Need Advice

[BirdWhisperer]

My wonderful Bogie has started not only talking but he talks in his sleep.

After a very active morning, he takes a nap around 2:30 pm. He is calm, peaceful and has his head tucked back. And he does talk in his sleep. However, his tail trembles slightly.

Any ideas about this?

[BirdWhisperer]

Now I don't know what to think. I looked over at Bogie who is sound asleep with his head tucked back but he is no long talking in his sleep.

And ... guess what! His tail isn't trembling anymore. How about that!!!

[GracienGeorge]

Hmmm, probably Bogie was just telling you "its nap time, mama" ???

[svolk]

Sometimes my Jerry talks in his sleep during his afternoon naps too And his whole body sort of quivers when he does this - it's rather cute!

[LouieBird]

Louie does this too Head tucked under his wing, one leg tucked into his body, talking softly while his body and tail quivers
Seems it is a sign of a very happy and content budgie
It also seems they may be practicing new words and phrases to add to their collection

Brad & Flock

[homebird]

Mine don't talk but they often quiver.

Good luck with your guy - don't feel shy to always add a photo - love to see how your guy is doing.

[BirdWhisperer]

I posted two new photos of Bogie tonight. One is in Bogie Bulletin #2 and the other in photo section.

Let me know if anyone knows why his purple/violet color does not photograph. Can't figure it out.

[svolk]

Originally Posted by BirdWhisperer

Let me know if anyone knows why his purple/violet color does not photograph. Can't figure it out.

My Jerry is a violet factor but the violet "glow" doesn't always show up in photos - probably something to do with the lighting but I don't know much about photography. I also know that some people who have sky blue budgies (I think it's sky blue), the photos come out more bluish-green.

[homebird]

Originally Posted by BirdWhisperer

I posted two new photos of Bogie tonight. One is in Bogie Bulletin #2 and the other in photo section. Thanks - I'll check them out

Let me know if anyone knows why his purple/violet color does not photograph. Can't figure it out.

My Rio is a light lavender but never photos even close to what i see. Maybe we need a camera lens filter. Bird feathers are strange anyways - they aren't really 'green' or any colour - just a trick of the eye etc.

[Monica]

Some colors just don't come out well on the screen... probably doesn't matter for the fact that different moniters have different screen settings... i.e. different contrast, hue, brightness, etc. In some moniters you CAN fix it, but not all, at least not that I've figured out how...

I have a normal cabolt budgie (some call sky blue) that can sometimes appear lighter than normal.... his mate is a sky blue violet.... In the below photo, Smurf the light one is made much brighter than he really is....


Here's a better photo, of the two sitting (one flapping) from across eachother. This photo gives you a better idea of his true color, and helps show the violet in his girl


Of course I also have a normal green dominant pied as well as a violet clear-flight... here's a couple photos to show the difference (and no, you can't really see the violet factor/coloring in a GREEN budgie...)




Of coures I've got another which I guess is called a dominant pied violet skyblue.... she has both sky-blue and violet spots which is interesting...





It's not always easy to capture that violet coloring... thus some of the photos HAVE been enhanced to bring out that violet color so one could get a better idea rather than a violet bird looking like a dark blue bird.... I don't have any dark factor birds to compare the violets to, however I have noticed that the blue violets tend to have violet in their tails.... as seen in the two bellow of the two blue girls tails (which again, have been slightly enhanced for the color to really show through)


I haven't had a chance to get a picture of the tails of the normal budgies (normal cabolt blue and the normal green dominant pied) or one of the violet green for comparison....