Veterans Day

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Michelle M.

Sir Alfie

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Michelle M.

A very distinguished budgie, indeed.

Time for a new cage, I think.

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Michelle M.

Alfie joins the flock

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Michelle M.

Alfie has finally joined the flock!

He met Cooper first – she flew into the room he was in when I left the door open. Oops.

We moved Alfie’s cage next to the budgies’ cage. Cooper made herself right at home (someone has to destroy Alfie’s toys)! Alfie hasn’t moved into the big cage, but gets outside time with the flock. They’re still establishing a pecking order and we’re not comfortable with leaving them alone yet.

Here they all are on the big cage (which does not seem so big anymore…).

Hanging out on the play gym. I’ll have to work on getting a better photo of them together. They’re not very good at staying still.

Alfie is fascinated with Sunny. Watch out Dewey!

Alfie and Ozzie have become buddies. They like to chase Dewey away from Sunny. Double trouble!

The Budgies

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Michelle M.

The horror.

Big feather, little feather

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Michelle M.

A cockatoo feather I found on the ground at Free Flight, and one of Alfie’s feathers.

Alfie update

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Michelle M.

Alfie hasn’t moved in with the rest of flock yet. Since we brought him home he’s had a couple bouts with illness. And right when we were introducing him to the other budgies. The poor little guy was vomiting (not the typical regurgitation budgies will do) and listless. I took him to the vet and he gave Alfie a shot to help with the nausea. He also ran some labs. Alfie quickly recuperated and was his usual cheery self the next day.

A pic of Alfie not feeling well : (.

Everything seemed fine, but we kept him apart from the other budgies in case he had something contagious. Unfortunately, the vet lost Alfie’s labs, so we had no idea what the problem was. Although Alfie seemed completely fine, we decided to keep him quarantined a little longer. This also gave us some more time to work on bonding with him.

A month later, Alfie was sick again (more vomiting, listless, no poops). So back to the vet we went for another shot and more labs. Once again, Alfie was fine the next day. The labs came back normal – the vet thinks that Alfie just has occasional tummy trouble.

As of today, he’s doing great. He’s been more adventurous. He comes out of his cage to investigate and his flying (and landings) are much improved.

Like the other budgies, Alfie likes to hang out on the paper towel roll.