Mybluebird
Rollerblading along the road
For those of you who have been following the "Budgie Foster Family" thread posted by @Beasley you know I picked up Buddy formerly called Blue yesterday. It was a long day for all! I flew from LA to Phoenix in the morning where my friend who was driving from Oklahoma to LA picked me up. We then drove over to pick up Buddy. It was @Beasley birthday but her birds got the toys with a special toy for Buddy's brother, Wiggles. Buddy's travel cage was all set up with a rope perch, food, water and a toy (thank you AA members for the travel advice). The cage needed to be re-arranged a bit and I was so impressed at how nonchalant Buddy was during all of this. And of we went for the 6 hour drive! I covered Buddy's cage leaving the front facing me open. At first Buddy was a little upset, clinging to the bars facing me. He then settled down and moved over to the rope perch. After we were buzzing down the highway for awhile, Buddy started playing with his toy and chirping. I told my friend, "Listen, he has a baby chirp". After a bit I thought, wait a minute - he doesn't sound like a budgie, I think that's a lovebird call!!! 
When we hit rough pavement, Buddy would jump down to the bottom of the cage and then move backup when things got smoother. He was chirping off and on for the entire journey. I was a little concerned because he wasn't eating but ten he jumped down to his food dish and got a little nibble. So different from Tweetie - he was still chirping even when it got dark. We arrived at my house, put him in my guest room, made sure he had food and water, covered him with a gap in the front, put a night light on and it was "Goodnight, Buddy".
I was so proud of Tweetie. Many things make him afraid but he is getting better. I wondered what he would do without me to cover him up when I got dark. When I got home, he had crawled up to his sleeping perch and looked comfortable. So he also got covered as normal and we all went to bed. I'll keep updating this thread from time to time.
On a personal note, this was the most travelling I've done since my back reconstruction surgery and I was fine!
When we hit rough pavement, Buddy would jump down to the bottom of the cage and then move backup when things got smoother. He was chirping off and on for the entire journey. I was a little concerned because he wasn't eating but ten he jumped down to his food dish and got a little nibble. So different from Tweetie - he was still chirping even when it got dark. We arrived at my house, put him in my guest room, made sure he had food and water, covered him with a gap in the front, put a night light on and it was "Goodnight, Buddy".I was so proud of Tweetie. Many things make him afraid but he is getting better. I wondered what he would do without me to cover him up when I got dark. When I got home, he had crawled up to his sleeping perch and looked comfortable. So he also got covered as normal and we all went to bed. I'll keep updating this thread from time to time.
On a personal note, this was the most travelling I've done since my back reconstruction surgery and I was fine!
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This was definitely the best birthday gift I received 
I’m so glad to hear he did great on the long ride home! And that’s fantastic that you 
I am so excited to follow your journey with him now 
