EnglishMuffin
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Near where I live back in the UK there is a pet store that was prosecuted a few years ago for selling illegal exotic pets- monkeys and slow loris etc. Now it has re styled itself as 'The northwest's parrot experts' and they are selling parrots.
I went in yesterday out of curiosity as I was looking for a cage (I didn't realise at the time it was owned by the same people as before). All the parrots there are in a deplorable condition. They're in tiny rusted cages with poop caking the bottom, all in terrible feather because they're on a diet of nothing but sunflower seeds and peanuts. They are miserable.
They had a lovely female Ekkie callled Bonnie who was terrified of everybody walking past. Next to her they had a gorgeous, well-feathered male, who was eating a grape and saying 'mmmmmm!' after every bite. I was talking to him and heard one of the girls talking to the owner saying 'she tried to bite me when I tried to pick her up'. I asked 'are you talking about this bird? This is a male' to which she replied 'no, she's a girl'.
I said 'I don't want to be rude, but this is a male. It's a male solomon island eclectus, they are always green and the females are always purple and red like Bonnie'. She didn't even realise he was the same species. Apparrently he had just come in that morning, someone had surrendered him. He had a bald patch on his head as though he'd been plucked by another bird, i wondered if perhaps someone had gotten him as a second bird and gotten rid of him when they didn't get along.
He looked like such a happy gentle boy and I'm miserable now thinking about what he's going to become in that awful place
I'm flying back to Canada today but my first stop when I move back will be that shop to see if he's still there. Unless any forum members live i the northwest and would consider rescuing him!
I went in yesterday out of curiosity as I was looking for a cage (I didn't realise at the time it was owned by the same people as before). All the parrots there are in a deplorable condition. They're in tiny rusted cages with poop caking the bottom, all in terrible feather because they're on a diet of nothing but sunflower seeds and peanuts. They are miserable.
They had a lovely female Ekkie callled Bonnie who was terrified of everybody walking past. Next to her they had a gorgeous, well-feathered male, who was eating a grape and saying 'mmmmmm!' after every bite. I was talking to him and heard one of the girls talking to the owner saying 'she tried to bite me when I tried to pick her up'. I asked 'are you talking about this bird? This is a male' to which she replied 'no, she's a girl'.
I said 'I don't want to be rude, but this is a male. It's a male solomon island eclectus, they are always green and the females are always purple and red like Bonnie'. She didn't even realise he was the same species. Apparrently he had just come in that morning, someone had surrendered him. He had a bald patch on his head as though he'd been plucked by another bird, i wondered if perhaps someone had gotten him as a second bird and gotten rid of him when they didn't get along.
He looked like such a happy gentle boy and I'm miserable now thinking about what he's going to become in that awful place
I'm flying back to Canada today but my first stop when I move back will be that shop to see if he's still there. Unless any forum members live i the northwest and would consider rescuing him!
