He flew away. He's home!

[EleriDragonfly]

Not sure where else to put this.
My 5 month old, hand reared Cockatiel has flown away. And it's all my fault.
He was on my shoulder while I was out in the back yard giving him and my Budgie some sunlight, I was foolish enough to think he'd stay with me while I was out there. I wasn't far out from my back door and everything was fine, he was sat on my shoulder nibbling my glasses. I brought my budgie back in, he was in a cage, and suddently Captain flew off my shoulder onto the roof of my next door neighbour.
It was only 6 foot tall and I rished to call him before he flew off. I held out my arm and called him, he always comes to me when I call and this was no different. He flew to my arm, but at the last minute he turned away and flew away over the roofs of my street.
I should have tried to grab him or something, even if it meant he was hurt at least he'd be with me now and not out there, he's most likely dead. And it's my fault!
I searched for him for 3 hours after he flew away, when he first flew off he was chirping and I heard which way he went. I wondered around as far as I thought he might have gone, and beyond, but with no luck.
Every now and again I thought I heard him call and I would go in that direction, but to no avail. My sister helped me for a bit, but she had to get ready for work, then my mum helped after she got off from work. Then we both went door to door in my street asking if anyone had seen anything, unfortunetly no.
I've made posters and put them in my local vet, pet shop and Morrisons. I'm just hoping someone finds him. I know most likely he is dead. And it's because of my stupidity! I miss him so much, what's worse is I've only had him for a week and I had bought a harness for him. I hate myself right now, just HATE myself. It' my fault, I shouldn't have been so trusting he'd stay with me. I ended up crying today while talking to my budgie, I haven't cried since he flew away 2 days ago.
I'm going to wait 2 weeks, if I hear nothing after that, then I have to assume he's dead. Probably eaten by a cat or attacked by other birds, or died from exposure or starvation. I wish I could find him, I feel so useless. And I just keep hating myself.
I just needed to post this somewhere. I know it's all my fault, all my fault.

[GreenWing]

Oh no... this is so terrible! I am so sorry! *Hugs* It was an honest mistake, please don't beat yourself up over this... you can still find him.

Please keep trying to find him, he may be nearby, keep calling his name.

[marie83]

Contact john hayward from the parrot lost and found register.

Get adverts in the papers, on the radio and in every shop which will let you put one up.

Give leaflets to your friends and family and ask them to distribute a few when they are going about their daily lives.

The further away you can put these leaflets the better.

Ring round police stations, animal shelters, other animal control organisations, vets etc- even the ones that aren't quite so local.

post messages on as many animal forums as you can find.

Oh and dont give up, someone round here lost a grey which turned up 6 months after it flew.

[EleriDragonfly]

I'll be sure to call John Hayward tomorrow, if I can find time during work. I hope I can find him. I can't help but blame myself for what happened. Though part of me knows he must be dead. I live close to my town center, and I have cats and seagulls all over the place. Also it's been very cold here since he flew away, and it's been raining.
My only hope is that Captain found a person who doesn't know he's missing, He's hand reared and preffers being with people rather than other birds, my budgie Wheatley has been trying to make friends with him, but Captain showed no interest. I truly hope someone found him and just doesn't know he's missing yet.
I hope I find him, even if it's his body. I just want to know what happened to him, I know I'm asking a lot, I'll probably never know, but I can hope.

[GlassOnion]

Please don't give up. Flyers everywhere and call everywhere animal related. They fly far in a very short time, so look WIDE.

My heart breaks for your little tiel.

[EleriDragonfly]

I called John Hayward and gave him my details, and of course of Captain. I just hope he heard me correctly, I'm almost sure he said Cockatoo but I repeated myself.
Also put more posters around my town center, and tomorrow I'm going to put some more around where I'm sure he flew away.
I feel a bit better about possibly finding him, but again I can't help but think he's lost. What with the abundance of cats and seagulls. Also I live quite close to a port, part of me wonders if he accidently got on a ship and is on his way to Ireland xD

[pennyandrocky]

years ago i got a call from my neighbor asking if i lost my parrot,she knew i had one because of the noise but never saw him.i told her no but went right over to catch the who was perched on the roof outside her bedroom window.he came right to me and she took it to the vet who said he was near death but he did make it in time to be saved.she went out putting up fliers for a found bird and the owners were found they lived a couple hours away from us and he had been missing for over a month.

[EleriDragonfly]

I went around today to check on my posters, becuase we had strong winds and rain again today, and they were all gone. I thought maybe they'd been blown off, but now I think someone has taken them down :/ There was no trace of them at all, but one of them looked like it had been blown off because there were still parts of it on the lampost. I'm going to try again tomorrow night, I don't feel very well today :/ I'm going to use more tape and put them in plastic sleeves xD
Part of me wonders if someone has found him, but doesn't want to give him back. People around my town would do something like that -_-

[macbrush]

Don't give up so easily, I heard stories about owner finding their lost birds after months.

[EleriDragonfly]

I've put up more posters, and put them in plastic sleeves this time. I'm going to check them tomorrow to see if they are taking down. If they have, then maybe the council doesn't allow posters on lamposts :/
I'm doing my best to stay positive. I've cleaned his cage and it's ready for whenever he comes back. But with the weather, my hope is dwindling.