Cali&Pilot
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- Feb 24, 2025
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- Parrots
- budgie
So I love Pilot, I really do,
but I really think that she deserves better than what I have been able to do for her.
She's an amazing bird don't get me wrong, but I think she deserves better.
When I got her, she was clipped, as most pet store birds are, and then at one point we had to clip her wings because she almost got into the fan one time when I accidentally pulled the cord while trying to get her back in her cage. And to be fair her fear of hands was really bad then
Over the course of time, she got decently close with me, she likes to sit in my hood, she would crawl up my leg, she would fly onto my shoulder and she was overall doing a lot better. She definitely trusted me a lot more.
As they do, her flight feathers grew back, as some of us know because of the thread that I posted about her flying into her cage. About 3 weeks also though, I had to clip her wings again. And afterwards I started bawling my eyes out. I was on the phone with my boyfriend and I turned my camera off but I forgot to mute myself, so he just heard me bawling. I felt horrible, and what made it even worse, is she had tried to fly onto my shoulder and she couldn't even do that.
Like I genuinely think that she deserves way better, she deserves a home where she can fly all the time, where her wings don't have to be clipped, where she can live the best bird life possible. She deserves way more than I can give her although I hate to say it. And I hate that I can't be what she needs.
She seems happy, don't get me wrong, she chirps at me, she was kind of playing with one of her toys earlier, she loves the little perch I got her that helps with her beak and nails. She's an amazing bird, and I love her.
I just want her to have the best life possible.
but I really think that she deserves better than what I have been able to do for her.
She's an amazing bird don't get me wrong, but I think she deserves better.
When I got her, she was clipped, as most pet store birds are, and then at one point we had to clip her wings because she almost got into the fan one time when I accidentally pulled the cord while trying to get her back in her cage. And to be fair her fear of hands was really bad then
Over the course of time, she got decently close with me, she likes to sit in my hood, she would crawl up my leg, she would fly onto my shoulder and she was overall doing a lot better. She definitely trusted me a lot more.
As they do, her flight feathers grew back, as some of us know because of the thread that I posted about her flying into her cage. About 3 weeks also though, I had to clip her wings again. And afterwards I started bawling my eyes out. I was on the phone with my boyfriend and I turned my camera off but I forgot to mute myself, so he just heard me bawling. I felt horrible, and what made it even worse, is she had tried to fly onto my shoulder and she couldn't even do that.
Like I genuinely think that she deserves way better, she deserves a home where she can fly all the time, where her wings don't have to be clipped, where she can live the best bird life possible. She deserves way more than I can give her although I hate to say it. And I hate that I can't be what she needs.
She seems happy, don't get me wrong, she chirps at me, she was kind of playing with one of her toys earlier, she loves the little perch I got her that helps with her beak and nails. She's an amazing bird, and I love her.
I just want her to have the best life possible.
