What a difference 2 days makes! Anyone who works with rescue birds knows how resiliant these magnificent creatures are. We expected Mango to make improvements, but the speed surprised and amazed us!

Here she is on Monday, July 30 -- about 48 hours after she was surrendered to us. She has spent much of this time eating, playing with toys, and preening. She is very dusty, which is a sign of good health!

Her vet appointment is scheduled for today at 9:30 in the morning, and we'll let you know how that goes.

She appears to mostly be leaving her chest wound alone. She is very loving and solicits attention from the volunteers. We are all so pleased with how things have been going so far! Here is a short video of her preening herself -- watch how the dust comes off of her.

On Saturday July 28, 2007, a cockatoo was surrendered to CARE. This unfortunate bird exhibited some of the most extreme physical manifestations of neglect that we have ever seen.

Mango's beak was severely overgrown, to the point where one wonders how she could even possibly eat. In addition, she has mutilated her chest repeatedly.

CARE has scheduled her for the first available vet appointment, which will take place Tuesday July 31. In the meantime, we trimmed her beak to a more acceptable length.

Despite the neglect/abuse that she has suffered, Mango has an incredible personality. She did not become aggressive in any way during her intake examination, and solicited hands-on affection from the person who trimmed her beak after he had finished with the procedure.


Here you can see a close-up of the mutilation on her chest. We can tell from the way the wound is a granuloma that she has been doing this to herself for a long time; perhaps years. She has never seen a vet for her condition.

If you would like to contribute financially to Mango's vet bills, you may do so through Paypal by going to our home page and clicking on the "Make a Donation" button, or by sending a check to CARE at: 3053 Beechwood Industrial Court, Ste 1, Hubertus, WI 53033. As we are a 501(c)(3) charity, all contributions are tax deductible.



In the above pictures, you can see a before and after of Mango's beak. These pictures were taken approximately 30 minutes apart.

Oscar is a friendly, gorgeous 10 year old amazon that we can't believe hasn't been adopted yet!

Surrendered to us as a blue-front, we believe that he is a mix of blue-front and double-yellow-head, due to his coloring.

Oscar is cage aggressive, but away from his cage, he is an entertaining gentleman. Someone interested in trick training would have a blast with this guy.

He has been exposed to dogs and cats, and would do fine in a home with respectful older children.

If you are interested in adopting Oscar or any of the other birds at the shelter, please fill out a Bird Wanted Questionnaire.

Baby Maggie, a cockatiel that hatched at the Domes, is ready for her new home. She loves people and runs to the front of her cage for attention.

At the Center, we normally deal with older parrots, so it has been a different experience for many of the volunteers to see these cockatiels from the time they're babies!

In addition to Maggie, we've pulled 3 other babies from the Domes. One has already found his home and 2 others are too young yet to find their homes.

If you're interested in adopting Maggie, or any of the other birds that we have up for adoption at the Center, please fill out a Bird Wanted Questionnaire!

Daisy is a young female budgie that is currently up for adoption at the Center.

She is currently somewhat tame, but with handling will become a wonderful pet.

Budgies enliven any house with their cheerful chattering and zest for life! They do require quite a few toys as they are voracious toy players.

They require interaction every day, just like big parrots, and need to be included as part of the family. Unfortunately, too many budgies never realize their potential as people don't realize the love and intelligence that is wrapped up in such a tiny package!

If you're interested in adopting Daisy, please stop by the Center!

It is with deep sadness that we announce that Fandango, our lovely gold-capped conure, has passed on.

His health had been rapidly declining, with no apparent reason. Many tests had been run and he was on some medication that was not improving his condition.

Our wonderful vet did a necropsy on him. His heart was enlarged and he had a large tumor attached. He was a young, 5-year old bird whose condition was apparently congenital.

He lived out his last year in a wonderful, loving home, as part of a well-cared for flock. Our condolences go out to his family.