Hello :) It's been a while....

[clt80]

Hello everyone,

When I've been locking the aviary door the past few weeks before bed, I have kept thinking I need to log on and see how everyone is. Of course, I've forgotten week after week as my memory is horrendous these days!

How are you all?

I have 6 budgies left now....

Desmond who is really quite old, and can't fly but manages in the aviary fine. His girlfriend Carmen, Rupert (who is also v. Old but in fine fettle), Sacha, Norris and finally Doris.

I still have Mabel's and Ivy's big cage on wheels so I utilised it over the winter months and brought them all inside. First time I'd done this, but it certainly helped with the heating bills as I could turn the aviary heating off completely for months. Plus I wasn't worrying when there were storms. I always use to panic that the aviary roof would blow off or something silly.

They're all back outside now full time and it is a lot easier to manage not having so many.

Hope you are all well, and all your budgies are too. I'll have a look through the forum and catch up on what's been happening with everyone.

Cheryl

[ffiscool]

Lovely to hear from you. I hope you’re doing ok

Would love to see pics when you can of the buds

[skysmum]

Good to hear from you.
That’s what I used to do with my buds, outside in the summer when the conservatory just gets too hot and inside in the winter months.
Only having 4 myself now they stay in all year but have to come into the dining room at night as the conservatory is already heating up early in the morning if the sun is out, they have to wait until things cool down in the pm before they can go out and have their free flight.
Keep toying with a new outside aviary for the summer though 🤦🏻‍♀️😂
Hope your keeping well now.

[Marianne Marlow]

Lovely to hear from you!

I think Rupert is the only one I can recognise the name of from your remaining 6.

I've currently got 10 (Billy, Daisy, Chipper - George, Peter, Dinku, Iris - Barney, Ayla - Rocky)

George is almost 12, so he is the old man, been with us since 2013!

They are as mad and noisy as ever here.

[criswell]

It's great to hear from you. I have 3 budgies. Dexter who is now 8 and he has 2 new young friends Rito and Aster, which were kindly given to home by Ira. It's lovely seeing Dexter with friends again after more than a year on his own. He loves them, especially Rito.