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