If the owners were wondering why the caged bird wasn’t singing, it was probably because it got its beak stuck in the bars of its cage.
Fire crews in the West Midlands made one of their more unusual animal rescues on Sunday after they were called to a property in West Bromwich to release a pet parrot called Kiwi who had got its feathers ruffled.
The rescue team tweeted pictures of the incident, with the caption: “Cagey but successful extrication.”
Oldbury crews called to trapped parrot. Cagey but successful extrication. pic.twitter.com/jEdZbwGkWJ
— Oldbury Fire Station (@Oldburyfire) August 16, 2015
The bird’s owners, who have not been named, called 999 at about 6.30pm after seeing their 19-week-old pet in distress.
Desmond Lloyd, the watch commander from Oldbury fire station, said he used his hands to prise apart the bars of the birdcage.
“It was quick and easy and just needed a fresh pair of eyes to handle the situation,” he said. “The parrot had been using his beak to climb but in its excitement got stuck.”
Lloyd said the fire service team were sometimes called by the RSPCA to to perform a risk assessment of a pet rescue. However, this was the first time in his 29-year career he had heard of crews rescuing a parrot from its cage.
The firefighter said the parrot was stuck for 15 minutes but was unharmed and took a shine to his colleague.
