Gypsy
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I work at an animal shelter and today this..... person.... lets leave it at that.... comes in with a cage all wrapped up in blankets saying she has a parakeet she wants to get rid off. Apparently they shut its head in its cage door, so now they don't want it because its injured. The cage they had it in was filthy, with at least a months worth of poop at the bottom, a bowl of empty seed shells, dirty broken perches, and no water. They kept the blanket on the cage all the time because the cage was missing the top and the bird would get out. This poor little bird was severely neglected. The second I went in the cage it walked up to my hand and jumped right up. Its the sweetest little bird I've ever met in my life and didn't deserve such horrible treatment. Unfortunaly I know a lot about big birds, but nothing about a bird as little as this. Any advice on how to care for it, treat its injury, anything? Taking it to the vet isn't an option simply because my work won't pay for it, and I don't have the money. I set it up in a new cage and its eating and drinking good, and we are putting antibiotic ointment on its wounds around its neck.