Tweet Retreats Birdie Boarding

16/02/2025

I like fluffy cloaca’s and I cannot lie! 😅😍

I was attempting to get a nice photo of my three most recent intakes into the Finch Rescue aka Martie, Dale and Little Chip - but Martie had other ideas, and made it perfectly clear that he didn’t want his photo taken! Or as I suspect, showing it off to the love of his life, aka Roma. 🥺🙈

However Little chip and Dale are loving posing for the camera currently and like Martie, all have settled in well since their arrival and their full cheeky personalities, as well as their actual butt cheeks, are starting to shine. 🥰

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

By booking your bird’s holiday with Tweet Retreats your payment helps rescue and rehome zebra finches and canaries — because little birds deserve a chance at life and mischief too! Don’t wait, book in today! 💜

14/02/2025

Roses are Red 🌹
Violets are Blue 🪻
My finches love me the most
Since I clean up their poo! 🤣💩

Love is blossoming between Roma and Martie it seems. They’re cuddling a lot, making nesty meeps to each other, sharing Ozzie’s sleeping tub with him, sharing baths, millet and hold claws when cuddling too. Roma still loves her Old Man Ozzie but Martie is deffo one of her favourite boys too. 🥰💜

Everyone here at Finch HQ hopes your day is full of love, and regardless of not if you celebrate it we hope you have the best day EVER! ☺️

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
By booking your bird’s holiday with Tweet Retreats your payment helps rescue and rehome zebra finches and canaries — because little birds deserve a chance at life, and love too! Don’t wait, book today! 💜

12/02/2025

“Do I have to go to bed? Can’t I stay up and watch TV with you and Dadther? He let me when you were out on Saturday night*! Pleeeeease!” ~ Bonnie. 🥰

Bonnie Boop was very restless last night, which usually means one thing - attention from the humans, a snuggle and a few zoomies round the front room beeping her head off. Although when it was time to actually go to bed she didn’t want to and proceeded to play up (and bounce round her cage) until we went to bed later on. 😅

* I clarified this statement with her human dad and he said that she was fast asleep at 20.30hrs on the dot on Saturday cuddled up to her momma Nancy and didn’t stay up late as she claimed. I think she was attempting to push her luck on this occasion! 😅

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
By booking your bird’s holiday with Tweet Retreats your payment helps rescue and rehome zebra finches and canaries — because little birds deserve a chance too! Don’t wait, book today! 💜

11/02/2025

“Urgh do we have to get out of bed and what do you mean that the early bird catches the worm? Can’t we just sleep in instead?”

Roma and Dale were full squishing with Old Man Ozzie last night and all three clearly didn’t want to get out of bed this morning - even with the promise of millet. 🥺🥰

It’s so sweet as all I have to do is put the covers on the cage when they go in for bed and they hop in and squish all night. I still wish I could fit into that squish pile as it looks so loving and comfy. 🥰

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
By booking your bird’s holiday with Tweet Retreats your payment helps rescue and rehome zebra finches and canaries —because little birds deserve a chance too! Don’t wait, book today! 💜

09/02/2025

The face you pull when you find out mum was at a gig last night without you and she left Dadther looking after you for the evening! 😅

Sunny was looking less than impressed that I went to see Rise Against (who she also loves to listen to) in Manchester last night and left her at home with her human dad and the others - and not left her in charge. As even sometimes mum needs a night off from the feathered kids! 🙈

However the promise of broccoli and Rusty singing full volume while I have a slight beer induced headache seems to have put a smile back on her beautiful beak! 🤣🥰

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
By booking your bird’s holiday with Tweet Retreats your payment helps rescue and rehome zebra finches and canaries like my sassy Sunny — because little birds deserve a chance too! Don’t wait, book today! 💜

07/02/2025

“You see that Little Chip, that’s the weekend and it’s almost here. If we behave and look extra cute, mum might give us some more millet!” ~ Martie

Everyone has been so well behaved this week that they’ve earned a massive millet treat from me and their Dadther. 🥰

Little Chip also decided to blur himself in this photo that’s why his eye looks weird! 🙈

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
By booking your bird’s holiday with Tweet Retreats your payment helps rescue and rehome zebra finches and canaries like Martie and Little Chip — because little birds deserve a chance too! Don’t wait, book today! 💜

