mrob
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- Mar 22, 2011
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Gizmo:Male RS Eclectus
R.I.P Merv Hughes: Cockateil
Booger: Alexandrine
So, 2 days ago, my fiancee who is a fisherman and home from being at sea decided to help me out and clean up the kitchen for me! (i know, hes amazing!). While cleaning up, he left the back door open and we didnt notice, forgot about it and went to bed.
Next morning, I let the birds out as usual and as i was bringing them their breakfast I noticed a neighbours cat stalking across the lawn with my little cockateil in its sights.....I thought thank god they are safe inside, put them away in their cage and left for work.
So i get home 6 hours later and straight away notice my eccie is OUT of his cage - hes been learning how to open the small feeding doors. So I go in and no sign of Merv, the cokateil. What I do have is a traumatised eclectus, cockateil feathers everywhere and the neighbours cat IN MY HOUSE staring at my eccie with the cokateil nowhere to be seen.....Not knowing the back door was open, hed come in and apparently eaten my poor baby
I was DEVASTATED. My poor little affectionate baby, eaten because we were careless. I cried myself to sleep that night and the next, but put a lost bird notice up online just in case.
Today i got a phonecall, from a man who FOUND MY MERV! She had flown into his window and he had scooped her up just before she was eaten by his cat. She must have managed to fly out the open back door (im so lucky my unflighted eccie didnt get eaten!!)...Turns out the open door was a blessing in disguise - it let the cat in but enabled her to escape!.So shes had 3 days sleeping rough and is VERY tired and VERY hungry and im so so happy to have her home and so so so so grateful to the wonderful man who found her and took the time to contact me. The last 3 days have been hell as i imagined her being eaten by that horrible cat in our own home, i cant believe i got her back, ive been crying with joy haha and my poor partner who was feeling so so guilty (who is now back at sea) is so so so so happy he shed a tear aswell.
Thank god - I know how badly this could have ended and we are so lucky. My heart goes out to all the birds and owners who wernt so lucky.
Next morning, I let the birds out as usual and as i was bringing them their breakfast I noticed a neighbours cat stalking across the lawn with my little cockateil in its sights.....I thought thank god they are safe inside, put them away in their cage and left for work.
So i get home 6 hours later and straight away notice my eccie is OUT of his cage - hes been learning how to open the small feeding doors. So I go in and no sign of Merv, the cokateil. What I do have is a traumatised eclectus, cockateil feathers everywhere and the neighbours cat IN MY HOUSE staring at my eccie with the cokateil nowhere to be seen.....Not knowing the back door was open, hed come in and apparently eaten my poor baby
I was DEVASTATED. My poor little affectionate baby, eaten because we were careless. I cried myself to sleep that night and the next, but put a lost bird notice up online just in case.
Today i got a phonecall, from a man who FOUND MY MERV! She had flown into his window and he had scooped her up just before she was eaten by his cat. She must have managed to fly out the open back door (im so lucky my unflighted eccie didnt get eaten!!)...Turns out the open door was a blessing in disguise - it let the cat in but enabled her to escape!.So shes had 3 days sleeping rough and is VERY tired and VERY hungry and im so so happy to have her home and so so so so grateful to the wonderful man who found her and took the time to contact me. The last 3 days have been hell as i imagined her being eaten by that horrible cat in our own home, i cant believe i got her back, ive been crying with joy haha and my poor partner who was feeling so so guilty (who is now back at sea) is so so so so happy he shed a tear aswell.
Thank god - I know how badly this could have ended and we are so lucky. My heart goes out to all the birds and owners who wernt so lucky.