Cocoa got out of house!!!

[Erithacus]

After cleaning her poops on the floor, I took the rag out to wash. I closed the metal grille sliding door. I have netting over the 1st pane as we only use the 1st pane. The 2nd and 3rd panes are fixed and are covered by the glass sliding door.

As I was washing the rag, Cocoa flew to the curtain then climbed over to the metal grille sliding door. She squeezed her way thru in between the metal grille and the glass sliding doors and found her way out of the house. She did that within a few seconds which was pretty fast. She was sitting on the 2nd pane metal grille door facing me. Actually she wanted to come to me. She always does that when I go out.

My wife called out loud. I told her not to startle Cocoa. I calmly walked to Cocoa and asked her to perch on my finger. She stepped up and I slowly walked back into the house.

This is the 3rd time she got out. The 1st and 2nd were over a year ago. We are going on vacation tomorrow. If Cocoa decided to bye bye us, I think we have to cancel our vacation.

[guybo]

Is she clipped? If your bird is that flight-prone then clipping may be the best solution.

[Becco Lunatico]

*shudder* I've been thinking about purchasing a magnetic screen curtain for the sun room door... deterring item maybe?? Sooo glad your friend knows you mean home (:

[Erithacus]

My baby is flighted.

I tested her yesterday, allowing her to play on the curtain with the door open. She was on harness. I wanted to know what would she do after that. She climbed to the door as expected. Then she was looking around where to go. As expected, she flew to the clothes rack to play with the hanger.

I think by allowing her to do that regularly, there would be a higher chance of her staying on the clothes rack if she were to get out again.

[zazanomore]

These stories always give me mini-heart attacks...