Meet Magi

Meet Magi, an absolutely adorable baby senegal. She was purchased from a local pet store. She is only 18 months old! It is heartbreaking.

At the time these pictures were taken, Magi had been with us for less than a week. During those few days, she has made incredible feather growth progress -- imagine what she looked like before!

Magi will be going in for a full vet work-up shortly (and by the time this post is published, it's likely she'll already have been to the vet), though we suspect she was pulling out her feathers due to a peanut allergy. In her previous home, she was fed a diet of almost exclusively peanuts and peanut butter. We have eliminated all peanuts from her diet.
We have to be very careful when handling Magi -- you will see one of our volunteer's hands behind her, ready to catch her should she fall. Because she has no tail feathers and almost no wing feathers, she would fall like a rock and risk potential serious injury.

Part of the reason Magi was surrendered is that she loved her owner, a woman, but hated that woman's husband. Instead of working out a solution that would allow Magi to stay in her home, the husband issued an ultimatum (either you get rid of that bird or I will). Because she loved her so much, Magi's owner did the compassionate thing and surrendered her to us.Magi willingly steps up and seeks out the attention of humans. She is not yet up for adoption, as we need to get her health issues figured out. But once she is stable, she will make a loving companion for some lucky person!