There’s so much happening for the parrot team right now! This unfortunately has meant that I just haven’t had a moment to sit still and therefore right about what we or indeed the parrots and parakeets are up to. We’ll have a very quick catch up now and then hopefully soon Dear Reader another tale of parrot adventures will follow….
Both the parrots and the parakeets are now getting close to release and Echo’s vet Jon wants each individual to leave his care in the very best condition. So each and every parakeet has just had a health check and a dose of anti parasite formula dabbed on each armpit. With nearly 50 parakeets still waiting for release this was quite a procedure with four people assisting Jon: one person catching the jet fighter fast parakeets in a proper parrot catching net, another did the dabbing of the dose, a third was note taking and the fourth redistributed the checked individual into a separate aviary. It almost goes without saying that all the birds were in fine fettle thanks to Jon’s dedicated care and the support of the wonderful volunteers that help him out.
There’s little to report on the parrots as they are also all fine. Two new birds arrived on New Years Eve (which had until that moment been a day off for Jon). And yet another arrived after having been caught in Rincon. All three had been illegal pets and the first two were actually confiscated by the police. This most recent addition was an escapee but the people that caught him noticed he had a foot problem. Having dropped everything he was doing Jon inspected the bird and removed what appears to have been hair (though I still don’t believe it) that was wrapped tightly around a toe. The cut into the toe was very bad and it may not recover. I’ve just realised we’ve been so busy that we haven’t had chance to name these three birds. What a terrible situation this is! Anyway the poor little devil was very hungry and thirsty and after being given some fluids he gulped water and food. He’s a charming young parrot and is now receiving a twice daily potion of goodness from Jon and doing very well.
The reason we have been so busy and why now at 6am I am going to have to stop and get on with other jobs, is because we are moving the project and all the parrots to a dream location. In a foolish effort to save pennies for the parrots the parrot team have become carpenters and we’ve not only built a great big release aviary, we’ve made shutters, doors and even door frames for our new abode. Dianne our star volunteer from Texas who was here in the crazy first day of the rescue is back. She was lured in by the prospect of getting to see a release. Little did she know she’d have to help build the aviary and fix the house where she’ll stay before even seeing a parrot. It’s been an incredible few weeks and indeed the team are as good as exhausted. But very very soon there will be parrots one step closer to being free. I look forward to telling you all about it soon!
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