Bye Bye Birdie :(

MommyOf4Boys · Jun 30, 2006

Yesterday my Cockatiel named Boudreaux got out. I have not been in the best of moods since I lost him (I have been crying like a baby actually). I had him out on his playyard and my son opened the back door and out Boudreaux flew - I spent a few hours searching for him, until it got dark. He is a tropical bird that is extremely domesticated, so I know that it is unlikely that he will survive in the wild. Boudreaux and I were very attached to eachother - he sat on my head the majority of the time. My husband, who I bought Boudreaux for in the first place, was never really attached to him, but felt so bad that he (without my knowledge) called around today while I was not home and put a deposit on a Sun Conure that is in Texas. We will be picking him up at the end of the month when we drive thru to San Antonio and Austin. I didn't realise my husband had it in him to do something that sweet!!! LOL j/k he can surprise me sometimes.
Anway, I hope to have pictures up for yall when I get back from vacation - maybe yall can help me name it..or should I name it Boudreaux II..I just love the name Boudreaux, living in Louisiana and all LOL.

Alex06 · Jul 1, 2006

I'm so sorry to hear about your Cockatiel. The same thing happened to us a couple of years ago. On a hopeful note there is a formerly domesticated Cockatiel that lives in a tree at the lake down the road. The owners were never able to catch it so now it just hangs out down there.

photo gal · Jul 1, 2006

:hug:: :hugs:

mentos_007 · Jul 1, 2006

I've never heard about cockatiel bird but :hugs::hugs:

clarinetJWD · Jul 1, 2006

Boudreaux's gone!? Awwww....I never even saw the bird, but I'll miss him messing with you while in chat. That was always fun

Sorry, Sara...

MommyOf4Boys · Jul 1, 2006

Thanks guys. It is still hard to imagine that he is not here. My almost 2 yr old, Landon, keeps going to Boudreaux's cage and pointing and saying "where boodoh, mama?" I tell him "Boudreaux went bye bye" and he just looks at me and says "oh".

I am going to learn how to clip wings before I bring the Sun Conure home!!!

bytch_mynickname · Jul 2, 2006

Sorry to hear of your loss. I too lost a bird but he was a sun conure. Some dumb kids came up on our porch and opened his cage, he flew into the closest tree and sat there and yelled out my name. Sadly I wasn't there or I think he would have came to me but by the time I got home, he was gone

Good luck with the sun, I loved mine, someday I hope to get another one, or an african grey :lovey:

clarinetJWD · Jul 4, 2006

I had a friend that had an african grey. Gorgeous bird, but her's had this habit of picking out its feathers until there were bare spots, so she had to sell him.

Corry · Jul 4, 2006

clarinetJWD said:
I had a friend that had an african grey. Gorgeous bird, but her's had this habit of picking out its feathers until there were bare spots, so she had to sell him.

Feather pickign is a behavioral problem, often brought on because the bird is bored. It's possible it didn't have enough stimulation to keep it busy.

Sorry to hear about the bird, Sara. I lost my first cockatiel in the same way.