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Holiday boarding for all indoor avian species. I also do rescue work for any finches and small birds in need. 💜
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15/01/2025

It seems Bonnie is getting brave (and full of horrormones too)! 🥰

Last night she decided to cuddle with Aunty Kelly and Uncle Shadow as her momma Nancy wanted some space to grieve after losing her dear friend Tear. 🥺😔

Shadow even let BonBon perch there all night with none of his usual chasing away antics. 💪🏻

JJ and Chipette were also allowed to cuddle with Drew last night too. It seems death hits them just as hard as it does us humans and that cuddling helps them too. 😭

I’m gonna be slowly introducing Martie to the flock at the end of this week hopefully. So stand by for some Wee Martie shenanigans. 🤣🙈

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All boarders who are booked to stay with me help rescue and re-home more finches who are in need. All monies from boarding goes directly towards Finch HQ and the rescues/re-homes I have.

Going forwards I shall also be taking a non refundable deposit due to a few last min cancellations recently.

13/01/2025

Fly high my sweet angry bird, Tear. 🌈💔😭

She passed earlier snuggled next to her husbird Drew, snuggled, warm and loved by him and the flock.

We’re all devastated and we’ll probably be quiet for a few days while we process all of this.

Tear came to me with Chipette as a re-home in 2022 as she was struggling in her aviary. She instantly bonded with Drew and the others in the flock and last year had the Chunky Trewbies with him. 🥰

Tear Pippa 2020 to 2025.

Say hi to the others at the rainbow bridge baby girl, I’ll see you all again one day. 😭💔🌈

11/01/2025

Introducing Martie! 🥰🥳

He came down from Scotland yesterday as a dear friend of mine decided to re-home him to Finch HQ when he lost his canary friend recently. 🥺

Martie is an older boy bird (around 7) and part of the wonky finch club with a missing rear toe and not being a great flier. He loves cucumber, romaine lettuce, millet but he’s not sure on carrot though. He’s lively, cheeky and the others have beeped loudly to him already from the other room and made themselves known to him too. 😅🥰

Welcome to the flock Martie. You’re well loved by all of us already and I’m sure you’ll fit right in with the flock after your quarantine is over. 🥰

Every bird who boards with me helps me to take in finches like Martie and all the other little beeps and squeaks I’ve either rescued or housed over the years. So don’t hesitate and get booked in for your birds holiday today! 💜

10/01/2025

When the girls STACK!

L-R: Bonnie, Nancy, Roma, Tear and on top Chipette. 🥰

All are full, all are happy and all love a squish.

The perch and cage bars get scrubbed this morning as it’s deep clean day, just in time for them to trash it again over the weekend.😅

General cleaning is done every other day (trays, paper and perches) and a deep clean (cage bars) are done once a week, both the finches and any boarders I have in. Rest assured when you book your feathered friend in with me, their cage will be kept clean and tidy throughout their stay.

So don’t delay and book in today! All money from boarders goes towards providing the rescue finches here at Finch HQ the love and care they also deserve. 🥰💜

09/01/2025

Two sassy lemons (Nellie and Sunny), a sassy peach (Rusty) and an extra spicy chicken nugget (Bonnie) just chilling this morning and impatiently waiting for breakfast. 🤣🥰

The flock have veggies in the morning with seeds later on, as being only on seeds can cause a variety of health issues immediately or further on in their lives.

Each boarder I have helps provide the best life for the rescue finch flock here at Finch HQ, while providing excellent care for your feathered friend while you’re away. SO DONT HESITATE AND GET BOOKED IN TODAY! 🥰🥳

07/01/2025

Sunny had her nails on her remaining leg trimmed this afternoon. It’s kind of hard to do, as she’s a wiggle bum but I had the quick stop on hand just in case it was needed. It wasn’t thankfully.

Now she’s planning on unaliving me while sulking on her favourite rock in the window squeaking loudly! 🤣🙈

We’re back home in Leeds for the foreseeable and taking client bookings again! Every booking helps towards keeping my rescue finches and canaries in the life of luxury. So don’t hesitate & get booked in today! 🥰

05/01/2025

Bonnie, after looking confused at the snow beeped loudly as to say “yeah, I’m gonna snuggle today mum - it looks a bit cold out there!” 🤣🥺

She’s spending the day with the others and me having a snuggle day next to the warm radiator and claiming Ozzie’s sleeping tub as her own much to Ozzie and Roma’s protests! 🤷🏼‍♀️

We are supposed to be heading back to Leeds tomorrow, however if the roads/weather is bad we’ll be staying put at their Dadther’s a little longer as being safe is paramount - for me and the flock!

