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: Well, my flock grew by 3 birds yesterday. Got a call from a friend, What a sad and happy story…I’m glad you were able to save most of them! Have fun with your new feathered friends =) Caryn
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>Oh great now we get this idiot over here in Illinois. >
Yeah, no kidding. Aren’t we lucky? He’s got to be a total moron. Who would want to leave nice and warm all-the-time-Phoenix to come to IL? He must love snow and ice – YUCK! Deb
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You did a great thing…I would still have reported him anyway….
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> On behalf of all bird lovers THANK YOU! ;-) >Well, my flock grew by 3 birds yesterday. Got a call from a friend, >telling me about his neighbor who was relocating to another state and >planned on releasing his birds outside to fend for themselves. Told him >I would be right over, and to tell the guy to hold onto them. I loaded >my spare cages in the truck and headed over. The guy wasn’t willing to >sell them – go figure, and when I saw the state that the birds were >being kept in, I don’t think they would have sold anyway. He had 4 >miserable, decrepit looking tiels all huddled together in a small cage, >5 finches together in a cage, only two of which were still capable of >perching, and a lone canary in a cage with the finches. I argued for a >while with the guy about realeasing them, and offered to take them off >his hands. Threatened to call animal control, these birds were in awful >condition, outside, no food really, just a bunch of sick birds. He told >me I could have the birds but not the cages, so I put my gloves on and >loaded them all up. >I kept them all out in the spare room last night, fed and watered them, >this a.m., one of the ‘tiels was dead on the floor of the cage, called >the vet, explained the situation, and he said to bring them in, he would >treat them at a discounted cost. He put 3 of the finches down, said >they were "unsalvagable," and all 3 ‘tiels had a full birdy work-up, he >said the canary seems fine, other than being a bit malnourished, they >are all malnourished. >So, the ‘tiels all went to my sister-in-law’s house, she has a big >flight cage that was sitting empty in the garage until today, she’s >going to split the cost of the vet bill for the ‘tiels. I brought home >the 2 remaining finches and the canary. So, they’re all settled in >their new cages, with food and water and toys and medicine…far away >from my other birds. >The finches are society finches? Both boys, from what the vet said, one >is crested and looks like he has a little brown toupee, both have a real >pretty song. The canary is also a male, but I haven’t heard much from >him other than a few frightened peeps. >So, that was my last two days off, the hubby is really p.o’ed at me, but >what the heck, I can always work some over-time to pay the credit card >back down 
>Thanks for listening… >Jessica
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> Thank you for your kindness. You will be rewarded. Let us know how > things work out. > Andee
Well, so far they are all settling in well. The canary is tentatively named Robbie, my mother-in-law named him. I thought it was a cute name. The 2 finches I have all ready named. The crested one, that looks like he has a bad toupee, is Moe ( hubby is a 3 Stooges fan ) and I named the other Fletch. They seemed fitting names, don’t ask me why. The tiels are settling in well at my sister-in-law’s house. They are in awful shape, feather-wise. Matted and plucked, the one female has her crest ripped off, their tail feathers are stripped. Poor things. They’re pretty friendly, though. Won’t step up, and have a fear of hands inside the cage, but if you put your finger through the bars, they’ll all come and huddle up around and nibble on you a little, not in a mean way, just kind of checking you out. She’s named them Afton, Mango ( after my departed tiel ), and Frankie. They are in a good home over there at her house, she’s gone and bought all kinds of things for them. As for the slimeball that had them, my friend did call animal services on him, but since the birds were removed, and the guy is moving to Illinois, there wasn’t much they would do. I guess when you are in a large city like Phoenix, they’re more concerned about the animals still in the bad situation. I’m with you guys though, I hope he doesn’t get more birds when he gets to Illinois. Jessica
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Oh great now we get this idiot over here in Illinois. Thanks a lot!!!
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Thank you for your kindness. You will be rewarded. Let us know how > things work out. > Andee > Well, so far they are all settling in well. The canary is tentatively named > Robbie, my mother-in-law named him. I thought it was a cute name. > The 2 finches I have all ready named. The crested one, that looks like he has > a bad toupee, is Moe ( hubby is a 3 Stooges fan ) and I named the other > Fletch. They seemed fitting names, don’t ask me why. > The tiels are settling in well at my sister-in-law’s house. They are in awful > shape, feather-wise. Matted and plucked, the one female has her crest ripped > off, their tail feathers are stripped. Poor things. They’re pretty friendly, > though. Won’t step up, and have a fear of hands inside the cage, but if you > put your finger through the bars, they’ll all come and huddle up around and > nibble on you a little, not in a mean way, just kind of checking you out. > She’s named them Afton, Mango ( after my departed tiel ), and Frankie. They > are in a good home over there at her house, she’s gone and bought all kinds of > things for them. > As for the slimeball that had them, my friend did call animal services on him, > but since the birds were removed, and the guy is moving to Illinois, there > wasn’t much they would do. I guess when you are in a large city like Phoenix, > they’re more concerned about the animals still in the bad situation. I’m with > you guys though, I hope he doesn’t get more birds when he gets to Illinois. > Jessica
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Thank you for your kindness. You will be rewarded. Let us know how things work out. Andee – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Well, my flock grew by 3 birds yesterday. Got a call from a friend, > telling me about his neighbor who was relocating to another state and > planned on releasing his birds outside to fend for themselves. Told him > I would be right over, and to tell the guy to hold onto them.
