Brittany741
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- Feb 9, 2015
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- Parrots
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SI Eclectus (Ruby) - 11 / Eclectus (Wrangler) - 7 / Eclectus (Pinto) - 6 /
Red Sided Eclectus (Oliver) - 4 mos. /
White Bellied Caique (Dan) - 2 /
Foster Congo African Grey (Molly) - 6
Meet Ruby. Seriously in the running for worst neglect I've seen in awhile.
She hasn't been out of her cage in at least three years. Her cage was caked in poop. We stopped at the spray off car wash to pressure wash it, but it's up to me and she's never stepping foot in that prison again.
She was on an all-seed & pellet diet. She has never been outside. Her very few feathers were coated in a greasy mess. She began plucking after she was rehomed at age 4. She is now 9 and she will be cared for as best as I can.
She was in a completely rusted travel cage. I put her in the sun because she is such a naked little dinosaur. I bathed her in Vetericyn spray and let her dry for about 10 minutes in the warm sun and her remaining feathers actually have color. They were black from whatever the f$&@ happened to her.
Of course I began sobbing. I don't know how anyone could let this happen. Plucking happens for all sorts of reasons, but never coming out of her cage and never getting a bath?
$150 in groceries later, her toys in the dishwasher (and trashed the ones that couldn't be disinfected), and her quarantine has begun. She's been with us an hour. I'll be sending off a swab for disease testing on Monday.
Needless to say, she's eating better than us. Thanks to Anansi for the Eclectus diet link, it was much more comprehensive than anything else I've found. We will be prepping and freezing her mash over the next day (since the beans take time.)
Without further ado, meet Ruby.
She hasn't been out of her cage in at least three years. Her cage was caked in poop. We stopped at the spray off car wash to pressure wash it, but it's up to me and she's never stepping foot in that prison again.
She was on an all-seed & pellet diet. She has never been outside. Her very few feathers were coated in a greasy mess. She began plucking after she was rehomed at age 4. She is now 9 and she will be cared for as best as I can.
She was in a completely rusted travel cage. I put her in the sun because she is such a naked little dinosaur. I bathed her in Vetericyn spray and let her dry for about 10 minutes in the warm sun and her remaining feathers actually have color. They were black from whatever the f$&@ happened to her.
Of course I began sobbing. I don't know how anyone could let this happen. Plucking happens for all sorts of reasons, but never coming out of her cage and never getting a bath?
$150 in groceries later, her toys in the dishwasher (and trashed the ones that couldn't be disinfected), and her quarantine has begun. She's been with us an hour. I'll be sending off a swab for disease testing on Monday.
Needless to say, she's eating better than us. Thanks to Anansi for the Eclectus diet link, it was much more comprehensive than anything else I've found. We will be prepping and freezing her mash over the next day (since the beans take time.)
Without further ado, meet Ruby.
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