Naughty Fiends

We have had a nightmare day today with the budgies. They have not been their usual calm(ish) selves. The day has mostly consisted of Jerry being chased by Snowy. This upsets both Roswell and Monty. Snowy is King Montys bird and he gets very jealous if Snowy shows too much interest in Jerry.

It's strange because Monty doesn't mind Snowy spending time with any of the other birds, only Jerry.

Anyhow, the "Jerry chasing" outbreak has caused Monty to become angry and square up to Jerry, even leaping on him. Monty is scared of no bird, even though he's the smallest one here!

Jerry and Roswell, Monty and Snowy have been put in separate Hagen cages until they calm down. We are on the second round of this now, as the first time I let them out it started all over again!

"Jerry chasing" used to happen often but this is the first time in more than six months we have had an incident.

Fingers crossed that it's not going to be a week long affair like it has in the past.

Jerry says "I'll sing to anything"

Today Jerry has been singing to the wheel at the bottom of the table that the Summer Palace is situated on.

He has a great singing voice. Jerry is probably the best singer of my flock. Perhaps this is due to the fact that in the Pet Shop that we acquired him from, he was housed next to lots of Canaries.

Jerry could be part-canary, he is definitely fluent in the lingo.

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Shhhhwing!

Roswell, Snowy, Monty and Jerry having a lovely swing together :)

Amazing that they stayed on long enough for me to capture the moment!

Customised piccy of the fiends

Look at this photo my friend from a budgie forum made for me. Isn't it brilliant?

Thank you Zohie!

New Toy

The fiends have been getting to grips with their new toy. It's a swinging perch with eight places on it for them to land. They seem to like using it to preen eachother on, especially Monty and Snowy in the evenings.

I'll look up at about 8.30pm to see Snowy on the lower part and Monty above preening his head. It's very cute to watch.

Here are some photos of them enjoying the new toy having a swing-a-ling.

Also see Dumpling below, still obsessed with my feet. Just when I thought he had grown out of it!

Abbie eats with the Big Boys

She's settling in so well, I am so happy with her progress. Not only has she got both Jerry and Hector running after her giving her food but she now comes and has a nibble at the vegetables I put out for them.

Good girl Abbie :)

She makes such cute and funny little noises too, really different from the boys, a bit like Gizmo!

Fiends Frollicking - Photos from the day

Here are some photos from the day - the fiends have had corn and basil so are more excited than usual.

It's time to let the cat out of the bag, open a can of worms and several other silly sayings...

I rehomed a new bird.  Her name is Abbie (it was Albie but we felt it too masculine for such a pretty little birdie so we altered one tiny letter) and she has been here since last Wednesday.

Her owners didn't have enough time to spend with her and wanted her to be with other budgies. She did have a cage-mate a few years ago but he escaped and she has been on her own for a few years - with human interaction of course.

Abbie is four years old and a hen, her genetic mutation is Dominant Pied, Violet - we hope that she will be very happy here.

She has already bonded with Jerry and Hector, allowing both to feed her seed, in fact she rarely has to venture forth for food herself, she has the boys well-trained.

Her habits include biting the bars and hanging upside-down which she does even more frequently than Roswell.  We have noticed that she doesn't sing as much as the boys and she makes strange high-pitched sounds line a mini-dolphin!

Here is a photo of the pretty new recruit

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More Basil please we're addicted

The fiends do love a bit of Basil, it's like their version of caffeine. Basil seems to make them jump around and play even more than usual.

Hector always has plenty to say for himself and today was no exception.

He even managed to slip in a few of his characteristic "hops" which he does when he's really excited or has a point to make.

I'm sure Blueboy (his best budgie pal) was very impressed.