Post by saerphe on Apr 1, 2011 21:35:28 GMT -5
Just as the title suggests, my friend and I are trying to rescue her mom's budgies... from what I can tell, she doesn't want them anymore, but can't be bothered to take them to the animal shelter or re-home them. The budgies are currently locked in a dark closet in their cage, which may or may not have been cleaned recently and a diet of nothing but probably high-fat seeds and only each other for company.
This is unacceptable treatment of these birds and I am taking it upon myself to remove them from these deplorable conditions.
At the moment, I'm trying to do it the diplomatic way; I asked my friend's mom if she would let me take the birds, or if I could buy them from her... $50 for the whole set-up. It may seem weird for me to buy birds that I don't intend to keep, but if that's what it takes... you can't put a price on life, and I can't keep them indefinitely. They need to find a proper home.
At the moment, my friend doesn't have the most stable relationship with her mom, so I want to keep it to peaceful negotiations. If she decides she won't relinquish the birds, I'll call the Humane Society to seize them. I can't in good conscience allow these birds to continue living this way.
I would like to foster them and try to resocialize them before they get adopted... if I can succeed in shaping them back into good family pets, then there's that much chance that they'll have a better quality of life when they're adopted. My goals, after the birds are in safe hands, are to hand-tame them and train them in basic commands... step-up being the big one, putting them on a healthier diet, and maybe some flight recalls if I can.
My friend relayed this from her mom to me... That she'll think about giving me the birds and give us an answer on Monday. If she says yes, I'll be meeting with my friend on Tuesday to pick them up and take them to the shelter and then get permission from my parents to foster them at home. I really hope this goes through; I would really prefer to avoid calling the authorities if I can but if it comes to that I won't hesitate.
I know I don't come on as often as I used to, but I would like to ask my Nox friends to please send us any support/prayers/good vibes, for the budgies' sakes. I really hope this goes through the way I want it to.
This is unacceptable treatment of these birds and I am taking it upon myself to remove them from these deplorable conditions.
At the moment, I'm trying to do it the diplomatic way; I asked my friend's mom if she would let me take the birds, or if I could buy them from her... $50 for the whole set-up. It may seem weird for me to buy birds that I don't intend to keep, but if that's what it takes... you can't put a price on life, and I can't keep them indefinitely. They need to find a proper home.
At the moment, my friend doesn't have the most stable relationship with her mom, so I want to keep it to peaceful negotiations. If she decides she won't relinquish the birds, I'll call the Humane Society to seize them. I can't in good conscience allow these birds to continue living this way.
I would like to foster them and try to resocialize them before they get adopted... if I can succeed in shaping them back into good family pets, then there's that much chance that they'll have a better quality of life when they're adopted. My goals, after the birds are in safe hands, are to hand-tame them and train them in basic commands... step-up being the big one, putting them on a healthier diet, and maybe some flight recalls if I can.
My friend relayed this from her mom to me... That she'll think about giving me the birds and give us an answer on Monday. If she says yes, I'll be meeting with my friend on Tuesday to pick them up and take them to the shelter and then get permission from my parents to foster them at home. I really hope this goes through; I would really prefer to avoid calling the authorities if I can but if it comes to that I won't hesitate.
I know I don't come on as often as I used to, but I would like to ask my Nox friends to please send us any support/prayers/good vibes, for the budgies' sakes. I really hope this goes through the way I want it to.