We have another new arrival today. We are welcoming Billy the Cockatiel into the family to join our other birds Harry, Christina, Goldie and Carlos. All five of the birds are now in the Aviary.

Billy has come from my mother and father in laws house. They have an aviary in the back garden similar to ours however there has been trouble with the aviary over the last 12 months. There used to be 3 or 4 birds kept in the aviary including a small quail however some sort of rodent, presumed to be a rat, had started digging underneath their aviary and taking birds for lunch at will. Therefore Billy was removed to his large cage (I hate that word for them, makes them sound like their in prison or something) hung in the kitchen. This was really done to spare his life from the rat.

Anyway now that we have our aviary up and running and as yet no rodents in their then we decided to take him. It will also give him so other bird company with the four budgies as mates.

We think that Billy is around 10 years old although we are not sure. He does look old in that he seems frail but doing some research on the net it turns out that they can live for up to 20 years or so. Maybe he is older than 10, who knows?

Lets hope that all the birds settle into their new home with the rabbits in the garden and live happily ever after!!!!