I will be taking on and looking for new boarding clients again once I’m home. But for now it’s hot chocolate time for me, and snuggles for the Bonnie Booper. 🥰

03/01/2025

Just Miss Tear bossing her human dad* around while he was on his phone yesterday evening. 🤣

When she didn’t get her own way over the demands for millet ordering, she then settled to watch TV with us instead. 🥰

Tear is slowly recovering from her illness, she’s gained a little weight and is maintaining it thankfully. 🙏🏻 She’s getting her sass back and is not enjoying being handled as much again. 😅 last night she even perched the entire night next to her husbird Drew which is a good sign her energy is returning. 🥰

If you can donate towards the vets bill (in the previous post) I’d be super grateful as Resuce Finch HQ is struggling to make ends meet. 😭 Every penny I receive goes towards giving these little ones a chance of a loving home and life too.

*human dad’s face protected for privacy!

31/12/2024

What. A. Year! 😅

3x canaries taken in as adoptions (2 re-homed to a trusted friend)
3x zebra finches taken in as adoptions (2 re-homed to same trusted friend).

That’s 6 birds otherwise that might have not had a chance or ended up with someone who might have not treated them as well/horded them or used them as breeding machines if I hadn’t of taken them in.

The two canary boys and girl zebs are now zooming in a massive aviary being equally as spoilt, and are happy! 🥰

I also had three cheeky chicks hatch - the Trewbies who now live with my friend above, and of course Miss Bonnie Boop who after a rocky start, and ongoing sight issues - is a loved member of the flock even if she’s very cheeky and clingy with her momma Nancy. 💜

Sunny after arriving in September, is of course being spoilt rotten here as a permanent resident at finch HQ with me and the others and is now a loved member of Canary Club. JJ arrived in November, and is loved by all the flock, especially Chipette, even if he sleeps in the strangest of places at times. 🤣🥰

There’s sadly been a couple of deaths in my flock this year: namely Mr Fletch aka Old Man Fluffs, and of course Ted, my rescue from the Wirral in 2023. They may be gone but I’ll forever hold their feathers in my heart. 🌈💔🪶

Let’s hoping 2025 brings love, good health and happiness for all my birds, and yours too. And here’s to a few more adoptions and rescues coming to Finch HQ in the New Year too. 🙏🏻🥰

30/12/2024

Miss Tear is a bit under the weather currently. I’m not sure if it’s her recent sour crop infection kicking her underfluffies slightly, or something more serious. However she’s had an appointment with the fabulous Dr Kev from Fife Exotic Vets this morning who thinks she’s potentially run down from a bit of a GI infection and if the doxycycline doesn’t work, then we’ll go down the route of treating her and the flock for AGY (avian gastric yeast) aka sour crop. 🙏🏻

For the past 24 hours Tear has been recieving lots of snuggles, warmth from the radiator, fusses from me and her BFFFs aka best finch friends forever, and perking up from the mystical healing properties of millet and Madeira cake with a drop of metacam on it. 🥰

Miss Angry Bird is perching, preening and beeping again, and getting her appetite back slowly today. She is drinking water and munching millet which is really good. She’s still napping loads but if she keeps this up and her treatment works well, hopefully she’ll be back to her usual antics of bossing her husbird Drew and the others again soon. 🙏🏻🥰

If you feel you are able to please consider donating towards the ongoing care at Rescue Finch HQ. All my birds are rescues & re homes and with money being super tight for me right now every little helps. 🥰

26/12/2024

Squad Goals! 😍

Yesterday evening five of my six very full lady beepers decided to have a squad photo (Kelly was too busy cuddling with her husbird Shadow) to show off their chubby bird statures and hoping Birdhism approves of how chubby they are, after too much Finchmas Dinner (veggies and millet). 😅

L-R: Nancy, Bonnie, Roma, Tear and Chipette.

25/12/2024

Merry Finchmas to you all! And apologies it’s late!🎄🥳

Today the beepers and squeakers at Finch HQ have destroyed two new toys and a stack of Finch Christmas Veggies, had many splashy baths in Bonnie and Nancy’s case, literally dried off on the radiator at their Grandathers. And had full crop naps by the looks of Tear and Roma! 😍

They’ve also squabbled over and chased round a escapee garden pea from their veggie platter, Kelly fell in love with her veggie feast and Rusty has sung his Canary Carol loudly many times ignoring Nellie and Sunny squeaking loudly at him to shut up. 🤣🙉🎶

And best of all Kelly took her first little flight too now her wing feathers have finally grown back properly after her trauma earlier this year. 🥳

Best Finchmas Day with my babies ever! 🥰

24/12/2024

That’s a whole lot of cuddling going on and I wish I was their size so I could join in! 🤣🥺😍

Last night the zebs decided to play a game of SQUISH and pile on!

Poor Ozzie and Drew (in the 2nd photo) just about managed to breathe underneath their respective wives, Tear and Roma last night in Ozzie’s sleeping tub too. 😅

It also seems that Sunny and Nellie the canaries (in the 3rd photo) went into borbit for night nights together in canary corner.

