him over to sit with me while he eats it, he is very nervous . He is quiet for most of the time in his cage, doesn’t play with toys……Now I know he is still only young but he seems to be going backwards……..I sit with him a lot just talking and of course he is not our first budgie but he definitely doesn’t seem to like much interaction…….He is a gentle little soul and I just don’t have any ideas how to bring him on….yes I know it’s early days but I am not feeling as though he is enjoying being with us. I am wondering if he is a bird that needs a bird friend, for company . I don’t want to give up trying with him I really don’t ……..but I don’t want him to be unhappy either. I know the breeder would a take him back and put him in his aviary and maybe that’s what would make him happy……..Will definitely keep trying with him I want him to be happy.
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Post by ffiscool on Dec 21, 2022 18:44:42 GMT
I think he’ll be fine. Bailey wouldn’t come out the cage at all for a month. When he, even after bonded to me, he’d only land on certain places. He also didn’t play with toys for ages. But once he’s gone through that stage, he loved being out and his toys
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Post by ladybird on Dec 27, 2022 15:02:33 GMT
We have had Buddy for three and a half weeks now. He is very skittish, still really scared when I have to go into his cage . I do everything very slowly with him, but I am getting nowhere. He comes out but still just goes on the mirror or curtain pole………occasionally he comes down and lands on my hand but only will stay with me briefly. He won’t touch any food there that his seed or egg food, he is just really frightened of it………. I was talking again with the breeder this morning and he thinks Buddy might be happier with his other birds in the Aviary and I do get the feeling he he might be right, but I don’t want to give up yet………I know it can take a lot longer to train a bud, but he does seem particularly frightened……..it’s upsetting to see him scared of me …….
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Post by jellybean on Dec 27, 2022 15:33:38 GMT
Would you not consider getting another little bud for company for him ladybird, maybe he is a birds bird, rather than a person bird. Almost 9 years ago when I bought Ben & Max, I bought them for company for each other, they were totally bonded, to each other rather than me, and I got the greatest of pleasure watching them interact with each other, and they did eventually interact with me too. I know you and Charlie had such a special bond, but, you might not get that from another little bird as their personalities are all so different. I can only hope little Buddy settles given time.
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Post by Loz on Dec 27, 2022 16:15:59 GMT
I've had two budgies so far who haven't really taken to me. Dear little Patch was a budgie's budgie with no time for me. Finarfin is another one. He was nominally, reluctantly hand-tame during quarantine but as soon as he joined the flock, I was out of the picture. He will not have anything to do with me. Still, it's early days yet. They are all different and I know that it could be a long, long time before another Charlie comes along, or anything like him.
Mr Hibs was raised as a singleton for quite a few months. It took many, many weeks before he'd willingly have anything to do with me. He's an equa-opportunities budgie though, he likes humans and budgies.
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Post by ladybird on Dec 27, 2022 16:21:20 GMT
Jellybean my cage ( the Vision M1 ) I don’t think is big enough for two, and I had thought of it as the breeder still has his brother……..but a bigger cage would not fit in our car. I do think he would like company. If he hears another bird, he goes crazy. His cage has been open all afternoon and he hasn’t been out……..I didn’t get another bird to replace Charlie I don’t think it’s possible he was a one off little character and I have never ever heard a bird that could talk as much as he did………I just wanted a little companion and yes it’s early days with Buddy…..but my instinct is telling me he isn’t going to like humans……I will have to see.
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Post by jellybean on Dec 27, 2022 16:30:15 GMT
Would you consider bringing Herbie back on a trial basis for a week or so, to see if it is another birds company that Buddy craves, if so, and they both settle, you could get a cage big enough for them both and keep the smaller vision cage as a travel cage or use for vet visits.
Sorry, I'm not trying to be pushy, just trying to help make you, and birdies happy together.
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Post by ladybird on Dec 27, 2022 16:47:13 GMT
You are not being pushy at all and I appreciate the advise. We have a caravan we go to and we used to just take Charlie along with us. The cage just fit in the back but anything bigger wouldn’t. I feel bad and guilty even thinking of taking him back to the aviary. it is upsetting me so I hope he starts to like me soon.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Dec 27, 2022 16:53:16 GMT
I was going to say the same that jellybean said. I got my Tweetie Pie first and he was so very scared and timid. A big truck would drive by near my house and TP would be hanging on the side of the cage in terror. It was clear to me that he needed a birdie friend. My Buddy was raised from an egg by his human mom and was very tame. He and TP were immediately best friends. Even now (about 3 years later), TP does not interact with me but Buddy does. When I let them out, Buddy comes and wants to sit on me. When I call him, he comes. When TP tweets, Buddy goes to him to see if he wants to play. If TP doesn't play with him, Buddy comes back to me. Herbie just might be the perfect companion for you and Buddy. Maybe consider the possibility of using the smaller cage as a travel cage and getting a larger for the two of them. I have a tiny cage that I use to take them to the vet and it works fine. When I put them in it, because they are best buds, they huddle together so a larger cage wouldn't matter. Thinking of you and hoping things work out.
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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 27, 2022 20:07:13 GMT
Not sure what to suggest as I feel very strongly that you only want one budgie friend and you want them to interact with you.
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