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We found Willie five years ago chased by crows and mercilessly attacked by them. After chasing the crows away we found him bleeding , his feathers all pulled out especially his tail feathers. We knew that he was someones pet so we asked all our neighbors and put poster of him everywhere but no one claimed him. We nursed him back to health with some advice from the vet.
Willie would peck at us and make us bleed when we tried to help him. It took him some time to understand that we were friends. He hated being put in a cage. He was always on my son’s head or shoulders but we knew if he flew away again he would be in danger. He has become our pet , we tried getting him a mate but he would peck her so much that we had to take her away.
He has grown into a healthy bird now, but he is still pecks. He has learned to love his cage and plays with the dazzling beads that hang in his cage. He has his preferences, he loves my younger son and my husband , he is okay with me, but just tolerates my older son. Silly Willie we call him.
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Question of
Do you like silly Willie in this picture?
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Question of
Have you seen crows or others birds hunt down smaller birds?
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This is a Great to See.
Thank you Radica, Willie is family now.
Willie was very lucky to survive.
We don’t get crows but we have other birds that would hunt and chase budgies. Our little Louis is also a bird rescue budgie, I got him when he was 2 and next month Louis will be 12 years old.
Very nice to have saved Willie from crows, dear friend … even here, crows are very offensive and chase away all smaller birds
Good that you could save him, I must confess that I don’t like seeing birds in cages.
Sad that he chose to be in a cage. If he had behaved perhaps he would have been a free bird
Home raised birds cannot be free birds as they become easy prey. We take him out often but only for a short while.
Kind of you to save Willie. It is the way of nature to reject things touched by humans!
Willie has taught us a lot of lessons in life. He is still scarred from all this I guess.
i would bet he is. Good that you saved him and protect him now!
He is my younger son’s favorite pet.
pets and children – such a wonderful skill to pass to them!