- Species: Parakeet, Budgie (See species list for details)
- Location: Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
- Date Found: January 19, 2012
- Phone Number: 01685 722555
- Original URL: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/merthyr/2012/01/26/lost-budgie-takes-a-perch-at-hotel-91466-30199360/
Lost budgie takes a perch at hotel
by Jonathan Whiley, Merthyr Express
Jan 26 2012
AN APPEAL has been launched to help find the owner of a budgie which is being cared for at a hotel in Merthyr Tydfil.
Marlies Peires, who owns the Imperial Hotel with her husband Jose, has taken the bird into her care after it was found in a back garden in Pontmorlais last Thursday.
“Someone from the carpet shop came over and said they had found him in the back garden,” Ms Peires said.
“They know I keep birds so they contacted me.
“It took four hours to catch him.
“He was having trouble with his breathing, he was flying around everywhere – I think it must have been the shock.”
Ms Peires helped the breathless bird into a cage and has since placed a light above it to try to make his stay as homely as possible.
“He is lovely – we have named him Buttercup because of his yellow and green colours,” she said.
“I think he is quite young and someone elderly must own him as he will come out of his cage and sit on your hand and let you touch him.”
Ms Peires said she is trying not to become too attached to the bird after admitting she has kept a host of feathered friends over the years.
“I haven’t started buying him toys yet,” she said.
“But if no one comes to collect him we will keep him.
“We have an aviary out the back of the hotel in the smoking area with four Kakariki Parakeets.
“One of them we named Jacko when Michael Jackson died.
“He is very cheeky.
“The other three are called Poppy, Poopy and Cookie.
“We have hand reared two before too.
“I have always had birds since being a little girl.
“It is hobby for my husband, he spends a lot of time with them.”
Ms Peires also keeps two dogs and knows the close bond between an owner and pet.
“They become part of the family,” she said.
“We have lost them [birds] in the past. The crows tend to get them.”
Are you missing a budgie? If so, call Marlies Peires on 01685 722555.
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