She loves and trusts you, look at how dilated her eyes are! I also super enjoy both how she's turning and showing you where to go and the intense amount of pins you got off of her. I bet she was much more comfortable after this mega preen sesh. 😊
@@parishiltonASMR while you are right in certain situations, I believe that Athena's very happy. I'm taking the body language as a whole picture, like how fluffed up she is, as well as slowly turning her head to show the human where she wants to be preened next. She's also very quiet and leaning into the preening instead of running away. The human is also paying attention to her, especially when her more sensitive pins get hit. But I love that you care for the cutie too!
@@parishiltonASMR she would be fussy if she was in fear or pain. The way she fluffs up and tilts her head to the side to give better access to the cheek area shows that she's enjoying it and trusts the human.
i love how obvious it is that she enjoys this. shes on your laptop just hangin out, whenever she wants she could leave and you give her the opportunity to do so! i also like how when she started getting fidgety you ended the video, presumably to either stop or to be able to focus more on her. its clear how well you know your birds and understand their body language, and its really lovely to see the bond you have with each other. its so sweet 🥺❤️
It's so good to see how she enjoys it. It's a bless for birds when they get preened from their partner or human. Thank you for sharing this long video. I watched it several times until the end and will always come back. Thank you for sharing those videos and giving your budgies lots of love.
Thank you so, so, very much for watching. It makes me super happy when people like you tell me that these videos help them relax and makes them feel happy inside. It's like a perpetual cycle of happy feelings all revolving around bird dander! That fact alone just makes me super giddy, haha.
@@pinfeathersgalore And it makes me happy that you receive many positive comments. :) Your videos are so satisfying to watch. 💖 My recent budgies don't let me preen them. :( My first budgie allowed me to preen her and she couldn't get enough. I'm looking forward to watch new videos from you and your precious budgies. ❤️
Great method for getting the very fine pins near the nose & beak. Athena seems a little nervous at first but I think she calms down. The male budgie you had really loved this though :)
Thank you so much for watching! Yea, the tweezers are great for tiny pinnies! My fat fingers would never be able to do this. I have a few more different budgies that I'll get around to filming :).
@@pinfeathersgalore she's adorable and we can see how much she trusts you! I have noticed her beak, especially at the tip is flaky. Looks exactly like my own budgie's beak, who has mild liver issues and psittacine beak and feather disease. It's very typical sign for both of those diseases, so if you haven't already, i think it's worth getting her checked by an avian vet. Athena's feathers look very healthy, so my guess is more on liver issues. This is in no way meant to be an attack, your birds are obviously very loved and taken great care of.
@@pinfeathersgalore Haha, yes, you got me. I like to watch it. I always loved to watch my budgies preen (and open their pin feathers). But they didn't let me touch them so I could only be so lucky to catch them from time to time doing it. I always loved to sit peacefully with them when they had their preening sessions. They are long gone and now I have UA-cam. 🙂
You can try to find a rounded wooden tweezers or one with soft rubber over the metal. Just to be sure. If a bird gets spooked there is a big risk of it getting hurt. I have been working with birds for over 15 years and unfortunately as I like to say it, with birds, the devil is just waiting for an opportunity, better to be extra safe. Edit: also to be clear I often used very soft grip tweezers that are used for picking up insects as you can not damage the feather with those even in a bird jerks during "preening", and they also come with rounded soft tips.
So smart! Thank you for your expertise. I totally agree that birds can be very unpredictable!! I should have a disclaimer warning. I really hope people will take great caution with their birds and use your information!!
Thank you, I was alternating between complete relaxation and stress whenever the tweezers were near her eyes lol. They move so their heads so quickly and shake around sometimes, definitely dangerous
@@madisonscory1565 Try pet shops that sell reptiles. They have tweezers with blunt edges of various sizes. Even better if they are wooden / they have less strength than metal because wood bends easily, or if they are for picking up small insects like ants. These ones for small insects can't press hard at all and often have rubber points.
A few days ago, I got to use everything I've learned from your channel about pinfeathers, to help a baby mourning dove that left its nest too early. It absolutely loved being pampered and groomed by my small gentle tweezers. Unfortunately, as with most wild baby birds that get abandoned or lost, it didn't survive for long. We did our best with what we had, but it was injured too.. I'm just very very happy and humbled that I could give it one last long cuddle and pinfeather pampering before it passed away that night. Thank you so much for sharing these delightful little videos. They taught me a lot and have brought me real joy right in my arms.
Aww. Thank you for grooming that poor baby dove. Was it a nestling? Nestlings definitely need special care, and fledglings are usually fed and cared for by their mothers outside the nest:) Yes, baby birds are extremely difficult to care for. A wildlife rehabber has the equipment and medical knowledge to give them the best chance at life❤️.
Awww, new sub, love these preener vids! Now I want to see a video about how you got them to trust the tweezers- my birds would never let me near ‘em with anything, lol. What a precious girl. ❤
I wouldn't trust myself with tweezers on a budgie. I'd probably scratch their little eye! 🙈 (Also, running my fingers trough their feathers is better than therapy. 😅) What you're doing with the tweezers is an impressive skill. :)
Thanks for this video! I am a first time bird video watcher, had no idea what was happening here and now I have watched all your videos back to back. So soothing. Love the bonding and caring. Excellent way to start my day off work stress free 🥰 Take care!
Thank you so much for visiting and watching! It makes me super happy you find this soothing💗 hope to see you around :D Haha it's cool how the first video of birds you watched had to be this very odd, niche thing 😄💗
I love how alert she was at first, unable to ignore all the shittalking in the back, but the second you moved to the head... aaawww the way those cheeks got puffy 🥰
Omg. How therapeutic!!! Wow your gorgeous budgie is so well behaved. I have a green cheek conure 4 months old and I was unaware we had to do this. I’m dreading this, probably end up poking its eye out 😮
Thank you so much! Your conure is bigger, so def use your fingers. It feels better! Be a bit careful - conure feathers are quite "crunchy" and harder to release than budgie, lovebird, finch and cockatiel Pinfeathers :)
@@pinfeathersgalore peanut is quite small hes only 4 months old and about size of budgie..ive tried with my fingers but he screeches...this is terrifying.. im going to order some tweezers with a flat edge, hopefully that will be better
This is such great content, I never knew about the troubled things birds go through. You learn something new 🤗 Thank you so much, these type of videos really relaxes me to sleep ❤
Thank you so very much for watching! I'm happy that these videos relax you❤️. I have another little weird fact - did you know that some birds hunt by farting into the ground? Hahaha!!
My two do this to each other, I always thought it was them “kissing” or just showing affection. Didn’t know there was an actual reason behind it! That’s so cool😊
When I was a child and saw for the first time how our parrot's feathers were growing, I ran to my mother crying: - Worms were crawling out of the parrot's head! 😂😂😂
I love how u do this so very gently and I think it must feel sort of like a massage to the birds as they seem to enjoy it unless u try to get the wrong pin feather that don't need help opening then I think that nips them they don't like that bless u ♥️🥰
Just found your channel, so chill and relaxing 😊 also to everyone freaking out about whether it hurts the bird: the bird would just leave if it hurt 😂 or bite the tweezers. They're clearly happy with what's going on!
Loooove the long version. I would love to see your preening work filmed by a professional camera full frame high res immense close up and on a tripod. I can see this channel grow over millions. Such a great job too again. Also quite liked the angle from the top of Athena’s head :D.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words!! I wish but alas it may take a while. It would be in my wildest dreams if this channel could take off! I mean, it is all about bird dander🤣 hehe And it'll be a while until I can save up for a good camera!
@@pinfeathersgalore Reading this back a got a little over excited maybe haha. My real advice would be to not rush yourself too much. You’re on to something great and direction is more important than speed. I would though recommend to experiment with improvisong some kind of tripod so you’re angle is fixed. Easy way to do this is to just use common objects like chairs, a ladder, some books other heavy things.. best would be someone else to film it though I think so they can move with your and the bird’s movement. Anyways… only advice do what you want with it :)! I can’t wait to see more :D
Thank you, these videos are so oddly satisfying. Was Athena hand fed ? I don’t think I’ve ever had a budgie who would let me get near them with tweezers.
Thank you so much! She wasn't; I received her when she was probably 6-7 months old. But her personality is absolutely the sweetest and most tame out of all my budgies.
She loves and trusts you, look at how dilated her eyes are! I also super enjoy both how she's turning and showing you where to go and the intense amount of pins you got off of her. I bet she was much more comfortable after this mega preen sesh. 😊
Thank you so much for watching!! I sure hope so❤️ I know I was super happy haha.
Dilated eyes could be from fear and pain
I think you have other birds. I wonder why they don't help each other with pin feathers? It is amazing how much she loves and trusts you!
@@parishiltonASMR while you are right in certain situations, I believe that Athena's very happy. I'm taking the body language as a whole picture, like how fluffed up she is, as well as slowly turning her head to show the human where she wants to be preened next. She's also very quiet and leaning into the preening instead of running away. The human is also paying attention to her, especially when her more sensitive pins get hit.
But I love that you care for the cutie too!
@@parishiltonASMR she would be fussy if she was in fear or pain. The way she fluffs up and tilts her head to the side to give better access to the cheek area shows that she's enjoying it and trusts the human.
Very happy to see such thorough "preening" done by the human friend.
Aaw thank you!!
He is not her friend. He is her human father
Just look at that face. She is such a trusting patient girl. And the way she moves her head. So cute
Thank you❤️❤️❤️
She’s so sweet and appreciative, and this is so satisfying, I’d be wanting to do it ALLLL the time!
Thank you!! I do, too❤️
Thank you for sharing! What a beautiful girl and what a satisfying scritch! It’s lovely to see how loved she is ❤
Aaaww thank you very much for watching!❤️
She is so patient I just love her. ❤️ You can tell how much she loves and trusts you ❤️❤️
Aaww thank you so much❤️ you are very kind!
i love how obvious it is that she enjoys this. shes on your laptop just hangin out, whenever she wants she could leave and you give her the opportunity to do so! i also like how when she started getting fidgety you ended the video, presumably to either stop or to be able to focus more on her. its clear how well you know your birds and understand their body language, and its really lovely to see the bond you have with each other. its so sweet 🥺❤️
Птица воспринимает это, как ухаживание партнёра.
Thank you so much for your kind comment. I appreciate it and it totally made my day❤️❤️
@@music_only_in_hp6351untrue. Birds do this in nature as a way to socialize and help friends.
Good little bird❤
What a precious little sweetheart!!!! Athena is such a cute name for such a cute bird!!
Thank you 🥰!
Love those pinfeathers! Can’t stop watching it.
So utterly absorbing and relaxing to watch❤❤ and so trusting it's beautiful to see 😊😊😊
Thank you so much!! I'm so glad you enjoyed this❤️❤️
It's so good to see how she enjoys it. It's a bless for birds when they get preened from their partner or human. Thank you for sharing this long video. I watched it several times until the end and will always come back. Thank you for sharing those videos and giving your budgies lots of love.
Thank you so, so, very much for watching. It makes me super happy when people like you tell me that these videos help them relax and makes them feel happy inside. It's like a perpetual cycle of happy feelings all revolving around bird dander! That fact alone just makes me super giddy, haha.
@@pinfeathersgalore And it makes me happy that you receive many positive comments. :) Your videos are so satisfying to watch. 💖
My recent budgies don't let me preen them. :( My first budgie allowed me to preen her and she couldn't get enough. I'm looking forward to watch new videos from you and your precious budgies. ❤️
Goodness this is so relaxing to watch! If i could preen budgies for a living I probably would! Athena is amazing and enjoys the preening! 😅❤
Thank you so much for your kind words!! I wish I could preen budgies for a living. Scratch that even for free hahahaga
She is beautiful 😍
What a sweet baby.
Thank you❤️❤️
This is one of the best ones. I love when u dont play music and we can hear the birds
Great method for getting the very fine pins near the nose & beak. Athena seems a little nervous at first but I think she calms down. The male budgie you had really loved this though :)
Thank you so much for watching! Yea, the tweezers are great for tiny pinnies! My fat fingers would never be able to do this.
I have a few more different budgies that I'll get around to filming :).
@@pinfeathersgalore she's adorable and we can see how much she trusts you! I have noticed her beak, especially at the tip is flaky. Looks exactly like my own budgie's beak, who has mild liver issues and psittacine beak and feather disease. It's very typical sign for both of those diseases, so if you haven't already, i think it's worth getting her checked by an avian vet. Athena's feathers look very healthy, so my guess is more on liver issues. This is in no way meant to be an attack, your birds are obviously very loved and taken great care of.
