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micc1 · 06-01-2008, 12:11 PM

I have parakeets. Sargie has always been so jealous of them - even though they never leave the cage and I don't give them all that much attention - that it is almost impossible to get near the cage. I spray Sargie with water if he is doing something wrong (now I just show him the bottle), but the one thing it never worked with were the birds - he just tries to drink the water and keeps barking. One night I accidentally left the cage door up and hours later one of the birds got out (the same one who got out once before - same accidental jamming of the door - when I went on vacation. He ended up living behind the refrigerator - in the refrigerator works - for days before he was found and rescued)Two lives appear to be the limit for budgies, as the second time he escaped Sargie got him and shook him to death.It was the middle of the night and I heard a commotion but didn't think it was more than Sargie barking at the cage because if they flap around at night he will run and bark at them. He plopped him in front of me the next morning as a gift, like a cat would. Then my neighbour behind me, who had two Yorkies, plus ducks, chickens, rabbits etc. and an African Grey and a conure, told me that one of her Yorkies killed the conure and she had to give him away, afraid he would get the African grey. So I haven't read any good stories about Yorkies and birds until now. Nice to know some of them live in a peaceable kingdom! I don't think anything will reconcile Sargie to the parakeets. When I fill their food cup, he gets wild and tries to grab the seed box from me. Since he can't get at it, he goes to the wastebasket (if I dump the hulls in there) and tries to dump the wastebasket over. Sometimes he mills around the floor beneath the cage (you can always tell - face full of seed hulls). All jealousy! Of course he can be rather cute. He doesn't like it when my boyfriend (who gave him to me and "knew" him before I did) gets close to me, so if there is any way he can reach us - if we're sitting down, e.g. - he injects himself between us. He also understands the word "kisses" as do many. Recently we were in the car and Michael leaned toward me - Sargie jumped up to stick himself between us - and said to me, "Give me a kiss". So Sargie, who had previously only been poised to separate us, kissed him.

Well, at least I think he said it to me.

06-01-2008, 12:11 PM	#6
micc1 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2007 Location: norwalk Posts: 43	Ah, a good bird tale! I have parakeets. Sargie has always been so jealous of them - even though they never leave the cage and I don't give them all that much attention - that it is almost impossible to get near the cage. I spray Sargie with water if he is doing something wrong (now I just show him the bottle), but the one thing it never worked with were the birds - he just tries to drink the water and keeps barking. One night I accidentally left the cage door up and hours later one of the birds got out (the same one who got out once before - same accidental jamming of the door - when I went on vacation. He ended up living behind the refrigerator - in the refrigerator works - for days before he was found and rescued)Two lives appear to be the limit for budgies, as the second time he escaped Sargie got him and shook him to death.It was the middle of the night and I heard a commotion but didn't think it was more than Sargie barking at the cage because if they flap around at night he will run and bark at them. He plopped him in front of me the next morning as a gift, like a cat would. Then my neighbour behind me, who had two Yorkies, plus ducks, chickens, rabbits etc. and an African Grey and a conure, told me that one of her Yorkies killed the conure and she had to give him away, afraid he would get the African grey. So I haven't read any good stories about Yorkies and birds until now. Nice to know some of them live in a peaceable kingdom! I don't think anything will reconcile Sargie to the parakeets. When I fill their food cup, he gets wild and tries to grab the seed box from me. Since he can't get at it, he goes to the wastebasket (if I dump the hulls in there) and tries to dump the wastebasket over. Sometimes he mills around the floor beneath the cage (you can always tell - face full of seed hulls). All jealousy! Of course he can be rather cute. He doesn't like it when my boyfriend (who gave him to me and "knew" him before I did) gets close to me, so if there is any way he can reach us - if we're sitting down, e.g. - he injects himself between us. He also understands the word "kisses" as do many. Recently we were in the car and Michael leaned toward me - Sargie jumped up to stick himself between us - and said to me, "Give me a kiss". So Sargie, who had previously only been poised to separate us, kissed him. Well, at least I think he said it to me.