Story Bird: Cuey

 

Cuey is a dwarfed slate lovebird, he is the cutest!  Just a few months ago I got a really funny feeling to go out to my aviary and check on all my fids (5 in all) and I saw Cuey playing with one of his favorite toy, a baby doll looking thing with a straw hat on its head.  Well he looked kind of funny as I watched him and then I noticed, HE WASN"T PLAYING WITH IT --  He was HANGING by his NECK from the stitching on the hat!  I was so glad that God had me go out there and check them out, because if I hadn't I would have lost my Cuey bear!  I cut him free and we snuggled for a long while I checked him out to make sure he wasn't cut and his throat wasn't crushed!  I called the person where I had bought the toy and told her, she took the rest of the toys like that down and returned them.   
PLEASE DO NOT LET YOUR BIRDS HAVE TOYS WITH STRAW HATS THAT ARE STITCHED TOGETHER!