{"id":10548,"date":"2014-10-16T05:39:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T05:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/?p=10548"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:33:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:33:41","slug":"microchip-can-bring-lost-bird-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/microchip-can-bring-lost-bird-home\/","title":{"rendered":"A Microchip Can Bring Your Lost Bird Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44210\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44210\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/african-grey-wings-px-2139854-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"an African grey on a perch spreading their wings\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/african-grey-wings-px-2139854-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/african-grey-wings-px-2139854-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/african-grey-wings-px-2139854-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/african-grey-wings-px-2139854.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/birds-parrot-zoo-grey-exotic-2139854\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marysemaitrejean\/Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We\u2019ve all seen stories about a family\u2019s dog or cat running off and being found months or even years later \u2014\u00a0sometimes hundreds of miles from home. But what about wayward companion birds? Most of those lost canines and cats were reunited because they still had their identification tag on, or they were microchipped. Of course pet <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/species\/parrot\/\">parrots<\/a> don\u2019t wear dog- or cat-type collars, and the average person wouldn\u2019t know how to read a bird\u2019s leg band. Still, far fewer pet parrots are microchipped and, as a result, there are far less happy reunions. Which makes the story of Nigel the <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/species\/african-grey-parrot\/\">African grey parrot<\/a> a great example of what a microchip can do.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel\u2019s lost-pet story certainly has news reporting agencies from around the globe talking lately. Nigel lived in Southern California with his British-born owner, Darren Chick and so, being an <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/pet-birds\/species\/african-grey-parrot\/\">African grey<\/a>, he naturally mimicked Chick\u2019s British accent. That <em>was<\/em> until Nigel flew away in 2010. Fast forward to October 2014 when the owners of dog spa had a parrot that matched a\u00a0lost-bird ad placed by Teresa Micco, a veterinarian. The bird wasn\u2019t the grey Micco was looking for; however, the veterinarian was able to track Nigel back to the pet store was he was purchased at, and not long after, Micco was knocking on Chick\u2019s door with Nigel in hand.<\/p>\n<p>The story\u2019s twist isn\u2019t that Nigel was gone for four years \u2014 it was picked up by news outlets because Nigel came back to Chick speaking Spanish, apparently having ditched his British brogue. To non-parrot people, this must seem like quite a transformation \u2026 like a lost dog returning home after a few years on the lam meowing like a cat. But most bird enthusiasts can imagine a scenario in which Nigel was in the company of people who spoke Spanish, either directly to him or in the environment around him. African grey parrots seem especially adept at absorbing the words, phrases and sounds they are exposed to. The twist I am waiting to see is if Nigel goes back to speaking like a Brit, if he sticks to Spanish or if he creates his own version of \u201cSpanglish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet another twist in Nigel&#8217;s story. Not long\u00a0after his reunion with his wayward grey, Darren Chick \u2014 Nigel&#8217;s original owner made the decision\u00a0to give Nigel back to the family that had kept the grey parrot for the four years he was missing. According to a story run in the Torrance Daily Breeze, a couple bought the bird, which they named Morgan, at a garage sale for $400. Liza Smith, said Morgan learned Spanish from her Guatemalan-born grandfather, Ruben Hernandez, 86. \u201cWe\u2019re just over the moon,\u201d Smith told the newspaper, who added that\u00a0the bird had become a special friend to her grandfather, especially in the two years since he lost his wife, who used to whistle tunes to the bird. What would you do if your bird went\u00a0missing and ended up living with another family he or she bonded with\u00a0&#8230; did Chick make the right call?<\/p>\n<h3>About That Chip<\/h3>\n<p>Back to microchipping \u2026 without that chip, Nigel might never had made it back home. While leg bands can and do facilitate reunions, not all are accurately read, and they can fall off or be removed by someone looking to make a buck off of a pilfered parrot. Microchips, which are about the size of a grain of rice and placed in the bird\u2019s breast muscle, offer permanent and positive identification. They are typically placed in parrots weighing more than 100 grams, e.g. conure-size and on up. (Check with your avian vet to see if microchipping is a good option for your pet bird.)\u00a0In order for a microchip to be affective, a found pet must be brought to a veterinarian&#8217;s office or animal shelter to be scanned. If your bird has a microchip, make sure your contact information is up to date. According to the APPA 2010 National Pet Owner Survey, more than half of microchipped pets have outdated owner information.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, microchips do not offer GPS tracking \u2014 at least not yet. A company called Escape Alert recently filed international patents for an &#8220;implantable GPS microchip for pets,&#8221; which the company says will enable owners to track their pet&#8217;s exact location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of Nigel, the African grey parrot that returned home speaking Spanish, is a good example of how a microchip can facilitate a happy reunion for lost pet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday","bird-type-african-grey"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Microchip Can Bring Your Lost Bird Home &#8211; 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