More sad news… but good news too! :/

*good news first… but skip ahead if you want to get the bad news over with first!!*

Hey Birdnerds! Yep, it turns out that the aviary was only mildly broken and thanks to my dads handy work, it is now back up and running, ready for new birds!!! We are also working on setting up another smaller aviary perfect for baby birds so we can take care of even more birdies as the calls start to rush in!

But, not everything was as easy to fix as the broken aviary- and Skittles’s problem was one of them.

It was in fact my dog who found Skittles- my mum was running my dog around in the paddock when suddenly she tore off towards a little rosella who was hopping around aimlessly on the grass. It was obviously Skittles… but he wasn’t in his usual good shape. Most of his tail feathers were gone- victim of the other territorial birds of the area.

He still seemed robust and cheery enough, shrieking away as my mum and dad recaptured him… but in the end, as we expected from this bird who couldn’t fly with most of his tail feathers missing, when my mum took him to the vet, he had to be put down ;(

“At least he died a humane death”, my mum said. “If we hadn’t found him he would be dead anyway, attacked or starving to death” It’s pretty true. Skittles didn’t really have the ability to find his own food, and since it was breeding season, the magpies would swoop him and the rosellas even more hostile and territorial towards him.

RIP Skittles… he will be missed.

On a brighter note, at least our aviary is back up and running. Also, now that it’s spring, we get to watch the ducks’ (that live on our property) little babies grow up!!!

So, yeahh. That’s pretty much it… for the good AND the bad. Join me next time for a (hopefully) happy post… CYA LATER!!!

*btw, if u have a bird question for me, pls comment down below or text/email me!*

QueenBirdNerd, out!!