Lucky bird

[Kaedyn]

I was making my typical Harrison's run at the vet when I walked in on a mother and her daughter picking up their pet amazon. As injured birds do, she tried to put on a healthy appearance, but I noticed she had a large collar around her neck. So, being ever curious, I asked them what she was in for and they said she was attacked by a raccoon while playing in her aviary. It just reached into the cage and kept swinging for her until it "took a chunk out of her neck". I dread anything like that ever happening to one of my crew and I hate to see it happen to any of them. She's one very lucky bird to have even survived.

[she]

She is a very lucky bird indeed.I have an out side aviery and although we dont have the same preditors you do I am always cautious of urban foxes and kestrals as well as domestic cats.

[danmcq]

Wow, that is a scary incident. If you live where critters like that coon are, avairies are best built with stainless mesh.

 

Thanks for sharing this. :-)

[Tycos_mom]

I have to worry about preditor birds racoons, bears, cougars you name it we have it I love where I live because of allthe wild life but I keep my birds on the sundeck caged where I can keep an close eye on them when they're outside.

[Luvparrots]

Thanks for the reminder Jim, that we have to be ever vigilant with our precious charges.