Budgies in the morning....

[fajrdrako]

There was another daring prison-break today when I was cleaning Kaylee's cage. I was sleepy, and not to attentive, and I left the cage door open for about ten seconds... "Thank goodness they didn't get out," I said to myself, and then realized that one of the happily-chirping budgies was on top of the cage, not inside it.

I thought I'd have to leave the cage door open when I left for work. My budgie books say not to do that; there's just too much trouble a budgie can get into.

But twenty minutes later, at I was eating tapioca for breakfast, Kaylee wandered back in. I guess she just wanted a chance to fly around and sit on the curtain rod and prove her freedom. Or maybe the lure of her breakfast, back in the cage, is what did it.

I know I should let them out more.

Comments

[lmondegreen.livejournal.com]

This makes me think of one of the most wonderful things I ever saw, at the Edinburgh zoo. Apparently, a few years ago, someone left the door to the penguin area open, and a couple of them got out; they wandered around for a while, then went back to their pen. Now, every day at one o'clock, they open the doors; any penguin that wants to can walk out and wander along the path around the penguin enclosure. They always come back. Sometimes it's five, sometimes it's fifty penguins. The crowd gathers around to watch them go by - it's truly a wonderful sight.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

That sounds so cute! I'd like to see it. I find penguins very charming.

And it maybe should remind me that I shouldn't be too protective of my little guys, who seem pretty much able to get around the apartment without too much damage, except maybe to the ceiling where they like to chew plaster.

[acampbell.livejournal.com]

It behooves a person to keep an eye on them when they're out, as I know you do. Budgies are notorious for finding trouble!

I'm afraid Patti's never came back--did he?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

That is so true. Budgies can find trouble where you'd swear no trouble was possible to find. And sometimes I think Kaylee is only too aptly named! (Kaylee in Firefly is a sweet-natured girl who often finds herself in trouble of one sort or another.)

No, Patti's little guy never came back.