This legendary little featherball did impressions of my mum, refused to stay in his cage and even learned to play football.Budgies are supposed to be boring, manageable pets. I have no doubt that when my extremely busy parents took me to the pet shop and let me pick out a bird for my seventh birthday, they imagined they were swerving the time commitment of looking after a cat, or a dog, or even a rabbit when I lost interest.But the neon-yellow lutino budgerigar that I took home with me was not... Read this story
