March 2007 - Action - mickaboo.org

[Mickaboo Action] Home visit needed for another rescue!
by Nancy Powell 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

Hi there-- The Lily Sanctuary in SoCal has asked us if we would do a home visit for one of their prospective adopters who lives in Madera (near Fresno). They were kind enough to do a home visit for us at one point, so we'd like to return the favor! Anyone traveling near there? Know anybody there? Want to take a trip? --N -- Nancy Powell Operations Manager Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue www.mickaboo.org

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[Mickaboo Action] Budgie foster home
by Michelle Yesney 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

All, There is a lone budgie at the San Jose Shelter that needs a foster home. We cannot leave this little bird at the shelter -- this, rescuing birds, is what we do, folks. Isn't there an unoccupied corner somewhere in Mickaboo-land that could hold a budgie and a cage? We need to bring one more in "out of the cold". Thank you for thinking about this. Michelle bc

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[Mickaboo Action] ...and they're TAME budgies
by Michelle Yesney 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

Just a little follow-up to the previous email about Cecil and Rowan. They're tame, and not much older than babies. And really, really cute, see: http://mickaboo.org/our-birds/frame936.html And they need a foster home quickly because they're losing their home to a grouchy landlord.

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[Mickaboo Action] Home Visit - Half Moon Bay
by CLAUDIA MELTEFF 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

Hi! Looking for someone to do a home visit in HMB for a potential amazon or macaw home. Thanks if you can help. Claudia Melteff Amazon/Macaw Adoption Coordinator Mickaboo (650) 583-1940

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[Mickaboo Action] oranges
by kelsin＠webtv.net 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

(to who ever picks up messages) I finally got up the nerve stop at a house that has a small family orchard of Orange trees. Past years I have seen a gross amount of fruit fall to the ground and wastefully rot. Today I stopped to ask if they would be willing to donate the oranges but the answer was no. ~But on the other hand something tells me the owner might change his mind. I left him a brochure with my name "Kelly-Yolo County" as the mickaboo represenative but I did not leave my home phone, If by chance this person contacts mickaboo, please let me know because if this works out, we'd have oranges heading out on the next mickaboo train!

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[Mickaboo Action] Cecil & Rowan need to move ASAP
by Michelle Yesney 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

All, Cecil & Rowan are a pair of budgies on our website whose surrenderer has just been told by her landlord that the budgies must go immediately. We thought we had more time to find them a permanent home, but time is closing in. These are very nice birds, and I can only imagine what kind of ogre the landlord must be. They are two little male budgies. Can anyone foster them until a very nice adopter comes along? Just look at their picture!!!! Michelle

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[Mickaboo Action] Foster homes needed!
by Ailsa 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

I am looking for foster homes for the following three birds. Preliminary requests have gone unanswered, so I'm expanding the scope of my plea. Please, if you can help, let me know! Louie: a Green Cheek conure who had a miserable start in life. He has been through the Mickaboo system before, but is being returned because the family that adopted him is having a second baby and doesn't have time for him anymore. I contacted the lady he used to foster with and this is what she told me about his history: He was so darned sweet, but so darned scared. A girl brought him to me. She sold her computer to a guy and when she brought it to his apartment, he didn't have the money to pay her so he said he give her this "#*($#) bird" instead. He was verbally and physically abusive to Louie. Verbally abusive to his wife when the girl was there. Just a total jerk. He actually hit Louie. Told the girl that is how she has to handle this bird because he was so mean. She just took the bird and got out of there. Louie was incredibly scared when he came to our house .... He played beautifully on his cage and/or playgyms when he was at my house. He was no problem at all. Yes, he does bite and bites very hard. But, stick training is not difficult and you don't need to cuddle your bird. He apparently actually played dead (on his back, feet in the air) when one prospective adoptive family met him. He was terrified of the husband. According to the family returning him now, he still isn't fond of men. He really needs a loving home - I think with a woman would be best. Right now he's getting NO out-time. I'd really like to get him moved to a foster home that's willing to give him out-time and not expect that he be a cuddlebug, but give him time to trust again on his own terms. Possum: Possum is a well-socialized Patagonian conure. Her family divorced, her sister (a blue crowned conure) is going to a different home, and Possum needs someone to foster her too. Here is her story: Adopted 5 years ago from the person who hand raised me from an egg, but she could not keep me. Since I was hand raised I am a bit spoiled and like a lot of attention. I can be very sweet, but I am a little shy around new people. I like to whisper sweet nothings, literally, in your ear when I get to know and trust you. I have a pretty strong personality and can really let you know that by squawking! I like showers too. I like to go to bed with the sun by getting put inside my cage and covered so I am nice and cozy. I get up early and spend the day on top of my cage. I love to interact and chat and being sung to is the best, I love music. I enjoy watching the world go by and talk about that too. I like my seed and will nibble on Zupreme fruit blend. I like dried fruit and love fresh fruit and sometimes eat my vegetables. I am in good health. She comes from a loving environment, and I'd love to see her in a good foster home so that she stays well socialized - that will make it a lot easier to find her a forever home. Pierre: Pierre is a 3-year-old Dusky conure female (named before DNA testing was done!) The mom in the family is sick and is afraid of infection from her pets. All the pets have been moved to the garage or the outdoors except Pierre, who has moved into the 9-year-old daughter's room. She's very well socialized, will like on her back in a hand, etc., but isn't getting any out-time these days because the Mom doesn't want to handle her and won't let the daughter have her out without supervision. Pierre has taken to being very loud - very likely because she's gone from lots of attention to being in her cage 24/7. Again, it would be wonderful to get her into a foster home that can give her attention and love so that she stays well-socalized, which always makes it easier to find forever homes for the little feathered butts. Please, if you can help by fostering any of these birds, let me know. I would be exceedingly grateful, as would the conures. :) ~ Ailsa Conure Coordinator Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue Share your support of Mickaboo! Not just for cockatiels anymore! Tshirts, bumper stickers, and more: www.mickaboo.org www.cafepress.com/mickaboo "Be the Change You Wish to See in the World." ~ Gandhi

