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[Mickaboo Action] Need help moving a bird and cage from Petaluma to Citrus Heights
by Ailsa 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

I'm still working to nail down the best times, but it looks like evenings or possibly a Sunday (but not this coming Sunday). I'm seeing if the new foster home could drive south from C.H. to meet up with someone along the way - is there anyone who might be able to do the Petaluma-to-hand-off piece of this? The bird is relatively small - a Dusky conure - and I'm still waiting to hear back from the foster mom on the size of the cage. ~ Ailsa

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[Mickaboo Action] Walnuts: clarification / reminder
by Robbie4 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Just wanted to clarify something that I didn't do a very good job of explaining before: You CAN order quantities such as 10 or 15 lbs by just ordering in multiples of 5: for example 10 lbs. for $20, or 15 lbs for $30. Secondly, for those of you who would like to order walnuts, a gentle reminder that we need your checks by Sept. 30. The walnuts that you order will be bagged for you and held back from the harvest for Diamond Walnuts. Once the crop has been harvested, any walnuts we have set aside for Mickaboo folks can not be sold to Diamond - that is why all orders must be pre-paid . For those of you who have already mailed in your checks - thank you!! Robbie4 <robbie4(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: OK, lots of people have been asking about walnuts lately, so here's the deal: My husband's family orchard is in Stockton, and last year we held some of those walnuts back from harvest for Mickaboo folks. They are the jumbo walnuts, and a soft shell variety, so the bigger birds have no problem cracking the nut when you give it to them whole. For the smaller birds, you can either crack the nut to get them started, or break the meat up into smaller pieces and give it to them a bit at a time. Remember, you must have the space for proper storage of the nuts: that means refridgerator, or (even better) a freezer. Otherwise they will go bad, especially if you leave them out in this hot weather we've been having lately. Let me know if you want us to hold some walnuts back for you. Once harvest is complete in October, the walnuts will be available for pickup in San Ramon, or I can deliver at the Christmas party. Sorry, we won't be able to ship, but you might be able to find somebody on the Mickaboo Bird Train going your way. 5 lbs. soft-shell jumbo walnuts: $10 20 lbs. soft-shell jumbo walnuts: $38 50 lbs. soft-shell jumbo walnuts: $95 Send a check payable to "Rhodes Ranch" to 2240 Tahiti Drive, San Ramon, CA 94582. Please time your mailing so we get the by the end of September. Sorry, but we can only take pre-paid orders. Drop me an email if you have any questions... Robbie

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[Mickaboo Action] Two Macaws
by CLAUDIA MELTEFF 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Hi! We have two terrific Blue & Gold macaws in a foster home that is teeming with other birds. I promised this family their macaw stint would be short term and I haven't made good on my promise. I've also been reminded that the birds are in an area where there is no heat when colder weather comes around so they need to move soon. Is there anyone out there who would like to foster a macaw that has already been determined to have few or no behavior issues? These are exceptional birds - read the stories of Horatio and Eleanor on the website. Claudia Melteff Macaw Adoption Coordinator Mickaboo (650) 583-1940

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[Mickaboo Action] A home for Baby
by Michelle Yesney 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Baby the Alexandrian is ready to go home to Citrus Heights. She is currently living in Richmond. The transporter needs to have a truck because Baby has a nice big cage she is bringing with her (Alexandrians have lovely long tails). A good day to move Baby would be on Saturday (her current family works long hours during the week). Please let me know if you can help move Baby. Michelle www.Mickaboo.org Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue P.O. Box 697, San Jose, CA 95106-0697

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[Mickaboo Action] Correction on tiel cage move........
by Nancy Powell 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

SF to Menlo Park, not San Mateo.......... Come on! ---there's an "M" in both of them! I was close! On 9/18/07, Nancy Powell <nancyp2(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Okay, we're zeroing in on this! We have a cage in SF that needs to get > to San Mateo. Could anyone do that? > > On 9/18/07, Nancy Powell < nancyp2(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Does anyone in the South Bay have a cage suitable for a tiel? > > > > -- > > Nancy Powell > > Operations Manager > > Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue > > www.mickaboo.org > > > > > -- > Nancy Powell > Operations Manager > Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue > www.mickaboo.org > -- Nancy Powell Operations Manager Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue www.mickaboo.org

