Bonus Budgies from the Basement

[primsong]

I was working at the food cupboard at church and heard what I was sure was a parakeet chirp - so I tracked the sound into the preschool down on the same level and found a supply room where a birdcage was sitting with two 'keets in it.  They had no cover, an oversized dish for water and a cup chock-full of wild bird seed. 

Asked around, seems one of the guys in our church had rescued them from an unstable home situation - he seemed to think they'd be just fine down there but I know how cool that building gets on the lower level at night ("They come from Australia right? It gets cold there," he reasoned)... but I told him I wanted to take them to my house where they could be with other parakeets and he agreed.

SO - I have FIVE parakeets now, my three (Millie, Freckles and Rhubarb) plus these two - we're calling them Lemonhead and Sky Guy for the moment.  I outfitted their cage with toys, mirrors, budgie food, grit and a celery stalk, they chirped along with some upbeat music, all is well.  Guess I better buy more millet, I don't know how long we'll have them.

Comments

[archersangel]

They had no cover, an oversized dish for water and a cup chock-full of wild bird seed.

i guess that guy figured that all birds eat the same stuff. lucky for them you were there.

[primsong]

Yeah, he's a great guy, but obviously not a bird person! ;-)
So far so good - one is still stressed, but the other is doing just fine. If I can track down one of the people he got them from maybe I can find out what their official names are too.