My budgie escaped, will he die or find his way home....?

Question

My budgie escaped, will he die or find his way home....?

Answer 1

I don't know where you live,but a lot of times birds end up landing i a tree or on someones porch and they will see them and if they are an animal person they will try to persuade the bird to eat something and get it in a cage,hopefully it will come back to you but i don't know how long it's been gone,if it's a week probably not.hopefully your baby went to someones house and laded,always think the best.And it is the summer so it's got a chance of livig and eating for a while.i pray you or someone else finds it,if you have another bird you let out of the cage please clip the wings,i know how heart breking it can be.

Answer 2

if you were really close to the bird, it would be more likely to come back, but if not then most the time they would die coz they don't know how to survive in the wild.. especially by the presence of other birds who were born wild and not knowing what to eat or where to sleep :(

if it had a collar put around its foot it might be easier to find...

Answer 3

The chances that he will return home are low, but that doesn't mean that it won't happen!

Answer 4

He will probably fly to budgie heaven

Dennis G

Answer 5

The man's right. About a fifth return, but thats because they are usually pent up most of the time, even if they are let loose around a house, and dont know where else to get food.

A lot of budgies die when they escape because other birds or cats catch them. Since they dont have any inbred escape instincts or any real speed or fitness, they get caught.

Chances are you'll be looking at buying another budgie.

Sorry.

Answer 6

About 20% find their way home. In tropical climate, ( I have lived in Miami) I have seen groups of Budgies flocking around. so if you're in that type of climate, survival might happen.

Answer 7

if your Buggie is hand tame put a little food in your hand and stand out side.  Call of it, or what ever you do when you give attention to it.  I have recovered many of my tame birds.  But not very many that were not

Answer 8

he is gone

Answer 9

Well I would put an ad in your local paper, they usually don't charge for Lost and Found. If the weather isn't to hot or cold, maybe you will get lucky and he would be returned to you. I would also walk the neighborhood calling him and let your neighbors know.   You never know what will happen.

Answer 10

You might be lucky.

I know 2 people whose budgies escaped and both returned.

One of them looked outside and saw their budgie frantically flying around being chase by a magpie. They went outside and their budgie flew into their lap.

The other person had a similar situation and tried to entice it down from a tree but it didn't work and the bird flew off. Their dad left the cage in the backyard open and the next afternoon the bird was in the cage! Now they can never get the budgie to leave the cage again! it just refuses.

Hopefully, if it doesn't come back someone will find it.

I would definately put adds up around the place and in the newspaper because they can fly a long way away. Also look around for found buddie adds.

If you don't find you bird you can hope that it found a new home. I have an alexandrine that flew on my shoulder one day. It is very tame, well trained and obviously a well loved bird from someone who put a lot of time into it. I put up poster and an add in the paper and looked for adds of lost birds but didn't find the owner. At least it has a good home now.

Another of my friends was given an escaped bird that someone found and couldn't find the owner. Then it escaped again and they thought they wouldn't see it again. A few days later they got it back. It happened to land on a persons shoulder 50km away who's boss happened to be my friends next door neighbour.

I also know someone whos was in their car and a budgie landed on their shoulder. They couldn't find the owner and now it is their pet.

I wish you good luck in finding your budgie. Definately look for adds and put some up because hopefully someone will find it.

Answer 11

I tell you what my aunt did once when her budgie escaped. She put the cage outside in the back garden and he came back!! I swear one morning she found him eating some food. So you never know. He may still come back.

Answer 12

Birds are very territorial, so when a new bird invades their pitch they usually attack it. Unfortunately, budgies in flight resemble birds of prey, so are prime targets.

Hopefully and for your sake, someone will have found and rescued him, but this cannot be guaranteed. I am so sorry for you as I know how it feels to lose a pet.

Answer 13

Unless someone catches it.He'll be killed by wild birds.

Answer 14

Sorry for your loss.  The same thing happened to me some years ago.   A family member was taking care of it while I was away.  I was told the door was left open and it flew away.  I found that hard to believe because the door opens vertically and it closes on it's own.

After a month or so of sadness, my boyfriend got tired of seeing me sad so he surprised me with a new bird.  Now, I've noticed that the door does sometimes get stuck.  So maybe what I was told about the other bird was true after all.

My Advise Is:  If your bird does not return at least find out how it got away in the first place, that way this will not happen again.

Best wishes

Answer 15

Let me guess: you didn't clip your bird's wings. Now what will happen to your budgie? Now considering that your budgie was captive-bred, the most optimistic and unrealistic scenario is that he finds his way back to your home by a miraculous coincidence. If you live in an area with warm climate, then there is a chance that he might join a flock of feral birds and adjust with them (but most captive-bred birds don't). The most possible scenario (sorry to say) is that he'll go nature's way and fall prey to a predator, or if you live in a cold climate, die during the winter (quite bad). The worst possibility is that he won't be able to find food for himself and starve to death.

Lesson for next time: clip the wings on pet birds. If done properly, it's not inhumane, unless you consider the scenarios I mentioned "humane". And anyway, most birds grow back their clipped feathers during their moult, which is every 6-12 months. Captive-bred birds don't have the same instincts as their wild counterparts, so please don't expect so.

Answer 16

I'm sorry to say, but chances are he won't find his way home. If the weather is nice where you live, he can survive for awhile and maybe you will see him in a tree nearby. I hope so. Good luck.

Answer 17

put up signs, look around, thats all i can say. I am so sorry to say that he might get ranover or killed. I doubt he will find his way home.......... I'm so sorry. =(