She is precious, I need all the extra long videos after this. So satisfying 😌
I will try my best! Today she preened my eyeballs with her little beak. haha❤️ I'm so much in love.
The way her eyes dilate is just the best! She's so happy ❤❤❤
Oooh so many pin feathers to take care of, and such a sweet baby who is chill with the kind human doing it for her!
Aww thank you so much for the kind words❤️
Athena loves your grooming. She trusts you a lot.
What a cute lady budgie.
Best one yet!!!!
Aaaww thank you!!
一日中見てられます😢❤❤❤
可愛すぎてもう！！！！
So cute and nice!
Thank you so much!! 😊
This one is a little fidgety but still very trusting and liking this thorough preen.
Thank you for sharing this, just what I needed was going to watch one of your previous videos, he has gorgeous colours and soo trusting of you.
You are so welcome, it's entirely my pleasure❤️. Thank you so much!
Ah, such a relief and so relaxing to watch for us. 🥰
So glad and happy you enjoy it❤️❤️❤️❤️ I have found my people!
@@pinfeathersgalore Haha, yes, you got me. I like to watch it. I always loved to watch my budgies preen (and open their pin feathers). But they didn't let me touch them so I could only be so lucky to catch them from time to time doing it. I always loved to sit peacefully with them when they had their preening sessions. They are long gone and now I have UA-cam. 🙂
Athena is a doll.
She is❤️❤️❤️ thank you!
You can try to find a rounded wooden tweezers or one with soft rubber over the metal. Just to be sure. If a bird gets spooked there is a big risk of it getting hurt. I have been working with birds for over 15 years and unfortunately as I like to say it, with birds, the devil is just waiting for an opportunity, better to be extra safe. Edit: also to be clear I often used very soft grip tweezers that are used for picking up insects as you can not damage the feather with those even in a bird jerks during "preening", and they also come with rounded soft tips.
So smart! Thank you for your expertise. I totally agree that birds can be very unpredictable!! I should have a disclaimer warning. I really hope people will take great caution with their birds and use your information!!
Thank you, I was alternating between complete relaxation and stress whenever the tweezers were near her eyes lol. They move so their heads so quickly and shake around sometimes, definitely dangerous
Where did you find these tools safe for preening?
@@madisonscory1565 Try pet shops that sell reptiles. They have tweezers with blunt edges of various sizes. Even better if they are wooden / they have less strength than metal because wood bends easily, or if they are for picking up small insects like ants. These ones for small insects can't press hard at all and often have rubber points.
@@madisonscory1565fingers are fine, no tool is necessary
A few days ago, I got to use everything I've learned from your channel about pinfeathers, to help a baby mourning dove that left its nest too early. It absolutely loved being pampered and groomed by my small gentle tweezers. Unfortunately, as with most wild baby birds that get abandoned or lost, it didn't survive for long. We did our best with what we had, but it was injured too.. I'm just very very happy and humbled that I could give it one last long cuddle and pinfeather pampering before it passed away that night. Thank you so much for sharing these delightful little videos. They taught me a lot and have brought me real joy right in my arms.
Aww. Thank you for grooming that poor baby dove. Was it a nestling? Nestlings definitely need special care, and fledglings are usually fed and cared for by their mothers outside the nest:)
Yes, baby birds are extremely difficult to care for. A wildlife rehabber has the equipment and medical knowledge to give them the best chance at life❤️.
Adorable little face so precious
This is like' what Push Pop Bubble is to kids... so satisfying to watch!
Haha I'm so old I don't even know what push pop bubble is! But I do know what bubble bobble is ;)
OMG the little cute Cave Monsters lol, that takes me back
Very satisfying to watch this
Awww, new sub, love these preener vids! Now I want to see a video about how you got them to trust the tweezers- my birds would never let me near ‘em with anything, lol. What a precious girl. ❤
Aaaww thank you so so much for watching and subscribing! Thank you for the suggestion 😊 I'll definitely do a video on that next :)!
This was nice to watch, the bird and you seem to be enjoying being taken care of and taking care of the other.
I find this so soothing to watch
Thank you for being here :) sorry it took me so long to find this comment!
I love your videos, especially like this with no music. The longer the better, this one is much appreciated!
Glad you like them!
