We have had our budgie Val for just under a year now. He has grown into a lovely big fat robust bird who just loves to sing all day long, tease the crap out of poor old Fang by pulling on his crest (bad bird!), play with Lilly (good bird!) and steal Lilly's food (bad bird again!) He is not hand tame but generally if he's out of his cage at bedtime he will let me catch him without too much fuss and pop him into bed, and doesn't seem to mind me stealing a kiss when I do.
He's had a few breakthroughs with trust in the last few days too! Just the other day I had some leafy greens in one hand with Lilly providing a great example for him that it's OK to trust mum when she has yummy food on offer. I know what you're thinking, Lilly being genuinely helpful for a change? Val came over for a few tentative nibbles before Lilly reverted to type and chased him off.
This morning however Val was determined he was going to follow Fang wherever he went, up to and including sitting on my hubby. Sorry the picture quality is not good coz I had to act fast, but here is Val jauntily perched on hubby's hairy leg. He also sat on the back of hubby's armchair and for a moment I thought Val would perch on his head too but that was when Lilly decided she had seen enough!
God bless you Valentino the Valiant, you are one brave little birdie
He's had a few breakthroughs with trust in the last few days too! Just the other day I had some leafy greens in one hand with Lilly providing a great example for him that it's OK to trust mum when she has yummy food on offer. I know what you're thinking, Lilly being genuinely helpful for a change? Val came over for a few tentative nibbles before Lilly reverted to type and chased him off.
This morning however Val was determined he was going to follow Fang wherever he went, up to and including sitting on my hubby. Sorry the picture quality is not good coz I had to act fast, but here is Val jauntily perched on hubby's hairy leg. He also sat on the back of hubby's armchair and for a moment I thought Val would perch on his head too but that was when Lilly decided she had seen enough!
God bless you Valentino the Valiant, you are one brave little birdie