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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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dwights 0
agreed with 16
saaarrj 0
LOLLL @ #6&7 and #11..parakeets definitely do get their wings clipped o.O maybe not all, but the pet store i went to had all the parakeets wings clipped because they were kept not in cages but an open roofed class container.
threecardmonty 2
How'd the kids react?
tyler1 0
I CAN JUST SEE THE KIDS' FACES!!! OMG that is ******* perfect... i know im gonna sound like a sick **** for saying this, but thats worth the money to buy a parakeet! woulda made my day
TheSacredRatty 18
You’re going to hell
jabbaundead 0
sorry but i gotta say i lol'd on that one.. i'm a terrible person. ahhahaha
bpua 0
forgot to mention, your bird can still "fly" with his flight feathers clipped, if done correctly he wont be able to gain altitude but he'll be able to slow his fall down if he does fall off his cage or something. He also wont be able to turn with the flight feathers clipped (6 feathers from the tip inwards roughly ) I dont recommend keeping your birds wings clipped for the duration of his life, if he were to accidentally fall off your finger you would want him to be able to maneuver safely instead of being doomed by the direction he initially fell, imagine if you couldn't brace your fall with your hands if you tripped. Trimming once for the trip home and acclimation is good
smurfy_fml 0
LOLS :) Poor birdy!
dcapp 0
omg! thats terrible you should not have gotten a bird unless you knew how to properly keep it safe animal abuse over here!
theluckygirl28 8
wow..... that hilarious and sad at the same time!! i have parakeets.... 1 of them flew into the ceiling fan bc some1 turned it on while he was out.... saddest thing. it survived, but it made such a sad little noise... =[
SevenDeadlySinz 0
So much for that parakeet, huh?