Piu the partridge is quite the little troublemaker. When he’s around, people have to keep an eye on their food! Spaghetti and rice are among his favorites, and he won’t hesitate to steal a helping from your plate.
Piu may be quite the handful, but his mom, Estela Marin Carrizosa, adores him. She discovered him alone on a street when he was less than a day old. Carrizosa and her boyfriend decided to raise him and took him home in a box.
The couple faced an unexpected hurdle when they researched how to care for the young partridge: an internet search turned up plenty of results for how to hunt or cook partridges, but very little about raising one. In fact, they couldn’t even find information about what to feed Piu or what partridges like to do for fun.
Carrizosa and her boyfriend decided to raise Piu the best they could. He quickly became attached to his new mom, following her everywhere and never leaving her side. Now that he’s reached adulthood, he has the run of the house. His daily routine consists of eating his breakfast on the patio, hanging out with a wild bird he’s friends with, and going outside.
When the couple visited a man who had partridge chicks that he was planning to feed to his dog, they left with two new family members. Petit and Suisse, as the chicks have been named, are under Piu’s watchful guidance.
The partridges will be released back into the wild when they’re ready. Although it’ll be hard for Carrizosa to say “goodbye” to her beloved birds, she’s happy knowing that they’ll be back in their natural habitat, where they can thrive.
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É um absurdo essa crueldade com seres tão ddóceis.
This is a wonderful story. It’s so good that there are people like Estela in the world and Puí has become her baby and the 2 chicks to add to the family.
I was loving reading about Piu and his wonderful caretakers, until I got to the end. Releasing him in the wild. I agree with other commenters here. That will be so dangerous for them . They don’t know how to care for themselves. Plus they will be easy prey. You are the ones they know and love. Please think about keeping them safe with you. They would probably only last one night out there.
So nice ! So happy for Piu, love you Piu,
They need to check with a wildlife rehabilitator they could either call a local zoo to ask if they could recommend someone or give the the local animal shelter a call, but these birds should not be turned loose in the wild the first thing that will happen to them is killed by what ever predators exist in the mountains where this couple lives or the surrounding country side. I they have been fed grain from the feed store they won’t know how to feed themselves either. Good Luck.
I hope they get him a tiny pear tree for Christmas 🙂
They do not have survival skills to be in the wild after the time they have been with humans. They are habituated to humans and wouldn’t know how to be on their own. The coop outside in warm weather and in the house when winter is their only option for survival now. Please consider this.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HUGE HEARTS IN SAVING THESE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS. It is AWESOME to read a BEAUTIFUL story instead of all the hatred in this world. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH!!!
Wow! Wonderful. God bless you for your caring spirit!
How lovely! Estela and her boyfriend have done a wonderful thing in saving these precious little lives. However, they will probably not be able to release Piu, Petit and Suisse into the wild as they are bonded to them and have not been socialised as partridges. They are now part of the family.
So small they are and beatyful babies. Do they speak ?
Thank you for taking care of all these small birds.
You have agolden heartd ??????????
How sweet. They may have them for life. After all the fosterers are there parents.
Keep them with you…it can be done. Make arrangements…do the research and talk to a Vet. Build an outdoor coop and use litterboxes for ‘indoor days’. Give it a try
Outdoor coop for spring/summer….keep them inside all winter. Thanks.
I thank Estela and her boyfriend for rescuing these birds but I do think that they have keep them as pets for the rest of there lives. They won’t survive in the wild.
The only thing wrong with this scenario is that birds raised with such habituation to humans can NEVER be left out in the wild. They are not socialized by contact with their parents or other birds of their species, and they will not have the survival skills to find natural food sources or avoid predators—of which humans are a large one.