It's unlikely that she has spent a lot of time in her former home, because when I went to the animal shelter of my hometown and got this budgie lady, she still had this special sparse plumage that is typical for budgies who are between six and ten months old. For sure the shy bird must have been glad when she arrived at the animal shelter. The reason is that the state of her plumage was telling a sad story about her former life. It was worn to threads because the bird has been treated badly. People must have pulled her tail feathers what is very unpleasant experience for a bird. Since Fralie also fears hands and is extremely jumpy I'm sure she has been mistreated in her former home. Also free flight seemed to be something she didn't know so far.

The 07/07/2006 was a special day for Fralie and her white friend who also moved to my place. For the both of them it was the beginning of a new chapter in their life - hopefully a better one. Here at my place, Fralie won't get harmed and she can live together with other budgies in my bird room where they have the opportunity to fly the whole day long. I really hope that she will soon learn about how friendly humans can be and that I would never do her any harm. When I let her out of her cage for the first time I thought she was handicapped and unable to fly. But in fact she was just not trained at all and needed some practice.

Since she is so reserved it's not easy to tell more about her. She is inconspicuous and never gets involved in disputes with her fellow birds. For weeks she secretly admired the beautiful Pollux who belonged to another budgie-lady. Because his young wife flirted with too many other birds he left her and fell in love with Fralie. From late summer 2006 on, they were a pair for half a year, but then he left her. She didn't find a new mate until spring 2009: Speedy fell in love with her and they were a happy couple for one year as you can see in the photo on the right. Regrettably he died much to young in spring 2010. Fralie was very sad, but there was somebody who wanted to comfort her: Woodstock. Since he was so tender and kind, she soon fell in love with him and now is his wife. Fralie's colour mutation is called Albino Yellowface. This means she is a white bird with a slight touch of yellow in her plumage (not as bright as the Lutinos are) and red eyes.

Meaning of the name
This budgie's name origins from a book of the Earth's Children series which has been written by the American author Jean M. Auel. One of the characters carries the name Fralie. This young woman belongs to the clan of the Mamutoi and the main character Ayla meets her at the lion camp. Because I liked the sound of the name I chose it for my budgie.