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[Mickaboo Action] update on Dusky Conure foster request
by Ailsa 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

Hi again ~ The Dusky is a female, about 3 years old, and very well socialized. Her name is Pierre. The mother has medical issues and a tube in her head that means she has to keep things extremely clean. The moved their hamsters into the garage, the cats are now outdoor cats, and the bird only gets out-time with the 9-year-old daughter ... but since Mom wants to supervise that time, it happens very infrequently. She did say the bird can be loud - my guess is, as with so many birds, that yelling is due to going from a lot of socialization and out-time to spending her time caged 24/7. Can anyone take in this little lady? Sounds like she really could use some love and attention. Thanks, ~ Ailsa Conure Coordinator Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue Share your support of Mickaboo! Not just for cockatiels anymore! Tshirts, bumper stickers, and more: www.mickaboo.org www.cafepress.com/mickaboo "Be the Change You Wish to See in the World." ~ Gandhi

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[Mickaboo Action] Foster home needed for a Dusky Conure
by Ailsa 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

Good morning all ~ It looks like we have a Dusky Conure coming in, assuming I'm able to actually stop playing telephone tag with the surrenderer. The woman is sick and is unable to give the bird any out-time or attention. I'd really like to get the bird into a foster home asap. I believe the bird is well socialized and fairly young, I'll try to confirm that soon! :) Please let me know if you can give this little one a foster home. Thanks, ~ Ailsa Conure Coordinator Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue Share your support of Mickaboo! Not just for cockatiels anymore! Tshirts, bumper stickers, and more: www.mickaboo.org www.cafepress.com/mickaboo "Be the Change You Wish to See in the World." ~ Gandhi

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[Mickaboo Action] Amazon Foster Homes - HANDLED FOR NOW
by CLAUDIA MELTEFF 08 Mar '07

08 Mar '07

Thanks - you came through. We can make it for a few more amazon intakes although we are not able to accommodate the birds that are coming in together unless they can be in the same cage. I appreciate the help and apologize for any guilt tripping (no I'm not really sorry). Ok, one more true bit of humor although it sounds like an old joke. Today, as I was setting up cages in my garage the doorbell rang and since I was more grubby than usual I did not answer it. In a few minutes the phone rang which I did answer and it was my very elderly next door neighbor calling to tell me she left a bag of newspapers on the front porch for my birds (they are very well read you know). She said in her quavery voice "I was so worried when I saw your car but you didn't answer the door." I replied: "I am in the garage setting up cages with toys for abused parrots" AND I KID YOU NOT SHE SAID: "Oh honey, that is so nice. So many young people (?) just seem to forget about their parents!" Have a great day and thanks for everything you do to help the birds. Claudia Melteff Amazon/Macaw Adoption Coordinator Mickaboo (650) 583-1940

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