Ok so here's what happened: I had a budgie (some people might know them as parakeets), it was great. But after a while (I'm talking ages and ages, not just a few months) I was going through this rough patch where I had heaps of homework and stress and was really preoccupied most of the time, so sometimes I didn't get round to cleaning the cage (which was outside so most of the poop fell on the grass anyway, or I'd go to feed them only to find that mum had already done it. Anyway, mum and dad gave the budgie to some really close family friends. I'm over all that drama now, and I REALLY want my budgie back. I'm pretty sure our friends will let me have it back but how do I convince mum and dad to let me get it back? I still have the cage and stuff from before, and I know where I can put the cage and everything else. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance guys!