George takes some time out

[Marianne Marlow]

Yesterday one of my non-fliers who is also my oldest budgie George (10 years and 9 months) leapt out of his cage and ran along the floor. I put my hand out and he jumped on, nibbling my fingers a few times.

I figured he needed a little break away from his usual surroundings, so I put him in the higher vision cage with Penny for a couple of hours. He pottered about eating and looking around. Dinku came and bashed beaks with him through the cage bars for a little while.

When I felt that he had had enough and wanted to go home, I picked him up - suffering his many many bites - and put him back in his cage.

He was immediately greeted by his bestie Peter. George did the budgie version of a high five and then preened Peter for a good 5 minutes. It was like he was saying "Don't worry Peter, I have not forgotten about you and I am happy to see you".

For those that are not sure - George is the blue boy and Peter the blue.

[criswell]

Aww, that's really nice for George and for Penny. And having Peter pleased to see him when George got home is lovely too.

[ffiscool]

Aww a nice break

[Marianne Marlow]

Penny has a few visits from Chipper in the evening and they preen eachother, so she does get some interaction with the others on a daily basis.

Apr 6, 2023 10:07:04 GMT criswell said:

Aww, that's really nice for George and for Penny. And having Peter pleased to see him when George got home is lovely too.

[Loz]

I am so pleased to read this, Marianne Marlow

Penny deserves all the TLC going.

[Marianne Marlow]

I wish I could give her more interaction but to be honest she cannot walk properly and needs her adapted cage to get around.

Also it's not safe to leave her cage open all day, I only do it when I can watch her to make sure she stays at the back of the cage.

Apr 6, 2023 15:14:33 GMT @loz said:

I am so pleased to read this, Marianne Marlow

Penny deserves all the TLC going.

[Loz]

You're the best Mum Penny could want, Marianne.

[tweetiepiesmom]

At some point, we may have aged budgies requiring adapted environments to help them. Its nice to read what others are doing so we'll have suggestions if need them.

[ariella]

It’s still lovely to read just how well George is still doing and how he gets such love and attention from you and his feathered friends. He’s such a handsome boy too and really doesn’t look his age from his photo there.