As soon as I put this swing in his cage, he immediately hopped on-- which is a pretty remarkable feat for him, considering that he is usually very fearful of new things. But he happily preened away on it!! And when I went to cover his cage tonight, he immediately hopped back on and started grinding his beak. I haven't seen him so pleased with a sleepy swing since the old one that he shared with Theodore. I am sooo overjoyed that he is finally satisfied. I know this probably doesn't sound very "special" or tear-worthy to anybody else, but he hasn't seemed this happy since Theodore was around and I am soo relieved right now.
Onto the rest of the cage: here it is!
You might not be able to make out all of the toys, but if you can, you will see that Charles is a BIG fan of Grey Feather Toys. Currently his cage features a swing, boing, horse toy, stainless steel pail toy, stainless steel bell toy, bunny toy, shredding toy, and probably more, all from GFT. (And we have a ton more of their toys in storage and around the room!)
One inside view of the cage from the front door
Another inner view from the side door-- and Charles preening on his swing!
Charlie up high on his boing
I decided for the first time to put a boing inside his cage. I used to have it hanging outside and he adored it, but I took it down to make room for other things. I don't want him to miss out on it entirely, though, and since his cage is very roomy for one budgie, I decided to put it on the inside. He's enjoying it very much! It's also from GFT
Overall I am very pleased with the new setup, and Charles seems to agree. He has a variety of perching surfaces: a cotton rope swing and boing, a sandblasted manzanita corner perch and branched perch, a ribbonwood perch, a willow perch, a cholla perch, and a cajeput perch; three food bowls; one small water bowl and one large bath; and LOTS of toys for shredding, snuggling, chewing, beaking, and more. Woohoo!
