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Tari

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Sorry you lost you budgies. 13 is pretty old for a budgie. Wish I had the patience to tame mine but no luck at all in that department but thats ok I love watching them and leasoning to the chatter.

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Thanks all for the kind words, Lucky had a good life! He truly was Lucky...we found him in our backyard one Saturday afternoon in '94. His bands showed he was hatched in '93. We actually went outside when one of our 2 Boxers at the time let out a strange yelp to find both of them with their heads/muzzles down on the grass. Low and behold they were sniffing the little budgie! He was dehydrated and totally lethargic. We took him in, gave food water etc and tried to find the owner that may have lost him...no one ever claimed him so he became mine! I had a broken arm that summer so needless to say I spent hours with that birdy sitting on my cast talking to him. I then went back to college and will never forgot my roommate saying "Dude thats a parakeet...it'll never talk."...well I had read otherwise and firmly believed he would...several months passed with me saying over and over and over and over "I'm Lucky!".

 

Then one day the little guy busts out with a loud "I'm Lucky" clear as a bell. My roommate was in disbelief and then the talking just came easily and REALLY clear. He was great! B) Given that he lived with me for several years in a college setting needless to say he was exposed to all kinds of shinanigans, some of you know what I mean! ;) It would be hard for me to recreate that environment again, but it sure made him a "well rounded" little guy!

 

He was fully flighted his whole life with me and ate a wide variety of fresh stuff. He was out of his cage every day for hours. I believe that contributed to his ripe old age. However, many budgies will live 10-15 yrs if properly cared for and assuming they dont have a predisposition to certain ailments. I read some statistic that 1 in 5 budgies escape since they are so little and most people dont clip them. Well, I was very careful and have grown up with a fully flighted red lored Amazon so I had some experience keeping a flighted bird.

 

Its so sad to lose them, but its part of life and we know that is the course going in... After about 6 months of research etc we decided to get Kip. I had always wanted a grey and am loving it. But of course, one bird is never a replacement for the loss of another...its just different and moving on as we have to do in life! :)

 

Well enough blabbing for now...but do not underestimate the mighty little Budgie, they are GREAT!<br><br>Post edited by: dblhelix, at: 2007/06/15 23:15

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Guest briansmum

thats a lovely story. i had a budgie when i was younger, but i think i was too young to appreciate her properly. i'm considering getting a pair of budgies as i bought a "holiday cage" for brian when i went a away last week and it's just sitting around doing nothing.. i figure it may aswell have birds in it. :)

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Wonderful story, dblhelix - thank you for sharing it :)

 

but do not underestimate the mighty little Budgie, they are GREAT!

 

I think no creature of nature should be underestimated and made into a tool for humans (as animals were seen like for so much time) - to give in to their whimp. However, I'm sad to think that this public awareness of the importance and the respect for nature and its creatures is coming a little too late.

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