Dealing With Natural/Other Disasters
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dcompt
- CocoFiber Craftsman
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- Location: Louisiana
Re: Dealing With Natural/Other Disasters
I live alone so might not be missed for a while if I'm carried off to a hospital in an ambulance. For anyone in that situation, I would suggest carrying with your insurance card - that somebody WILL be looking for in your wallet or purse - a note that you have finches (or other pets) that will need immediate care and a number for them to contact to notify a caretaker.
Donna
7 happy societies: Pippin Onewing, Badger Boldfinch, Gaffer McChirp, Hermit Funnyfeather, Ziggy Streakwing, Patch Rowdybird, and Chip Potterfinch.
7 happy societies: Pippin Onewing, Badger Boldfinch, Gaffer McChirp, Hermit Funnyfeather, Ziggy Streakwing, Patch Rowdybird, and Chip Potterfinch.
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Jen
- Weaning
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Re: Dealing With Natural/Other Disasters
Great topic. Here in Texas we have hurricanes to worry about, but they give plenty of "notice of arrival". Recently this winter we had a power outage for about 10 hours and I was in a panic for my birds. I was at work and everything was good when I left that morning, but power went out after iced up branches fell on power lines. I live in an old house and is normally colder than normal anyway, so when the power went I knew the temps would drop really fast.....and I was so unprepared for this. Luckily everything turned out okay, but it could have been a disaster for my birds. I will be prepared in the future. I had to learn the hard way, but was lucky enough to not loose any of my birds because of my ignorance! And of course, the unpredictable...I'm so glad everyone who shared their stories turned out okay...God bless!
Jenny
Gouldians, Red Cheek Cordon Blue family, Gold Breasted Waxbills, Fire Finches, Owl finches, Yellow Face & Red Face Star Finches, Lavender Finches, Society Finches, Canary,Rosey Bourke, Scarlet Chested Grasskeets, Cockatiels, too many Guineas, Izzy my 16 year old cute doggie dog, two spoiled kitties!
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monotwine
- Proven
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Re: Dealing With Natural/Other Disasters
Wow, I'm glad we don't have that many natural things to worry about!
Here I have a hazard of smoke from bush fires, but highly unlikely it would ever get to a critical point for breathing as the wind would have to be blowing in completely the wrong direction for a seasonal fire to pose any serious threat. Even so we have a plan devised to try alleviate the worst for the birds (who are kept outside).
Any other natural disaster we can think of, we would have time to plan a full evac.
In case of emergency... I have so many people that know I keep birds including neighbors, family and friends locally that it would be sorted - they have spare keys etc and know what to feed. In case of my passing, I have fellow breeders that will sort out the redistribution of my collection.
Never nice thinking about these things, but one has to in order to be responsible for the little lives we keep in cages.
Here I have a hazard of smoke from bush fires, but highly unlikely it would ever get to a critical point for breathing as the wind would have to be blowing in completely the wrong direction for a seasonal fire to pose any serious threat. Even so we have a plan devised to try alleviate the worst for the birds (who are kept outside).
Any other natural disaster we can think of, we would have time to plan a full evac.
In case of emergency... I have so many people that know I keep birds including neighbors, family and friends locally that it would be sorted - they have spare keys etc and know what to feed. In case of my passing, I have fellow breeders that will sort out the redistribution of my collection.
Never nice thinking about these things, but one has to in order to be responsible for the little lives we keep in cages.