Here we go again

[DonnaBudgie]

I had a blue and white recessive pied male who was the best budgie ever!

 

[MrJackpotz]

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Is it just me, or does the markings on his face (near identical on both sides,) look like wings? Also, for those wondering, the green stuff on his feathers is likely from veggies. My guess would be lettuce or peas.
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Here he is napping


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Eating some millets! :>

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Crick and Gabe foraging together (she has no interest in him, as she thinks he’s scary, but Gabe is interested in being friends )

so friggen cute

 

[Rico_Tiel]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!

okay, soooo update!

Gabe is seemingly more comfortable with me, today. He isn’t too phased by the phone coming out, he isn’t bothered by me coming up to his cage and talking to him, and he spends 90% of his time preening. He is such a cute little baby >w<

Look at his grimy-self! He’s sooooo adorable omg

He seems to chirp only at me. The birds don’t respond to him, but I do. When he flock calls or quietly chitters, I talk back to him, and he seems to really enjoy that. He even responds to me calling him “Gabe”! I called his name, and his head shot up, mid-preen, and he responded with some chatter. He will stare at me and chatter to me from across the room, similar to what Rico does, when he wants attention or wants out.

I put my hand in his cage, and he showed some interest, but not much more than that.

He’s shown a want to come out of the cage and explore, but despite doing the wanty-wings, and the back and forth that budgies do when they want out, he decided he wasn’t ready. Funny that he wants to explore the area, when he hasn’t even explored the upper half of his cage! He knows how to climb, he learned how, just the other day.

Overall, he’s doing very well today!

 

[Rico_Tiel]

Goober got 10 minutes of out time (I think he likes my teeth)

 

[Cali&Pilot]

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Goober got 10 minutes of out time (I think he likes my teeth)

wdym you think he likes your teeth? Also he's adorable

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Did he try to fly around when he was out? His wings look clipped so he won't be able to go very far. Which is good because a lot of new budgies fly chaotically around the room when let out the first few times. He looks like such a sweet baby! I think you picked a good one.

I'm trying to figure out the cage set up. Do you have a brown blanket with a wire cage top on it?

 

[Rico_Tiel]

wdym you think he likes your teeth? Also he's adorable

He showed a lot of interest in my teeth, whenever I’d smile, but he was too scared to come close to my mouth (understandable, I wouldn’t wanna go near a giant ape’s mouth, either) but he would tilt his head, come a little closer, before waddling away

 

[Rico_Tiel]

Did he try to fly around when he was out? His wings look clipped so he won't be able to go very far. Which is good because a lot of new budgies fly chaotically around the room when let out the first few times. He looks like such a sweet baby! I think you picked a good one.

I'm trying to figure out the cage set up. Do you have a brown blanket with a wire cage top on it?

No, he just wadded around, ate some seeds I had scattered around the blanket. Just checking out the world beyond the bars. I think he liked it, though!

He was interested in the playstand, but didn’t try playing on it— only observing it. I slowly lured him out, and kept the area calm and quiet, to keep HIM calm, too. Not once did he try flying, which is bizarre, but I don’t even know if he’s old enough to grasp the concept of flight. He sees the other birds do it, but never has he tried it.

Rico freaked out, Cricket freaked out, Ice and Tea lost their minds the first time I let any of them out, but not Gabe, weirdly enough. He’s such an anomaly to me but, not in a bad way. He’s a very easy baby, but man, it’s weird working with a bird who is both docile and mostly unafraid of my presence. Rico wasn’t too scared of me, but he reacted with aggression, whenever I tried handling him. All budgies I’ve worked with prior to Gabe, have all been SUPER flighty, but docile. Guess I should thank my lucky stars, I ended up with the best of BOTH worlds, with him

Yeah, the setup is the wire top with a blanket under it. I couldn’t find the bottom grate of the cage, while cleaning the tray, before realizing the tray was too big, so I just threw down a blanket until I found the grate (which I actually just found, thrown up into my shelf, so go figure ) there is now paper and a grate on the bottom, so Gabriel can’t drop a bomb on Rico xD

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I like the set up for a baby bird. I do think you lucked out with a docile baby. They do fly at this age. I've raised three babies from eggs and they fly pretty quickly after getting their flight feathers. But their disposition is established early so he will probably stay sweet. My baby girl Joey is five months old and she's still a sweetie, gives kisses, and wants to be on us all the time.