PIXEL & WIDGET

A blog dedicated to my little budgies Pixel and Widget.

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Rainbows!

I put some prismatic film in some of my windows and the results are so pretty!

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Ridiculous bath creature

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A flower crown for Olwyn

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Pixel is home

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Saving some food for later

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I've got some sad news. Pixel didn't make it through the night, he passed away early this morning at the vets. Things looked promising yesterday evening, when he perked up after receiving fluids, but it looks as though he went in his sleep.

He was such a sweet budgie, we're going to miss him so much. Widget is currently singing, so we don't know if he knows he's gone yet, but we'll be keeping an eye on him to make sure he's okay.

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This is a really hard thing to write, but Pixel has suddenly become very unwell today. I've taken him to his vets and he's been hospitalised in the hopes of boosting his strength enough to get him to eat and drink, and so they can run some tests to find out what's wrong. I hated leaving him there alone, but I want to give him the best chance he can. His first major hurdle is to make it through the night. I hope so, so much that he shows some improvement tomorrow.

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Happy holidays from Olwyn, Pixel and Widget! One of the birds had no interest in getting photos taken at all. Widget didn't want to move from his swing. It's been a while since I last posted here, but I'm gonna try to be more active in 2023.

For a quick update on the flock, click read more!

Olwyn surprised us earlier in the year by laying a completely unexpected egg! She'd been DNA tested, which said male, so it was a complete and utter surprise to find out she was actually female!

Widget has been a little unwell recently, and after a bunch of vet tests it's been discovered that he most likely has liver disease. He's on medication for it, most likely for life, but the meds are showing signs of helping him already. He's happy and comfortable right now, and hopefully he'll continue to improve!

Pixel has learnt how to make a really loud "chkkkk ch chkkkk" noise and shouts it across the house, waiting for us to do it back. All day every day. Especially when anyone is on a zoom call.

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Cozy sofa snuggles

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This is Olwyn, the newest addition to our family! He’s an Old German Owl pigeon, and is so sweet! I don’t post on Tumblr much anymore, so if anyone wants to see my more recent pics of Olwyn and the budgies we’re much more active on Facebook and Instagram

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No one loves cameras like Widget loves cameras! 

Sorry for not posting as often, its been a bit of a weird year. The boys are both happy and healthy though, and I'm hoping to get back on track soon!

Also, I tried to upload this video directly to Tumblr, but for some reason Tumblr just hates video uploads now? So instagram it is!

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Judgement

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Hello! Pardon my asking, but how did you obtain your budgie boys? I had some pet shop birds as a kid that I loved very much and got incredibly lucky with and am researching a bit now about how to do...a little better? But finding breeders and etc has been kind of frustrating. What do you look for? Or did you shelter adopt?

Hi! Sorry for taking so long to reply, I haven’t logged in to tumblr much lately!

Pixel was a pet shop bird. I feel a bit guilty about that now, but at the time I’d just moved into my own place for the first time and really wanted a budgie of my own (my previous budgies stayed with my parents). It was a small shop, and all the budgies came from one local breeder, but I would have rather adopted, looking back. I still love Pixel all the same though! :D

Widget was adopted a few years later, I found an advert for him online and thought it was the best time to get a companion for Pix. He was still very young so I thought it was the best opportunity to make sure they got along well.

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Sorry for being absent for so long! It's been a weird year and a house move plus renovations have kept us busy. Here's a pic of the boys getting ready for a nap for you all!

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CHALLENGE TIME

Use MS paint to make a bad drawing of your bird. I’ll start:

I’ve done this game before and it was fun so DO IT AGAIN

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Behold, Widget drawn left handed with a mouse.

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A sleepy, chunky Widget for your consideration

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How Pixel eats apple vs how Widget eats apple.

Pixel: - Smol nibble - Gentle munch - Mmm juicy - You should try some too

Widget: - Lorge chomp - Too big, throw away! - Apple confetti - The bit you're eating is better