budgie choir
Member
- Jul 1, 2023
- 15
- 33
- Parrots
- Budgies: Yoko, Dreamy, Ono, Jeter, Liilly, Primrose, Pegasus
New Member
ABOUT ME:
I had birds on my farm as a kid. I did not really bond with the birds because I was busy bonding with horses and playing sports at the time so I had dull memories of birds basically learned how to care fore them on a basic level. It wasn't until many many years later after I gave up my aquarium hobby did I rediscover Parakeets -they are so full of party vibes! I love karaoke- they do to! I love morning bird songs waking me up- they do to! I love organic salads, berries, nuts, and seeds- they do to! I love engineering habitats for them- they love it too! (wicker, Hemp, coconut, lemon grass, sisal, and Jute are my best friends) I love crafting toys, repurposing things for perches and playgrounds No cages (except when new, sick or hormonal) . I sterilize grape vine- make wreathes, and perches. They love it too! If the bands can be removed without clipping them I learned how to do that...so I have bandless budgies climbing around I no longer worry about them getting caught up (keep nails trimmed)
I have avian lights, disco light, and we locked down the surround sound for karaoke and dance party happy hour!
My experience:
Behavior issues are always related to environmental stress (noise, habits, people, toxic odors, or lack of fresh air, not enough light, negativity, fighting, or neglect) or boredom, malnutrition, sickness, so many things.......
I could not do any of this without:
Vetafarm
The Pet STOP in New Hampshire
You tube for budgies sounds when my first couple of budgies first arrived they were sick and traumatized, and needed some flock love.
I have had a difficulty finding an avian vet that actually understands and gets budgies. I will keep looking but over all my experience with vets are that they don't really know what they are doing (even handling), and I have been ripped off. Plus the world is, including vets: Still learning about communal species and the balance between human care (contact) and the need to provide them with community and their own kind.
Bonding is especially complicated for aquatics as well. You have Orca's taken from pods, forced to bond with humans for food. they are incredibly social and sexual animals like budgies...they are forced interact with just humans all day ...to me that's gross no offense. they need us for food and so naturally they have to trust us. They don't have any of their kind, they are bored and lonely that is the only reason they tolerate humans. Lilly and Jeter learned how to manipulate me (interacting cutely with me) into giving them millet but if they could avoid me and get it themselves they would...
My birds love, they love me singing to them, reading to them, being part of the flock. they dont beak with me- i am not a bird. they dont come to me for affection (I dont sexualize them when i touch them just by holding them or petting them) they act like birds.
I don't really appreciate the world humanizing animals. I am not into Zoo's unless they are rescue's that assess the re release options if possible.
My future is in wild life/ raptor rehab.
That said people have so much to learn about how to take care of the planet: I see animals living lives of sacrifice on behalf of humans so that we may evolve and become more compassionate.
Thank you for your website, I look forward to exploring here.....learning and growing...my budgie choir thanks you!
ABOUT ME:
I had birds on my farm as a kid. I did not really bond with the birds because I was busy bonding with horses and playing sports at the time so I had dull memories of birds basically learned how to care fore them on a basic level. It wasn't until many many years later after I gave up my aquarium hobby did I rediscover Parakeets -they are so full of party vibes! I love karaoke- they do to! I love morning bird songs waking me up- they do to! I love organic salads, berries, nuts, and seeds- they do to! I love engineering habitats for them- they love it too! (wicker, Hemp, coconut, lemon grass, sisal, and Jute are my best friends) I love crafting toys, repurposing things for perches and playgrounds No cages (except when new, sick or hormonal) . I sterilize grape vine- make wreathes, and perches. They love it too! If the bands can be removed without clipping them I learned how to do that...so I have bandless budgies climbing around I no longer worry about them getting caught up (keep nails trimmed)
I have avian lights, disco light, and we locked down the surround sound for karaoke and dance party happy hour!
My experience:
Behavior issues are always related to environmental stress (noise, habits, people, toxic odors, or lack of fresh air, not enough light, negativity, fighting, or neglect) or boredom, malnutrition, sickness, so many things.......
I could not do any of this without:
Vetafarm
The Pet STOP in New Hampshire
You tube for budgies sounds when my first couple of budgies first arrived they were sick and traumatized, and needed some flock love.
I have had a difficulty finding an avian vet that actually understands and gets budgies. I will keep looking but over all my experience with vets are that they don't really know what they are doing (even handling), and I have been ripped off. Plus the world is, including vets: Still learning about communal species and the balance between human care (contact) and the need to provide them with community and their own kind.
Bonding is especially complicated for aquatics as well. You have Orca's taken from pods, forced to bond with humans for food. they are incredibly social and sexual animals like budgies...they are forced interact with just humans all day ...to me that's gross no offense. they need us for food and so naturally they have to trust us. They don't have any of their kind, they are bored and lonely that is the only reason they tolerate humans. Lilly and Jeter learned how to manipulate me (interacting cutely with me) into giving them millet but if they could avoid me and get it themselves they would...
My birds love, they love me singing to them, reading to them, being part of the flock. they dont beak with me- i am not a bird. they dont come to me for affection (I dont sexualize them when i touch them just by holding them or petting them) they act like birds.
I don't really appreciate the world humanizing animals. I am not into Zoo's unless they are rescue's that assess the re release options if possible.
My future is in wild life/ raptor rehab.
That said people have so much to learn about how to take care of the planet: I see animals living lives of sacrifice on behalf of humans so that we may evolve and become more compassionate.
Thank you for your website, I look forward to exploring here.....learning and growing...my budgie choir thanks you!
In fact I *almost* have two budgies cos my lorikeet Lovejoy has learned to imitate Val so well that they sing together and I often can't tell their voices apart!
