Like her sister Sirius, Vesta
was born in winter, she hatched from her egg on the 12/08/1996. Her
parents Rhea and
Umbriel took good care of
their chicks and they grew up quickly. When my mother visited me, she
immediately fell in love with young Vesta, so I decided to give my
little hen into a new home after she became fledged. I knew my parents
would take good care of Vesta, and of course I can visit my little one
whenever I want to. But our goodbye was very hard for me because I
liked Vesta just as much as I liked her sister. In the meantime, Vesta
got a new name, my mother called her "Rübe". That means "turnip" in
English what I personally don't like as a name for a budgie.
Right after arriving in her new home, Vesta felt comfortable there. She
lives together with another budgie hen called Mausi. Up to autumn 2001,
a third budgie was living together with the two feathered ladies, but
my parents decided to give Sammy away and he moved to another family.
The photo on the right shows Vesta as a mature budgie in December '99. She turned to be a bit touchy when she came of age, but whenever I visit her, she comes to me, perches on my finger and wants to be caressed. Like her sister Sirius, Vesta is a Banded Pied and Yellowface mutation-II with Opaline drawings.
Meaning of the name
For the first time in my "budgie history" I named a bird after a
minor planet, a so called asteroid, which orbits the sun together
with the larger planets.
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