My Friend Blithe

[Marianne Marlow]

A Blog post from this morning:

In the evening when I put the budgies to bed and I am cleaning cages and changing food, Blithe likes to run around and chirp to me to get my attention. The reason that he does this is he is trying to hurry me up as he wants to go to bed.

If I hold my hand out, he’ll leap on and then sing (maybe a song hurries me up?)

Anyway, all the other budgies stare at him as they do not like to come too close to humans, so I guess they think Blithe is weird.

He is a little weird, but he’s my friend – Blithe.

[ffiscool]

Aww bless him. He should say to the others, you don’t know what your missing

[criswell]

That's so lovely. He's a gorgeous boy.

[skysmum]

Gorgeous boy Marianne . I get a bit of this with Bailey and the others look at him as much to say, "what's he doing, don't touch the human, he's such a mummy's boy"

[tweetiepiesmom]

That is sweet Marianne Marlow! I know I love it when Buddy hops on my hand - doesn't it feel so good?

[samwiseg]

Aww Murph's a bit like this, he's a bit of a mummys boy

Having a bird trust you has to be the best thing ever! I dont think I'll ever forget the first time a bird decided to hop onto my hand, the feeling was just...AMAZING

[Shirls]

Beautiful Marianne. Blithe is such a lucky boy to have you and you him!

[Hezz]

He's not weird, he is his own person.

[lemonora]

So sweet 😍

[Marianne Marlow]

Yesterday night, when Blithe was on my arm - singing his little heart out, I leaned forward to touch his beak with my nose.

Well I got a telling off for being over-familiar. He squiggled and biffed me on the nose.

Our friendship is very much on Blithes terms.

[clt80]

He's a beauty. I agree, it's so humbling when they give us their friendship.