An escape from our last house-sit / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

January 24, 2023 9:34am CST

I wrote that the last house-sit owners said the little chicken was doing well. However, they also said that the lovebird which was in a cage on its own on the back verandah has escaped, much to the distress of the little girl. I didn’t like that it was in a small cage, however I don’t believe it will survive long in the wild as the other wild birds will attack it. With luck, it might go to the bigger cage which has lovebirds and the owners might be able to trap it there. I don’t have a photo of the lovebird but the one in the image looks the same as Zulu, the one that escaped. It is a rosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis roseicollis) and the photo was taken by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86732)

• United States

25 Jan 23

Oh pity it escaped Judy

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86732)

• United States

25 Jan 23

@JudyEv Oh yes, I realize I had a parrot once that escaped

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Jan 23

We didn't have to open the cage. It had plenty of food and we just topped up the water. Once you opened the door, it would have been quite tricky to prevent it escaping.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (15732)

• Raurkela, India

25 Jan 23

Hope the love bird is safe in the woods.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Jan 23

I hope so too but I think the wild birds would object to it.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (15732)

• Raurkela, India

27 Jan 23

@JudyEv They surely would but the love birds can hide in the woods.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95082)

• Marion, Ohio

25 Jan 23

Hope they can catch it

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95082)

• Marion, Ohio

25 Jan 23

@JudyEv That would be nice if it does

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Jan 23

It might go down to the other lovebirds, in which case it might go into the smaller cage at the side which just has extra feed in it.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129392)

• Israel

25 Jan 23

@JudyEv I cannot blame it for escaping and hope it will be ok. I hope they will not put it in a smaller cage again and will treat it with resepct hoping it returns.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Jan 23

Mostly, once birds escape like this, they don't come back.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129392)

• Israel

29 Jan 23

@JudyEv I hope this one will.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (155957)

• United States

25 Jan 23

What a shame. I hope they find it. I don't like the idea of a small cage either. I always wanted a pair of lovebirds.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Jan 23

I'm sure sometimes the birds bite and screech so much out of frustration. Lovebirds are very pretty.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (155957)

• United States

25 Jan 23

@JudyEv Birds require a lot of attention. I always feel sorry for them in cages.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203454)

• Nashville, Tennessee

24 Jan 23

Oh my goodness. I hope they find the bird safely and soon.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Jan 23

Hopefully it will go down to the others and they'll be able to trap it there.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203454)

• Nashville, Tennessee

25 Jan 23

@JudyEv Maybe it will follow the instinct of birds and do just that.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45476)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

24 Jan 23

That's one happy looking lovebird. Maybe Zulu will come back.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Jan 23

He might find his way to where the others are. They'd have a hope of catching him if he does that.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (169893)

• United States

24 Jan 23

I sure hope he shws back up.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Jan 23

The little girl is devastated that he is gone.

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

24 Jan 23

I am glad it escaped. Atleast it will get to live in freedom though not for a long time.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Jan 23

That's true.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111154)

• El Paso, Texas

24 Jan 23

What a pretty bird. It's a shame that people like to cage birds, they aren't like dogs or cats so I just don't see a reason for it.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Jan 23

It's such a shame. Birds are meant to be in cages.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (62096)

• United States

24 Jan 23

That’s one of the worst things about having pets, the fear of it getting away.

I hope the bird is found.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Jan 23

It was almost bound to happen. It wasn't easy to open the door without giving the bird an opportunity to escape and because it wasn't scared of you, it would hang around the opening.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12593)

• Ireland

24 Jan 23

@JudyEv I really feel so bad about birds kept in cages, but especially small cages.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325651)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Jan 23

It is awful. There was a cockatoo in Donnybrook that had an incredibly small cage and they can live to 70-100 years. Imagine being confined in a small area for that long.

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