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MissMorrigan -> RE: Parrots, macaws, cockatoos need help (4/2/2008 10:09:42 AM)
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I hope, one day in the not too distant future, to have another parrot. I've previously had two rescued african greys, and also three cockatiels. I support a local (to the UK) parrot sanctuary (they also will take in other creatures which have been ill-treated/abandoned, etc... which is called the Brindle Animal Sanctuary and it's situated in Arundel. What I love about them is that the lady that runs it, with her partner, will allow people to go and sit in the parrot rooms, which basically are huge rooms in their house that have been converted into homes for the parrots. The parrots that have been traumatised by their past experiences are kept separated and only recently did a parrot called 'The Major', who was very badly treated/neglected and who plucked until he was bald/sore and severely mistrustful of people, actually go up to the owner of the sanctuary and nuzzle her, to her surprise.
My male cat had a special friendship with all of my previous birds, but especially Georgie, a female cockatiel who was such a cantankerous old wotsit and who chewed up just about every piece of leather strap/item of clothing/wristwatch strap lol They'd sit sit on a chair together and preen one another, she'd pick through his whiskers and general fur on his head/face, while he dutifully washed her. I could trust him implicitly with the birds.
I have some American friends and will pass along the urls for the websites you mention.
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