AL> About how long can one expect a Budgie to live?  Also, what's the
  AL> average amount of time it takes for one to talk after training starts
  AL> (if it is inclined to talk)? One more question:  Anyone know the
  AL> address to the Budgie Assoc'n?  Thank ya much!
 
A friend's budgie, circa 1982, is still going strong!  Poor guy has an 
enlarged liver, but is otherwise ok.  Had she put him onto a pelleted diet 
instead of straight seed, he'd probably be good for another 14 years.
--- MacWoof 1.5.3
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