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Welcome to my first Feathered Addictions blog. I will share my avian stories, tidbits, exciting news and new products available at Feathered Addictions (http://www.featheredaddictions.com/).

The most recent news about my flock is that late in December we lost one of our beloved budgies. He injured his leg and when the wound would not heal, he was bandaged. Shortly after he got pneumonia and then we had to make the tough choice to put him to sleep. Bobby was never a strong bird, purchased at Petcetera about 4 years ago. Sometimes things like this happen, when trauma occurs it triggers underlying health issues. It was Bobby's time to go. We miss him.

Jack, Bobby's mate, was very depressed when Bobby passed. We decided to adopt another male budgie from Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary (http://www.greyhaven.bc.ca/). I took Jack with me to pick out his new mate and off they both went to bond at Night Owl Bird Hospital as "Skeeter" was being quarantined. Soon they both came home. Shockingly, Skeeter and Jack went their separate ways. Skeeter is now in love with Fiona and Jack is still alone, although he does play with a couple other males in our flock. I wish there was some way to bring Bobby back, but there isn't.

On December 24th, we also started to permanently foster a bird from Night Owl. His name is Bishop. He is at least 8 years old and is a very gentle budgie. Although he does not fly, he gets around pretty well and is enjoying being part of our flock. He will be with us until his time in this life is up.

So the current number in our flock is 26, with the passing of Bobby and the addition of Skeeter and Bishop.