I haven't posted vids before, so this is rather exciting :)
I would like to ask everyone's thoughts and opinions on Ashling and Topaz's relationship? The budgie's mate died a few years ago and she lives in a big cage with the cockatiels. They tolerate her but she's a bit of a bully to them so they're not what I'd call friends. However, she seems to thrive on the attention of Ashling- when they're all out playing. Ash likes to preen her (made her bleed once), jump on her, hold her with her foot and kiss her (including "french kissing"... she is a lorikeet after all). During this, Topaz sometimes screeches her head off but always comes back for more?? She'll fluff up her head and act happy, but as you can see in one of the pics, Topaz is suddenly flying away from Ashling in fright. She mimics Ashling's noises and words (I'm sure my budgie has the largest vocabulary of all my birds, without any help from me!) and they call to each other from other ends of the house. What is the deal? Is Topaz just lonely and takes the good with the bad? She is obsessed with Ashling, but I think Ash only sees her as a plaything.
Everyone out playing on the stairs:
Ash 'playing with' Topaz:
Ash and Topaz kissing:
Topaz flying away from Ash:
Preening:
