Wednesday 20 April 2011

Hello!

Hello and welcome to my birdie blog for all you lovers of our feathered friends.
My name is Amberlea and I own six birds of my own at the moment (two cockatiels and four budgies).
I do hope you shall stick around for the tips and tricks I tell you along the way and please feel free to follow my blog any time you want!

Ok now an introduction from my birds.

This is Charlie, a normal grey pearl pied split cockatiel. Charlie is the friendliest bird out the flock and is very tame. He will happily sit on my shoulder, head or arm with no fuss. Charlie is a lover of cuddles, kisses and scratches and loves to watch TV with you or sleep with you in bed most days. He is very photogenic and enjoys nothing but having his photo taken while having a little scratch on the head. Charlie does everything with me, has a shower, gets dressed and brushes his teeth with me! He knows sixteen tricks all together, whistles/says hello on some occasions and he also plays games which are hide and seek and tug of war. He is such a tame Bird!


This is Milo, a normal grey pearl cockatiel. Milo is a rescue tiel and came to us with no tail at first! Once he had settled in after a warm weLcome from him at the pet shop (he litrally said hello to us in the shop!) he settled in nicely and is now fully tame. Milo walks up to the cage door to be ready to jump on your hand and snuggles up with you in bed while watching tv. He enjoys cuddles and scratches (BUT NOT KISSES!) and he is very friendly while you do this.


This is Oscar, a yellow face type two sky blue spangle budgie. Oscar is very tame and loves to give you kisses on the lips when he jumps onto your arm. He will sit on your shoulder or arm (or even head!) and happily talk or head bob to you and shows his affection ever so well. Oscar does give the occasional scratch but not really now and does love to nibble your hair on certain days! He is the leader of the budgie flock!


This is Jack, a yellow face type one grey budgie. Jack had french molt sadly so can't fly very well and needs a helping hand. Although he is the least tame out of the whole flock he does give kisses and sit on your shoulder, head or arm! He does nibble you hair but gets very nervous most the time and flys off but with encouragement he can be VERY curious.


This is Willow, a sky blue recessive pied budgie. Willow is a very cheeky monkey and is glued to your arm most the time. Willow is the one giving most the hair nibbles and kisses and loves to head bob to your nose or finger. He is very photogenic and loves to perch on your arm, head or shoulder. Willow is the most agressive out the flock!


This is Coco, a yellow face type two light green greywing budgie. Coco loves to give hair nibbles but not kisses and is a very curious and funny budgie. Coco is the most tame budgie and loves to be the first into everything, if he does not get beaten by Oscar! Coco hops onto your finger and is very friendly about everything. Coco is a little gem!


This is Talola, a sky blue dominant pied budgie. Talola sadly passed last year of a respitory infection after battleing with it for over two months! She was very brave but not tame like the others and very shy. R.I.P my angel!


So that is my flock! I hope you shall stick around for more updates on my birds!
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A birds diet

A birds diet should consist of about 40% vegtables and fruit, 30% pellets and 30% seeds approximatly.

A good brand of pellets to buy out their would be harrisons bird pellets which comes in: super fine, fine, medium, large and extra large depending on what size bird you have.

Fine - Budgies

Medium - Cockatiels

Large - African greys

Harrisons is good because it is natural and uses natural flavourings and no preservatives like some brands which can harm your bird or it can be very unhealthy for the bird.

An all seed diet can cause complications in a bird because seed is very unhealthy and can lead to things such a liver faliure. So pellets do need to be offered to. It is hard to get a bird to eat pellets so weaning them onto this diet is the only option.

Seed is needed, however, to make sure a birds diet it still healthy so feeding you bird seed is great to. I would recommend tidy mix for the bigger birds as it contains dried fruit and a variety of helahty seeds as well (avaliable only in the UK). If not, cheap seed is ok as it is still natural but just does not contain the extra vitamins!

Vegtable and fruit for your birds is vital to keep them healthy when going through molts or to keep them alive longer! Although a bird with a bad diet can still lead a happy life, a bird with a better diet is much healthier and it can lower complications in the future.

I suggest things such as:

- Sweetcorn
- Broccoli
- Curly kale
- Apple
-Carrots
- Banana
- Rasberries

Please make sure, to lower the risks of illness, that the produce you buy is organic as pesticides pose a big threat to birds and is very toxic.

Avoid foods high in fat, sugar and salt like

-Sunflower seeds (to many can make a bird fat)
-Millet (again to much can make a bird fat)
- Honey/honey sticks (can make a bird fat)
- Chocolate, crisps, chips (toxic and fattening to birds!)
- Avacardos (toxic to birds)
- Green vegtables such as Lettuce can cause watery and green poo in birds so it is best to avoid it.

Hope this helps


Safe branches and food

Safe foods:

- Radishes
- Turnips
- Carrots
- Kale
- Parsley
- Tomato
- Green beans
- Beet (red beet must be peeled)
- Broccoli
- Corn
- Cucumber
- Apples
- Kiwi
- Mango
- Apples
- Banana
- Pears
- Cherries
- Pineapple
- Cranberries
- Grapes
- Apricots

Safe branches:

- Apple tree
- Ash tree
- Birch tree
- Beech tree
- Bamboo tree
- Aspen tree
- Almond tree
- Elm tree
- Fig tree
- Fir tree
- Grape vine tree
- Grape palm tree

Branches to avoid:

- Avacado tree
- Baneberry tree
- Elderberry tree
- Foxglove tree
- Flame tree
- Cherry tree
- Plum tree


Hope this helps.