tappajabba
08-24-01, 10:21 AM 08-24-01
Do your birds know when they are well off?
I was once asked this question and was reminded instantly, of an incident that happened with my own aviary kept birds.
My aviary had been vandalised to gain entry and resulted in a large hole in the side of the hut. The other side of this hole was the indoor aviary where my collection of some 17 gloster canaries was kept.
The thief had broke in and had stolen a female cockatiel, which at the time was sitting and feeding two three-day old chicks.
Fourteen of the seventeen canaries had escaped into the garden and only one was nowhere to be seen. I opened the main door to the aviary and gently coaxed the birds¡¦ back into their home.
These birds had been at liberty for at least three to four hours and yet, had decided to stay put in the garden.
Except one, who was returned four days later by a neighbour who had found a wee greyish-blue finch type of bird ¡V it was 'Ceefur the Canary' ¡V a blue gloster corona cock bird.
So in the end all seventeen were back in the safety of their aviary and the good news to finish off this story is, I found the thief and the cockatiel was in his house. She was returned to her chicks after being away for eight days and both chicks who had been looked after by their father, survived to fledge and fly in the aviaries with their parents.
So, in answer to the question, ¡¨do your birds know when they are well off?¡¨ I can only say yes, they do!
In my case of the seventeen:
„h three were certain
„h thirteen were unsure
„h and one was adamant he wanted to see a bit of the world!!!
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Tappajabba....
helping to promote healthy pet keeping worldwide...
I was once asked this question and was reminded instantly, of an incident that happened with my own aviary kept birds.
My aviary had been vandalised to gain entry and resulted in a large hole in the side of the hut. The other side of this hole was the indoor aviary where my collection of some 17 gloster canaries was kept.
The thief had broke in and had stolen a female cockatiel, which at the time was sitting and feeding two three-day old chicks.
Fourteen of the seventeen canaries had escaped into the garden and only one was nowhere to be seen. I opened the main door to the aviary and gently coaxed the birds¡¦ back into their home.
These birds had been at liberty for at least three to four hours and yet, had decided to stay put in the garden.
Except one, who was returned four days later by a neighbour who had found a wee greyish-blue finch type of bird ¡V it was 'Ceefur the Canary' ¡V a blue gloster corona cock bird.
So in the end all seventeen were back in the safety of their aviary and the good news to finish off this story is, I found the thief and the cockatiel was in his house. She was returned to her chicks after being away for eight days and both chicks who had been looked after by their father, survived to fledge and fly in the aviaries with their parents.
So, in answer to the question, ¡¨do your birds know when they are well off?¡¨ I can only say yes, they do!
In my case of the seventeen:
„h three were certain
„h thirteen were unsure
„h and one was adamant he wanted to see a bit of the world!!!
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Tappajabba....
helping to promote healthy pet keeping worldwide...