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http://www.care2.com/causes/neglected-birds-pops-out-of-box-to-meet-rescuer-begs-for-a-snuggle.htmlby Laura Simpson May 13, 2014 5:30 pm
Editors note: This post is a Care2 favorite. It was originally published on December 3, 2011. Enjoy!
Written by Phoenix Morgaine of Texas
Several years ago I worked as a senior rehabilitator for a wild bird rescue organization. The local humane society didnt have a bird rescue program, so they called us whenever wild birds were turned in by the public.
One night I received a call from the shelters receiving department. The clerk was so angry she was cussing and crying at the same time. I know you dont ususally take in pet birds, but this one is so sweet and I know if I check her into the system, shell be euthanized because her condition is sooo bad. Will you please come and get her?
Later, when I walked in the door of the shelter, I asked the clerk, Where is she? She pointed to the top of the file cabinet where shed placed a computer paper box. Just as I looked up, the baldest, filthiest, most bedraggled looking cockatoo popped her head up over the rim of the box, looked at me and said Eee-Yah! As soon as I put my hand out, she stepped onto my finger and started rubbing her cheek against my chest.
She Came in the Way So Many Surrendered Pets Do
The clerk explained that two guys came in to say theyd found a parrot walking down the street. From their behavior, she felt they were making the story up. (Many people who turn animals in to a shelter will do this, thinking it makes them look better than admitting culpability.) The clerk finally lost her patience and told the guys, Just bring me the bird! Her suspicions were confirmed when one of the guys yelled out the door, Dad, bring in your bird!
FULL story at link.
Benton D Struckcheon
(2,347 posts)How long do those birds live anyway? I was amazed at the age they said that bird was.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Most of them are like ravens - smart, and live up to 75 years, if not longer.
u4ic
(17,101 posts)and your estimate is at the extreme upper end of Macaws and Cockatoos. People tend to associate the word parrot with Macaws, Cockatoos, African Greys and perhaps Amazons; they are the longer lived parrots (more in the range of 50 yrs). Rarely do they think of smaller, yet very common companion parrots like Quaker, Conures, Ringnecks, Lorys, Senegals; so many more I could list off. Even budgies and cockatiels are in the parrot family. Most companion parrots have a 10-30 yr range.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)No idea how old he was when I found him on a fence post in Los Angeles. Another Amazon we have (A Mealy Amazon) has a life expectancy of 80 years - he's three this June. Another minature macaw hatched right where this keyboard is. He's 24 this year. No one's ever heard of a Red-Bellied Macaw living to this age.
shenmue
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(5,764 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)I approve of the comment then.
DRoseDARs
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(44,397 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,365 posts)Thanks for the thread, Omaha Steve.