I wouldn't trust myself with tweezers on a budgie. I'd probably scratch their little eye! 🙈 (Also, running my fingers trough their feathers is better than therapy. 😅)
What you're doing with the tweezers is an impressive skill. :)
Aaaww thank you! I'm always on high alert when I'm using tweezers! And totally agree...the feeling of budgie floof under fingertips is amazing!
@@pinfeathersgalore to be always on high alert means that ultimately just one mistake will leave budgie without an eye 😢
Ouch I felt that when it went in her eye😣😣
Ooh!!
What a privilege to be trusted with this task! It must feel so good to be groomed, the feather caps are probably be super itchy as they grow in.
My greatest privilege for sure! Especially for such a small bird to trust me with her like this :)
Что вы удаляете пинцетом?
@@innab7724 Шапки из перьев
Adorable ❤
Beautiful bird!
Many thanks!
Thankyou for being very gentle with her ♥️🥰
Aaw thank you again! It's good to see you here💗💕
Such a good girl 💚💛
So cute! I love these long videos
Thank you!! I'll try to make long videos as much as I can❤️ but it all depends on the bird if they want to cooperate, haha!
Thanks for this video! I am a first time bird video watcher, had no idea what was happening here and now I have watched all your videos back to back. So soothing. Love the bonding and caring. Excellent way to start my day off work stress free 🥰
Take care!
Thank you so much for visiting and watching! It makes me super happy you find this soothing💗 hope to see you around :D
Haha it's cool how the first video of birds you watched had to be this very odd, niche thing 😄💗
So many bless its little ❤
I love how alert she was at first, unable to ignore all the shittalking in the back, but the second you moved to the head... aaawww the way those cheeks got puffy 🥰
Hahahaha you totally got it! ❤️
Watching this video when I'm tired from working. So lovely❤❤
I'm so glad you can relax with this video💗💗❤️
Amazing ASMR
I love your birdies and your videos! Please make more! 💜🕊
That's so kind of you to say!! Thank you so much❤️❤️❤️❤️
Omg. How therapeutic!!! Wow your gorgeous budgie is so well behaved. I have a green cheek conure 4 months old and I was unaware we had to do this. I’m dreading this, probably end up poking its eye out 😮
Thank you so much! Your conure is bigger, so def use your fingers. It feels better! Be a bit careful - conure feathers are quite "crunchy" and harder to release than budgie, lovebird, finch and cockatiel Pinfeathers :)
@@pinfeathersgalore peanut is quite small hes only 4 months old and about size of budgie..ive tried with my fingers but he screeches...this is terrifying.. im going to order some tweezers with a flat edge, hopefully that will be better
She's beautiful.
This is such great content, I never knew about the troubled things birds go through. You learn something new 🤗 Thank you so much, these type of videos really relaxes me to sleep ❤
Thank you so very much for watching! I'm happy that these videos relax you❤️.
I have another little weird fact - did you know that some birds hunt by farting into the ground? Hahaha!!
@@pinfeathersgalore omg that is hilarious~ I bet the documentary is even funnier haha
❤ It's cute and relaxing
素晴らしいPinfeatherです。次も楽しみにしてます❤
Thank you❤️❤️❤️❤️
What an awesome❤😊assist on a molt❤😊Athena will love you more for it😊
Beautiful relationship you have with your Budgie. 🥹 She’s so patient, and the trust is undeniable. 💞💞
Thank you so much for the kind comment :) Athena is a wonderful little girl and I'm lucky to live with her :)
My two do this to each other, I always thought it was them “kissing” or just showing affection. Didn’t know there was an actual reason behind it! That’s so cool😊
You're not wrong!! It's also cuddling and showing affection too on top of the preening!❤️❤️
She's a lovely bird and you do a good job❤
Thank you so much for your kind words❤️❤️❤️
Bellissimo 😊😊😊
So adorable
Thank you so much💗💗💗💗💗💕
Could watch this for days!!!
That makes me sooo happy to hear!
When I was a child and saw for the first time how our parrot's feathers were growing, I ran to my mother crying:
- Worms were crawling out of the parrot's head!
😂😂😂
Haha you were a very observant child!!!
Omg this is so satisfying
Athena is so cute! Subscribed. She reminds me of my Tico. What a sweet girl. 💚💛
Aaww thank you so much for supporting my channel!! I LOVEE green budgies haha Tico is such a pretty name!
