Today, I bought a parakeet for my kids. When I got home and presented it to them, they wanted to let him fly around inside. We went around the house making sure all the windows and doors were shut. Unfortunately I forgot to turn off the ceiling fan. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was showing off my new pet bird to my friends over video chat. I opened the cage to demonstrate how friendly he was. Instead of perching on my finger like usual, he flew out the window. I spent the next hour chasing him around the neighborhood in my pajamas. FML
Today, I was caring for a bird that had flown into my window. I thought the poor thing wouldn't make it, when it shit in my hand, flew into my neck, then around my living room for ages before I could manage to get it out of the window. FML
Today, I spent twenty minutes trying to shoo a bird out of my apartment. After finally getting it outside, I closed the window, turned around, and realized I'd locked myself out instead. The bird flew away. I didn't. FML
Today, the bird that has been stuck in my roof for two days, keeping me awake at night, finally flew out of the roof and into the house. As I was opening the door to send it outside, it flew straight back up into the roof. FML
Today, a pigeon flew into my apartment through an open window. I tried for 20 minutes to guide it back outside. It eventually left on its own, then immediately flew back in through the window again. FML
Today, a hummingbird somehow got into my house. I spent two and a half hours trying to get it out after finally using a blanket to catch it. I run outside to release it from my hands, and it flew back into my house. FML
Today, I set my parrot in the bathroom while I cleaned his cage, thinking he would be safe there. He was in fact safe, but not so the used maxi pad he chewed up. FML
Today I bought a new cage, along with some toys, for my bird. I came home to find my bird had escaped its old cage. FML
Today, it's 1 a.m. and once again a freaking bird has flew into my house from the attic. My cats are of course all crazy right now as it sits in my room, in a high corner beyond reach. My children are sleeping and I have no way to let it outside from where it is right now. Oh and it's freezing outside. FML
Today, after months of teaching my parrot to speak, he finally demonstrated his abilities. I accidentally set off my smoke detector, and he's been wailing like a dying banshee ever since. FML
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jSOPURE 3
No freaking way... Let me guess what's for dinner. :)
KenMcGormick 0
Today, I just gotten from a pet shop to my new owner's house. They decided that I should be let flying around the house. They forgot to turn off the ceiling fan. FML
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Puolukka 4
#5 WTF??? You don't clip parakeets' wings for no reason! They are BIRDS and need to fly... You definitely don't let them fly around the house until you trained them to trust you and sit on your finger and such...BUT They are not stupid, they don't randomly crash into walls...windows without curtains - yes but only because they think there's no window there... --> put curtains on the windows... I've had parakeets all my life, all of them were allowed to fly around the house to their liking as long as someone was home...I had 4 total, now I have 1 left...the others died of old age pretty much...the one that is still left is now 12 years old...and that is pretty old for a parakeet...
TheSacredRatty 18
Birds don’t need to fly. They can manage just fine without being able to fly. They’re in captivity for crying out loud, they don’t need to fly away from predators or hunt food. While it is possible to allow your bird to fly around the house (as long as they are comfortable and it is safe), OP is a new owner and should’ve done intense research before killing an innocent animal.
blob 8
Clipping a birds wings is actually a smart choice when you first get them because it can make training easier and go faster
mrcarmine 0
well, it was fun while it lasted
0ops_fml 0
on the bright side, it's a story your kids will never forget...
greenman_fml 0
at least now you can make a nice pillow
Clover2009 0
#15, uhhh, you can have implants, go to school, and have kids. o_o Ten bucks says the majority of Californians do it. XD
TheAntiComment 0
its probably for the better, most birds are smart and dont run into objects that they can see if your parakeet couldn't see a ceiling fan, it was for the better or this could be another one of your many lies
Ameronot 14
Or, the poor bird was scared. A new environment and new people tend to have that effect.
TheSacredRatty 18
Birds can get scared very easily. Since they’re small and vulnerable, they developed that in the wild to keep them safe. Birds never evolved to live inside. Hell, even wild birds crash into windows because they can’t tell it’s glass.
aztec37 0
#16, noname is what it puts when the person doesn't enter a name.
TheAntiComment 0
dont you need an account to post fmls?
timmytimmeh 0
#19 - actually you don't, you just enter your name/details and post one #15 - noname is indeed just what it comes up with when people don't put their name and if you HAVE to put a name i'm guessing people that don't want to just write "noname". #10 - you're out of your mind. why would anyone mourn a parakeet?
lala_land 0
EPIC FAIL. I read this and I went, "Holy shit, no way!" And my mom gave me a funny look. But anywhoo. That sucks. It was fun while it lasted. Oh, # 7 - HAHA! That's funny.