Meet Olive

Meet Olive, a quaker. She has been with us for several months now. When she was first surrendered, she was mutilating under her wings. She stopped mutilating, but the way the healing took place, she would flap her wings and reopen her wounds. What a distressing way to live.
We discussed the options with our vet -- trying to make the best decision for Olive. Our vet, Dr. Bloss, suggested something a bit experimental. She performed surgery on Olive to remove the scar tissue that had built up over many months of mutilation. The big problem? Olive can't flap her wings for two weeks, or it's likely she'll reopen her wounds and we'll be facing the same problem.

What to do? Dr. Bloss built her this box, where she will live for approximately two weeks. As you can see, she is playing with toys and is about as happy as one could expect under the circumstances.Soon, Olive can be in a regular cage again and we'll see how well this treatment worked. We have high hopes! We'll keep you updated on her progress.

We are very lucky to have such an experienced and intelligent vet who is willing to work with us to develop innovative solutions to the problems the birds surrendered to us face!

Obviously, Olive is not yet up for adoption as she is on medical hold as we work through her problems. However, we do have many other quakers up for adoption, and Olive will be looking for a home once she is healthy again.