|  |     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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