Bigger doesn't mean braver
My brother is staying at the moment (he's not been well), and so his cockatiel, Wee Jock, came too. He did surprisingly well on a 90 odd minute car ride, wasn't even covered up (though he was in our smaller budgie cage) - just fell off the perch a couple of times going round corners.
Wee Jock is so lovely. Surprisingly light (I thought he'd be much heavier than the budgies), really loves people and sitting on your hand/wandering up your arm. He's hilarious preening, shakes himself quite violently (mum says he looks like a pullet (teenage chicken) when he does that), and gets annoyed if you interrupt him (hisses or snorts). But he's a bit loud and one note (though he's developing new noises just being here). He and the budgies haven't shown a lot of interest in each other, and don't seem to talk.
But if we have Wee Jock out, Danny and Woody come and land on front of the cage to be near him (Danny was the first brave one on Sunday, Woody only found his courage today). We've let Wee Jock walk around on top of the budgie cage, they freaked each other out to start with, any little movement. But now the budgies don't seem to care. Woody and Danny get up on the swings to get closer, and have tried nibbling Wee Jock's toes (have to watch them carefully) or grabbing his tail.
This arvo after the budgies fly, we got Wee Jock out and put him on top of the cage with Woody. The size difference was amazing, especially since Woody is a small budgie. Woody was talking to Wee Jock, and trying to get close enough to go beak to beak, but Wee Jock really didn't know what to make of it and tended to run away. Kinda like a small yappy dog freaking a big dog.
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You'd think that once someone got to third year uni they'd know how to read the bloody question...yes, after a year's break, I'm marking again. N was desperate and I was the last resort ;)
Wee Jock is so lovely. Surprisingly light (I thought he'd be much heavier than the budgies), really loves people and sitting on your hand/wandering up your arm. He's hilarious preening, shakes himself quite violently (mum says he looks like a pullet (teenage chicken) when he does that), and gets annoyed if you interrupt him (hisses or snorts). But he's a bit loud and one note (though he's developing new noises just being here). He and the budgies haven't shown a lot of interest in each other, and don't seem to talk.
But if we have Wee Jock out, Danny and Woody come and land on front of the cage to be near him (Danny was the first brave one on Sunday, Woody only found his courage today). We've let Wee Jock walk around on top of the budgie cage, they freaked each other out to start with, any little movement. But now the budgies don't seem to care. Woody and Danny get up on the swings to get closer, and have tried nibbling Wee Jock's toes (have to watch them carefully) or grabbing his tail.
This arvo after the budgies fly, we got Wee Jock out and put him on top of the cage with Woody. The size difference was amazing, especially since Woody is a small budgie. Woody was talking to Wee Jock, and trying to get close enough to go beak to beak, but Wee Jock really didn't know what to make of it and tended to run away. Kinda like a small yappy dog freaking a big dog.
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You'd think that once someone got to third year uni they'd know how to read the bloody question...yes, after a year's break, I'm marking again. N was desperate and I was the last resort ;)