Exotic Birds Rescued
Published: April 17, 2007
One little bird, an African timneh, is blind and bald. He jerks away from volunteer Lynn Shelton’s hand.
“He’s pitiful.”, says Shelton. “He’s probably never been touched in his entire life. ”
He’s one of three birds a North Carolina breeder surrendered to Danville Humane Society director Paulette Dean.
“We were not there to judge we wanted to help the birds.”, says Dean.
The humane society paid $1,400 for five more of the breeder’s 500 birds, in an auction. The breeder gets the money. Dean says it’s worth it to save them. Rescue organizations competed with breeders in the auction.
One of the birds died from a stroke after arriving at the shelter.
Some pick out their feathers.
“They grow back and he pulls them out. They grow back and he pulls them out.”, says Shelton.
The macaw also chews his foot and won’t eat.
A senegal constantly walks in a circle.
Like rings of a tree, you tell a bird’s age by looking at its nails. The breeder says he clipped the nails as far back as he could go one one bird and still couldn’t tell how old it is. Shelto is guessing the Moluccan cockatoo could be as old as 45 and you would have to live a very long life to take care of it. It could live to be 100 years old. That’s more than six times the life span of a dog.
They believe this cockatoo lived in a home because it will let you pet it.
These birds need human interaction to get better and while they can’t be part of an at home foster program like dogs or cats after the 45 day quarantine period the shelter is interested in having volunteers come in and interact with the birds.
Dean says they will have to be extremely careful placing these birds in adoptive homes. She believes most will go to sanctuaries.
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