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Conference 7.286::pet_birds

Title:Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN!
Notice:INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.*
Moderator:VIDEO::PULSIFER
Created:Mon Oct 10 1988
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:942
Total number of notes:6016

243.0. "NEW ADDITION BUT MY HEART IS BROKEN" by SVCRUS::BUCCIERI () Mon Aug 21 1989 20:31

    We have added to our flock once again.  This weekend I was given
    a yellow collared mini-macaw.  Its previous owner and her husband
    are all year residents in an RV and she is worried that this bird
    will get sick from drafts and the cold.  They have owned this
    bird for seven of it's eight years of life.  According to the
    this owner the bird did not have a good first year on this earth.
    The bird was badly abused and is now blind in one eye as a result
    of it.  He also has a toe that looked as if it had been broken
    at one time as well.  You can probably imagine the rush of emotion
    my wife and I felt when we heard the story.  We took KOKO home 
    and set him up away from the other birds until he has a chance to
    see the vet.  KOKO will see the VET tomorrow for a good look see
    and a badly needed beak trim.  This bird is very tame and loving.
    It is hard to imagine what this bird could do to cause someone to
    be so cruel to it.  KOKO will lie on his back in your hand and allow
    you to scratch his head while he is in this position.  That to me
    is the zenith of trust.  I wish we could save all the birds that
    have suffered this type of abuse.  KOKO looks very healthy otherwise.
    We are looking forward to many long years with KOKO as part of our
    family.
    
    Jim Buccieri
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243.1Another one savedTPS::LEONARDTue Sep 12 1989 15:2225
    
    I was very touched by your story and would like to tell you about
    another bird who has been saved.  
    
    I took my Cockateil to the Pet shop on Saturday to have his nails
    clipped, (he's 11 mos. old).  The Pet shop owner had not seen my bird
    since I purchased him in Feb.  His comment was "Hey Fat Bird", and was
    pleased to see what good health he was in.  He invited me to come into
    the back of the shop and showed me a Cockateil that has been purchased
    by someone around the same time I bought Rockie.  The poor little thing
    was sitting in the corner of a cage, thin, his wings clipped almost
    off, his nails curled under and in general looking terrible.  The owner
    told me the person who own him, had brought him in to have his nails
    clipped.  The owner of the shop told the person that he would not let
    them take the bird back because they were miss treating the bird.  He
    paid the person for the bird and is nursing it back to health.  The
    owner of the shop can not stand anyone who miss treats birds or any
    other animal.  He said the bird will become one of his babies and he
    will see to it that it is never miss treated again.  I think it's great
    that there are people out there who care enough to take care of these
    miss treated birds instead of just doing away with them.  Bless all of
    you.
    
    AJ
243.2How to report a GOOD guy ?MUNCSS::BURKEJim Burke, @UFCWed Oct 04 1989 16:3717
    There's a note on 'how to report a dodgy petshop', and the lady did
    indeed report the matter, quite rightly.
    It sounds like the petshop man you describe deserves reporting also,
    but for quite the opposite reasons. Good on him. I would have no qualms
    in doing business with someone who acted as he did.
    
    I have seen birds kept in bad conditions, especially in the Middle/Far
    East. In these shops, I make a point of feigning interest. I then, at
    the last moment, back off with the explicit reason that the bird has
    obviously been mistreated. I wouldn't buy a grain of sand from such a
    shop, but I don't tell them that. I'm prepared to waste some of their
    time however, and then (try to) get a message across.
    It's not much in the fight against unscrupulous dealers, but maybe one
    will get the message that these animals have to be treated better, in
    order to sell them. Probably futile, but I feel I am doing something.
    
    Jim Burke