| You are lucky, and a quick thinker. It is amazing what birds can get
into in a very short period of time. I have a Yellow Front Amazon that
virtually never leaves his cage top. however one saturday morning
about 3 years ago, He was in the kitchen on his cage and I was in the
bedroom and heard his wings flutter. Now he was always flapping his
wings in exercise so for a split second I didn't think much about it
then I just felt that something might be wrong and I ran in the kitchen
to find him on top of a small space heater -which was quite a distance
from his cage, and his back tonail was hooked on a small slit on the
top and he was hanging over the front right near the flame. I quickly
rescued him and luckily all he got was very slight singe on one of his
feet, it stung for about a half hour and he kept nibbling at it, even
though I immediately ran it under cold water, but not long after that
he was talking up a storm. I WAS INDEED LUCKY THAT DAY, it taught me
a lesson I never forgot!!! They are like perennial 2 year old. You
always have to watch them.
I heard about a Bourke parakeet that drowned in a glass of water!!!
I bet many other noters experienced fatal or near fatal accidents.
By talking about them it helps us to take the many dangers into
consideration when letting our birds out for exercise.
Thanks for sharing your traumatic experience with us!
Denise
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Reminds me of a situation a couple of years back ...
The lovebirds decided to push the tops off the feed bins and have a
stroll around the top of the cage....
The cat thought all her birthdays had come at once !. I was upstairs,
heard a very distressed call, not from the cats lunch but from the
mate. I flew halfway down the stairs and dived headfirst the rest of
the way, grabbing hold of the cats back legs as she was on her way out
of the cat flap. The bird was dropped and he ran off back into the
front room and flew back to the cage ... <phew>.
It took me three times to get my aim right before the cat finally left
head first through its cat flap landing ten feet out in the garden.
ps: I don't need telling that cats and birds don't mix :-)
Gary
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| Hi Gary,
I've had a lot of birds have close calls, since we have five house cats,
but the only bird I actually have lost was a lovebird who pushed the
door open over the food dish......I clip shut all the drop doors now.
Linda
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