I've been lurking for awhile and making use of all the great information but I thought it was about time I joined and introduced myself!
My bird story has been a fairly short one so far but I've definitely caught the bug! About 2 years ago I started researching parrots and quickly decided that I'd like to own one in the near future. At the time I was still at university and knew my life style then was far from suitable so it was just a whole lot of research and dreaming!
Fast forward to five months ago, one of my mum's work colleagues wanted to rehome her two budgies as her family were no longer interested. Well I just couldn't say no and so Albert and Charlie joined the family. I've made use of this forum (the boys thank you all!) and other websites to improve their lives from cage bound, seed eating and not tame to free flying, veggie eating little trouble makers. It's been so rewarding understanding their own individual personalities and I think we've achieved quite a lot in the time I've had them. There is still some things I want to work on with them so I'll be heading over to the budgie section to ask some specific questions!
I'd still love to get another parrot in the future, something a little bigger than the boys, but I'm definitely in no rush. Despite all the research I'm still no closer to knowing which species would suit me best haha! Apologies for the long introduction, I could talk about them all day!
My bird story has been a fairly short one so far but I've definitely caught the bug! About 2 years ago I started researching parrots and quickly decided that I'd like to own one in the near future. At the time I was still at university and knew my life style then was far from suitable so it was just a whole lot of research and dreaming!
Fast forward to five months ago, one of my mum's work colleagues wanted to rehome her two budgies as her family were no longer interested. Well I just couldn't say no and so Albert and Charlie joined the family. I've made use of this forum (the boys thank you all!) and other websites to improve their lives from cage bound, seed eating and not tame to free flying, veggie eating little trouble makers. It's been so rewarding understanding their own individual personalities and I think we've achieved quite a lot in the time I've had them. There is still some things I want to work on with them so I'll be heading over to the budgie section to ask some specific questions!
I'd still love to get another parrot in the future, something a little bigger than the boys, but I'm definitely in no rush. Despite all the research I'm still no closer to knowing which species would suit me best haha! Apologies for the long introduction, I could talk about them all day!
