cloudyhelium
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- Jun 15, 2022
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- Red-lored amazon hybrid
This is pretty much a vent and I'm not sure where to put it so I'm posting it here (if it's not okay being in this one please let me know).
So, I have a red-lored amazon hybrid, I named her Babe. She's in a horrible situation and she's been for as long as I've known this bird. Being only feed sunflower seeds in a small cage looks a little like this one
but it can't be more than 1ft and a half tall and the bird has duck to go through the door. This cage is hung by a chain above two very noisy dogs and it's in front of a window where children often get to bother her, she's been feather plucking a lot lately and I'm trying to give her a better life.
However, this bird does not belong to me... it's my grandfather's. This man is a manchild who, in my eyes shouldn't have any animals. he's this arrogant narcissistic twit that doesn't do any amount of research on any animal he's ever had, he thinks dogs should get baths only twice a year and don't need to be walked or socialized often, so you could imagine how much he knows about exotic animals like an amazon.
He refuses to feed her anything that I try to give her and I have this informed guess that he throws away some of the stuff I give her... this man sometimes gives her other things that aren't sunflower seeds, like mango pits, those fried dough pieces of junk, and peanuts, but her main diet is still sunflower seeds.
He would rather have the bird dying before admitting he's doing something wrong. I've tried talking to him about how the bird is this aggressive and losing feathers because of his condition and he won't listen to me telling me to "mind my own f****** business"... I just don't know what to do...
I mention the man child bit because as soon as I'm having time with "his toy" he suddenly wants it and wants to spend time with her, but when I leave, the "toy" is back in the cage. I've already mentioned wanting to take the bird with me since I'm willing to take better care of her but you can imagine how that went... I'm desperate and I honestly feel horrible, I just don't know what to do... I've grown attached to this bird and it just breaks my heart to know that as soon as I leave she's going to go back to the same situation...
I've checked and Amazons are illegal in my area (to buy\sell these birds) and you can get a hefty fine or jail (or both) but since this bird was a gift from some dude from Argentina I'm not sure what this means to my grandfather- to be honest, I don't even know what to do, I'm just... Very lost and feeling very, very helpless...
I'm open to any advice I can get so thank you so very much if you read this far, I really need some perspective on this matter...
So, I have a red-lored amazon hybrid, I named her Babe. She's in a horrible situation and she's been for as long as I've known this bird. Being only feed sunflower seeds in a small cage looks a little like this one
but it can't be more than 1ft and a half tall and the bird has duck to go through the door. This cage is hung by a chain above two very noisy dogs and it's in front of a window where children often get to bother her, she's been feather plucking a lot lately and I'm trying to give her a better life.
However, this bird does not belong to me... it's my grandfather's. This man is a manchild who, in my eyes shouldn't have any animals. he's this arrogant narcissistic twit that doesn't do any amount of research on any animal he's ever had, he thinks dogs should get baths only twice a year and don't need to be walked or socialized often, so you could imagine how much he knows about exotic animals like an amazon.
He refuses to feed her anything that I try to give her and I have this informed guess that he throws away some of the stuff I give her... this man sometimes gives her other things that aren't sunflower seeds, like mango pits, those fried dough pieces of junk, and peanuts, but her main diet is still sunflower seeds.
He would rather have the bird dying before admitting he's doing something wrong. I've tried talking to him about how the bird is this aggressive and losing feathers because of his condition and he won't listen to me telling me to "mind my own f****** business"... I just don't know what to do...
I mention the man child bit because as soon as I'm having time with "his toy" he suddenly wants it and wants to spend time with her, but when I leave, the "toy" is back in the cage. I've already mentioned wanting to take the bird with me since I'm willing to take better care of her but you can imagine how that went... I'm desperate and I honestly feel horrible, I just don't know what to do... I've grown attached to this bird and it just breaks my heart to know that as soon as I leave she's going to go back to the same situation...
I've checked and Amazons are illegal in my area (to buy\sell these birds) and you can get a hefty fine or jail (or both) but since this bird was a gift from some dude from Argentina I'm not sure what this means to my grandfather- to be honest, I don't even know what to do, I'm just... Very lost and feeling very, very helpless...
I'm open to any advice I can get so thank you so very much if you read this far, I really need some perspective on this matter...
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