nd out who it belongs to?
2007-01-09 00:16:59 · 12 answers · asked by FINN 3 in Pets ➔ Birds
Call your local animal shelter or animal control.
2007-01-09 11:11:44 · answer #1 · answered by mismagic_99 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the band is the id number the bird was given when it hatched. all birds offered for sale in this country must have one of those tags on it to make it legal. I would go to your local pet shops and ask if someone has reported the bird missing, and maybe run an add in the lost and found.
if you don't find it's owner, then looks like you have a free canary, which normally run at least 100 dollars.
my grandmother has two cockatiels that we got that way, they flew in and asked to be let in the house, and we never found an owner.
2007-01-09 07:50:54 · answer #2 · answered by chris r 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
quote from Yahoo Answers"There is no standard and to find out where the bird belongs, you will have to locate the correct breeder. They have a record of the birds sold and the band number that was placed on their chicks. Many bands are traceable and a finder (with help from a pet store, veterinarian or breeder) may be able to trace the bird and its owner. If a finder advertises that a bird has been found, the true owner can prove his ownership of this particular bird if he has the band number. "
2007-01-09 00:27:12 · answer #3 · answered by badpennyweb 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
contact your local pet shops and ask if they are missing any birds. if it doesn't have a phone number, but the tag has some type of number, i think it was a bird used for animal testing or it belonged to someone who show's birds and needed to keep track of them. look up in the yellow book about birds or shows with birds and call those people. hope i could help!
2007-01-09 00:21:45 · answer #4 · answered by horsegal08 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I had an umbrella cockatoo once and asked about the band on his leg. I was told that the band tells you if the bird is wild caught or hand fed. The ones caught out in the wild were banded. Made sense to me!
2007-01-09 02:23:45 · answer #5 · answered by lucy7 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
this site allows you to put the tag number in and search the data base. Owners sometimes mark their birds for this reason.
Try the sites listed below.
http://www.birdhotline.com/
Also:
http://birdboard.com/forum/index.php You will have to sign in
http://www.missingpet.net/
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5983540.html
http://www.nationalband.com/nbtpoult.htm
good luck
2007-01-09 01:27:12 · answer #6 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would call you local animal rescue groups
2007-01-09 00:20:37 · answer #7 · answered by cordellialynn 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Call the department of wildlife
2007-01-09 00:27:11 · answer #8 · answered by aalma00 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
web search it with the numbers, see what you come up with
2007-01-09 00:20:36 · answer #9 · answered by Tim 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
local animal shelter should help you
2007-01-09 00:20:09 · answer #10 · answered by Ruth Less RN 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