General Chat

We have (had) two budgies.

This morning, as we had a very nice start to the day, OH placed the budgies' cage outside so that they could enjoy the day and get some fresh air.

An hour or so later I could hear the wind get up, and saw the cage rocking on its stand. I dashed outside but was about two seconds too late; the cage blew off its stand, crashed to the floor and came apart.

One of the budgies flew off into the wild blue yonder, whilst the second one was trapped inside :-(

Needless to say there has been no sign of the escapee :-(

The gust of wind, which I would compare to a willy-willy, lasted less than a minute :-|

willy-willy? :-S

A very mini cyclone, usually seen in desert areas, sometimes referred to as a dust devil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_devil#Names

We had them all the time in the Goldfields. If you drove through one the car would be blown all over the road.

Long time since I heard 'willy-willy' Allan. :-D

Sorry to hear about your budgie Allan :-(

Aw Allan , so sorry for you. Poor wee thing.I wonder how long it can survive on its own
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Maybe it just might find its way back, you never know...


Florence in the hebrides

Hopefully he will have flown into a neighbouring property and will be well looked after.

My daughter did put something on FB about it on the local community page, and we have left another (separate) cage outside, just in case, but I've never heard of homing budgies before :-S

Well, when he/she's got over the shock, they may come home to their buddy.

Might just be in the neighbourhood hope so :-)

We'll see. I have put the other budgie in the laundry (don't ask) as 'bait' but we are having strong winds this morning caused by the cyclone breaking down :-0

Giving a quick wash & blow ;-) no really good luck it will be found x

But budgies are native to Australia, are they not, Allan?

So s/he should be able to survive??

They are, Sylvia, but in Outback areas. This particular one as with the vast majority of budgie pets has never seen any such area nor have they been 'trained' to survive by their parents, themselves domesticated birds.

The domesticated bird is almost totally different to the wild ones.

Plus there are many predators around, cats, hawks etc.. Speaking of cats, the budgie has been brought up with our old cat so doesn't realise the danger they pose :-S

I gave my parents a budgie (and cage) for their 25th wedding anniversary back in 1953 because Mumw as always talking about that she or they had many years earlier.

She used to feed it little tastes of sherry on the end of a wooden matchstick (the non-lighting end) or toothpick.

I remember once fixing a budgie's broken leg with a matchstick once. Unfortunately the 'live' end was towards the ground. :-(

I'd also forgotten about the sandpaper on the bottom of the cage

The budgie was cooked to perfection and made a nice hors d'oeuvre :-D :-D

Allan, I'd be surprised if no one had mentioned this before but have you thought the budgie was smuggled. ;-) :-D


On a serious note, it has not been long so perhaps your bird will return yet. How is the other one doing without a mate?

Not smuggled, JoyLouise, my daughter and her partner bred them. Perhaps they should have bred children instead :-D :-D

The other (female) is fine as from hatching she has been used to being handled. However, if my wife or myself fall off the perch that could be a different matter ;-)

I don't believe it Allan - no budgie smugglers around you anywhere? ;-) :-D

Not in this house anyway :-(

My physical appearance is guaranteed to deter any illicit activity, my belly being somewhat larger than my boobs.

I could always smuggle things in the creases of my corpulent corpse ;-)