Coco Video Update 7/08

[gbird]

[for those who 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 are pics of Coco when they brought him in















and here he is today. He is out of quarantine, and being socialized with other birds & people. Blood panels were done on all 3, and all came back normal. They are true fighters.











Anyone interested in sponsoring any bird from TGF, please let me know, and I can give details.



Thanx Gayla

[Ina246]

He looked so sad in the first pictures. Now he looks so happy. How can a bird get that bad? He made me cry. I am so happy he is getting better. In the video he looks like he is going to be quite the goof ball.