sbradysfv
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- Nov 18, 2015
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Hi,
I work at an animal sanctuary, and I work with the bears. In the office there is a 44 year double yellow headed amazon named Captain. He came to us 3 years ago after his female owner had passed away and her daughter had tried to take care of him, but with small children in the house Captain was not a good fit and came to us. Over the past year, Captain and I have formed an extremely good bond. If he hears me in the lobby, he starts yelling and whistling for me to come see him. I have been the only person able to form this bond with him and I frequently go to visit him on my days off. I can not adopt him, because I have a pitt bull mix at home that is aggressive with anything he considers to prey, and I would not want Captain hurt. Last week, the administration moved Captain out of the office to the Health Center which is a restricted area. However, I have been told that I MAY be able to visit him occasionally but I do not know if I will be allowed any physical contact with him. Though long winded..my question is this...I do not want to upset him even further by a brief possibly non physical visit, and do not know if my visiting him will help him or upset him. Like I said , I work with bears and never anticipated such a bond to form between myself and Captain. I, of course want to try to visit him any and every chance I get, but also realize I need to do what is best for him. ANY advice would be greatly appreciated.
I work at an animal sanctuary, and I work with the bears. In the office there is a 44 year double yellow headed amazon named Captain. He came to us 3 years ago after his female owner had passed away and her daughter had tried to take care of him, but with small children in the house Captain was not a good fit and came to us. Over the past year, Captain and I have formed an extremely good bond. If he hears me in the lobby, he starts yelling and whistling for me to come see him. I have been the only person able to form this bond with him and I frequently go to visit him on my days off. I can not adopt him, because I have a pitt bull mix at home that is aggressive with anything he considers to prey, and I would not want Captain hurt. Last week, the administration moved Captain out of the office to the Health Center which is a restricted area. However, I have been told that I MAY be able to visit him occasionally but I do not know if I will be allowed any physical contact with him. Though long winded..my question is this...I do not want to upset him even further by a brief possibly non physical visit, and do not know if my visiting him will help him or upset him. Like I said , I work with bears and never anticipated such a bond to form between myself and Captain. I, of course want to try to visit him any and every chance I get, but also realize I need to do what is best for him. ANY advice would be greatly appreciated.
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