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Post by Casey on Aug 27, 2013 11:17:15 GMT -8
its a good sign that he stepped up  have you clipped them yet? toby was a full body greywing, but i think he was a light green bird. it would be awesome if we can do a budgie mutation thread, even if it takes awhile even if you find an official showing site that shows all the mutations, that would be perfect! |
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Post by Shelly on Aug 27, 2013 11:27:00 GMT -8
they are not clipped yet  i want to do it myself but i would have to grab them and scare them. im not that good at catch birds anyway, but i can try or else i am looking at about a $28 clipping fee to have some one else do them  i can look around for a budgie mutation site and maybe you could look for tiels and someone else could look for lovebirds? |
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Post by Casey on Aug 27, 2013 16:41:24 GMT -8
i got a lovebird one already, and we got tiels too  |
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Post by Shelly on Aug 27, 2013 17:29:47 GMT -8
well that just shows how much i know about this forum!  i tried catching them to clip their wings, i failed and couldnt catch them  Bowie got on the perch again and was fine for a long time but then flew out again. he landed on of the the blades of the ceiling fan and it took a little bit longer for him to get on the perch. the olives name is Mrs. Pickles i think i will feed millet for a while and work with Bowie the most. i have put a snuggle tube in the cage for the grey one, but he dont seem to want to use it. i will leave it in and he will probably get to it eventually  |
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Post by Casey on Aug 27, 2013 17:53:26 GMT -8
have you considered one of these..... instead of a tube to prevent nestiness?
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Post by Shelly on Aug 28, 2013 4:20:55 GMT -8
The grey and Bowie are both males and they are in the same cage so their shouldn't be nesting. I have thought about flat surfaces for Bowie because I think his foot has more problems than the mssing toe and I think a flat spot would be good for him. There just isn't enough room for a platform. There will be room when their cages are put together and I think I might put one on my new play gym. I really hoPe Bowie is trained for when quarantine is done. He will already get on a perch so I thnk it will be possible. Then I can see how he is on the tree, he might have his own flat playgym if he needs it.
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Post by Casey on Aug 28, 2013 4:55:44 GMT -8
he's do well with perches with good grip and flat perches. so rope perches will be very good for him, and perches wrapped with fleece |
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Post by Shelly on Aug 28, 2013 5:19:46 GMT -8
he has a small perch wrapped in fleece that he sometimes sits on. i wish i could trust the grey one like i do with him so i could take them out and take the big branch perch out and put a dowel there. bowie has a hard time on the branch sometimes i havent decided if i want to train bowie in the cage or outside the cage. he seems fine outside and eventually gets on the perch... i trust him more than any of the others. i wish i knew someone who could slip their wings for free. i am leafing bowies wings though because with his bad feet i think it is best that he has some other way to move- and i know he will come on a perch if he gets out |
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Post by Casey on Aug 28, 2013 17:24:40 GMT -8
actually, yes keeping him flighted might be a good idea. and it's possible to tame a flighted bird |
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Post by Shelly on Aug 28, 2013 18:37:25 GMT -8
Having them flutters before they are trained scares me though remembering that time butch flew into my wall and fell about 6 feet and was trapped under my dresser for a while I think it also helped my guys learn to stay on the tree more. I am not always in the room (now that I can trust them to behaive) and Leon still get flying time when I make him fly across the room to get his toy, and he likes flying branch to branch. After I can trust the new ones, I will let their wings grow like I am doing with Leon |
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have you clipped them yet?
i want to do it myself but i would have to grab them and scare them. im not that good at catch birds anyway, but i can try or else i am looking at about a $28 clipping fee to have some one else do them 
Bowie got on the perch again and was fine for a long time but then flew out again. he landed on of the the blades of the ceiling fan and it took a little bit longer for him to get on the perch. the olives name is Mrs. Pickles 