hah! thats gold! ive always loved birds but hoo boy my little poopy pigeon rat is actually like a feral little rat from Anchorage AK (yes, we do have rats in satan's cooler) because he feels extremely entitled to my food. tbh, i may have accidentally bought a rat with wings attached! oh well, i love rats! and i love my poopy pigeon rat poopy bird <3gotta love the gold ol' chicken-rats. when i was little, and my dad had Bonita (our amazon) he always called her a rat with wings. i thought parrots were legitimately winged rodents for maybe the first 8 years of my life
yeah, this was the 2nd time i took him outside! he def prefers a cage but the harness works too, especially because he can fly however he doesnt enjoy that he's not able to fly far. at all. like 6 feet. i wanna take him to pet friendly places but my mother isnt on board with the idea even though he's fairly harness trained and there is no physical way he could slip out. sadly, its too cold to take him outside as it's already cold as heck out! but thats why i call it Satan's Cooler i suppose...He appears to be very calm! The harness is a great way to let him get some Sun and socializing.
yes, I am always super cautious and have never left my property with him.I have taken my birds out for walks and you DO have to be really careful. Some people have poorly behaved dogs that will want to eat your bird. And some people are scared of birds. Or, a fire truck or ambulance could go past scaring your bird and causing it to panic.
So the bird harness is really great but you also need to be very careful if you have your bird outside.
unfortunately, I cannot lock his bedroom door. my mom would lose her mind if I even locked my door! whenever I chew my brother out for his irresponsibility, I always threaten him with "well since you don't care about my bird, I'm sure you wouldn't mind paying back the nearly 2 thousand that was spent on him. would you?" and he always rolls his eyes and says, "I'm not paying all that for a dumb bird." and I simply say, "well I'm not going to hesitate to defend my bird from your dog because you're lazy" and he just gets super obnoxious and starts insulting me.I’m sorry to hear your brother is a pain, and not careful about your bird. My family had hunting dogs and they would’ve eaten my budgie or cockatiel. It’s nerve wracking. Could you lock the door so your brother couldn’t come in with his dog? Because that’s really dangerous for your bird.
Anyhow I know you want to keep your handsome boy (rat baby) safe and I hope you’re able to.
A neighbor had a big pit bull that tried to run up behind me and body slam me to get Willow. Luckily the neighbor noticed and grabbed his dog before it hit me and gave it a good chewing out and a spanking. Now if I see that big dog we leave.
I live in a city and there aren’t many wild animals at all. Only dogs, crows, sparrows, and squirrels. When I go home to visit my relatives, there are also eagles, hawks, owls…I would be afraid to bring Willow outside under those circumstances.
I took Willow outside in my back yard last spring; he rode on his basket and sat on my lap. Apparently there was a robin’s nest in the back yard. The robin saw Willow and flew around the yard yelling at him (in bird) until we went inside. It was kind of funny but a bit sad, too. That robin knew Willow was a BIRD and was mad as all heck that Willow was in his space.
I have tried saying that, but he rolls his eyes and scoffs.I think telling the parents that your brother’s dog is endangering your EXPENSIVE bird might do the trick.
It’s not a small matter. If the dog catches this little bird that’s the end of the bird.
Do you have a private bedroom with lockable door ? I’m sure it’s not as big as the living room but there would be no bird-eating monsters (dogs) coming in.
my mother would never let me do such a thingFYI: Near all interior doors can be easily changed from a simple door knob to a locking door knob. If you can wheel a screw driver you could change out the knob set to a locking knob set in under an hour.
no, she wouldn't sadly. she is only okay with me doing that if I'm changing my clothes.Would she agree that you lock your door only when Rico is out?
My mom was weird about locking doors, too.
Maybe you could put a sign on your door saying something like “Bird is out—don’t open door!!”