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02-07-2018, 03:53 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: San diego
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| The Yorkie/Parrotlet Mystery Hi, I joined this forum specifically to ask about my year old yorkie, Sampson, who is the love of my life but a rascal. He is an attention hog, honing in ALWAYS on the attention i give my sweet female sheltie whose brother died a year ago. He also was very jealous of my little parrotlet that would fly to my shoulder every morning for kisses and breakfast time. So...the other day, I came home, Sampson has pushed open his gate (again), gotten out and was running around the whole house. ON the kitchen rug were about 12 blue feather plumes from my parrotlet, and I suspected the worst. Sampson looked pretty guilty. The bird was well trained, very affectionate and intelligent, and had an open door cage during the day, because there were 2 places in the home she liked to perch. She did not fly around the house constantly..., just went to those perches. But since we moved in December, she got confused and flew to the floor a couple times, or into the sliding glass door, then floor, where Sampson had access to her. He ALWAYS stared up at her cage incessantly and licked his chops. He was obsessed with her. But there were times when he was right up close to her on my shoulder and never tried to bite her. I am well aware that he could have killed her by wrestling with her like a stuffed animal if she fell to the ground, hence the feathers. BUT THERE WAS NO BLOOD AND NO BIRD CARCASS, BONES OR ANYTHING. We looked high and low! All doors and windows were closed. What could have happened to my sweet little bird? And how could a little sweet cuddly yorkie be so cruel? Jealous yes, but a "birderer"??? No! He is only 4 pounds so I KNOW he could not have eaten it bones and all. ??? Please give your thoughts. Thank you, Mystified and heartbroken Mamma |
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02-08-2018, 12:39 AM | #2 |
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| Sorry about the issue you have had with your Yorkie and your parrotlet. Yorkies are Terriers and were bred to chase, find and kill prey. Although more domesticated and coddled, that prey drive is present in today’s Yorkies as well. My little girl is sweet and cuddly but will chase every squirrel and cat that finds its way into her yard. When she was attacked by a hawk, she fought for her life (at 3.8 pounds) and killed the hawk. She will play with another dog or cat, but if it gets rough or she feel threatened she will go into that prey mood. Of course you don’t know for sure what happened to your bird I gather, but keeping other critters, that might be vulnerable, safe could be a chore around any Terrier.
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02-08-2018, 04:51 AM | #3 |
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| I don't want to be crass, but you should probably check Sampson's poop over the next couple of days to look for the remainder of the feathers. That will give you the definitive answer for whether Sampson ate the parrotlet.
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02-08-2018, 05:14 AM | #4 | |
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Check the poop and maybe you'll find your answer.
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02-08-2018, 07:24 AM | #5 |
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| Here's a link to a thread about parrotlets and pets from the Parrotlet Talk forum: Parrotlets and cats and dogs - Talk Parrotlets Forums . It mostly warns about cats, but states that some dogs can be a threat as well. Unless you found a route of escape, it doesn't bode well for the parrotlet...
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02-08-2018, 08:21 AM | #6 |
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| I’m sorry. They are terriers so they will go after little things like that it is just bred into them. I don’t want to disturb you but the way they catch rats which is what they are bred for is by breaking their necks so it’s possible that’s how he killed the bird and there would be no blood. He wasn’t being cruel though he was being a Terrier and it’s in his blood.
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02-08-2018, 02:19 PM | #7 |
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| Piper is absolutely true to her breed and is simply compelled to chase anything that moves suddenly...I've decided there is no stopping her from going after my mom's cat, Alice. However, Piper has learned she cannot bark incessantly at Alice and Piper must come when called (i.e. remove herself from Alice's area). It's not perfect, but better than a couple of months ago. I think, no matter how well trained, given the opportunity a terrier would go after a bird--it's inherent and instinctive and your little guy is still your good little boy; in this case, if he did do bird in, it wasn't really his fault...I am sorry if you did lose your bird. |
02-08-2018, 04:10 PM | #8 |
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| Ugh, sorry to hear! Jackson has killed rabbits and one bird in the yard that couldn't fly well. It's their instinct but it's still hard as an animal lover. :\ He was at my dads house the other day and I looked out and was like "what is in his mouth?!" he was carrying a big rabbit he found under the deck WITH ITS HEAD OFF! Omg.. he was so proud too. I honestly don't think he could've ripped the whole head off that fast (it was likely already dead) but the fact that he found it and sniffed it out and was so happy. I saw him kill a rabbit once that he took by surprise and he shook its neck and it died instantly.
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02-08-2018, 04:42 PM | #9 |
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| Before I had yorkies I had dwarf parrots, then I got my first yorkie, I "use" to let my birds out when I came home from work. The cages were mounted on a wall. As a puppy she was always leaping at the cages, when she became 8 months old she would sit under their cages and salivate. She was the sweetest little girl but, if she had ever gotten one of the birds she would have killed it. Yorkies have a very strong prey drive, it's their nature, it wasn't jealousy, it's the nature of the breed. When my birds died I never bought anymore knowing the danger I would be putting any bird in. If you have not found your bird I agree, check his poop the next few days. Please do not blame your lil yorkie, he was only doing what he was bred to do.
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02-09-2018, 10:59 AM | #10 |
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| Aw...I'm so sorry to hear about this. I feel so sad about your bird - poor little thing. I think it's safe to assume that most of the time, birds are not safe when there are cats or dogs around, especially when you're away.
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02-09-2018, 03:00 PM | #11 |
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| AMENNN And that little bird sounded very sweet; it hurts, for sure. |
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