I am an idiot!!!

[AmyMyBlueFront]

please...please...PLEASE! NEVER DO THIS!!!

And after reading so many terrible threads/posts,I SHOULD KNOW BETTER!! :52:

As posted in the 'zon section,my buddy stopped by for dinner,sirloin,baked spud,shrooms,and corn nibs.

My grill was out of propane,so we had to broil in the stove. Everything was going fine. DJ was checking the steaks,as I was sweeping up the kitchen floor,with Beebs on my shoulder. DJ had the oven door open,as I was sweeping,and the friggin' broom handle must have freaked BB out,and he took flight off my shoulder,heading RIGHT IN TO THE OVEN OPENING!! !!
DJ reacted in an instant!! Raised his hand up and smacked the little fluff boy off course and onto the floor!
BB was dazed for an instant,wondering what the heck just happened,and poor DJ was freaking out! OMG!OMG!! is all he could stammer out of his mouth!
We both had visions of that bird landing right inside a VERY hot oven..I am still shaking just thinking about what COULD have happened!

DJ said "See??? "THATS why Pookie is clipped..so things like this could never happen! Look at Amy! Just sitting on her stand on the table...she can't get into trouble like this!!"

I will openly admit...I am/was STUPID..an IDIOT!..FOOLISH!! LOOKING FOR A TRAGITY TO HAPPEN!!!
Never...EVER!! will I have BB in the kitchen around hot stuff!!

sighhh...I don't know what I was thinking...more like NOT thinking...Thank You Lord for sparing my little boy's life!
PLEASE! My friends..learn from my almost tragic experience!!


Knucklehead Jim

 

[Scott]

Glad this turned out OK, Jim. Thankfully the classic definition of "accident" was prevented. Nobody had reckless or bad intent, and this proves how BB has become part of the family.

Thanks for posting this, we always learn from our friends experiences!

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

It is really difficult for me to understand,how easily it is to freak out a little cockatiel..Nothing seems to bother Amy..


Jim

 

[Inger]

So so glad this story ended the way it did. Thanks for the reminder that we must always, always be on guard to protect our babies.


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[Tropical]

So happy BB is OK! Pheeew! Cockatiels are super easy to spook!

It always drives me nuts when I see people say "that's why I have my bird clipped" when it's resulting from simple human errors that are very easily avoided. Next time just make sure BB is secured in his cage while cooking and this won't happen again

Same way I never used to allow my dog (when I used to own a dog that is) to run around outside without a leash in my busy neighborhood... now if my dog had run into the street and got hit by a car you never hear people say "see, that's why I had my dogs legs amputated so he cannot run anymore".

I never let my birds out while cooking anything in the kitchen, it's a disaster waiting to happen for sure and I could never justify removing my birds flying abilities (and abilities to exercise properly for health) because of that... simply lock them in cage while cooking problem solved no need to make bird suffer the consequence. I understand that sometimes clipping is a life or death matter (I had to clip Rascal about 8 months ago... or was it 6 months ago I have no idea I don't remember and he is still clipped for time being.... 'Nut is not clipped) but this is not one of them.

 

[Inger]

Good points. And a clipped bird certainly could flutter off a shoulder into an open oven.


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[wrench13]

Disaster averted, Jim. Hope everyone learned a lesson from your scar tissue.

 

[plumsmum2005]

Glad to hear other than a bit shaken no harm done. Important lesson learnt.

Sorry I do not see that BB has to have his arms shortened to compensate for our short comings? Just as a suggestion a small travel cage can work for him to be put in but still be where the action is and at bbq time you could take him outside in it WDYT?
Cheer up now lesson learnt

 

[Lacewing]

It's frightening how many dangers there are in our homes. The larger the home, the more dangers there are. Even inside the cages.

 

[GaleriaGila]

Ain't it the truth? It only takes a second, plus a flight, plus a hazard.
SO glad things are okay.
A few years ago, I had the Rb on my shoulder when he decided to fly into a room with the ceiling fan ON! I grabbed him safely. I have long had a mental check-list for fans, stoves, visitors, open toilets, etc., before letting him loose. That was pure carelessness.

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

All I had to do, is put him back on his roof top,unil dinner was out in the open and the stove was shut down.
We were just all in the kitchen together,chatting and playing..I just DIDN'T THINK!...my bad bad BAD P.O. at myself.

Yep...learned my lesson for sure!




