This is Peanut. He's one of our nearly featherless birds. While budgies/parakeets may be small, their intelligence, curiosity and energy rivals that of bigger parrots and needs to be provided for. Sadly, these birds are generally very cheap, and considered a 'first' or 'beginner' pet by many, and are soon often forgotten when children get bored or life becomes busy. But they're small; they're easy to keep in a small cage out of sight. They can be kept alive with seed and water, for years. And wh