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Post by ladybird on Jul 2, 2023 14:28:28 GMT
I have a dear friend , unfortunately she lives over an hours drive from me. we are in the North West. (Uk). She has owned budgies before, and her well meaning daughter bought her a budgie at Xmas…..she didn’t want another as she is in her mid eighties and not in good health.. He came from a pet shop. I went to see him and she had been told he was about 12 week old but I could tell he was older….he had lost his baby bars . I would say he is about a yearish old now. Anyway she had put him in a cage she had , that was far too small so I persuaded her to buy him a new cage and it’s a vision M1 and I put lots of new perches etc in it…….She has not been able to tame him but let’s him out and eventually has to throw a blanket over him to get him back in his cage. He is a beautiful big blue bud but very noisy and she really can’t cope with him……..She would really like him to go to a good loving home. I don’t think he is beyond taming……..I agree he needs to find a new home, I feel so sorry for him. I am trying not to interfere but you know what us bud lovers are like. I don’t want her to take him back to the pet shop it wasn’t the best! Sorry for the long post, but does anyone think they can offer any help?
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Post by Loz on Jul 2, 2023 14:33:24 GMT
I truly wish I could help, Ladybird. I hope someone in the NW who reads this forum can help. Alternatively, an ad on this website www.pets4homes.co.uk/ might be worthwhile.
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Post by ladybird on Jul 2, 2023 14:47:15 GMT
Thank you Loz I am sure you are right. You can understand I want to be very careful that he goes to a really good home. It’s not his fault . I am pretty sure if I could see my friend a lot, I could tame this little Bud ……She said the vet told her the bast way to catch a bud was to throw a blanket at it 🤬🤬. . Poor mite is terrified and who could blame him.
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Post by ffiscool on Jul 2, 2023 18:16:35 GMT
oh poor thing.. I hope someone can take him - or also maybe ask the vet to put up a card at their surgery or similar..
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jul 2, 2023 20:58:54 GMT
I am too far unfortunately
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jul 2, 2023 21:00:52 GMT
I'd love another blue too. Such a shame!
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jul 2, 2023 21:23:26 GMT
Poor boy.
Throwing a blanket over should be a last resort.
He's never going to trust anyone if they keep doing that. I do understand that your friend feels she has no choice.
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Post by Loz on Jul 2, 2023 21:34:33 GMT
If there were a way ...
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jul 2, 2023 22:20:18 GMT
I'm guessing it'd be 200 miles from me and I don't drive.
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Post by ladybird on Jul 3, 2023 8:40:40 GMT
I wish you could have him too Marianne he deserves a good home. My friend just doesn’t understand buds. I have done all I can …..making sure he has good food etc and a nice cage set up……. Apparently sometimes he is out of the cage all night because she can’t catch him …..I personally think he must go into his cage to feed and come out quickly because he knows he will be shut in. She is willing to give him away free with the cage…..this worries me as anyone would have him and he could be worse off…..This is why I came on here asking. She lives alone and isn’t in good health and unfortunately I can’t get over to see her just now as I am not driving ( eye op ). Such a sad life for a young bud.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Jul 3, 2023 14:32:25 GMT
I wonder if there are people here who live between where the budgie is and where Marianne Marlow is who could get him and meet and pass him along until he reached Marianne? Just a thought.
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Post by Loz on Jul 3, 2023 14:34:23 GMT
I wonder if there are people here who live between where the budgie is and where Marianne Marlow is who could get him and meet and pass him along until he reached Marianne? Just a thought. I had that same thought, a relay. With Marianne or myself as the end-point.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jul 3, 2023 14:48:00 GMT
14 not enough loz
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Post by Loz on Jul 3, 2023 15:01:13 GMT
Always room for one more but have had to turn off notifications from the re-homing website I've previously used. I feel a bit guilty about that.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jul 3, 2023 15:25:27 GMT
pets4homes?
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