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October 2008
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Sunday 5th October Donation |
Pinky & Perky - Aztec Parakeets Pinky & Perky were pets belonging to a family in St Matthews Village. The family visited the Centre and decided that their birds would be better off with us. They are this year's nestlings but they have had one wing totally clipped. They are siblings and have great fun in their new enourmous environment. It's going to be some months though before they are ready to go |
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Thursday 2nd October Rescue |
Blue - Mealy Amazon Blue was the remaining sibling of a clutch of 3. The other 2 had died before we got to them. A young Rescuer from the Cayo District informed us that a family had this almost-fledged nestling and were willing to give it to the Centre. Blue was weak, miserable, absolutely petrified and on the brink of starvation. On his sporadic diet of dry white corn husks and very little clean water he had managed to survive, probably because he was the eldest of the clutch and his siblings were just too young to absorb such food. We put him on our tried and tested high protein 'baby food' which he loves, as well as several types of solid food. He will start off in the 'playroom' to get used to us and other birds, and have time to grow in some wing feathers, which had unfortunately been clipped. |
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August 2008
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Wednesday 20th August Rescue |
Tuki-Tuki - Aztec Parakeet Tuki fell from a neighbours' craboo tree, unable to fly and very weak and was plucked from the jaws of a dog by our neighbours' son, who brought him straight to us. Tuki was frantic about something, and would not stay still for a second. On close inspection, we discovered he was infested with lice and his beak had become so badly encrusted that his nostrils were completely blocked. We dropped Ivermectin on his neck, and rubbed a weak solution of it on his beak. He became calmer almost overnight, but he still wouldn't eat properly and was pitifully thin. In desperation we made him some 'baby food'. He loved it, thank goodness and started to put on weight. Persistent bathing of his beak eventually removed the encrustations and his nostrils began to reappear. Over a period of months he slowly regained flight ability. Despite being a totally wild bird, he enjoys a good human-scratch, but he is obviously desperate to rejoin his flock. |
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