Whipper

1. Moi
   December 5th, 2008 at 11:43 am

   What a looker! Such a cute little fellow. Grooming must be a pain in the butt though

2. peach
   December 5th, 2008 at 11:49 am

   Wow that thing is cute! Everybody is gonna want one. She has got a gold mine on her hands if she can successfully breed it.

3. CountryCritter
   December 5th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

   I hope she doesn't breed it. It looks like there's something wrong with it's legs.

   He is a cute little guy though.

4. LisaL
   December 5th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

   Awwww, what a cute little guy! And his little squeaks were adorable as well! I hope she doesn't breed him. Yeah it would be cute to have more, but not if there is something other than the excess feathers, that's wrong with him.

5. Corinne
   December 5th, 2008 at 12:31 pm

   Just a few posts from Darwin, here we are interfering in natural selection. Not that I have any room to speak. Natural selection would have phased premie-Corinne out too.

   Really, he's awesome looking, it's true. But I'd like to meet him. I love birds. I have a Senegal, myself. :]

6. Padraig
   December 5th, 2008 at 1:36 pm

   It apparently can't fly, it almost can't walk. Not sure if it can see through the thicket of... err... fluff feathers? Cute or not: it should not be bred. Poor little guy.

7. Jacki
   December 5th, 2008 at 1:36 pm

   Very cute. I thought it was a mop in the video at first. Haha.

8. groksocket
   December 5th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

   We sure it's not a normal one with novelty eyelash yarn glued on? Seriously though, what a little squeaky friend.

9. jodie
   December 5th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

   awww, mutants can be cute too. hooray for you - little fluffy guy.

10. Ali S.
    December 5th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    Aww! It looks like the parakeet equivalent of a sheep dog. And, yes, it certainly does look like there is something wrong with it's legs and wings. Perhaps all that fluff is making it hard for him to walk about or move his wings. Still adorable in a mutant way.

11. liphttam1
    December 5th, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    Wipper, no. I was thinking Swiffer.

12. Corinne
    December 5th, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    I tried to post links to what he is. I researched it a little. He's what they call a feather duster budgie. It's a genetic mutation where the gene that controls feather growing doesn't turn off. The birds suffer muscle wasting and usually die before they're 8 months old.

13. Elizabeth
    December 5th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    @liphttam1: Ha! You beat me to it.

14. ted
    December 5th, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    Surely, it's not just a matter of appearance that caused the mother to abandon it? Although perhaps that was key in her decision not to spend her time on an unhealthy baby?

15. renderanything
    December 6th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    Looks more like hair than feathers. Sad about the budgie disease thing though.

16. Astericks
    December 7th, 2008 at 2:48 am

    Anyone else reminded of the Great Owl from The Secret of NIHM?

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