Never introduced us

[Ellie]

Hi everyone,

I adopted Danny 6 days ago from the local animal shelter. He had been found as a stray, and no one claimed him. Just my luck, because he is a very friendly little bird, and not too fearful. I'm not sure how old he is exactly, but it seems he is starting to go through his first moult, so I'm guessing 3-4 months.

While I'm not new to budgies, it's been a good long while since I've had one. So you'll have to excuse me if I have the nervous new bird mom vibe going on! I've been trying to learn as much as I can about keeping Danny healthy and happy; so much more info is about there about caring for budgies that wasn't available years ago. Despite not knowing everything there was to know, something weighed in our favor since my last budgie lived until 17.

Asides from Danny, I have a 4 year old retriever mix named Kally (Danny might need a name change to stop me from calling the dog Danny, and the bird Kally lol). She's been fairly tolerant of our new addition, although mostly, she's interested in obtaining fallen seed and spent the first few days eyeballing the sticks inside the cage.

Anyways, many of you have been very helpful answer questions that I've had. I'm very glad I found this place! I'll keep venturing around the forum to try to learn more, and get to know you all.

[yellowfacedviolet]

What a lovely introduction. Welcome to you both. And what a good thing you have done adopting this fortunate budgie. Hoping the two of you will be together at least 17 years.

[jellybean]

Hi, welcome to you, Danny and Kally.

He's a little beauty. I'm sure you'll have a great time getting to know him and his little antics.

Would love to see some pictures of Kally.

[Marianne Marlow]

Welcome to you, Danny and Doggy Kally

[Hezz]

Really nice to get a little background from our members, so an official welcome Danny, and nice to meet you, Ellie, as well as Doggo Kally

[Ellie]

Aug 6, 2020 7:14:23 GMT jellybean said:

Would love to see some pictures of Kally.

I completely forgot about this thread. I always seem to get goofy pictures of her (usually making her look like a bobblehead because of her long narrow body), but here she is.

Btw, I think I've decided on the name Benji instead of Danny. It seems to have been the one that has stuck. Now lets hope that he is in fact a he!

[tweetiepiesmom]

An official welcome to Benji (aka Danny) and your dog Kally. Long life together for all of you!

[blue48]

Welcome to you all, whether bird, canine or hooman

I feel so rude that I never introduced myself. I stumbled across the forum desperately looking for help and seem to have bypassed this thread. Apologies all.