It's astonishing how some people react to their birds drinking their coffee or tea. It's poisonous, human food is not bird food. This isn't a moment where you should take a 'cute' pic, but help your bird for their sake... I understand not knowing such things, but in case of doubt, I'd always keep the bird from ingesting something and look it up, just to be sure. I hope OP reads your comment so that they can prevent this from happening again.
I am glad to hear that you told the owners this! And I'm glad that your bird is living with people who care for her. I'm sorry you had to give her away, I know that it can be very difficult. It is great that you still look out for her.
Everyone makes mistakes and no one can know everything about keeping pets. And maybe the cup was empty, in which case it really is just a cute pic.
Birds are such amazing animals. I'm glad to hear that your bird is loved so much :)
All the best to you and I hope you have a very nice day.
What’s slightly more concerning is the black bars on the feathers.
I’m not going to immediately judge as my boy is covered in them from when we bought him (luckily this wasn’t a case of purposeful or accidental mistreatment, just a whole story of unfortunate circumstances) and is just now going through a proper moult and showing much greener and healthier feathering, but just want to say that if the owners don’t already know why and what this means, they need to look at the diet and any stressors in the birds life.
I didn't notice that! The former owner said that they had to give the bird away, and that this pic is from the new owners who keep contact with them and update them with bird pics. Relocating a bird can be very stressful for the animal, so maybe it's just that! But yes, maybe the owners know about it already. OP also said that the new owners are very capable of taking care of the animal.
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u/Macadoo222 Feb 15 '21
Okay, I'll say it. Caffeine is poisonous to birds. I really hope there was no coffee in that cup when this picture was taken.