Sven growing up

From about 4 weeks old to 4 and half months. That's his brother growing up with him - but they were separated (for human reasons!) when they were about 2.5 months old.

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• Sven
• keet
• budgie
• parakeet
• growing up

[sangeelove]

Sven is so cute. If he was out of the nest box at 4 weeks, did you hand feed him?

[snoogly]

@sangeelove Yes, hand feeding is the key to bondi, I think. But I could only do it because I was on holiday from work :)

[sangeelove]

@snoogly Thanks. Did you hand feed liquid (or semi solid) through syringe at 4 weeks or the seeds? We are thinking of breeding our parakeets in a couple months time. While ours are now hand tamed (we got them at 4-5 months old from pet store), they are not playful with us. We didn't clip their wings. We wud like to train their chicks and would love if they could turn out to be like Sven.  My daughter would like to know the name of Sven's brother. Did u know at 4 weeks if they were both boys

[snoogly]

@sangeelove It was the 'chick' food, mixed with warm water, then fed with a spoon. You have to dedicate a lot of time for the first few weeks - lots of feeding and talking, whistling, etc. I managed to bond with Sven before he could fly - we whistled in harmony :-) His brother was Shawn, but he died a little while ago :-(

Sven bonded so much with me, we are like brothers now. :)

[snoogly]

@sangeelove Oh, I trusted the breeder's word that they were both boys, but you can't be sure!

[Phototato]

Sven is the new star of youtube! Thank you so much for sharing these vids!

I've had four budgies in my life. My last was a light blue one and I called him Lasse. I teached him to say "Lassegutt, din skurk!" Which is Norwegian for "Lasse boy, you bandit!" He was a cool fellow! :)

[snoogly]

@Phototato These days Sven teaches me new words and expressions. He very quickly learns the meanings of words, and loves to break them down into syllables > finally he creates new expressions. My favourite is "Budgoooo", which he shouts loudly, and shakes a little too. To him it's the ultimate way of expressing his 'budgieness'. It derived from "budgie" and "love you".

[Addik8]

<3

[parakeet8157]

Glad Sven went 2 a good home! Love your vids of him!

[sangeelove]

@snoogly Thanks for responding. I'll ask you for expert advice again when our keets breed, hopefully in a few months time.

[miniaturesun]

I hope Sven's brother found a good home.

[bratzkidzrulz]

mighty bean