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Keep us posted, it’s inspiring to hear such good things happening out there. Our chirps are with you and the birdies. — Angela Visit my birds! Visit my Hamster! Sign their guestbooks! They’d love to hear from you! http://albums.photopoint.com/j/MyAlbums?u=50190
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good for you. I sometimes think the tattiest, most unwanted ones that cost you time and money, give you the greatest pleasure. I do conure and parakeet rescue and every time one of the really unhealthy ones responds to kindness, it makes me so happy I could weep. Good luck with your new birds, make hubby a special dinner and tell him just how wonderful and understanding he is and all should be well. — – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Thank you for your kindness. You will be rewarded. Let us know how > things work out. > Andee > Well, my flock grew by 3 birds yesterday. Got a call from a friend, > telling me about his neighbor who was relocating to another state and > planned on releasing his birds outside to fend for themselves. Told him > I would be right over, and to tell the guy to hold onto them.
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Jessica, You are a saint. Thank you for helping these poor little birds. What a creep that guy was! You reminded me about a poor budgie that a friend of mine had for a short time. Her neighbor found it in the woods while walking her dog. It couldn’t fly. She called my friend since she knew she had birds. The poor budgie was covered with scaley mite and had very long toenails, etc. She took it to the vet and they tried to save it, but they couldn’t. We are sure someone just dumped the poor thing in the woods. Very sad. Janet L.
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Jessica Thank you! Your Feathered Friends
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writes: >Well, my flock grew by 3 birds yesterday. >
Jessica, You are a great human being! Hopefully the phrase "what goes around, comes around" will work on that creep. God bless you! Deb
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Bravo…. I would have fought as well… Good work… I know the birds appreciate it too… People like that should be turned in… I probably would have still called his a$$ in….
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Well, my flock grew by 3 birds yesterday. Got a call from a friend, > telling me about his neighbor who was relocating to another state and > planned on releasing his birds outside to fend for themselves. Told him > I would be right over, and to tell the guy to hold onto them. I loaded > my spare cages in the truck and headed over. The guy wasn’t willing to > sell them – go figure, and when I saw the state that the birds were > being kept in, I don’t think they would have sold anyway. He had 4 > miserable, decrepit looking tiels all huddled together in a small cage, > 5 finches together in a cage, only two of which were still capable of > perching, and a lone canary in a cage with the finches. I argued for a > while with the guy about realeasing them, and offered to take them off > his hands. Threatened to call animal control, these birds were in awful > condition, outside, no food really, just a bunch of sick birds. He told > me I could have the birds but not the cages, so I put my gloves on and > loaded them all up. > I kept them all out in the spare room last night, fed and watered them, > this a.m., one of the ‘tiels was dead on the floor of the cage, called > the vet, explained the situation, and he said to bring them in, he would > treat them at a discounted cost. He put 3 of the finches down, said > they were "unsalvagable," and all 3 ‘tiels had a full birdy work-up, he > said the canary seems fine, other than being a bit malnourished, they > are all malnourished. > So, the ‘tiels all went to my sister-in-law’s house, she has a big > flight cage that was sitting empty in the garage until today, she’s > going to split the cost of the vet bill for the ‘tiels. I brought home > the 2 remaining finches and the canary. So, they’re all settled in > their new cages, with food and water and toys and medicine…far away > from my other birds. > The finches are society finches? Both boys, from what the vet said, one > is crested and looks like he has a little brown toupee, both have a real > pretty song. The canary is also a male, but I haven’t heard much from > him other than a few frightened peeps. > So, that was my last two days off, the hubby is really p.o’ed at me, but > what the heck, I can always work some over-time to pay the credit card > back down > Thanks for listening… > Jessica
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Good for you! I’m glad your vet was willing to discount for you, good for them too! Those birds are sure lucky to have a friend like you! — Angela Visit my birds! Visit my Hamster! Sign their guestbooks! They’d love to hear from you! http://albums.photopoint.com/j/MyAlbums?u=50190
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Well, my flock grew by 3 birds yesterday. Got a call from a friend, > telling me about his neighbor who was relocating to another state and > planned on releasing his birds outside to fend for themselves. Told him > I would be right over, and to tell the guy to hold onto them. I loaded > my spare cages in the truck and headed over. The guy wasn’t willing to > sell them – go figure, and when I saw the state that the birds were > being kept in, I don’t think they would have sold anyway. He had 4 > miserable, decrepit looking tiels all huddled together in a small cage, > 5 finches together in a cage, only two of which were still capable of > perching, and a lone canary in a cage with the finches. I argued for a > while with the guy about realeasing them, and offered to take them off > his hands. Threatened to call animal control, these birds were in awful > condition, outside, no food really, just a bunch of sick birds. He told > me I could have the birds but not the cages, so I put my gloves on and > loaded them all up. > I kept them all out in the spare room last night, fed and watered them, > this a.m., one of the ‘tiels was