Post by JennyB on Jul 25, 2023 19:01:02 GMT
Jul 25, 2023 0:38:39 GMT Hezz said:
That is wonderful, JennyB ! It shows true commitment. My budgies now are Spyro, he’s 10yo, been with me since he was about 6-9 months old; net in age is Bunji, he’s the escape artist. I’ve no idea how old he is but he was rescued from mynah birds by someone else who then couldn’t find his owners but also wasn’t in a position to keep him so he came to me about 18months ago. I feel he must have been an aviary bird as while he isn’t scared of humans, he is scared of hands and being held. He is bribable enough to sit on my hand for millet but only just. The youngest of the boys is Piper who will be two years old around Sept/Oct. I got him as a baby because Spyro was on his own, and not long before Bunji came to join us. He and Spyro are very cute together - the first time Spyro has had someone to preen him. Because of Bunji’s ferality the budgies pretty much stay in their own room with multiple visits during the day - I don’t feel he is safe enough with only one point of closure between him and the outside world, and I don’t want him left in a room on his own without his mates.
The other bird in the house is Loki, a sun conure. He’s a whole ‘nother story in itself. He’s coming up for 7yo, came to me when he was 10 months old. He got on well with the resident budgies but hated the new boys … until we moved house. Now they all get along together, he has a separate cage of course but he is happy for the budgies to perch up in their second home, eat his food, hang out in his house, and he hangs out in their room when I’m not in the house with him. He is very destructive so can only be let loose under supervision. He is a sun conure so he is a brat - to quote the vet: “he’s a sun conure; they’re all a bit ADHD.”