Laker + Rio, the new Budgie + video of Paper Clip Drop Game - Diary Weblog - homebird - Parrot forum - parrot chatboard - Fluffies, your parrotforum! Chat about your parrots.

www.fluffies.org Forum Index -> List of diaries -> Diary of user: homebird -> Diarypage: Laker + Rio, the new Budgie + video of Paper Clip Drop Game

Laker + Rio, the new Budgie + video of Paper Clip Drop Game (diary of user: homebird)

Rating

(5 out of 2 ratings)

There are 50 replies made on this diary

Rio is home

Laker is fairly happy

May

I don't think I'm being excessive! Just a little excited.

Rio
Hatched April 1st, 2007

April 14th

April 21st April 28th

He fledged today!
May 3rd.
According to the breeder he's a lively one - hope he's not going to be too difficult but i also like spunk.
May 4th

Corresponding with the Breeder
May 11th

Hello Jacqueline,
Just thought I'd let you know that the babies from the 1st clutch (aside from baby 4) have been observed eating and drinking on their own for a few days now. This is a big weekend for them. They will be separated from their parents - yikes! They will stay here for at least another week to make sure they can fare on their own but it's quite likely they'll be ready to go next weekend!

Take care :)

...

Regarding Clipping - we said no.

May15th ..... Rio is quite a handful and I have been doing what I can with him but he is simply a wild child when fully flighted. Now, all of the babies have gone through "flight training" so if he's clipped, you would not have the same problem the woman on the board had as that's something that happens when they're clipped as nestlings. I do not want to pressure you either way. ........
later the same day ....
...Tonight I will actually separate him from his siblings since he sort of causes a 'mad dash' chain reaction in there. I think he'll be easier to work with if he has his own cage right now. Otherwise he is doing great ....

May 16th   His cage is right beside his siblings so he can see them and they can still interact. He's getting more used to being in a cage and has calmed down quite a bit. It's working out better this way because when they're all in together, he'll start flapping around when I put my hand in there which will make the other two flap around and that'll make him flap around even more. This just completely eliminates that chain reaction.
Anyways, they aced their weaning process ;) no problems - Rio does have a small boink mark above his cere though which he got while he was caged with his siblings but it's very minor and nothing to worry about. I just thought I'd let you know.
Oh yea - They're all little piggies!
May 17th Good news, Rio sat on my finger for a good ten minutes today and also stepped up on my finger from his perch several times. ...... When you get him, I recommend letting him adjust to his new surroundings for a few days before trying to handle him. I think he will adjust better this way. May 18th ~ he's home!
His tail is very long now.
He's beautiful.

Spring is here!

North view
May 4th

Remember this Scene?

The last time I shot this view it looked like these 2
below.

March 1st

Laker playing Drop the Paper Clip

In the cage
out of the cage

We have a flight photo
- our camera is not meant for action shots -

I have a confession to make
- the quarantine is basically over.

I hope everything goes well.

I know quarantine should be 90 days or 30 at the least.
It has been 7 days.
We got Rio from a small breeder in the hopes he would be very healthy & not harbour anything. She has had a few of her birds to the avian vet lately & they all were OK.

     The fun part is that Laker has met Rio.
Rio is still in his cage about 75% of the day - when he's out it is in another room with me alone. He gets to fly & hang out + he is pretty good at step-up already. He likes to chew - the Hibiscus tree & the branch that supports a mobile in my son's room.

I washed some grass we gathered in the park & the two went crazy - nice for them to get to know each other. Laker is out & I put the Grass in a vase between the 2 cages. Rio ate the grass i poked though the bars. Laker has been fairly happy with the new Budgie but he is egger to fly off to us & stay on his gym away from Rio while resting.

Sharing green grass seeds

Today they hung out & flew less frantically

no where to hide

time alone

The kiss
Beak grinding

Now for the big room + sharing Laker's gym

Laker & Rio are getting along OK.
But Laker still seems to need his space. After a few hours together, Laker gets bitchy. When i investigate they both fly around the room & Laker ends up flying directly into his cage - no stopping at the door! When i have caged Rio, Laker is happy to come out & behave as if he's the only Budgie ~ flying to us & from room to room.
Rio has followed him into the office but he is unfamiliar with that room, so he has nowhere to land - yet

Got parrot questions? Please visit our forum and chat with other parrot enthusiasts: www.fluffies.org/en/

Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3 ... 14, 15, 16 ... 24, 25, 26 Next All times are GMT. The time now is Monday February 13, 2012 3:19 pm