How can a wild bird pull a canary out of a cage?
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December 22nd, 2020
The poor soul was locked up in a brand new cage of good quality. I had left it on a table on the veranda for about 30 minutes (not the first time) and when I came out all is saw was feathers! The cage bars were not bent out of shape and the cage looked“untouched”, I cannot understand how the predator got the little canary out? How did that happen? Needless to say, I feel miserable, guilty, and stupid for not realizing that wild birds can attack cages even in a town! Has anyone had a similar experience?
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1. I think that birds appear alot thicker than they actually are, due to their feathers.
2. In pieces.
I agree with your first point. The cage bars were extremely narrow! I guess I know the answer but I don’t want to accept its fate.
If the feathers are there and the bird isn’t, it was eaten, practically speaking, via drive up window.
Awww… I’m sorry. <3 I had a similar situation with a guinea pig and a dog – I know how it feels. I was at least able to rescue the intact guinea pig’s body.
@RocketGuy no not at all but I suppose predators have their way of ” getting a foot in the door”. I feel guilty for not having being more responsible.
I’ve seen strange animal videos where one specie helps another. Is there a chance an animal not necessarily another bird freed the canary?
Why do you assume a bird to be the culprit? To reduce your bird to the size necessary for extraction, wouldn’t a rather messy bit of butchering be required? Is there no prominent blood and skeletal evidence?
Found the poor mite’s head at the bottom of the cage. The rest was gone. The apartment is on the fifth floor and no cats around, so it must have been a wild bird. The worst thing is it was given to me by an elderly relative who could no longer take care of it and could not find anyone to take on the bird. I guess the poor thing was unlucky to come my way!
A thought came to mind, if not another bird might it have been a snake?
Oh ok. Just read the post above. Can’t be a snake then.
But the fact that the cage was upright is quite intriguing. ( or was it toppled and I just didn’t catch that in the question ) Lol
To squeeze through the bars without displacing the cage. It’s a feat.
No way, the apartment is on the fifth floor in a town!
A cat was my thought as well. But a gap large enough for a cat’s “arm” doesn’t sound sufficient to do the job of holding the canary. I’m guessing that a featherless canary carcass is tiny indeed. But what sort of animal is small enough yet so powerful as to squeeze through the bars, dispatch, then pluck a canary, then retrieve it from the cage with no trace but feathers?
I’m very sorry for your loss and it’s the fault of whatever killed that poor little bird, not yours.
Unless you’ve read warnings about aerial predator attacks or seen any clearly identifiable raptors in your area, how would you know?
I can think of some scenarios where a raptor could take a small bird from a cage, but I think seeing the details would be too painful.
Thanks everyone. It must have happened so fast and I didn’t even hear anything, no flapping no sounds. Cage upright door shut and yes, it all happened through the cage bars. I was expecting to see blood smeared on the bars. I really wonder how it all happened and what kind of predator it was. Anyway, I guess nature is merciless.
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