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[Mickaboo Action] Tiel cage needed in the South Bay!
by Nancy Powell 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Does anyone in the South Bay have a cage suitable for a tiel? -- Nancy Powell Operations Manager Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue www.mickaboo.org

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[Mickaboo Action] 4 of 6 conures have new foster homes. Thank you!
by Ailsa 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

I want to send out huge "THANK YOU"s to Shannon & Bill for offering to take in Bruno & Caesar, and to Lynn Magnussen and to Christine Sexton for offering to take in a Dusky each. There's still some juggling to get all the birds moved, but it's a huge relief to me to know that these four will be in their new foster homes before I leave for France. I would also like to say thank you to the people who have offered short-term space if needed as we move birds from one home to another, and those who have emailed me to offer moral support. It really helps me get through a rough day when I'm surrounded by so many giving and open hearts. As a final quick note: Rojo and Paco the cherryheads do still need foster homes ready for when their current foster dad deploys next month. I'd sure love to know those new homes are in place before I get on a plane 17 days from now. Please let me know if you can help! I'm sure it would be a load off their foster dad's mind to know that detail is sorted out too! ~ Ailsa the Every Hopeful, and Very Grateful, Conure Coordinator :)

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[Mickaboo Action] URGENT-Picking up a budgie in San Mateo
by Cathy Hesse 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

We received a call from Ann in San Mateo who recently adopted Perry-the budgie from us but he's not getting along with her own budgie. Perry is constantly sending her budgie plunking down to the bottom of the cage and Ann is going in for surgery on this Thursday. She wants us to have Perry picked up today so she wouldn't have to worry about the 2 birds while in the hospital. I spoke to Michelle Yesney, about the situation and Michelle would take Perry in. Could someone please pick up Perry in San Mateo and meet Holly Atwood around Sunnyvale or Mountain View area to hand off Perry? -- Cathy Hesse Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue Volunteer Don't breed, don't buy... adopt a rescued bird! www.mickaboo.org

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[Mickaboo Action] Foster parent being deployed end of October - temp foster home needed
by Ailsa 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

It's raining conures in need of foster homes. I just found out that one of our foster parents is being deployed at the end of October. He is told it will be 6 months. He's asking for a temporary foster home to take over watching his foster conures, a cherryhead named Paco and a Mitred named Rojo. I'm fairly sure that if we don't have another foster home lined up, the army will not delay his deployment while we work on it. These birds do not have to go into foster homes together, they are not bonded. People, I REALLY need foster homes for five of these six ASAP. One Dusky, a Nanday/Mitred bonded pair, and now a Mitred and Cherryhead. I leave in less than three weeks to go on vacation ... my to-do list is getting longer not shorter. Please, if you can help with any of these birds, please let me know! ~ Ailsa Conure Coordinator, Teacher Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue http://www.mickaboo.org http://www.cafepress.com/mickaboo "Be the Change You Wish to See in the World." ~ Gandhi

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[Mickaboo Action] bird sitting for fosters?
by Patricia Blau 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

Hi guys, I have 2 cages of 3 cockatiel fosters that I need bird-sitting for for 2 time periods. First, most urgently, I need someone to house Harley & Davidson, a pair of playful and sometimes slightly aggressive (Harley, specifically) males in one cage for Oct 10 thru the 26th (possibly the 25th, if I get home early). These guys are not hand-friendly but they love to play with toys & forage for millet in boxes. For the same period, I'd like to house the adorable Gregory Peck in his own cage, too, though he is lower priority than H & D. Secondly, I need the two groups housed from January 6th thru Feb 3rd or thereabouts, 2008, unless, of course, they are adopted beforehand. Can anyone help me with any of these cockatiels in either time period? Thank you so much!!! p

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