Prodigal lovie returns!!
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:17 pm
I had visitors last weekend who were messing with the birds. The next morning I noticed that one of my masked lovebirds was missing. The flight cage door was not securely fastened.
I spent much of the day looking over, under and behind everything in the house. Even the frig. Found nothing but unspeakable amounts of dust. No trace if it. I didn't think it could have gotten outside.
I guessed it had flown into a window and killed itself but put food and water atop the cage just in case. No sign of the corpse though.
The prodigal returned!!! This after 5 days of hiding somewhere.
I was on the patio chatting on the phone and got a glimpse of the missing lovebird flying across the living room. It sat on the cage top but I couldn't catch it. So, I put fresh food and water in dishes atop the cage to keep it alive until I could net it. It ate avidly.
Then it got frustrating but humorous. With my bird net in one hand and the large pond skimming net in the other it led me on a merry chase back and forth from one end of the house to the other. I finally cornered it and tired it out sufficiently that I was able to net it.
Now the lovebirds are adjusting to the changed circumstances. Warily looking at each other wondering if this new guy is one of us.
I spent much of the day looking over, under and behind everything in the house. Even the frig. Found nothing but unspeakable amounts of dust. No trace if it. I didn't think it could have gotten outside.
I guessed it had flown into a window and killed itself but put food and water atop the cage just in case. No sign of the corpse though.
The prodigal returned!!! This after 5 days of hiding somewhere.
I was on the patio chatting on the phone and got a glimpse of the missing lovebird flying across the living room. It sat on the cage top but I couldn't catch it. So, I put fresh food and water in dishes atop the cage to keep it alive until I could net it. It ate avidly.
Then it got frustrating but humorous. With my bird net in one hand and the large pond skimming net in the other it led me on a merry chase back and forth from one end of the house to the other. I finally cornered it and tired it out sufficiently that I was able to net it.
Now the lovebirds are adjusting to the changed circumstances. Warily looking at each other wondering if this new guy is one of us.