Barbie F

Bird ID: 6957
Species: Parakeet
Sex: Female
Sub-Species: Standard Budgie
Died on 2023-12-11

Hi there! I`m Barbie, a cute little girl who came in to Mickaboo in March 2021 after being abandoned outside a local Petco. Isn`t that horrible? But I got lucky, because one of the employees got me connected with Mickaboo and straight to the vet`s office. I am overweight due to a hormonal issue and one wing is has permanent soft tissue damage so sadly I cannot fly.

Although I hang with my fellow foster budgies a lot of the time, due to my weight issue, I need to be fed in my own cage because I will overeat in a shared cage situation. My foster mom says I am super sweet, can step up, and will do so easily once outside of my cage, though given my weight, my balance isn`t great, so stepping up on just a finger can be challenging. I`m not too keen on stepping up when I`m inside the cage, I will cling to the bars and hold on tight! Once I move to a perch you can scoop me up, but once out of my cage I always try to fly and end up on the floor

Could you find it in your heart to try me in YOUR forever home?


In nature, parakeets (budgerigars) live in large flocks. A single bird in a cage spends much of his/her life being lonely because humans have things they must do that take them away. We therefore will only adopt a single parakeet to a household if there is already at least one parakeet living there. Otherwise, parakeets must be adopted in groups of two or more.