"He flew on me, explored a bit my shoulder, my beard and my hair and now is napping on my wrist": Local search for an owner goes unanswered, allowing a lost lovebird to find its forever home with a 'huge luxury cage' and a lifetime of cuddles

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Aug 18, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

You know all too often we shine the light on doggos losing their way in the world here and getting lost, that we forget that there is a pet out there who has the potential to get far more lost and a derpy doggo who is limited to only land. Of course, we are talking about our beautiful bird friends. And this story of this bird who flew just a little too far from home is one of heartbreak and of happiness.

For while his original hooman probably spent days if not weeks looking for their lost love, the bird did at least remain safe, and was raised well enough to know who to trust in the big bad world we live in. and choose a new hooman he did, by flying onto one man's balcony. This led to quite the sweet bonding montage (you will have to imagine the actual montage footage seeing as we did not make a movie out of this) and the decision to make his new-found home, his forever home.
 

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    Hi people, the fella in the pic was chirping on my balcony, I started talking to them and then they flew on my shoulder. Have adopted a mini parrot? It seems domestic though. have not much experiences with birds, I gave him some water and
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    a couple of almond (natural) and now he seems to be napping. What do do now? want to do the best for this dude Thank you!
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    UPDATE! I bought a little cage (which will stay open) and some food for the time being and have alerted the local pet shop chain that I have the birb and I am going to check tomorrow if anyone loooked for him. Same thing in a couple of shops nearby. He ate his seed
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    and now it seems way more energetic, flying around, singing and exploring. If he ends up staying I am going to name him Seneca!
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  • Well, this is quite the sweet and simple introduction. Most rescues or adoptions take a few more terrifying twists and turns before they end up finding their balance. But it seems that this unintended bird father was destined to be a bird father all along. Also for those who might not know (we didn’t) Seneca was a Roman philosopher, which is a very meaning heavy name to bestow upon a bird.

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    UPDATE 2 Since I've seen many people worried about the original owners, I want to make clear that my intention is first to look for the owners for at least 1 week, if after that no one ask for him I think I will keep him and that would mean that I would
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    buy a huge luxury cage for my feathered friend!
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    UPDATE 3 The first night is passed, when I woke him up removing the sheet he chirped and started eating, while I was making coffee. Afterwards I opened the cage and he flew on me, explored a bit my shoulder, my beard
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    and my hair (dreadlocks) and now is napping on my wrist. Today I will check again local shops and make a few calls to exotic pets vets to check whether anyone asked for him.
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    First thing first, it's been more than a week now since he arrived in my apartment and I have not found the previous owners. I have checked and looked everywhere I would go if I lost my pet, including fb local groups and local pet stores. No one is looking for a lost
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    bird it seems. On a sweeter note we are bonding and we have found some kind of temporary routine since until halfway through June we both are a bit restricted on what we can do, the apartment is quite
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  • Jheez, can you imagine how hard it must be to find a lost bird. Unlike a dog or cat who are limited by how far they can move through densely populated and built-up land, a bird can just keep flying until it tires, finds a nice man willing feed it and carries on upon its mystical journey. At least this bird is living a pretty good second chapter in life.

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    small and I have to go to work anyway. I wake him up a 7.30/8 am, I clean his cage, change his water and refill his feeders as needed, I also put a few fresh piece of apples/carrots in the cage. I then free him for
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    one hour, I talk and whistle to him and as long as he wants I pet his head and cheeks.
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    Afterwards if he agrees I put him back in the cage and I leave for work. It happened in the most recent days that he understands that I am going out and so he does not responds to me as he otherwise do, flying on the tallest spot of the room and mocking me
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    for my inability to catch him. Since I actually must go to work I have birdproofed a room so I can leave him free without worrying that he might get hurt or making a mess/marking stuff dirty or whatever.
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    Once I come back, which can be from 5 to 8 hours later, I free him if he's in the cage and spend some more time with him, 3 to 5 hours. During these hours I am not constantly interacting directly with him, for example he sits on my shoulder grooming
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    me while I do PC stuff or while I browse Reddit on my phone. I have found a little game to play with him, he likes to bite the band of my watch, so I hide it to him and he looks for it or I move it around so he chases it.
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    I then put him back in the cage at 7 pm and I reduce the light in his cage partially covering it. I change his water and fresh fruit once again and between 7.30 and 8 pm I completely cover the cage so he can sleep his 12 hours.
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