I must be mad

Since my last post I have had several very successful trips in the caravan with Cheeky and Choccy. Having two pets definitely takes up more room in the car (and makes more mess) than one so I must be mad to have taken on a third! It happened like this ...

I forgot to take Cheeky's mirror when I went on holiday to my cousin's in June. He was getting left alone in the caravan more than is usual and I was worried he'd get lonely or bored so my cousin bought another mirror for him. He was delighted! I even took a video of him talking to his reflection. Fast forward a few months and I played the video to a friend, in hearing range of Cheeky. Cheeky immediately started calling to the budgie in the video! I had already started to think maybe he needed a real friend, not just a reflection, and this confirmed it. I had a look on the SSPCA website for budgies needing a new home and spotted a young blue male. Just a few days later I brought Merry home. He gave me a scare at first with a tummy upset while he settled in however he is now doing really well.

The only problem is ... Cheeky is being a wee bit of a bully with the new bird and Merry is still young and recovering from rather a bad start in life so most of the time they are in separate cages side by side, Cheeky in the big one and Merry in Cheeky's old, small travelling cage. So now I've had to order another small cage on ebay so that I can go away with both birds in the caravan! Hopefully they will, in time, settle harmoniously into the big cage at home but perhaps it is too much to expect them to share cramped quarters while on holiday. Here they are side by side in the big cage, Merry on the left and Cheeky on the right. It is, of course, still possible that Merry is a girl, not a boy, as he/she is a bit young to sex accurately. I suspect Cheeky will be delighted if he is a she!