So new day starts and you go about your usual routine. Make coffee, let bird/s out of cages and do your usual thing. The noise of your fids in the background only elicits a response when it either goes silent or increases in volume. Eventually this becomes so common place you start to run on autopilot and do it all without really thinking about it too much.
DANGER DANGER DANGER!!!!
This is when you will make a mistake that ,if you are lucky will only be minor or if you are unlucky like I was, ends in a major disaster.
My yellow sided GCC would come out first thing and sit on the play gym and just chill. Munching away on the seeds that they only get on the play gym.
Sitting at my computer drinking my coffee I could hear my male Bourke calling out in distress. So I look out through the glass door and see a cat on top of aviary trying to get to them.
Meanwhile Ari is quietly eating seed like he did every day.
So I jump up open the door and stick my head out screaming obscenities at the cat. I've found the remains of several birds in the yard and I don't want it getting to my Bourkes.
Scared the **** out of the cat. It took off like it's tail was on fire.
Ari was also scared. So used to him just chillin on the play gym I didn't think. I got complacent. Totally didn't think about Ari.
Ari took off and straight out the open door almost scalping me. That was two days ago. Given that it's been dropping to 1 or 2 degrees C at night I don't think I will get him back. Ads are up and I've been keeping an eye on sites that post found birds but it looks pretty bleak.
DANGER DANGER DANGER!!!!
This is when you will make a mistake that ,if you are lucky will only be minor or if you are unlucky like I was, ends in a major disaster.
My yellow sided GCC would come out first thing and sit on the play gym and just chill. Munching away on the seeds that they only get on the play gym.
Sitting at my computer drinking my coffee I could hear my male Bourke calling out in distress. So I look out through the glass door and see a cat on top of aviary trying to get to them.
Meanwhile Ari is quietly eating seed like he did every day.
So I jump up open the door and stick my head out screaming obscenities at the cat. I've found the remains of several birds in the yard and I don't want it getting to my Bourkes.
Scared the **** out of the cat. It took off like it's tail was on fire.
Ari was also scared. So used to him just chillin on the play gym I didn't think. I got complacent. Totally didn't think about Ari.
Ari took off and straight out the open door almost scalping me. That was two days ago. Given that it's been dropping to 1 or 2 degrees C at night I don't think I will get him back. Ads are up and I've been keeping an eye on sites that post found birds but it looks pretty bleak.
