Very sad at seeing canaries

Zebrafincher · Post by **Zebrafincher** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:56 am

Dropped in to local petstore. Very good usually but was extremely upset to see canaries had ganged up on one baby and it had had half its head pecked off and was missing an eye. I reported it and tye store immediately removed the bird. I know birds do this but it stl upsets me.

Zebrafincher

Post by **Babs _Owner** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:05 am

Good for you for sticking up for the little one and getting him out of the cage.

Kelly · Post by **Kelly** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:08 am

Oh my gosh that's terrible..Do the workers not check on the animals to see what's going on..poor thing

Post by **lovezebs** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:43 am

Zebrafincher

If I were the store manager, I would send their bird person off to find another job.

These things can happen, but the people working there should have seen this before it got so bad. All it takes, is a couple of minutes of observation on their part.

Poor baby.

erine · Post by **erine** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:03 pm

Sigh....that's how I got my Zebras. There is also a society being plucked bald at my local Petsmart but I don't keep societies and I don't want to buy two only to get the one that's doing the plucking. And you can't just get one society, can you? The struggle is real.... and good for you for not bringing it home on impulse.

Zebrafincher · Post by **Zebrafincher** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 9:48 pm

I checked back today...and was very happy to see all canaries have been moved. None of the birds are over crowded and all looks very clean. I was very surprised that it had happened.

I don't know exactly what happened to the baby but if I adopted every bird I wouldn't be able to get out of my house (1 have 3 birds at the moment). I often get "escorted" in pet stores because of this tendency!)

I have one Star Finch I adopted because he was being bullied and was bald. He's such a sweetie!

Thanks all for listening. I feel better I said something to the shop and they have listened.

Zebrafincher

Post by **lovezebs** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:23 pm

Zebrafincher

Glad to hear that things have improved for the birds in your Pet Shop. Sometimes just a few words can make a big difference, and obviously they were the right words

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debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 7:01 am

Great news!
You did good

Rosa · Post by **Rosa** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:23 pm

Poor little baby, nice job getting him out of there!

dunker817 · Post by **dunker817** » Sun Jan 03, 2016 9:24 pm

It's good you spoke out and helped that poor bird. From what you tell us it seems you helped all the birds get better conditions. Bravo!

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