lost my african grey

[billysprout]

  A happy ending!!!!! 

[Squid]

Wow, thats just such great news, well done to you and of course Harley for being a health smart grey.
There is always lots to take into account when a pet bird goes missing, I think being clipped not only reduces their chances of survival in flight terms, I also think it causes them some mental trauma, leaving them easily intimidated, when a bird is fully feathered and in flight it must really test their mental abilities, ie: where to land, where to manoever to, a constant thought process, which must give them immense confidence, i know my Echo can do figure of eight manoever in a 2m x 4m space, her capabilties are really surprising and she loves it, I also take her out in a harness to really build her muscles up. When she went missing the thought crossed my mind to have her clipped, even though i have always been against it, I had a conversation with Debbs(Billysprout) about it, she pointed out that Echo would never have survived if she had been clipped, and how right she was, I would not even dream of it now, its just so stressful when your bird goes, you dont know what your thinking, so well done to Dean for putting into action good plans to get Harley back, when your mind was such a mush x

[jules]

hooorayyyyy  thank goodness you got her home.

glad we could all be of help dont be a stranger now

[deanouk]

I'll be sticking around 

[alicat]

dean i could jump for joy for you and kirsten getting harley back.
you would think we dont know whts its like to have a bird escape, but every single one of us puts ourselves in the frightened owners position every time it happens.

i recently lost one of my cockatoos. when i say lost i mean he had to be put to sleep, not that he flew away, and one thing i thank him upstairs for is that i know what happened to pernod and where he went, cos a bird flying away leaving you looking up trees and worrying, imagining all the horrible things .... no im glad i know and i was with him .

give that birdy a kiss from me!

[deanouk]

Hi Alicat,

It's a postion me and Kirsten would not like to face again as it was heartbreaking. We have only had Harley 8 weeks and in that time we have moved home recently, so Harley has been at this new house for only a week and obviously in a completely different area. I'm just grateful my little grey found his way back home to us in the little time he's been here, we have found it quiet amazing he actually did it.
Your little cockatoo (pernod) will be in a good place I'm sure of it, i didn't think birds could have this effect on us until now. Harley has had his kiss from you 

[wencharl]

Happy for you, still looking for our Grey after three months. I am heartbroken and wants him home.

[feika]

I second Alicat's view point, I lost two of my blue IRN chicks (Inky and Pinky) which were presented to me as a birthday gift by my wife, and were hand reared by me. I don't know what had become of them, as the maid was responsible for their escape. It's been 10 months now but my throat still gets salty when I thought of them. I also lost another one, an Albino IRN chick who breathed his last just 7 days after arriving home, but since I know his fate, I'm at peace with his memories.

[Izzo]

Congratulations........