I think you meant to tag @convert

@thebibbles – are you sure you meant to tag me? I haven’t posted here in about 5 years.

Edit: ahh you meant convert. Not to worry.

Anyone’d think the folks on Mumsnet are rooting for the OP to leave him and never speak to the poor bugger again. She says in the thread he seldom drinks and is an amazing father, but this doesn’t seem to have prevented the pitchfork-wielding mob calling for his crucifixion. He got steaming drunk and did a turd, big deal; you’d think from the hyperbole in there that she’d caught him in the bath with her sister. Psychopaths.

Get a feeding mix specific to parakeets rather than parrots, the seed will be finer and the nutrients better targeted.

Also, do it a favour and don’t give it aubergine under any circumstances unless you’re trying to get rid of it. Aubergine is toxic to parakeets.

They love grapes chopped in half.

Indian Ringnecks were very popular pets in the UK in the 80s and 90s. Over time, a number of them escaped from households, met up, and have gradually started colonising the British aisles.

They’ve bred for a few generations in the wild and can be seen flying solo or in large flocks around the country.

Look for a leg-band, an aluminium ring. If it isn’t wearing one, chances are its wild.

If it has a leg band, contact The Parrot Society in Hertfordshire who will try to get you to read the ring number :) this will have been registered when it was manufactured by ‘Avian ID’ in Cornwall. They in turn will contact the owner.

…but like I said, its probably wild.

I was casually eating a vegetarian wrap from McDonald’s when I realised some fat kit was sitting on my bonnet, so I hard-floored the throttle, he flew off somewhere, but I didn’t have time to stop before running into some poor bastard on a Specialised Hard Rock.

I think he posts here as gofasterstripes. He came off the bike, and fell in between the wing of my car and McDonald’s wall, his head got pushed up against the brickwork.

I LOLd.

Hi GFS, we met at 3am in the public toilets at Holme Wood. You didn’t leave your number but thanks to linkedin I managed to track you down! Will you be my friend?