We don’t always get the budgies’ photo right on the first shot*. Here are some pics that didn’t make the cut.
* Due to the photographer and through no fault of the models, of course.
Cooper’s bloopers – June
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Tag Archives: Dewey
Dining al fresco
As I was cleaning the budgies’ cage, I turned around and saw this –
I guess they didn’t want to wait for me to put their food dishes back in the cage.
All together now
Just some pics of the flock hanging out and being cute.
Hanging out at the pool.
Not again?!
Hmmm. This looks familiar. In fact, it was only three months (to the day) that he went through his last bad moult. Not much of a break for the poor little guy. Maybe the budgies are trying to synch up their moulting. I’ve got a rather motley crew at the moment.
Play gym!
I bought a play gym the other day for the budgies. I needed something that would fit on the top of the bookshelf and (hopefully) prevent the budgies from chewing it up.
It’s the Bird Activity Center from Penn-Plax. You put it together! Cooper helped me out. You’re supposed to glue the posts in, but we skipped that part. I wouldn’t want the budgies to chew down to the glue and ingest any.
Once our brave budgie Cooper gave it a thorough inspection (and it didn’t eat her), the rest of the flock decided to join her on the gym.
See, nothing to be scared of!
Ozzie looks right at home.
The first thing Sunny did was chew on the edge.
Dewey, sitting pretty.
The budgies enjoy flying back and forth between the gym and their cage. I replaced the green globbie thing with more stuff for the budgies to chew. They weren’t using the swing, so I used the hooks to hang up some toys. And (for now) the budgies aren’t chewing on my bookcase…
but they are going to town on the sides of the gym. Sigh.
Candids
Just some random shots of the budgies:
I love Cooper’s stance in this one.
Dewey is the Big Man on Campus.
Ozzie being handsome.
Silly Sunny in her favorite spot – behind the window blinds.
New Toy – June
It’s the Side Winder from Jungle Toys. It’s got these big pieces of yucca and wooden blocks. The budgies go through chew toys quickly, but I’m thinking this one will last for more than a week.
Sunny and Cooper love it!
I hope all the chewing takes Cooper’s mind off of her moulting/pin feathers.
Even Ozzie is getting in on the action. Not Dewey, though. He prefers to nibble on Sunny.
Argh.
The budgies are driving me nuts. They started gnawing on my bookcase, so I covered it with a towel to keep it from becoming a chew toy (Harry is going to rig something up later to prevent this from happening).
But now they just climb down the towel and hang off the end to chew on the bookcase. Or even worse, the wall paint – which is a big no no!
All aboard the naughty train!
And I don’t know what it is about the window blinds, but I cannot keep the budgies off of them (Dewey is Sunny’s shadow).
Sunny likes to climb under the towel or blinds so I can’t find her. Here she is in action:
Budgie Kabob
After reading about Susan’s kabob for her little Ellie, I had to go to the pet store and get one for the flock.
I loaded it up with Granny Smith apple, banana and carrot. I added some lettuce to entice the budgies.
But the budgies kept their distance.
Except for Ozzie, who is crazy about lettuce.
Peek-a-boo!