CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Vaquez household lived a nightmare on Monday, Nov.14, when their chook flew away.
They have owned ‘Bird’ for 2 years and now have a complete of six birds: Bird, Snow, Tweety, Dipsy, Birdee, and Shady.
Usually, Vasquez takes him on a pleasure trip to drop off her two women in school each morning however this present day the climate wasn’t to Bird’s liking.
“Our bird got out, we took him on a little ride like we usually do, he’ll drop off the kids to school and it was a rainy day— drizzling day and he got scared and flew away,” mentioned Roxanne Vasquez, Bird’s Owner.
The heartbroken household did not know if their chook would ever return residence.
Vasquez mentioned they appeared in every single place for him.
“We were looking in the trees, we looked in the pole lines, on the fence, trying to see if he was in someone’s patio, it was hard,” she mentioned.
“We were so sad, he’s the first bird that I’ve ever had and that’s a connection I don’t have with any other bird,” mentioned 12-year-old, Khloe Vaquez.
Looking for Bird was not like searching for a canine or a cat, it was a problem for the household as a result of they didn’t know the place to look.
So Vaquez mentioned she took it to Facebook to put up on a Lost and Found pet group that Bird was lacking— and to her shock, her put up acquired a whole lot of feedback saying the chook had landed on somebody’s head.
“It was so scary after we found out that someone had found him, we didn’t know if they were going to return him, because right away after, whenever they did find him, they fell in love with him,” she mentioned.
Roxanne mentioned she instantly reached out to the individual that had posted her chook. She mentioned she needed to show that Bird was hers.
Thankfully Roxanne and her household had many photos and movies of Bird they usually had the letters and numbers that had been on Bird’s silver band.
When the Vasquez household reunited with Bird they felt overwhelmed with happiness.
“I am very thankful for him, for him returning my bird and for sharing him on the page,” Roxanne mentioned.
She provides {that a} friendship was positively made out of her reuniting with Bird.
Brandon Sellers a surgeon at Christus Spohn was the fortunate one who discovered Bird.
Sellers posted on Facebook that Bird had landed on his head. He added photos and even a video of little Bird exhibiting off his dance strikes.
Roxanne mentioned she tried to reward him however he refused to just accept it as a result of he knew what it was wish to lose a pet.
She mentioned to these individuals on the market with misplaced pets to not hand over on discovering them.
Roxanne mentioned she may be very grateful to Sellers for preserving her chook heat and for returning him.
The Vaquez household may be very comfortable that Bird is residence and that he’s now grounded for flying away.