I don't keep them myself, but they can be very entertaining
Birds can be fun!
Birds can be fun!
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My sister and i used to keep budgies when we were little (10-14) We bred them a couple of times which was fascinating, watching the eggs hatch and the chicks grow- it really is amazing. My dad unfortunatly had a back spazm and fell into the aviary, broke it and the birds escaped into the forest behind us - (my sister was 12 at the time and very upset). That was when i started getting into koi and pond fish. -It all started then
L046, L033, L117, L200, L027, L014, Discus, & malawis
Use to breed ornamental pheasants when I was a wee lad. WOudl love to re-start, but in between doing up the house and work, (and of course my fish), I barely have any time as it is.
We did have some Pekin bantams, but lost them to a darn fox at 4pm last winter. NOT impressed, we got them from a market in really bad shape, and myself and my wife spent weeks rubbing germolene into their scaley, scabby feet twice a day!!!! We shut them in every night and let them out in the morning.
Less predators in a fish tank!!!
We did have some Pekin bantams, but lost them to a darn fox at 4pm last winter. NOT impressed, we got them from a market in really bad shape, and myself and my wife spent weeks rubbing germolene into their scaley, scabby feet twice a day!!!! We shut them in every night and let them out in the morning.
Less predators in a fish tank!!!
The perfect white lie..."Of course I didn't pay that much for the fish honey"
My dad use to be into birds, of the feathered variety, in a big way and I also developed an interest in them too. At various times we kept the following: Bantam chickens, regular chickens, java doves, chinese painted quails and Budgies. Everything bred, the doves and chickens were particularly prolific.
Perhaps I should give up the fish lark and go back to birds as I had more success with them .
Perhaps I should give up the fish lark and go back to birds as I had more success with them .
well, i was an avid bird lover... until i discovered fish! HA!
i have 2 rare budgies and two soicety finches right now... cute? yes. noisy? very. personable? more than my fish, on a good day. messy? yup.
i still adore them, but... well, i sound cold and calous but they are not as much fun as my fishes... sorry.
i have also kept lizards, hamsters (they are the devil! ), guinea pigs, ducks, dogs, cats...i think thats all,...and right now i have two bunnies as well as fish and birds.
ever dawn on you that maybe youre the pet, and theyre keeping you?? sheesh... im whipped...
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i have 2 rare budgies and two soicety finches right now... cute? yes. noisy? very. personable? more than my fish, on a good day. messy? yup.
i still adore them, but... well, i sound cold and calous but they are not as much fun as my fishes... sorry.
i have also kept lizards, hamsters (they are the devil! ), guinea pigs, ducks, dogs, cats...i think thats all,...and right now i have two bunnies as well as fish and birds.
ever dawn on you that maybe youre the pet, and theyre keeping you?? sheesh... im whipped...
:arrow: WELCOME TO THE ZOO... first time visitors = no charge. everyone else... admission is 1 female zebra pleco