Edward & Frosty beeps

I went to collect 2 new beeps today - Edward & Frosty. At the place where I got them the man had some love birds. Unfortunately Edward escaped as we were putting him in a box for transporting and one of the nasty love birds nipped his leg clean off! So this morning he has 2 legs - now he only has 1 and a stump! The man wanted me to swap him for one with 2 legs but I would not hear of it. Felt it was my fault that he'd escaped. He seems to be coping well though! Has a lovely song

Here he is with his stump!


This is his girl Frosty - sorry it's a bit out of focus.

Ooh poor lad! What type of birds are those? x

awh poor buy. Isnt his leg sore??

they are super pretty

Carol and Gregory said:

Ooh poor lad! What type of birds are those? x

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They are zebra finches

Mai_Roberts said:

awh poor buy. Isnt his leg sore??

they are super pretty

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Luckily (or not - depending on how you look at it) he had it nipped off at the joint, so there was no blood. I'm guessing it's sore, but I'm not sure if they feel the same pain as you or I would do. I certainly wouln't be chirpy if someone took my calf away! :shock:

drpengie said:

Luckily (or not - depending on how you look at it) he had it nipped off at the joint, so there was no blood. I'm guessing it's sore, but I'm not sure if they feel the same pain as you or I would do. I certainly wouln't be chirpy if someone took my calf away! :shock:

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awh bless him!! :shock:

Aww bless. I used to own 2 zebra finches like those 2

Its good that you wanted him even with a missing leg, some people would gladly exchange one for that
They're lovely though

steph182 said:

Its good that you wanted him even with a missing leg, some people would gladly exchange one for that
They're lovely though

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I always end up with the ones that are injured. I had one called Snowy who couldn't fly and lived in the bottom of the aviary, I have one called Stanley who falls at every given opportunity as he is not good at flying, and also Tufty who when I got him had hardly any feathers on his head

I could never have changed him for another one. He is just so lovely. He rules the aviary at the moment - he has nabbed the best nest for himself that has loads of bedding material in it. He bites everyone that comes near him! Also he sings for Britain, so he must be happy