Handicap Pet question

“as you all know I got another bird whom I have named SEQUOIA

Native American for Giant Redwood Tree


I noticed the first night he was having problems climbing up the cage. i guess I just figured he was not use to it. Last ngiht treebeard was cleanig out the cage and I had a really good look at him. He is the most breath taking creature i have ever seen. But I noticed his feet were just not right. I compared them with trees bird and I relized they are deformed. You might ask how I did not notice this at the Bird farm. It was very hard to see his feet, he was sitting on the perch.
he still wont let me touch him which is very natural.

Has anyone had to deal with something like this? Its breaking my heart. He has to fly just to get to a upper perch. its a real struggle for him.”

“Oh boy, what's going to happen to this thread?”

“I hope nothing bad, this is a sad thing. need some real advice.”

“I would talk to a Vet.”

“yup I plan on doing that ASAP. just wondering if anyone had to deal with something like this”

“take a picture and post it, i need to see before i post an opinion on it.

one of my bird's foot was deformed when i got him... it was nothing though. he's fine and gets around just like as if he had a normal foot.”

“Maybe he'll just adapt- you know, like a 3-legged dog?

Which reminds me...we had a parakeet when I was a kid, who spent a lot of time out of his cage. One day the porch door was left open and he flew out and perched on the neighbors rain gutter- just above a robin's nest. The mother robin was up on the roof and swooped down and just nailed the poor parakeet. He hit the ground and just laid there- we thought he was dead. I scooped him up and took him home and he crawled back into his cage. I think he learned his lesson.”

“ok i will take Pic tonight and post it.


Aero you are lucky that had a happy ending!”

“Ha Ha. Mapleleaf has a retarded bird. why don't you give it a helment and let it ride the short yellow bus.”

“Now that is a socially and politically unacceptable comment, bales.”

“Mapleleaf doesn't think so. She was having a grand old time making fun of retarded people on forums.backpacker.com yeasterday. Maybe your right. It is unacceptable to make comments about retarded birds.”

“hey OOBrett how the heack are you?

you slummin over here?”

“I have a cat with asthma - he has to go to the vet for a shot when it gets real bad. He's also too fat to be able to clean his butt, so we call him Stinky.”

“Ha Ha. Mapleleaf has a retarded bird.

It's funny isn't it.”

“not as retarded as you dummy”

“[+] message from that SFB 'Brett' being ignored


(and thanks for being a d!ckhead from the word 'go' --- It's a great time-saver)”

“Sounds like too much inbreeding in that birds' family. Generally, animals with such defects are put down very soon after birth.”

“Bales, who the hell are you to just burst in here and start insulting others? Get a clue.”

“inbreeding?

geez tree, never thought of that. there is a joke there but i love the little thing to laugh about it.”

“Ha Ha. Mapleleaf has a retarded bird.

Its not so funnny to laugh at the expense of the retarded when there your own retardeds is it.”

“*click*”

“Ha Ha. Mapleleaf has a retarded bird.

click”

“ok ohio hiker/minister creek, I had some fun with you on the other web site so you came over here to do what ever you do.
FYI peeps, this clown has already admitted he was ohio hiker/minister creek on the other board. so just ignore him and he will go away or Matt will just delete his stupid remarks like Steve did on Backpacker.com


bales = *ignore*”

“oh, the religious freak? what a retard.”

“Ha Ha. Mapleleaf has a retarded bird.

I never admittedI was ohio hiker/minister creek on forums.backpacker.com because I'm not Ohio Hiker/minister creeek.

Short yellow bus and helmets for retarded birds.”

“Not to talk economics here but at the very least you are entitled to a refund or a different bird. It's a standard practice among reputable breeders. The painful part is that you already have an emotional attachment to the bird.

What you really need to ask yourself and your Vet is will the deformity seriously impact the birds quality of life.

If it will then you have a very hard decision to make.

You also might want to do a little research on the breeder and their reputation. A reputatable breeder will do what they can to make you happy.

Good luck.”

“Ha Ha. Mapleleaf has a retarded bird.

bp2blow deleted posts yours and Orygawns too because he knew I was right and you two were just embarrrasing yourselves by continuing to make fun oof retarded people and I called you on it. Its not so funny making fun of the retarded when its you own retarded bird is it.

Short yellow bus and helmets for retarded birds.”

“it was a impulse buy.

they only offer a 48 refund. passed that already

it would kill me if i had to put him down. so far its hard to tell if he is in pain. his life has gone through a big change the last 72 hours.”

“RETARDED: slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development or academic progress

DEFORMED: distorted or unshapely in form

BALES: Middle English, from Old English bealu; akin to Old High German balo evil, Old Church Slavonic bolii sick people”

“they only offer a 48 refund. passed that already

Bullcrap. That alone tells me that they aren't a reputable breeder. The ASPCA might want to know about them. Unfortunately there are people out there who knowingly mass produce animals with serious health problems and then pawn them off on people like yourself who grow to love the animal and then you have to deal with the emotional turmoil of deciding what to do in the best interests of the animal who has by now become a member of the family.

Once again, I say bullcrap. You've been preyed upon and I'd talk to the ASPCA or whomever holds authority in your area about it.”

“Ok the last post assumed the worst about the breeder.

So lets give them the benefit of the doubt.

At the very least call the breeder and explain the issue to them. The 48 hour thing might only be in place to keep people from impulse buying and bringing back a perfectly healthy animal.”

“yes, you are most likly right.
it was in PA so maybe the laws are different.

even when i got the first bird at a pet store, it was only under warrenty for 15 days.




LMFBO @ wolfy!”

“maple, you'd most likely know if the bird was in pain.... i've been raising and training birds since i was 15. if the bird is in pain from a deformity, it wouldn't be nearly as active as you depicted the bird to be. still, i'd like to see a picture and i'll really be able to tell you when i come up there next friday and take a look at him : )”

“But get back to the point. I've known several people who had pets with various difficulties from missing limbs to blindness that lived long and happy lives.

If the bird is happy then be happy with it.”

“err "getting"”

“word!”

“Ha Ha. Mapleleaf has a retarded bird.

If you can return it what tdo you think the store is going td do with it? You know already don';t you? They will make fun of it and then gaaack. Its OK to make fun of the retarded though isn't it so you don't care about that. But what about the gaaack part when the retaredded bird goes to meet its fmaker? Your not going to send your retarded bird back to the store for a gaaack-ing are you?

Why don't you just get it a littel helment and reserve a seat for it on the short yellow bus.”

“Oh for God's sake, Mapleleaf!!! Get the damn bird a helmet and a seat on this guys bus, would ya? Apparently, he wants company really bad!”

“LOL”

“Ha Ha. Mapleleaf has a retarded bird.

Its probably too late Wolfeyes. The dye has been cast for little Swequouia (aka Gimpy). Its gaaack for hijm.

How does a pet store euthanzise a bird anyway. Do they feed it to one of the cats?”

“If the bird is happy then be happy with it."
humanpackmule
01:23:28 PM

no worries there. I am already thinking of redoing his cage to help him be able to get up and down with ease.
like a ladder. i would never return him. i find it a challange and i will embrace it with pure kindness that it needs and deserves.


corny but true.”

“Perhaps an escalator?”

“That bird is in a good home. He will be just fine!”

“thank you wolfy! *kisses and hugs*



just for bales.





LOL @ HPM”