Bekkie nearly killed herself

[Bekkie]

I had a scare today, when I came back from town I found Bekkie hanging by her feet from a rope I used to tie her playing balls with on the playstand.She somehow got tangled in the rope and could have hurt herself very badly. I immediately removed the ropes after I took her off, and she is ok now. I attached a photo of the rope on the playstand to show you all not to make the same mstake as I did.It can be fatal for the bird.

 

 

[Talon]

Wow! I'm glad everything is okay now. What a scare! Thanks for the warning, you can never be too careful.

[judygram]

Oh my gosh, Bekkie, that would have been horrible, glad you got back in time, and glad she is fine. Thats a good lesson for the rest of us, thanks for sharing this with us, so no one else makes the same mistake.

[Guest Lidia]

The poor thing! Poor you! I hope you're both okay now. There but for luck go many of us!

[danmcq]

Hi Bekkie,

 

That scene coming in to your home would send lightening bolts through you!

 

In looking at the photo, that string or piece of leather attaching to the ball looks too short to wrap around your greys leg easily.

 

Is it just the angle of the camera that makes it look so short?

 

If the cord really is that short, then it would seem that any length over an inch or so could be very dangerous to any Parrot.

 

Thank god he didn't chew his leg off!!!

[Bekkie]

The camera angle makes it looks shorter than it actually is, it's about 3 inches long, but it is double so her foot got caught between it and when I arrived home she was hanging upside down looking dead because she did not even move, I quess she was very tired at that stage.

[greylover]

oh my gosh,tho chico allways gets his leg stick or somthing but im glad im there when it happens i have chucked out all the toys that he was getting stuck in.So i got new one's.I would take it out bekkie.Evan tho the likes it.:ohmy: :ohmy: Is she ok?

[Bekkie]

She is ok today, yesterday she was very quiet for the whole day, I think she got a helluva fright, I did took out all the ropes and stuff she can get stuck in.

[miltie]

Very happy to hear bekkie is ok now. What an awful frightening experience for both of you. Thanks for the heads up no ropes like that for my cage.

[greylover]

yes very happy to here bekkie is fine.B)

[Guest Lidia]

Bekkie, perhaps you might try using rawhide strips instead of rope. It cannot get tangled up and it will put your mind at rest.

[greylover]

that is a good idea.lidia

[Bekkie]

Thanx for the advice Lidia, but Im a bit scared now,maybe I will try it later:blink:

[judygram]

I hear ya, Bekkie, something like that scares the bejesus out of you but it sounds like a good idea when you get more comfortable with doing it.