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ASSOCIATES STONEFIELDFriday, August 05, 2005
An old but a new Rant and a Rave!
A cockatiel the nice little lady had for fourteen years flew away. She was in tears; she had searched for days, put ads in the paper and lay awake for nights. Finally she called and asked if I had any magic to bring her beloved friend back to her. Of course I did not. Please trim your bird’s wings. Do not assume that trimmed wings stop flight. They do NOT. Trimmed wings limit flight. A good gust of wind or a hot air thermal off of a paved driveway or parking lot and your bird is aloft. These poor guys either starve from lack of food (they do not know how to eat our there) or more commonly they are easy lunch for a hawk, falcon or other predator. And folks argue with me that it is MEAN to trim your birds’ wings. Ask the bird who got eaten by the hawk how cruel THAT is!
This week a friend of mine, my wife and I rescued a bird from a bad situation. Seems the bird had been relegated to the garage for the past 2-3 years. His wing webs (the skin from wrist to shoulder) had atrophied so badly that he cannot extend his wings. To make it worse he is an at risk species, not endangered, but high risk. At any rate none of God’s critters should be “cared for” in such a matter. Overall we have invested over $1,100 in this bird’s purchase and medical care, just to get him out of this situation. Some days I love my job and sometimes I hate my job, why hate? Hate the fact that I have to see the carnage that I see, love? Love it because overall I am blessed by an extraordinarily caring clientele and staff.
Rescued another parrot this week as well, did not have to buy this one, just take over his care and the medical responsibilities. It does not look good for this one, and not out of fault of his owner, a disease for which there is no treatment nor cure. Maybe someday, if you are interested in donating funds to research that really counts please donate to Dr. Branson Ritchie’s research program at the University of Georgia. Phone 706-542-6316.
POSITIVE note: Heavy Metal Toxicity: stop this all too common problem with a new cage from http://www.kingscages.com/, they also sell stainless steel toys and a new potion for Feather Plucker’s called PluckNoMore. It is a concoction of herbs and holistic medicinals. I have used it on my own bird, Stevie, my plucking Umbrella Cockatoo, she has tail feathers for the first time in 3 years!! We have done complete CBC’s and blood chemistry analysis of Stevie and one African Grey Parrot, and thus far no abnormalities whatsoever. Seems there is are a group of folk on the internet that are saying this product kills birds, well tell Stevie, she forgot to read that bird group on the internet.
Still tryin, still cryin.
Thinking about putting a macaw watching trip to the Amazon River, maybe Brazil maybe Peru?
Thinking about 7-10 days, anybody interested?
Sammy
A cockatiel the nice little lady had for fourteen years flew away. She was in tears; she had searched for days, put ads in the paper and lay awake for nights. Finally she called and asked if I had any magic to bring her beloved friend back to her. Of course I did not. Please trim your bird’s wings. Do not assume that trimmed wings stop flight. They do NOT. Trimmed wings limit flight. A good gust of wind or a hot air thermal off of a paved driveway or parking lot and your bird is aloft. These poor guys either starve from lack of food (they do not know how to eat our there) or more commonly they are easy lunch for a hawk, falcon or other predator. And folks argue with me that it is MEAN to trim your birds’ wings. Ask the bird who got eaten by the hawk how cruel THAT is!
This week a friend of mine, my wife and I rescued a bird from a bad situation. Seems the bird had been relegated to the garage for the past 2-3 years. His wing webs (the skin from wrist to shoulder) had atrophied so badly that he cannot extend his wings. To make it worse he is an at risk species, not endangered, but high risk. At any rate none of God’s critters should be “cared for” in such a matter. Overall we have invested over $1,100 in this bird’s purchase and medical care, just to get him out of this situation. Some days I love my job and sometimes I hate my job, why hate? Hate the fact that I have to see the carnage that I see, love? Love it because overall I am blessed by an extraordinarily caring clientele and staff.
Rescued another parrot this week as well, did not have to buy this one, just take over his care and the medical responsibilities. It does not look good for this one, and not out of fault of his owner, a disease for which there is no treatment nor cure. Maybe someday, if you are interested in donating funds to research that really counts please donate to Dr. Branson Ritchie’s research program at the University of Georgia. Phone 706-542-6316.
POSITIVE note: Heavy Metal Toxicity: stop this all too common problem with a new cage from http://www.kingscages.com/, they also sell stainless steel toys and a new potion for Feather Plucker’s called PluckNoMore. It is a concoction of herbs and holistic medicinals. I have used it on my own bird, Stevie, my plucking Umbrella Cockatoo, she has tail feathers for the first time in 3 years!! We have done complete CBC’s and blood chemistry analysis of Stevie and one African Grey Parrot, and thus far no abnormalities whatsoever. Seems there is are a group of folk on the internet that are saying this product kills birds, well tell Stevie, she forgot to read that bird group on the internet.
Still tryin, still cryin.
Thinking about putting a macaw watching trip to the Amazon River, maybe Brazil maybe Peru?
Thinking about 7-10 days, anybody interested?
Sammy
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