Jim

 

[Tropical]

Ain't it the truth? It only takes a second, plus a flight, plus a hazard.
SO glad things are okay.
A few years ago, I had the Rb on my shoulder when he decided to fly into a room with the ceiling fan ON! I grabbed him safely. I have long had a mental check-list for fans, stoves, visitors, open toilets, etc., before letting him loose. That was pure carelessness.

Speaking of ovens... I just bought a brand new oven and had to place my tiels outside on the balcony to keep the fumes the new oven is offgassing away from my tiels
I never use the self clean as the self clean feature in ovens has killed many pet birds... but even the fumes from brand new ovens need a few uses before it's burned off. I set the oven to 500 degrees for several hours (to burn off the fumes from new oven) so my tiels actually stayed outside all day and night on my balcony for over 2 days straight. Even the manual the stove came with says it needs a few uses to burn off the fumes that are hazardous to birds it said.

The sad part is that this stove is defective and I'll be getting my new stove delivered on Tues as a replacement so I get to go through this whole process all over again! :17:

 

[keakea]

Even a clipped bird could fly into a hot oven! Just because a bird is clipped is no reason to "relax" about stuff like this. My Percival's play cage is at the far end of my kitchen, well away from my oven and stove, BUT even though he is clipped he can easily glide 8 to 20 feet! His wings are clipped to gradually bring him down and not allow him to "stay up" but he doesn't just "drop" ( your bird's wings are clipped incorrectly if that's the case!). So when I'm cooking He is on his "regular" day cage in my living room. Thank God your baby is Ok!

 

[plumsmum2005]

Ain't it the truth? It only takes a second, plus a flight, plus a hazard.
SO glad things are okay.
A few years ago, I had the Rb on my shoulder when he decided to fly into a room with the ceiling fan ON! I grabbed him safely. I have long had a mental check-list for fans, stoves, visitors, open toilets, etc., before letting him loose. That was pure carelessness.

Speaking of ovens... I just bought a brand new oven and had to place my tiels outside on the balcony to keep the fumes the new oven is offgassing away from my tiels
I never use the self clean as the self clean feature in ovens has killed many pet birds... but even the fumes from brand new ovens need a few uses before it's burned off. I set the oven to 500 degrees for several hours (to burn off the fumes from new oven) so my tiels actually stayed outside all day and night on my balcony for over 2 days straight. Even the manual the stove came with says it needs a few uses to burn off the fumes that are hazardous to birds it said.

The sad part is that this stove is defective and I'll be getting my new stove delivered on Tues as a replacement so I get to go through this whole process all over again! :17:

Sorry to send this completely off track but I had the exact same thing last year. The manufacturer's understate the time it takes to 'burn off' the oil residues - I think mine was Belling said 30 minutes more like 3 days at full pelt. Take care

 

[Tropical]

Ain't it the truth? It only takes a second, plus a flight, plus a hazard.
SO glad things are okay.
A few years ago, I had the Rb on my shoulder when he decided to fly into a room with the ceiling fan ON! I grabbed him safely. I have long had a mental check-list for fans, stoves, visitors, open toilets, etc., before letting him loose. That was pure carelessness.

Speaking of ovens... I just bought a brand new oven and had to place my tiels outside on the balcony to keep the fumes the new oven is offgassing away from my tiels
I never use the self clean as the self clean feature in ovens has killed many pet birds... but even the fumes from brand new ovens need a few uses before it's burned off. I set the oven to 500 degrees for several hours (to burn off the fumes from new oven) so my tiels actually stayed outside all day and night on my balcony for over 2 days straight. Even the manual the stove came with says it needs a few uses to burn off the fumes that are hazardous to birds it said.

The sad part is that this stove is defective and I'll be getting my new stove delivered on Tues as a replacement so I get to go through this whole process all over again! :17:

Sorry to send this completely off track but I had the exact same thing last year. The manufacturer's understate the time it takes to 'burn off' the oil residues - I think mine was Belling said 30 minutes more like 3 days at full pelt. Take care

Yes it's crazy ain't it! I didn't even realize brand new ovens were a danger to pet birds until I researched it... up until then I thought only the self clean feature was fatal.

I 100% smelled chemical when the brand new oven was burning which filled the entire house with this tire/plastic type smell... hard to describe but it was there.

 

[plumsmum2005]

yes it is horrible, grabs you by the back of the throat, feels like you are being throttled from the inside out!

Open all the windows! Wash down as much as poss in the same when it has finished also!