Letting go of my best friend

[bradizle214]

Hey guys... IM new here... i live in australia... and i am(or was) a proud owner of a major mitchells cockatoo....named mitchell..

Mitchell has been with me and my family for two years.... The last couple of months we have seen activity of mouse/rats... all wires chewed for the tv, stereos and whatnot...turds in cupboards...

My mother loves my bird dearly.... but she hates rats....
I have the option to put him outside... but i live in a rough sort of town and alot of birds go missing here ... no doubt he will be gone overnight...padlocked or not... Also the fact he can get VERY noisy.

Mitchell is currently a bird shop... He will be on trial for a week ... and if all goes well he will have a new home as a pet shop bird along with 2 others....
The whole family cant stop crying and im not sure what to do... there is literally RATS everywhere.... my house is VERY clean.. I make sure everynight mitchells cage is CLEANED spotless and his food is Locked up in a cupboard in a airtight container... In twenty years of living in my house theres been no rats at all... until the bird came along...

I would really like to keep mitchell but theres no possible way i can.... has anyone got any ideas? PLEASE HELP!

Heres mitchell awoken up and p*ssed off from a very bright flash in the morning


Brad....

[derekw68]

welcome sorry about the rats or mice dont blame mitchell you might find you have got them because of the drought we have been having i dont know which part you live in i have no rodents inside but the ants have came inside here since i have had my fids i wish you all the best

[catschair]

How about a cat or small dog for the rats (one that is used to hunting of course) I don't think they will disappear without Mitchell. It is hard to keep them out of the house when they are looking for food and water. Then, if that works, you can convince Mom to bring him home? (Of course you will have to work out boundaries with Mitchell and the new pet then)

[Syaoransbear]

What have you tried so far to get rid of the rats? It's likely the rats will go away as the season changes. Your bird has been with you for two years and in only the last couple months there have been rats, so it's probably coincidence that you have rats right now especially since you keep everything so clean. Owning birds doesn't really attract rats. I've had birds for 8 years and there's been absolutely no infestation of any animal or insect....

Actually, since you do keep Mitchell and his stuff so clean, maybe that's a direct indication that it isn't the bird that is attracting rats...?

[tamaran2]

We live in the Mountains/woods. Our property is full of natures wonderful little and big creatures. Anyways when we moved here we soon learned that come winter time those creatures wanted to come in to get warm too. We had a BAD mice problem, I mean they were everywhere. Since we have animals and I have chemical sensitivity problem, I can't spray or have my house sprayed. Someone turned me on to this wonderful product. You can order it online and it WILL solve your problem and your bird gets to stay indoors. It is fox-bobcat urine. It works, and it doesn't smell like what it sounds like, we don't even notice the odor like an animal will. I put it in the house first, they were gone that every day. The next day we lined the outside of the house with it. We haven't seen a mouse for 5 years.
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[JavaJoy01]

SOrry to hear that...We had a rat problem once, but not because of our pets. They were ripping up land around us to build houses and it sent the rats on the move. Not to mention we had a neighbor who was giving the rats food and a place to live. they dumped garbage out on the side of the house and left it, never cut their lawn. We found tunnels from under their patio and into our yard. So many people called the the board of health and such and nobody did a thing.

We got so tired of it, we started to set traps and killed them ourselves. Dogs do help thou, they chase the rats away.

[bradizle214]

Hey guys.... ive decided to take back Mitchell.....he will be outside from now on... he will have his very own aviary.... cctv cameras were installed today (things you gotta do in this world).......and lots of rat glue sheets around!

[Oviraptor]

Yay! Looks like you're gonna have a happy ending after all! I am happy that you have decided to keep him despite the rat problem!

[catschair]

Great news!