I have a budgie, named Meme. He's about 10 or 12 years old; I'm 18, so he's been with us for most of my life. He was bought at a pet store and, until I acquired a second bird, was rather neglected. No one spent time with him very much or cleaned his cage. But now I know MUCH better and give him everything he ought to have been given ages ago. He's very well behaved, but isn't too interested in me unless I have millet or he's in his cage. When he's out, he's always near my lovebird's cage; he tries to flirt with him and Paulie tries to fight him. It's very silly. Meme's also working on saying a few words- he's got the intonation down. I can't touch him anywhere but his feet and have him feel comfortable, but I can kiss his wings. I don't have too many pictures of him, as he's rather afraid of my mac. The only time I catch him is when he's in his cage.
Paulie was found outside by a friend's family last June. We live in mid-state New York, so he's definitely not a native bird here. They kept him for around a month before asking for a new home for him on facebook. I read up on lovebirds, parrots in general, and arranged to pick him up a few days later with a much too small cage. (The man at the pet store assured me he would be fine in it, but I discovered that he needed a flight cage.) He would step up on a perch, when bribed, when I first brought him home. When I let him out of his cage, it would take hours (three, mostly) to get him back in his small cage. There were a lot of mistakes, I think, in the beginning. Now he has a cage that's just about my height and will go in their voluntarily and on the first try, if I need to get him in myself. He also wouldn't land on me for anything when he first came home. Now he chooses and loves to be on me/my laptop almost constantly when out. The laptop, though, I think he's on for the warmth. And to take keys off of the keyboard- I'm missing over 20. So, we do have a very good relationship now. I refer to him as a he, but I don't know for sure.