22/12/2024

Three little rescue beepers and a nugget (Bonnie) having a rather big squish on the floor! 😍

Ozzie can’t perch anymore after his stroke a couple of weeks ago, however the girls will come down to him to just SQUISH! When I see them like this, I wish I was finch sized so I could join in too! 😅

Ozzie has some paralysis (mainly on his right side) still, however his vet and I are closely monitoring it, and he is eating and drinking ok - and managing to get around the cage at ground level alright. Even if I have to help him (much to his disgust) into his sleeping tub at night so Roma can brood him. 🥰

Ozzie (like all my other beepers and canaries over the years) came to me as a rescue/rehome in 2021. All the little souls deserve a chance too - that’s why I’m determined to give them a loving home here. And if I can’t house them permenantly, I make damn sure I find them a safe, loving space with trusted people. 💜🥰

This is what you get when you book in your birds holiday stay with Tweet Retreats - someone who puts your birds needs first. 💜

16/12/2024

Happy Hatchday to you. Happy Hatchday to you! Happy Hatchday my dear Shadow, happy Hatchday to you! 🥰🥳💜

Happy 3rd Hatchday my darling boy. I’m so glad you made it, even though your nest mates sadly did not. I’ll never forget having to drive over to Manchester in snow, ice and full of flu to come and rescue you as a tiny one day old chick. 🥺

I’m so proud of the bird you’ve become and how much you love Kelly and the flock and were such a doting dad to your chicks last year - even if you do boss the others off your perch every night. 🥰🤣

The flock and your favourite humans hope you have the best day filled with beeps, love, preens, millet and splashy baths. Your Dadther and I will be raising a glass for you tonight. I love you sweet beepy boy. Here’s to many more years of your mischief to come. 💜

14/12/2024

Eternally grateful to the Holly House Vets team for writing me a lovely message for my departed zebs and canaries for their exotics memorial tree this Christmas. 🥰🥺

The flock memebers may be physically gone, but their feathers will always be in my heart. 💜

01/12/2024

“They call it FASHUN Mother!” 🤣

Bonnie had a feather stuck to her head this morning and then after a very splashy bath went to cuddle with her momma Nancy, as I still think they’re pining after and missing Ted. 😭😔

Bonnie will be 8 months old on Boxing Day and has grown up so much recently. She’s now getting a bit bratty with the others but I think she’s started with the horrormones, sorry hormones - which is about right for her age now! 🤣🙈

Today it’s business as usual for Bonnie (and the flock)- aka zoomies, chaos, mischief, veggies, seeds, squabbles, mayhem and of course a snuggle with me this earlier after a telling off for being a spicy little nugget this morning. 😅

30/11/2024

Just three canaries about to drop the hottest album of the year. 🥰🤣

Most nights Rusty, Sunny and Nellie cuddle like this. Usually canaries like a lot of sleeping space but they’ve decided to break the mould as they’re that bonded. Even if when broccoli is put out for them, they act like “worst enemies”. 🤣🥺

All three have come to me as re-homes or rescues and I’m so glad they’re now a part of the flock. 💜🥰

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Bath time at finch HQ staring Nancy, Ted and Rusty. 🛁🫧 As they have all started their moult, baths are especially important to keep their feathers in good condition, keep them from feeling itchy and scratchy as new pin feathers grow in and stop skin conditions from occurring. In the winter they get a luke warm bath but in the summer like now, when their room is super warm, it’s on the colder side to help keep them cool. Birds overheat quite easily in hot weather as unlike humans, they cannot regulate their body temperature. 🫠🥵 It’s also very fun to watch them bath as when birds bath it’s a case of 99% getting the water everywhere and 1% actually getting clean. 🤣🤷🏼‍♀️

Here’s the difference in my nesting male birds: Drew - tenderly preens Tear (his baby momma to be) while she’s snuggled in the nest, before taking over brooding duties and sits on the nest 95% of the day as Tear has been on them overnight. Also has a wander into the front room to stretch his wings and find a few feathers but soon comes back when requested. Ted - goes and finds as much random crap he can get his beak around to stuff the nest with, that Nancy his baby momma to be chucks out again. Then leaves her sitting on the eggs 95% of the day as he can’t sit still on them, for more than 0.5 seconds. Then goes to wind up Drew, or the others, attacks everything as it is either nesting material or he just enjoys being destructive just for the hell of it! Also likes attacking the hanging on their bedroom door as he knows the rattling winds me up. Gatecrashes zoom meetings and beeps loudly wanting to give whomever I’m speaking to his 5c. Gets “TED!” shouted a lot too - ignores me of course. I swear to god Ted is the most ADHD bird I’ve ever owned. It’s not even 10 am and I need rum! 🤣🙈

Shadow just watching the Great Tits and Blue Tits in the tree outside. 🥺🥰 Shads loves this spot and every morning will fly to it and sit there for ages just watching the wildies and the world go by! He also loves to sing his little song as seen in the video, to the wildies too. Yes, that is Rusty my male canary, singing LOUDLY in the background. 🤣🥰