04/02/2025

What comes from the Earth, even for a short time, shall always return. Rest in peace my sweet angry girl Tear. 😭🌈💔

She’s now resting with the others who have passed over the years. They may be gone, but I’ll always hold their feathers in my heart. 🥺

Until we all meet again one day at the rainbow bridge. And don’t forget to tell May to share her unlimited millet with you and the others! 🌈

Tear Jemima ~ 05/01/2020 - 13/01/2025

01/02/2025

“You Shall Not Pass Mum!” 😬

Wee Martie is clearly embracing his inner Gandalf today. 🧙🏻‍♂️

I am not allowed to go near the cage for some reason, apart from, to provide veggies and then their seeds later on. I got beeped at loudly by Wee Martie for daring to go near his cage today! 😳

I wonder what he’s been up to in there that he doesn’t want me to find out about? I’m really hoping it’s not too bad! Although with how cute and handsome he is, I’m probably not going to be cross for long. 🤣🙏🏻

He forgets though that I am like Sauron and have an all seeing eye when it comes to their shenanigans though - so I will find out. 👀

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

By booking your bird’s holiday with me, your payment helps rescue and rehome zebra finches and canaries — because little birds deserve a chance at shenanigans too! Don’t wait, get booked in today! 💜

31/01/2025

This is not a drill! ⚡️

Bonnie made Birdhism’s chubby bird of the day! She’s still as spicy, sassy and a right millet monster 7 months on from when this photo was taken when she was 2 months old. In April she’ll be a year old! 😅🥰🥳💪🏻

Chubby Bird of the Day: Bonnie
Birdhist: Lizzy May

Bonnie (zebra finch). She really is my miracle chick. She survived after hatching with black spot in April, and after treatment she flourished, even with her dodgy eye sight she can still sense food and straight away she’s eating it. Bonnie cheeky, cute, loves eating millet and is naughty like her mom and dad aka Nancy and Ted. I also think Bonnie is my old May’s (a previous chubby bird) reincarnation!

Birdhist - me/Tweet Retreats Birdie Boarding

31/01/2025

Today is a quiet and chill day here at Tweet Retreats. At Finch HQ I’m currently cleaning Old Man Ozzie’s floor den - a space he loves to hang out in when he’s out with the others, as he’s not able to fly much anymore. 🥺

He’s been joined by Kelly for a cuddle too, after both pigging out on dried egg food, which by the looks of it, they’ve got EVERYWHERE! It also seems Kelly’s wing feather growth from her attack last year has stalled again, so she also spends a lot of time on the floor cuddling or getting under feet with Ozzie. 😅

Ozzie and Kelly came to me as urgent re-homes in 2021. And I’m so glad they did. Ozzie is seeing out his senior years in style and Roma cuddles while Kelly has Shadow dote on her 24/7/365. 🥰

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
When you book your bird in for their holiday stay, all monies taken for your booking goes towards helping to rescue or re home zebra finches and canaries, as they deserve as much as a chance as the bigger birds do! So don’t hesitate and get booked in for your bird’s holiday stay today! 💜

30/01/2025

“There were three in the bed and the fourth one said move over, move over!”

Caught a right little cuddle corner going on this morning with Ozzie, Roma, Dale and Wee Martie who clearly wanted cuddles last night too. I seriously wish I was zebra finch sized so I could squeeze in too! 😅🥰

Also the boys will sometimes squabble over who gets to cuddle Roma at all times - it seems she’s a popular wee lady bird for cuddling. 🥰

However if Ozzie wants cuddles with his Roma, they move out of his way and let him cuddle her. 🥺

At this rate I think I’m gonna need a bigger sleeping tub to accommodate the four of them at bed time! 🙈

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
When you book your bird in for their holiday stay, rest assured they’ll get as much free roaming time as they can enjoy. Also every single penny from your booking goes towards helping to rescue or re home zebra finches and canaries, as they deserve as much as a chance as the bigger birds do! So don’t hesitate and get booked in for your bird’s holiday stay today! 💜

26/01/2025

It seems last night at wind down time before bed was also the perfect opportunity for the Council of Canaries to have an intense discussion about perches, who cuddles who of a night, what to do about the alleged lack of broccoli and strawberries in their lives and mum (me) not uncovering them at the crack of dawn as I dared to have a lie in some days! 🤣🥦🍓

