I have a pretty neat flock of little guys here at my house. I have four 'Keets and one English Budgie. The 'Keets are BB, Cloudy, Sadie and Lacy. Skye is our resident Budgie. Cloudy is the only male and he seems quite smitten with Miss Skye. I am not sure how thrilled she is with his interest but she is polite in her rebuttals to his romantic "moments". ;)
Skye, Cloudy and BB all were placed with me from a dear friend from Florida. I knew about them for a good while before they actually came to live here and it was cool being able to take over their care after hearing so much about them. They were placed here with one other (Sunny) but she passed away a few months after moving in. =(
Sadie and Lacy came from a local pet shop and they were both purchased at different times. They came from the "Scratch and Dent" cage, meaning they weren't in the best of condition but I just couldn't leave them there to get beat up on.
Sadie came first. Unfortunately, she escaped and went into hiding for a weekend under the house. I thought she was a gone'r and had a sobbing child on my hands. We purchased Lacy to appease the child and lo and behold, Sadie reappeared and then we had TWO special needs 'Keets on our hands. Both are exceptionally healthy now (despite the "vacation under the house") and doing well.
All the 'Keets (and the Budgie) are caged together in a "condo" with lots of toys and plenty of feeding stations. They aren't tame but are all very happy entertaining each other and letting me enjoy listening to them. I love to sit and just watch their cage. I find it very relaxing...almost like watching an aquarium.
Below are a few pictures of the crew. Sadie is yellow, Lacy is the smaller blue. Cloudy is white with blue and black patches. BB is the little green one. And last but not least is Skye. She is noticably bigger than the rest (because she is special) as she is the English Budgie. |
