[HappyHippy]

I know we hear about all kinds of animals getting abandoned 
Bruce has come home from work tonight with a baby budgie that someone put into a box and dumped in the middle of a car park at Palacerigg - it could have been run over or anything 
Poor wee guy is understandbly shaken, but seems to be okay, currently recovering under Bruce 'the bird man's' full attention 

What's wrong with phoning the RSPCA/SSPCA or going to a rehoming centre  Even taking it and handing it in at a pet shop would be better than just dropping it like rubbish 

[ballingall]

That is bad. We once rehomed 3 guinea pigs, and at least the owners had been semi organised- they left them in a shoebox on a vets doorstep early in the morning. At least that way they got proper treatment ASAP.


Poor budgie. So are you looking for a bird cage now?


Beth

[HappyHippy]

Nah, we've still got the cockateil cage (couldn't quite bear to part with it after old Levi went) so this wee guy is spoilt rotten with a cage fit for a king 
It's funny, I've always been a believer than abandoned animals always seem to find the 'right' person to look after them - Bruce is definately that guy ! He had a pet baby pigeon at Palacerigg a few weeks back. Found it after it had fallen out a tree, took it in, nursed it back to health and was disgusted when he went back after a few days off and someone had released it cos it was doing so well 
But if you've got a spare one DON'T TELL HIM - cos he'll take it, and he'll fill it 
See you Sunday 

[rispainfarm]

To be fair, its possible they have just bought it and put it on the roof or something while they got in and then drove off. It doesn't actually sound as if it has been abandoned, they would just let it go out the window if that was the cae. i think you ought to put a notice in the local paper

[HappyHippy]

There's not a pet shop for miles Linda  Palacerigg isn't the kind of place you just pass, you've got to make a point of actually going there - so I'd think it's doubtfull. It's not the first animal they've had dumped there  (though I think it is the smallest  ) We'll keep her (deffo a girl, has a brown bit at the top of her beak and boys have blue according to bird man  ) here to see if anyone claims her in the meantime. They've not got bird cages down there, only chicken runs 

[Beewyched]

Oh bless - how can folks do things like that    I mean, it wouldn't have taken much hassle to get her re-homed    Thankfully 4H found her when he did     - especially with the weather being like it is at the mo 

[omnipeasant]

This story had a happy ending anyway. Good luck to the little budgie.

[NormandyMary]

What are you going to call her?

[Rosemary]

Sheila

[Fowgill Farm]

  Rosemary!
Well done Bruce she could also be Tess a la Strictly
Mandy

[tizaala]

Bruce didn't find it , he bought it with your missing credit card off a bloke in the pub, 

[HappyHippy]

Bruce didn't find it , he bought it with your missing credit card off a bloke in the pub, 

You know Tiz, thinking about it..................... 
(We found the bank card - it hadn't left the house  )

Must be Tuesday morning blues, not getting the name thing 

[tizaala]

Name thing :   all Ausies are either Bruce or Shielah..... simples
 
remember ....nothing succeeds like a budgie with no teeth

[HappyHippy]

 

[omnipeasant]

You had better put that last joke on twitter Tizaala