Charlie had some more fun out of his cage today, was only a short play today though. He was finally comfortable enough to get onto the play gym! although he didn't stay for long. I was hoping he might have a little fly but he seemed to want to just kiss kirby through the cage bars XD can't wait till kirby's flight feathers are all grown back!
anyway I didn't get many pictures but I did get a video :D
just posted it on youtube so check it out if you want!
http://www.youtube.com/user/sezzaxxx92?feature=mhee
Showing posts with label budgie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label budgie. Show all posts
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Saturday, 29 October 2011
charlie progress
Yesterday had my friend come visit me, so we played with Kirby and Charlie. Working on getting charlie to feel safe with different people. Had him out and he happily ran around on the top of the cage giving kirby kisses through the bars. (still not letting Kirby out because when she flies she can't turn properly and flies into walls) so he was really good and being calm.
But my sister came barging into my room, and I was telling her to shut the door because charlie was out and he nearly got spooked but luckily shut the door in time and he stayed on the cage phew!
I'm going to have to make a sign to but on my bedroom door saying "budgies out!! DON'T OPEN THE DOOR" hahaha.
Anyway think I will rearrange the cages tomorrow! but Kirby's old mirror toy with perch in her cage yesterday and she has been sitting on it heaps.. think it will always be her favourite toy!
But my sister came barging into my room, and I was telling her to shut the door because charlie was out and he nearly got spooked but luckily shut the door in time and he stayed on the cage phew!
I'm going to have to make a sign to but on my bedroom door saying "budgies out!! DON'T OPEN THE DOOR" hahaha.
Anyway think I will rearrange the cages tomorrow! but Kirby's old mirror toy with perch in her cage yesterday and she has been sitting on it heaps.. think it will always be her favourite toy!
Friday, 28 October 2011
bath time
Charlie has become lots more confident, after a training sesion yesterday he seemed pretty hot so in went the baths for Charlie and Kirby. Usually Charlie doesn't go anywhere near it, or will only stick his beak in unlike Kirby who jumps right in, but this time in he went!! he splashed around and had a great time :)
Sunday, 23 October 2011
new play area!
As I want to teach the birdies to fly & be calm outside their cages, I bought a new play gym so they have somewhere to land/perch besides just standing on the top of their cages as this can't be comfortable!!!
I joined the new one with my old little one which wasn't big enough for both of them to happily play on, I used a natural perch which was meant to hang by a hook in the cage, instead i put a hook on the other end too and hooked one end on one gyms rope perch and the other on the other gyms rope perch (you will see in the picture). I also got a rope perch to be on the cage too.
I'm hoping to let them out tomorrow my only real concern is the bookcase in the room, if they got behind it, and got stuck. I'm hoping I can push it up against the wall more so they can't get behind there.
expect photos!!!
:)
I joined the new one with my old little one which wasn't big enough for both of them to happily play on, I used a natural perch which was meant to hang by a hook in the cage, instead i put a hook on the other end too and hooked one end on one gyms rope perch and the other on the other gyms rope perch (you will see in the picture). I also got a rope perch to be on the cage too.
I'm hoping to let them out tomorrow my only real concern is the bookcase in the room, if they got behind it, and got stuck. I'm hoping I can push it up against the wall more so they can't get behind there.
expect photos!!!
:)
I also got some treats today, gave Kirby a honey/berrie seed treat which she loves chewing away on, and gave charlie some millet! they had been looking a bit skinny so want them to add a bit of weight i think :)
Charle LOVES millet, kirby not so much (which is why she got the honey treat)
I left the millet in charlies cage while I went grocery shopping, when I came back it was nearly ALL eaten! hahah
Monday, 18 July 2011
clipping wings.
recently I decided I was going to clip my budgies wings, after a lot of consideration and researching how to clip the wings I finally decided it was the best way to go.
