aliciafox
06-17-2006, 11:11 AM
:omg: Hello,
On May 28th, while caring for my sister's 2 lovebirds, Chauncy and Shelby, I mistakenly left one of many doors unhinged on their new cage and they flew away.
Yesterday I was walking home on the block east of us which I haven't been on for months and long story short, there was Chauncy on the fence of an apt building surrounded by some caring people and a barking Beagle. I was flabbergasted. It took almost 30 minutes for three strangers and myself to catch him. He kept flying to me and flying away. We were stopping traffic and asking people walking their dogs. I brought him home in a plastic grocery bag that I bit holes into for air and put him back in his cage. I gave him some water, millet (his favorite food), a familiar toy and put a perch down as low as possible. He stayed at the bottom of his cage eating and didn't make a sound. He looked exhausted. His tail feathers are mostly gone and his color is a little dull of course.
My sister called our vet who is the best avian vet on Oahu (Dr. Ako) and Chauncy goes in first thing this morning - in 2 hours.
Has anyone ever had a bird gone for this amount of time? We thought (hoped) someone had them all of this time. This is just unbelievable. I feel just horrible thinking of what he's been through. I wasn't able to sleep last night. This bird is going to be spoiled worse than ever now that he's had a second chance at life. I thank God for this miracle.
On May 28th, while caring for my sister's 2 lovebirds, Chauncy and Shelby, I mistakenly left one of many doors unhinged on their new cage and they flew away.
Yesterday I was walking home on the block east of us which I haven't been on for months and long story short, there was Chauncy on the fence of an apt building surrounded by some caring people and a barking Beagle. I was flabbergasted. It took almost 30 minutes for three strangers and myself to catch him. He kept flying to me and flying away. We were stopping traffic and asking people walking their dogs. I brought him home in a plastic grocery bag that I bit holes into for air and put him back in his cage. I gave him some water, millet (his favorite food), a familiar toy and put a perch down as low as possible. He stayed at the bottom of his cage eating and didn't make a sound. He looked exhausted. His tail feathers are mostly gone and his color is a little dull of course.
My sister called our vet who is the best avian vet on Oahu (Dr. Ako) and Chauncy goes in first thing this morning - in 2 hours.
Has anyone ever had a bird gone for this amount of time? We thought (hoped) someone had them all of this time. This is just unbelievable. I feel just horrible thinking of what he's been through. I wasn't able to sleep last night. This bird is going to be spoiled worse than ever now that he's had a second chance at life. I thank God for this miracle.