Re: [MickaCoo] [Mickaboo Discuss] I don't know what to do

Gabriella- Bless your heart and courage! With all that you do on behalf of Mickaboo and the the macaws, that is truly an incredibly generous and touching offer. I will follow up with you directly. I'm going to bring some pigeons to meet you and we can brainstorm together what would make sense. And thank you to all who have replied with ideas and info and encouragement and insight. Your support is greatly appreciated. Cheryl rescued the baby with the not-broken wing (though it was certainly a "lucky break" for him) and one of the birds on the waiting list to come into foster care died and there are two more now there waiting to come in and life goes on. Stay tuned. Thank you! On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Gabriella Estrella < kittyntwinstarz@gmail.com> wrote:

If someone wants to build something in my backyard ill take as many as I can.

Gabriella

On Nov 5, 2010 3:14 PM, "Elizabeth Young" wrote:

Hello-

MickaCoo is more full than we have ever been with 78 pigeons and doves in foster care. There are 5 more on a waiting list hoping to come in. I'm going crazy and, despite my MickaCoo volunteering 40+ hours a week and the help that people are providing, I still can't keep up with all that needs doing.

And I just received this email from SFACC: *We took in a young king with a left wing fracture this morning. There is a swollen, red area lump in the left carpal area I think. He is holding the wing in a normal position. Dr. Bing said fracture. Wondering if you can take.* * * Of course, we can always take "one more" but what about tomorrow? There will be another "one more".

I truly do not know what to do. I CANNOT support a larger "caseload" than I already am. Unless there is somebody out there who really wants to get a lot more involved as a volunteer (raising funds, supporting foster volunteers, recruiting adopters, transporting to vets, etc.) or somebody who's ready to adopt some pigeons, MickaCoo is going to have to turn away birds like this. (I remember when MickaCoo used to say "eight is enough!" when we had 8 foster pigeons, then being terrified when we had 25 and panic-stricken at 50 fosters. But 78???!!!)

*WHAT DO RESCUES DO? Resources are finite and the need is infinite. I cannot make the math work.*

*Elizabeth *