Goodbye Jove

Birds are one of the cutest animals on earth. The winged animal has helped humanity in various ways; they help pollinate plants, control pests, spread seeds, and some other things which help protect our ecosystem.

Growing up, the two animals I loved were birds and dogs. I loved watching birds. I never had a bird of my own, but one of my childhood friends had a parrot. It was so colorful and beautiful. I never imagined I’d have a bird of my own, not until I met Jove three days ago, it’s so sad he is gone.

How I met Jove

Jove and I met three days ago. Before then, it used to come to eat the feed I give my chickens. In my first post in this community, I showed you all an image of the cage where I rare my chickens. Jove and his friends used to come and eat with the chickens. But anytime I try to go close, they flew away. It is so sad they didn’t know I meant no harm.

Two days ago, Jove came to the cage, I was moving close, it tried to fly away but it was stuck in the net. Initially, I was scared to move close to it because I had never touched a bird, but after about a minute, I summoned courage and went there. The net had already tangled his legs and injured him. I went inside, wore my gloves, and cleaned him up.

I was so happy that I planned on keeping it for a few days and releasing it back into the wild after I’m sure it’s in a good condition. I had an extra cage, where I used to keep my chickens. I cleaned the cage and placed Jove inside. It looked so weak.

Quickly I went on the internet and browsed things about birds; how to take care of them, what they eat, what they like and what they don’t like. I learned that they love worms, so I went to my backyard and I brought some worms to feed Jove.

Should I keep him? What if I build a nest for him, would he love to stay? Would he help me on my farm if I train him? Should I let him go? His family might be missing him. These were my thoughts throughout the night.

The next morning, Jove was looking very active. I fed worms. I’m sure he enjoyed it. I brought it out of the cage and placed it on the ground, I tied a rope on his legs and tied it on the cage to prevent it from flying away. I went inside to do my house chores. After about two hours, I was done. When I came back to Jove, something terrible had happened; he died. I was shocked. Unfortunately, there was a very big bucket, filled with water close to his cage. He probably tried to escape and fell into it.

I know I didn't spend up to two days with Jove, but I miss him. My dreams of taking care of a bird have been shattered? If I left him instantly, would he have survived?

I wasn’t there to save Jove, but I did give it a befitting burial in a way I could. Goodbye love.