Coco, Bailey & Kiwi VIDEO UPDATES

[gbird]

Bee & I went to The Bird Brain today, and got to see Coco, Bailey & Kiwi (the rescued Macaw, Tiel & Amazon) in person.....and I got VIDEO of them.

Here's Coco






Bailey


KIWI



[for those who are new here, and don't know the story here is a brief explanation of how these birds ended up at The Gabriel Foundation]

TGF was called to pick up three parrots from a woman who lost her husband recently. They were his birds and she wasn't able to take care of them

Standing (and living) on top of a rusted old cage was Coco, a Greenwing Macaw. His beak was very thick and so long that it curled around up into his throat, causing him to make a constant squeaking sound. What was left of his feathers were still encased in keratin sheaths, he wasn't able to preen them because of his beak deformity. One of her back facing toes was facing forward, broken and twisted. She looked like the living dead.

Below Coco, inside of the rusty, bottomless cage, was Kiwi, an Orange-winged Amazon, who appeared disheveled and scared. The floor was covered close to a foot high with their feces and other debris. Next to them in another old cage was a cockatiel whose name she couldn't remember. She finally came up with Bailey. Later when I read the intake form, I saw that there she called him Jefferson.

She told us she had not handled any of them since the death of her husband. All three had nails so long they were like corkscrews. They probably had not moved from the spot where they were standing now in over two years.


Here's Coco, when they first brought him in

[pendulumn]

Wew, it's nice to see how well they are doing, how long have they been at the rescue...it seems they either are recovering remarkably well or they have been there a couple of months?

[Frankie]

Wonderful!!! What a difference a few weeks of attention from the right parronts can do!! Thank you so much for attending to a difficult job with these neglected beautys of God.

[macawlover]

Wow! Looks like they're all doing great! And I didn't know that there were so many birds in quarantine! I would love to visit TGF someday... *sigh* eventually!
Seems as if Coco has a B&G next to his cage that he can be friends with! :)

[KimM]

OH Wow! Got all teary-eyed on that one. Coco looks Sooooo much better. What a doll baby

[Winger1200]

Thank God for parrot rescue organizations! These photos & videos makes me really appreciate the rescues, their volunteers and services. I was absolutely horrified at Cocos beak and noticed in all his videos, he kept putting up his foot to feel his new beak, even when he was trying to lunge for the camera! I think he will come around to exploring new toys and use his beak on them soon - its probally sensitive right after it was shortened.
When I rescued Gracie, my B&G macaw, her beak was a bit long & really sharp because she had no toys to chew in her former home. I had regular shipments of 20 lbs of colorful wood toy parts, so she became a fan of the UPS deliverymen, too ; ) Her beak was normal length within less than a month and went thru the toys about that fast.
Cheers,
Susan \o/ & Gracie ( ; >
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