The urge

[PeentPeent]

Every time I visit the aviary
They have cute new playful little fellas and my heart yearnsss but I have plenty in the flock allready


So I'll visit every week to see them until they get adopted



Anyone else do this lol. It's me and my bfs hobby we call it

Visiting friends

 

[cnyguy]

Whenever I visit a pet store I always want to bring all the birds home with me. I have to firmly remind myself of my dwindling bank balance and how little space is available in my apartment, not to mention the neighbor I have who thinks one parrot next door is one too many.

 

[AprilRobin]

I usually avoid the birds at pet shops because I will want to "rescue" another Budgie!

I also hate when a kid is tapping/pounding a cage or poking fingers through, and the parent(s) just laughs and acts like this is adorable.

 

[PeentPeent]

I'm not a fan of shops like PetSmart but the aviaries are wonderful I go to one near me it has a ton of rescues . It's always so nice to see how fast they get adopted

The owners also make sure bonded pairs go together


And the big birds are usually put on big java trees many love the scritches


If you have an aviary always go to those before a shop if possible

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

I was in a Tractor Supply and heard chirping, so I went looking for birdies. Turned out they were in the eaves, not for sale. The struggle is real.

 

[GaleriaGila]

I swear I will never ever again go into a bird store. I avoided them for years, and then I dared it...
And bought two little forlorn zebra hens who were crammed into a tiny age on the bottom row of the wall of cages. Then a big cage, swings, perches, toys, food, a bell...
$105 dollars later I had them at home.
AAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHKKKK!!!!!!!!

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

I don't know why I did this to myself, but I looked on craigslist and there is this little budgie who lost his buddy and needs a new home. I am resisting, I swear. I am resisting.

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

I would hate for him to end up as snake food or something...

 

[PeentPeent]

I would hate for him to end up as snake food or something...

Not craigslist but my cockatiel Mabel was picked on in her cage at the aviary she was feisty and so disheveled . I know that feeling of wanting to save em

So I had to have her


By her I mean I totally misgendered her and her mate Gatsby. But I'm glad I got her they are so happy together

 

[Zilga]

The pet stores don't get me, but every time I run across a bird that needs a home online, I feel it. We need another bird like a hole in the head, but there's a little voice that's like, "we *could* handle it." I only stop myself because it's a one-way ticket to hoarder town.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

What's one more budgie? Go for it!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Speaking of "the urge", I have a real dilemma. My most beloved budgies, Rocky and Beau, are now, after two years together, having their own "urge" and mating and laying eggs without a nestbox. I don't want to give them a box because then they will lay and raise clutch after clutch. They're so happy together and I just can't separate them.

I found an egg on top of the cage a couple days ago. So, what did I do? I know I should just toss it but it's not just any budgie egg- its Rocky's baby! I put it in my incubator. I know more eggs will follow and I'll put them in too.

I really don't need more budgies. I know that. And I would have a hard time giving any of the babies up. Am I an idiot or what?

Do any Parrot Forum members want any hand raised baby budgies? Guaranteed tame, friendly and beautiful. I live in Maine but can personally deliver all the way to Pennsylvania. ANYONE INTERESTED?

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

I want alllll the birdies.

 

[AprilRobin]

I don't know why I did this to myself, but I looked on craigslist and there is this little budgie who lost his buddy and needs a new home. I am resisting, I swear. I am resisting.

(Just kidding...or am I?)

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

https://akroncanton.craigslist.org/pet/d/medina-frosty-green-parakeet-in-medina/7861406684.html Just look at that little guy and try to say no!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Awww! He's so cute!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I promise you it's not any more work to take care of two budgies than one. I swear it isn't.

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

Not sure how I would quarantine. I have one room...

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Personally, I wouldn't worry about it. Don't give me too much grief about that, folks. But I've never done quarantine and never lost a budgie from any introduced diseases. Budgies are generally very healthy.