Wordless Wednesday: Speckles the Budgie
Almost wordless: Speckles is on holiday from the bird shelter and is staying at my house. I offered to foster her for a few weeks to break her cycle of chronic egg-laying, which is bad for their health. She stopped laying within days and has made herself at home here!
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Aw, I’m so glad you’re helping her!
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She’s a real sweetie. Now I want to keep her!
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So she was just unhappy at the shelter? Poor girl. I hope she can stay with you until she is adopted. She’s a pretty girl.
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No, she was overstimulated by too much daylight and the presence of male budgies, which in turn raised her hormone levels and she began laying eggs. A few eggs is ok, but she had at least 10+. Chronic egg-laying depletes calcium levels and causes heart and bone problems.
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This makes me smile. I’m so glad you’ve helped that sweet girl.
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Speckles is a cute budgie. 🙂
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OMG – how cute, and since she’s doing so well you will have to keep her LOL
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You must be providing her with a wonderful foster experience if she has changed so much. She is a beauty.
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What a cutie! There was a budgie house with hundreds of budgies living at The Wilds (a place that you would love if you ever happen to make it to eastern Ohio). https://thewilds.columbuszoo.org/home/animals
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Leslie,
She is lovely! I didn’t know you could be a foster parent for a bird. 🙂
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Awww — she is so pretty. I hope you can keep her.
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She’s a beautiful bird! So nice of you to take care of her!
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