When I asked them about how I could further improve things for them, I got squeaked at by all (mainly Sunny) to go away very loudly and their findings would be presented to me in the morning. 🤣

Suffice to say even though I supplied fresh broccoli, strawberries, a bath and cleaned their cage this morning their decision to cause havoc and not limit the volume (from Rusty) remains! 🙈

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
When you book your bird in for its holiday stay, rest assured they’ll get as much free roaming time as they can enjoy. Every single penny from your booking goes towards helping to rescue or re-home zebra finches and canaries like Nellie, rusty and Sunny, as they deserve as much as a chance at life and love as the bigger birds do! So don’t hesitate and get booked in for your birds holiday stay today! 💜

25/01/2025

One of my new residents Chip decided to remind me loudly that today is the start of RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch weekend and that I should make a brew, grab a biscuit and enjoy watching the wildies for an hour. So of course I had to follow orders. 😅🥰

Plenty of blue t**s, robins, gold finches, coal t**s, wood pigeons, crows, and magpies were spotted during my hour watching this morning. Although Chip did not like the fact I can’t count him in my results. 😅

However I can’t fault Chip for the perfect brew he made me! 10/10 for your brew making skills baby boy! 🥰

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
When you book your bird in for its holiday stay, rest assured they’ll get as much free roaming time as they can enjoy. Also every single penny from your booking goes towards helping to rescue or re home finches like Chip, as they deserve as much as a chance as the bigger birds do! So don’t hesitate and get booked in for your birds holiday stay today! 💜

22/01/2025

Introducing Chip (front) and Dale (rear). 🥳🥰

The new boys at Finch HQ came to me yesterday from some dear friends who were looking for a forever aviary for them. They’ll be staying with me and the others until spring - when hopefully the weather has improved, when they’ll go to their forever aviary at my friends. 🥰🤞🏻

Welcome to the flock little ones, I’m so glad to have you - even if it is just for a few months. I hope you settle in well, don’t cause too much mischief like the others (cough: Shadow, Martie, Bonnie, JJ and Drew) while you’re here and enjoy the zoomies! 🥰

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Every booking I take for boarders goes directly to helping these little ones get the life that they deserve. So don’t hesitate and get booked in today! 💜

21/01/2025

Yesterday was Blue Monday, however the birds here at Finch HQ were far from blue. 🥰

They had a Millet Monday instead of veggies for a treat, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Even by Miss Roma who was eventually found stuck in their bin, old seed raiding. 🙈

I had very full birds here at Finch HQ last night, so after a good 12 hours of roosting and a lot of p**ping by all overnight, I have two cages to clean - AGAIN. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤢💩

19/01/2025

It seems Wee Martie is settling in VERY well. 😅

His p**p sample came back clean so he was allowed to join the flock. And he’s certainly, since joining them, living up to his nickname of “Mischief Martie!” 🙈

I’ve busted him in the bin raiding for seeds with the others, had to repeatedly catch him and put him back in their room after having far too much fun in the front room, and other random places in my property. 🤷🏼‍♀️

His confidence with flying has also come on a treat and Shadow, JJ, Drew and Martie have literal races up and down my hallway, while Kelly encourages them! 🤣🙈

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

When you book in with me for your bird’s holiday, it allows me to rescue and/or take in small beepers like Martie, as all payments go towards the beepers. Also when you book in, rest assured your bird will be loved, spoilt and pampered just like the finches are at Finch HQ.

So don’t hesitate and get booked in TODAY! 🥰

17/01/2025

This morning’s Council of Free Range Finches meeting took an important short recess for refreshments. 😅

The main items discussed were the proposed noise limits set by the human (unanimously rejected, especially by Rusty), a proposed curfew for mischief and less perch politics, to be set at sunset (also rejected, mainly by Shadow, Drew and JJ). The ongoing seed shortage was also an item of most concern - it remains to be seen whether they can convince the human supplier (me) to deliver seed and millet at breakfast as well as afternoon tea time (sorry beepers; not happening)! 🤣

In attendance were Chipette, Shadow, Kelly, Ozzie and JJ.

The other finches sent apologies to the Chair, preferring instead to not attend due to having too much fun in the tree, on the play stands, other cages, in the bath, or up on the curtain rail. And said that the meeting could have been an email instead! 🤣