The reasons I decided to do this was because when I got Charlie I was having trouble socialising them both and wanted them to be able to socialise out of the cage, but with them both being fully flighted I couldn't do this. I also had a time where kirby had flew into the wall and then fell under the bed and nearly hurt herself. And I didn't feel comfortable that Charlie was tame enough yet to be trusted flying around. Recently Kirby started going into condition, and she became extremely grumpy and irritated and more aggressive than normal.
once the wings were clipped now they can both come out and play together. So far they really don't seem to notice the difference and are loving being able to come out of their cages :)
I only clipped the first six or so flight feathers. so they are still able to glide to the ground.
Kirby on the play gym
checking out the play gym
and a shot of what their wings look like now- kirby's look a little shorter I think this is just because of her last molt, she was also was over preening and pulled a few out but overall her flying ability's don't seem different to Charlie's.
The reasons I decided to do this was because when I got Charlie I was having trouble socialising them both and wanted them to be able to socialise out of the cage, but with them both being fully flighted I couldn't do this. I also had a time where kirby had flew into the wall and then fell under the bed and nearly hurt herself. And I didn't feel comfortable that Charlie was tame enough yet to be trusted flying around. Recently Kirby started going into condition, and she became extremely grumpy and irritated and more aggressive than normal.
once the wings were clipped now they can both come out and play together. So far they really don't seem to notice the difference and are loving being able to come out of their cages :)
I only clipped the first six or so flight feathers. so they are still able to glide to the ground.
here's Kirby and Charlie sitting on top of the travel cage
Kirby on the play gym
checking out the play gym
and a shot of what their wings look like now- kirby's look a little shorter I think this is just because of her last molt, she was also was over preening and pulled a few out but overall her flying ability's don't seem different to Charlie's.
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Kirby seems a fair bit better today :) she eating and I put the antibiotics in her water today, so far all good, she drank a little not sure she liked it though! it turns the water yellow!
Took a few pics today of Kirby and then of Charlie, Charlie is being very active today so was hard to get a still picture of him! glad he is settling in now! I can't wait till they get to be closer together!
Kirby is difficult to get pictures of because she try's to eat the camera! so I have to let her on my hand to distract her! hehe.
pretty boy Charlie <3
Took a few pics today of Kirby and then of Charlie, Charlie is being very active today so was hard to get a still picture of him! glad he is settling in now! I can't wait till they get to be closer together!
Kirby is difficult to get pictures of because she try's to eat the camera! so I have to let her on my hand to distract her! hehe.
Put some food in a plastic container on the floor as well as her normal food, she had this container when she was a baby until she got used to the food being up high. Hopefully she puts some weight on (:
Being her usual silly self, she always goes to the corner and try's to turn upside down!
here's Charlie preening, he seems more comfortable now moves around, chirps and preens... compared to before when he would just sit staring at you (:
pretty boy Charlie <3
he loves his rope perch
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Kirby
I decided I needed something to do, and since my budgies are my one obsession a blog about them would be much fun!
So for starters a bit about me, and how I came to have my budgies.
I'm 18 years old and graduated year 12 last year (2010). I didn't really know for sure what it was I wanted to do with myself, but I loved animals, and found a course to study companion animals meaning dogs, cats, horses, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, mice and reptiles.
The course required me to be there studying on tuesdays and wednesdays for theory and prac lessons, we also had to complete 160 hours work placement where ever we wanted as long as we did 60 hours at RSPCA (the royal society prevention of cruelty to animals).I found the whole course interesting and learned a lot about animals I'd never owned before, when we came to the bird topic I became really interested in them. I'd never owned a bird before, and hadn't considered how much effort people put into them.
At the time the only pets I had were two cats, Mink and Mitsie and my Lop eared rabbit Snowy. I had asked my Mum a few months back if I could get a pet budgie but she said no that I didn't have the time or the space. I agreed and was happy to start studying and be able to handle more animals.
I started my first placement at a local pet store in my town half way through march.
I was nervous to handle the birds as I never had before and was a little afraid of being bitten, throughout my placement I came to admire how cute and colourful budgies were. I learned a fair bit about them, and got to handle a few briefly.
One day I was wiping the front of the bird cages, when I got to the budgies I noticed a little baby bird sitting at the front, she would come up the the wire at the front of the cage and grip on with her little feet and do a flip! I thought she was so adorable, I continued to watch her, there were about 15 budgies in the cage... FAR too small. But that's how many pet stores are. She didn't seem to get along well with the other budgies, she would try and join in their little chats but they didn't let her in.