dead on the floor of the cage, called > the vet, explained the situation, and he said to bring them in, he would > treat them at a discounted cost. He put 3 of the finches down, said > they were "unsalvagable," and all 3 ‘tiels had a full birdy work-up, he > said the canary seems fine, other than being a bit malnourished, they > are all malnourished. > So, the ‘tiels all went to my sister-in-law’s house, she has a big > flight cage that was sitting empty in the garage until today, she’s > going to split the cost of the vet bill for the ‘tiels. I brought home > the 2 remaining finches and the canary. So, they’re all settled in > their new cages, with food and water and toys and medicine…far away > from my other birds. > The finches are society finches? Both boys, from what the vet said, one > is crested and looks like he has a little brown toupee, both have a real > pretty song. The canary is also a male, but I haven’t heard much from > him other than a few frightened peeps. > So, that was my last two days off, the hubby is really p.o’ed at me, but > what the heck, I can always work some over-time to pay the credit card > back down > Thanks for listening… > Jessica > i’m sorry that you were not able to help all the birds ,at least you
tried. sometimes help comes to late though. i just had a bird dumped at my door –an eight month old cockatiel that weighed 40 grams when he arrived . i hope things turn out okay for your new charges. margaret
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On behalf of all bird lovers THANK YOU! ;-) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Well, my flock grew by 3 birds yesterday. Got a call from a friend, >telling me about his neighbor who was relocating to another state and >planned on releasing his birds outside to fend for themselves. Told him >I would be right over, and to tell the guy to hold onto them. I loaded >my spare cages in the truck and headed over. The guy wasn’t willing to >sell them – go figure, and when I saw the state that the birds were >being kept in, I don’t think they would have sold anyway. He had 4 >miserable, decrepit looking tiels all huddled together in a small cage, >5 finches together in a cage, only two of which were still capable of >perching, and a lone canary in a cage with the finches. I argued for a >while with the guy about realeasing them, and offered to take them off >his hands. Threatened to call animal control, these birds were in awful >condition, outside, no food really, just a bunch of sick birds. He told >me I could have the birds but not the cages, so I put my gloves on and >loaded them all up. >I kept them all out in the spare room last night, fed and watered them, >this a.m., one of the ‘tiels was dead on the floor of the cage, called >the vet, explained the situation, and he said to bring them in, he would >treat them at a discounted cost. He put 3 of the finches down, said >they were "unsalvagable," and all 3 ‘tiels had a full birdy work-up, he >said the canary seems fine, other than being a bit malnourished, they >are all malnourished. >So, the ‘tiels all went to my sister-in-law’s house, she has a big >flight cage that was sitting empty in the garage until today, she’s >going to split the cost of the vet bill for the ‘tiels. I brought home >the 2 remaining finches and the canary. So, they’re all settled in >their new cages, with food and water and toys and medicine…far away >from my other birds. >The finches are society finches? Both boys, from what the vet said, one >is crested and looks like he has a little brown toupee, both have a real >pretty song. The canary is also a male, but I haven’t heard much from >him other than a few frightened peeps. >So, that was my last two days off, the hubby is really p.o’ed at me, but >what the heck, I can always work some over-time to pay the credit card >back down >Thanks for listening… >Jessica
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Well, my flock grew by 3 birds yesterday. Got a call from a friend, telling me about his neighbor who was relocating to another state and planned on releasing his birds outside to fend for themselves. Told him I would be right over, and to tell the guy to hold onto them. I loaded my spare cages in the truck and headed over. The guy wasn’t willing to sell them – go figure, and when I saw the state that the birds were being kept in, I don’t think they would have sold anyway. He had 4 miserable, decrepit looking tiels all huddled together in a small cage, 5 finches together in a cage, only two of which were still capable of perching, and a lone canary in a cage with the finches. I argued for a while with the guy about realeasing them, and offered to take them off his hands. Threatened to call animal control, these birds were in awful condition, outside, no food really, just a bunch of sick birds. He told me I could have the birds but not the cages, so I put my gloves on and loaded them all up. I kept them all out in the spare room last night, fed and watered them, this a.m., one of the ‘tiels was dead on the floor of the cage, called the vet, explained the situation, and he said to bring them in, he would treat them at a discounted cost. He put 3 of the finches down, said they were "unsalvagable," and all 3 ‘tiels had a full birdy work-up, he said the canary seems fine, other than being a bit malnourished, they are all malnourished. So, the ‘tiels all went to my sister-in-law’s house, she has a big flight cage that was sitting empty in the garage until today, she’s going to split the cost of the vet bill for the ‘tiels. I brought home the 2 remaining finches and the canary. So, they’re all settled in their new cages, with food and water and toys and medicine…far away from my other birds. The finches are society finches? Both boys, from what the vet said, one is crested and looks like he has a little brown toupee, both have a real pretty song. The canary is also a male, but I haven’t heard much from him other than a few frightened peeps. So, that was my last two days off, the hubby is really p.o’ed at me, but what the heck, I can always work some over-time to pay the credit card back down Thanks for listening… Jessica
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