Fat Budgie

In honor of John Lennon’s birthday.

“The Fat Budgie” by John Lennon

I have a little budgie
He is my very pal
I take him walks in Britain
I hope I always shall.

I call my budgie Jeffrey
My grandads name’s the same
I call him after grandad
Who had a feathered brain.

Some people don’t like budgies
The little yellow brats
They eat them up for breakfast
Or give them to their cats.

My uncle ate a budgie
It was so fat and fair.
I cried and called him Ronnie
He didn’t seem to care

Although his name was Arthur
It didn’t mean a thing.
He went into a petshop
And ate up everything.

The doctors looked inside him,
To see what they could do,
But he had been too greedy
And died just like a zoo.

My Jeffrey chirps and twitters
When I walk into the room,
I make him scrambled egg on toast
And feed him with a spoon.

He sings like other budgies
But only when in trim
But most of all on Sunday
That’s when I plug him in.

He flies about the room sometimes
And sits upon my bed
And if he’s really happy
He does it on my head.

He’s on a diet now you know
From eating far too much
They say if he gets fatter
He’ll have to wear a crutch.

It would be funny wouldn’t it
A budgie on a stick
Imagine all the people
Laughing till they’re sick.

So that’s my budgie Jeffrey
Fat and yellow too
I love him more than daddie
And I’m only thirty two.

 

Lucky little budgies

The budgies got a package from their friend john. Inside were toys and treats!

An überpiñata! It takes Dewey a little time to warm up to (aka: not be scared of) a new toy , so only Cooper is pictured.

A disco ball! Now the budgies can get down and shake their booties.

A whole package of millet!

Little Yettobenamed also chowed down. And today just happens to be john’s birthday, so Happy birthday john! You’re the best!

Cooper’s Cuties

Meet Taro!

Taro lives in Washington with Garance. He’s around 4-5 months old and half English budgie.

He loves playing with his toys (especially ones he can shred), singing and hanging out with Felix. He’s shy and a bit clumsy. His favorite foods are millet and broccoli. He used to be tame but now dislikes people.

Snogging his boyfriend, Felix (also a cutie!).

What’s in the box?

Don’t worry, Brad. It’s just a little budgie.

Meet our new little budgie. He doesn’t have a name yet. I picked him up at the animal shelter today. He had been attacked by a cat. Yikes! A good Samaritan found him and called the shelter to pick him up. We have no idea where he originally came from (he has no leg band). His injuries are almost healed and he’s almost as good as new. He’s in a separate cage and will be in quarantine in a different room than Cooper and Dewey for at least 30 days.

I love him already.