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Re: trying to catch a parakeet loose in my neighborhood
Posted by janice on 4/29/11

On 9/29/05, barb wrote:
> On 9/29/05, MK wrote:
>> I am trying to catch a loose parakeet. It comes by my house
>> because we feed wild birds and have a bird house. It's
>> trying to take residence in one of the compartments, even
>> though sparrows are trying to kick it out. The problem is
>> that I live up north and while it's trying to keep warm at
>> night in our bird house, it won't have much luck once it
>> gets colder. I have two parakeets of my own that I bring
>> out in hopes to lure it into an extra cage I have with food
>> in it. Any other suggestions?
> ******************************
> I know this sounds funny but maybe play a tape of your
> parakeets and or put a dummy parakeet in the cage you can
get
> them from the petstores and prop the cage door open. Or if
> you can get someone to put a ladder next to the birdhouse
and
> when you see him go in cover the hole and bring the cage
down
> and either take inside and wait til he comes out or put the
> opening up next to the cage opening with no space between
the
> cage and bird house. Its worth a try!!
>
> ********<<<

Posts on this thread, including this one

• trying to catch a parakeet loose in my neighborhood, 9/29/05, by MK.
• Re: trying to catch a parakeet loose in my neighborhood, 9/29/05, by barb.
• Re: trying to catch a parakeet loose in my neighborhood, 9/29/05, by Bre.
• Re: trying to catch a parakeet loose in my neighborhood, 4/29/11, by janice.