My
pet is a Meyer Parrot, named Leroy. He is two years old, and was
hand-raised, so he is used to people. He says several words, like,
hello, pretty bird, goodboy, step-up, Lisa. (my name, hehe.) However,
he was out in the back yard keeping me company one day until a low
flying airplane spooked him. He then flew away. We searched for him
for two hours, before dark came and could not find him. He usually
only flies a few feet away, but he really flew away that day. He was
missing for eight days.
We put an ad in our city paper. Then the day after that, we received a
phone call. Someone found him and was taking care of him. We found out
that he flew a mile away from our home. It took him two days to get to
their house. So he spent two days by himself in the outdoors. We also
found out that the family that took care of him raised parrots and had
three parrots of their own!! They knew all about parrots and were
telling us all sorts of things about parrots. They even gave him a
bath, clipped his wings a little and gave him his own cage. Now we
have him again, it is almost a year since that happened, but he is not
allowed outside anymore. We are very happy to have him back.
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