The Budgie and Cat Nirvana

16/01/2025

Our “voluptuous”, Moira is getting her bikini body ready by starting her fitness regime today…!!! 😍. Love how her beau, Lou-Lou, comes to give her an encouraging kiss at the end… 🥰. #волнистыйпопугай #セキセイインコ

26/12/2024

After Christmas Day lunch we received a call out to rescue this Tawny Frogmouth in Pascoe Vale… 😔. The caring member of public, Yade, phoned it in to after noticing it had been sitting in the same place for hours in the heat of the day. Yade + her family were so kind to return to show us exactly where the Tawny was. Immediately we suspected it had neurological issues due to the head movement + possibly an injured wing. We took to our friends at for assessment + sadly the Tawny was very malnourished + as we suspected had to be euthanised due to secondary poisoning… 💔. Many people are not aware of the dangers of secondary poisoning + how it is harmful to animals + our wildlife. Secondary poisoning in wildlife occurs when an animal eats another animal that has already ingested a poison, such as rat baits. This can happen when a predator eats a sick or dead animal that has been poisoned by a pesticide or rodenticide. Once a bird or animal ingests a poisoned mouse/rat or other animal it can cause detrimental effects, such as cognitive issues. This can affect a bird’s flight causing them to be hit by vehicles, be more prone to predators + also their feeding habits. So please DO NOT use rat baits, pesticides or rodenticides : source tamper proof traps + google other options. Some ways to help reduce secondary poisoning include: Writing to stockists and asking them to stop selling second generation rodenticides. Signing and sharing the Act for Birds petition. Writing to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) to ask them to prohibit the sale of second generation rodenticides. Learning about bird-friendly rodent control. Thanks ever so much to Yade + our friends at Collingwood vet for caring… 🌼.

26/12/2024

11/12/2024

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19/11/2024

Fifi in a box : a very small BOX…!!! 😻

12/11/2024

Damn rat poisons… 💔😡

11/11/2024

3 years ago today we had to farewell our little fun loving boy, Hutch… 💙. Miss him immensely… 💔.

22/10/2024

***IMPORTANT***

If you are one of the 5 million Australians planning on celebrating Halloween this year, please take care with your outdoor decorations 🎃!

Fake webs, fishing line and plastic rubbish around houses are well-known entanglement risks for wildlife, making them vulnerable to predators + causing a slow painful death…

Please help keep our beautiful birds, bats, owls, bees, insects and other animals safe:

🕸 avoid buying fake plastic spiderwebs, to reduce wildlife injuries (and keep microplastics out of your garden and home)

🕷 reconsider one-off plastic purchases - most of the Halloween items available for sale are poorly made, unrecyclable and single use

🦇 avoid using long fishing line to suspend outside decorations

👻 avoid using plastic-wrapped lollies as trick or treats - streetside rubbish can attract wildlife to forage near roads

🎃 put decorative pumpkins in your compost, instead of feeding it to wildlife (outdoor food can also attract rats, which may cause neighbours to use rat baits)

🦉 take entangled animals straight into care or contact after you have cut the web or string around them (please don’t try to disentangle and release them, as they may have hidden wounds or fractures)

*Also please be aware of fruit tree netting : if you can fit a finger through the hole, this is also detrimental to wildlife + is now illegal here in Victoria 🌳

Many thanks to friends Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre for initially sharing these wise words…
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22/10/2024

17/10/2024

***IMPORTANT***

If you are one of the 5 million Australians planning on celebrating Halloween this year, please take care with your outdoor decorations 🎃!

Fake webs, fishing line and plastic rubbish around houses are well-known entanglement risks for wildlife across the US. We would hate to see Halloween become a similarly frightening event for our own native animals.

Please help keep our beautiful bats, owls and other nocturnal animals safe:

🕸 avoid buying fake plastic spiderwebs, to reduce wildlife injuries (and keep microplastics out of your garden and home)

🕷 reconsider one-off plastic purchases - most of the Halloween items available for sale are poorly made, unrecyclable and single use

🦇 avoid using long fishing line to suspend outside decorations

👻 avoid using plastic-wrapped lollies as trick or treats - streetside rubbish can attract wildlife to forage near roads

🎃 put decorative pumpkins in your compost, instead of feeding it to wildlife (outdoor food can also attract rats, which may cause neighbours to use rat baits)

🦉 take entangled animals straight into care, after you have cut the web or string around them (please don’t try to disentangle and release them, as they may have hidden wounds or fractures)

Many thanks to friends Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre for initially sharing these wise words…
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09/10/2024

Daisy really didn’t enjoy his “PAWdicure” by Dr Stacy + Nurse Beth at Alphington and Fairfield Vet last week… 🙀. Am sure he wanted to drop more than the “F” word : more like his claws + teeth into all…!!! 😻😻😻. Thanks heaps Dr Stacy + Nurse Beth for putting your hands on the line 😉😄.

06/10/2024

06/10/2024

Fifi didn’t count on spending her last day of being 14 by visiting lovely Dr Stacy at today…🙀This was a follow up after Fifi’s last visit to check her glucose levels. Last night Fifi had an episode where she went very floppy + took a tad to become alert. We gave her some honey + food for which gave instant benefit. Dr Stacy performed a blood test + this showed Fifi’s glucose at a whopping 32 compared to 10 at her last visit 2 weeks ago! 😳Fifi’s insulin will be increased + will be back for another visit in 10 days. As you can see Fifi was very relaxed + thoroughly enjoyed Dr Stacy’s rubs : she also enjoyed a pedicure by new nurse Beth… 😻Tomorrow Fifi will be spoiled heaps for her 15th birthday 🥳Equivalent to 76 human years 🥰Daisy also accompanied Fifi today. Stay tuned to see his reaction to getting his pedicure… 😾

21/09/2024

Our morning helping this gorgeous girl “Regina” have a better chance of a full + happy life with our friends at G’Day Birdie Sanctuary 💚💛💚💛

This sweetheart was found in the Greensborough area the other day and was handed into a local vet clinic.

Her owners haven’t been found, so she has now come here to the sanctuary. An enormous thank you to our friends The Budgie and Cat Nirvana for making the drive out here with this little one.

‘Regina’ the budgie (her nickname for the moment) is in a stable condition, but we do have some concerns about her health, so she’s getting lots of TLC here until she can be assessed by an avian vet.

Please get in touch if you may be missing her! We would love to get her back home once she’s feeling better 💛

Proof of ownership is required for all birds. This bird is currently at G’Day Birdie Sanctuary and is not available for adoption.

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Want to support our work? We are a not-for-profit bird rescue and sanctuary in Gippsland, Australia. Visit gdaybirdie.org for more info.

Image Description: A green and yellow pied female budgie is perched on some newspaper inside a bird cage.