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ShellyBorg
05-15-2013, 11:23 AM
I just woke up at 3:30 am in full panic that my macaw was coming and I needed to get a outside flight done.
:th_omg:

OK One, I dont have the money for another bird right now, I don't care if its a finch! This dream was full color and I could even smell it! I have never had a dream this vivid before! Well guess I am up for the day. Now to figure out what to do....

Honesty
05-15-2013, 11:30 AM
That sounds like an omen to me :)

roxynoodle
05-15-2013, 12:09 PM
Obviously, you are supposed to start saving up for a macaw :th_loltears:

keepsmiling
05-15-2013, 01:37 PM
LOL...maybe one will fly in and stay. That's what they do around here....:th_biggrin:

ShellyBorg
05-15-2013, 03:30 PM
You all are a bunch of enablers! LOL

roxynoodle
05-15-2013, 03:34 PM
Yep, I can definitely be a bird enabler, lol! But, so many need homes so what the heck :th_hehe:

ShellyBorg
05-16-2013, 12:01 AM
So any way....I can now have a chain link outside flight set up in a couple hours if needed and a cage that would work short term for in the house if a macaw drops out if the sky. Yes I know the dangers of zinc and have a gal of vinegar on hand. May be I can sleep tonight...

jtbirds
05-16-2013, 12:16 AM
There are ways to remove zinc;)... And I can hook you up with a macaw if you want lol! I mean I got people calling me all the time about there horrible big bad macaws and they end up being sweeties, so I am gonna be an enabler and ask what kind of macaw have you always wanted(just wondering)..

This gave me a good laugh Shelly, maybe something will drop from the sky or be delivered by a stork


Even though I just noticed I love the mark twain quote;)

ShellyBorg
05-16-2013, 12:34 AM
Well my dream bird is a Green wing or a Big B&G. I take my birds to schools once in awhile for educational talks and I am working towards my Parrot Behavior Consultant. When I was a teen I worked in a small zoo and learned about clicker training and enrichment before it was even done in some of the bigger zoos. :) We had macaws drop off at the gate from time to time and I loved working with them. I just always hated the zoos policy of selling them once healthy to breeders :(. There was a Green Wing that cried like a baby when I had to hand it over to a guy who stuffed it in a cardboard box in the back of a truck.... I swore I would rescue one one day and be a for ever home, The funny thing is every bird I have was found and rescued (other then the parrotlet) when I was looking for a macaw. LOL

Yes I love Twain!

Blancaej
05-16-2013, 12:46 AM
According to your dream, you are not looking hard enough! One should be on it's way by now. I would get lookin'! :th_biggrin: JMHO!

jtbirds
05-16-2013, 01:18 AM
It's probably hiding under her bed;) look there first you may find a macaw or like a couple bucks... I get what you mean Shelly I am to as well once I am done with my veternirian assistant course and certified I will finish my certified avian specialist course I already studied for it and read the book often, but I need to finish taking the test:)! Let me know how yours goes I plan to do that course as well, and maybe become a DVM!

ShellyBorg
05-16-2013, 06:09 PM
OMG it was a omen! THANK YOU Mare! She put me touch with a older couple who have a 25 year old B&G who needed a home soon. I will be taking him and there 30 year old Quaker who I guess is rather bald. :D She told me she was looking at placing her in a rescue, but at 30 lets keep them together. So happy! A little worried about the fact he is cage free, but we can work on anything that comes up!

Mare
05-16-2013, 06:31 PM
Shelly, I'm so happy to see that this might work out for not only you but these birds, you are AWESOME!

roxynoodle
05-16-2013, 09:03 PM
Wow, you had that dream for a reason! And posted it here so Mare was able to help you find your macaw (and a Quaker, too!).

Mare
05-16-2013, 09:19 PM
This macaw was looking for a home about 2 years ago, I was going to take him in but life threw me a curve ball and I couldn't do it. I contacted these folks, who live fairly close to Shelly, to see if they were still looking for a good home. These birds were on the edge of being sent to rescues. Thank you Shelly!

ShellyBorg
05-17-2013, 12:57 AM
Thank you! You got us together. Now if she would just send the pics........

Mare
05-17-2013, 01:46 AM
PM me your email address and I will send you what I have of him. I do know how to reply from email!