I went home that night, and told my Mum about her, I didn't even have to convince my mum she just agreed I could get her. The next day (Friday the 25th march) I went and got a cage, some toys and then finally picked up my little bird!
Basically she sat in the same spot of the cage for 3-4 hours, after that she climbed onto a ladder and sat there for another few hours! this was completely normal. Her cage is in my bedroom, so over the time of a week she got used to me coming in and out and she got to trust me. I then started putting my hand in her cage to see if she would come near me. She was named Kirby within that week, The pet store told me she was male, But once I did more research it was decided she was female. Kirby wasn't hard to hand tame, she started biting me but not hard, and she still does this, I think its just her personality and a way of playing. Once you have their trust its easy from there, let them choose to come to you. Being that Kirby was so young (only about 2 months old) when I got her and I had her by herself she bonded with me easily. within about a month she would come to me when ever I came to the cage. :)
these are some pictures of Kirby when I first got her, she ended up loving this mirror toy and would sit on it for hours, I removed it from her cage and then used it to help gain her trust in me by holding it inside the cage and she would get on it while I was holding it and then climb on me too.
the second picture is one my friend took with her iPhone her cere looked a light blue colour here ( which was why we thought she was a he), but now days its white with a bit of brown tint.
So for starters a bit about me, and how I came to have my budgies.
I'm 18 years old and graduated year 12 last year (2010). I didn't really know for sure what it was I wanted to do with myself, but I loved animals, and found a course to study companion animals meaning dogs, cats, horses, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, mice and reptiles.
The course required me to be there studying on tuesdays and wednesdays for theory and prac lessons, we also had to complete 160 hours work placement where ever we wanted as long as we did 60 hours at RSPCA (the royal society prevention of cruelty to animals).I found the whole course interesting and learned a lot about animals I'd never owned before, when we came to the bird topic I became really interested in them. I'd never owned a bird before, and hadn't considered how much effort people put into them.
At the time the only pets I had were two cats, Mink and Mitsie and my Lop eared rabbit Snowy. I had asked my Mum a few months back if I could get a pet budgie but she said no that I didn't have the time or the space. I agreed and was happy to start studying and be able to handle more animals.
I started my first placement at a local pet store in my town half way through march.
I was nervous to handle the birds as I never had before and was a little afraid of being bitten, throughout my placement I came to admire how cute and colourful budgies were. I learned a fair bit about them, and got to handle a few briefly.
One day I was wiping the front of the bird cages, when I got to the budgies I noticed a little baby bird sitting at the front, she would come up the the wire at the front of the cage and grip on with her little feet and do a flip! I thought she was so adorable, I continued to watch her, there were about 15 budgies in the cage... FAR too small. But that's how many pet stores are. She didn't seem to get along well with the other budgies, she would try and join in their little chats but they didn't let her in.
I went home that night, and told my Mum about her, I didn't even have to convince my mum she just agreed I could get her. The next day (Friday the 25th march) I went and got a cage, some toys and then finally picked up my little bird!
Basically she sat in the same spot of the cage for 3-4 hours, after that she climbed onto a ladder and sat there for another few hours! this was completely normal. Her cage is in my bedroom, so over the time of a week she got used to me coming in and out and she got to trust me. I then started putting my hand in her cage to see if she would come near me. She was named Kirby within that week, The pet store told me she was male, But once I did more research it was decided she was female. Kirby wasn't hard to hand tame, she started biting me but not hard, and she still does this, I think its just her personality and a way of playing. Once you have their trust its easy from there, let them choose to come to you. Being that Kirby was so young (only about 2 months old) when I got her and I had her by herself she bonded with me easily. within about a month she would come to me when ever I came to the cage. :)
these are some pictures of Kirby when I first got her, she ended up loving this mirror toy and would sit on it for hours, I removed it from her cage and then used it to help gain her trust in me by holding it inside the cage and she would get on it while I was holding it and then climb on me too.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)