“Millie” had literally no muscle mass and was covered in a yeast infection a 1/4" thick over the majority of her body. David Kersting and he told me that in all of his years of avian vetting, which is 24yrs, he had never seen such cruelty. 1, 2010, a Military Macaw named “Millie” was surrended at 6:30 AM and upon viewing her, I took her straight to our avian vet, Dr. Of all the abused and neglected birds that have come our way, on Dec. There are times that as fast as we get a bird adopted, two come in it’s place. Some days we have mulitple birds surrendered to us and have even had birds left on the porch while gone to pick up birds. Recently an Amazon and a Blue & Gold Macaw were thrown out the doors by their owners. When we tell people we have no room, they simply turn their birds loose. My rescue has been established for 9 yrs now and we have now been forced to start turning birds away, which is breaking my heart. To all of you that have adopted from or rescued a bird "Thank You’. Lynn Morgan – President & Founder “Amazing Grace Bird Rescue” I hope all the rescue birds can find a good home!!! I also do not acquire more pets than i can handle. My children have been raised to do the same. Every animal I have owned in my entire life has spent their lifespan with me. I cannot tolerate the person who gets an animal and then when they tire of them they trade them, dump them or whatever. (Our horses can live up to 30 years and we have had them from weanlings.) We wanted to make sure everyone was going to be okay for the long haul with the bird, IE: her college years, etc. We were already a pet family and she is use to taking care of animals. When we discovered how long the bird could live, we talked with her a long time about the responsibility. My husband and I had our daughter research on her parrot before we let her buy the bird. People who have birds are reading the post, not the prospective buyer. It is so important, but here is a problem. Patty Jourgensen specializes in avian health, behavior and nutrition and has been working with and caring for rescue birds since 1987. This post will help you consider the many different angles of this particular topic. The only thing I wish to elaborate on is that we should all have a plan in place that will see to the needs of our birds if we should die or become disabled in such away that it is not possible to continue caring for our birds. Most people don’t consider their bird’s life span as it relates to their own…Many parrots will outlive their guardians leaving the birds, more often than not, homeless and unwanted. Some smaller parrots can live up to 25 to 50 years. …Large species of parrots can live up to 85 years of age.Apart from issues developing due to most people’s inability to provide proper care, a parrot’s long life span might play the largest role in the ongoing cycle of rehoming:
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