Precious smol birb ❤️❤️❤️
Super satisfying
And looks like it feels so nice😊
Thank you very much for watching❤️!!
This is so soothing
I'm so happy you enjoy it!!🧡
This is so relaxing
B i r d d a n d r u f f
Cute bird tho!
My favourite kind of dandruff!!
Precioso amigo saludos y bendiciones 🥰🥰💯💯💯
So patient!
I love how u do this so very gently and I think it must feel sort of like a massage to the birds as they seem to enjoy it unless u try to get the wrong pin feather that don't need help opening then I think that nips them they don't like that bless u ♥️🥰
Thank you so much! Yes, you are absolutely right💗💕
She is so cute
those eyes 🥰
Is this painful for Athena?. She's a beautiful girl. Her colors are precious!!😍❤️🦜🌟
Thank you so much! Removing the sheaths aren't painful for her, although the Pinfeathers themselves may be itchy and a bit of a nuisance for her!
Yes good! A++ Content!!!
Thank you!!❤️❤️
Oddly satisfying just like blackheads extraction videos 😌
Never seen so many pins at once like that but I'm glad she let you help her out
Yea, it's amazing!! It's pretty rare for her to get all those at the same time XD
This is amazing! I bet she feels soooo much relief❤
Hehe thank you!!
Just found your channel, so chill and relaxing 😊 also to everyone freaking out about whether it hurts the bird: the bird would just leave if it hurt 😂 or bite the tweezers. They're clearly happy with what's going on!
Thank you so much for your kind comment!! and welcome❤️❤️❤️!
Ngl,it is my favorite thing to help with pin feathers on my budgies and cocktiels,they find it so relaxing ❤
Oh my, that’s a lot of birdie dust for such a little bird. I wish my bird let me bring an implement near her!
Isn't it great? Haha I love that dust🤣
Loooove the long version. I would love to see your preening work filmed by a professional camera full frame high res immense close up and on a tripod. I can see this channel grow over millions. Such a great job too again. Also quite liked the angle from the top of Athena’s head :D.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words!! I wish but alas it may take a while. It would be in my wildest dreams if this channel could take off! I mean, it is all about bird dander🤣 hehe
And it'll be a while until I can save up for a good camera!
@@pinfeathersgalore Reading this back a got a little over excited maybe haha. My real advice would be to not rush yourself too much. You’re on to something great and direction is more important than speed. I would though recommend to experiment with improvisong some kind of tripod so you’re angle is fixed. Easy way to do this is to just use common objects like chairs, a ladder, some books other heavy things.. best would be someone else to film it though I think so they can move with your and the bird’s movement. Anyways… only advice do what you want with it :)! I can’t wait to see more :D
I’m just curious as I see some people use their fingers. Which one would be more effective?🙋🏼♀️💕💝💜🕊️🦜
I don’t know why I am watching this video but I can’t seem to stop?!?
Haha I am happy to keep you😄
I love them
She's such a sweet birb!
She is such a sweetie! She gives me scratchies in return with her beak, too.
Не знаю у кого больше терпения - у питомца или у хозяйки)
This is so relaxing to watch. What a sweet relationship you two have 😊
きれいにしてもらって良かったね🥰
たくさん取れて気持ちいい！
Akıllı kızım nasılda uslu duruyor😍😍
O çok akıllı bir kız! İzlediğiniz için teşekkürler!
I used to be so bad at this. I pulled too hard and hurt them. Its cool to see the budgies recieve this! Only my bigger birds let me groom them.
new sub! Luuuve these!
Oooh thank you so so much for supporting my channel❤️❤️❤️
Stunning bird ❤ please can you tell me what are pin feathers?
Soo satisfying! Do your budgies live in different cages and that’s why they don’t do each other’s pin feathers?
Great question! They live in one large flight cage, but the girls are too busy fighting each other, and bullying the boys🤣
I have that same mechanical pencil in the background
Hehe
Athena is such a good girl ❤
She sure is❤️❤️
your videos are very relaxing
Thank you!! I'm glad! I'll try to make more of these :)
Thank you, these videos are so oddly satisfying. Was Athena hand fed ? I don’t think I’ve ever had a budgie who would let me get near them with tweezers.
Thank you so much! She wasn't; I received her when she was probably 6-7 months old. But her personality is absolutely the sweetest and most tame out of all my budgies.