EllenD
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- Aug 20, 2016
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- Parrots
- Senegal Parrot named "Kane"; Yellow-Sided Green Cheek Conure named "Bowie"; Blue Quaker Parrot named "Lita Ford"; Cockatiel named "Duff"; 8 American/English Budgie Hybrids; Ringneck Dove named "Dylan"
So based on the thread that was closed yesterday featuring a Youtube video of someone who found a baby cockatiel in Salinas, CA and just decided to keep him without looking for it's owners, 2 things happened that were positive:
#1) The person on YouTube was reported to the local authorities and the cockatiel he found and decided to keep is being advertised on the local Craigslist, Facebook, and Parrot911 sites, and is hopefully being taken to a local rescue and away from this person...
#2) I found a post for a lost cockatiel on the local Modesto/Salinas, CA Craigslist page and we were all hoping it was the bird found in the YouTube video, but it was not. However, I have spoken to the owner and promised him that I would link his own Craigslist ad here so that we can advertise and hopefully help find his lost cockatiel, as his 12 year old daughter is crushed.
Here is the link to his Craigslist Ad:
https://monterey.craigslist.org/pet/d/lost-cockatiel/6588036889.html
****He and his wife bought this 9 week old, hand-raised cockatiel from a breeder for their daughter's 12th birthday only a week prior to him accidentally being lost on May 9th. They and their young daughter put a deposit on the baby, waited 3 months to pick him up, and then drove 7 hours to and from the breeder to get the 9 week old baby cockatiel. They had him a week, his daughter fell in love with him of course, and then they didn't realize that the bird could still fly-off with it's wings clipped, and they lost the baby.
This bird is a very tame, friendly, now 10 week-old cockatiel with clipped wings, so he can't fly too far in a clip, so hopefully he hasn't gone far from their home in Seaside, CA (outside of Modesto and Salinas). If anyone finds a young cockatiel in this area, or they see an ad for a found cockatiel in this area, please either contact the owner in the Craigslist ad, or you can just contact me and I have his personal information.
The family thanks us all very much for caring enough to reach out to him about the bird in the YouTube video, as that bird does look very much like their bird does. Also, he said they had already given up hope of finding him because they just assumed that someone would keep him, but now that we all made the effort we did, that we have given them hope again that there are good people in the world, and they are now advertising all over the place to find their bird. So thanks to everyone who participated in that post yesterday, it was not at all silly or a waste of time, as we helped other human beings and hopefully a couple of baby cockatiels!
#1) The person on YouTube was reported to the local authorities and the cockatiel he found and decided to keep is being advertised on the local Craigslist, Facebook, and Parrot911 sites, and is hopefully being taken to a local rescue and away from this person...
#2) I found a post for a lost cockatiel on the local Modesto/Salinas, CA Craigslist page and we were all hoping it was the bird found in the YouTube video, but it was not. However, I have spoken to the owner and promised him that I would link his own Craigslist ad here so that we can advertise and hopefully help find his lost cockatiel, as his 12 year old daughter is crushed.
Here is the link to his Craigslist Ad:
https://monterey.craigslist.org/pet/d/lost-cockatiel/6588036889.html
****He and his wife bought this 9 week old, hand-raised cockatiel from a breeder for their daughter's 12th birthday only a week prior to him accidentally being lost on May 9th. They and their young daughter put a deposit on the baby, waited 3 months to pick him up, and then drove 7 hours to and from the breeder to get the 9 week old baby cockatiel. They had him a week, his daughter fell in love with him of course, and then they didn't realize that the bird could still fly-off with it's wings clipped, and they lost the baby.
This bird is a very tame, friendly, now 10 week-old cockatiel with clipped wings, so he can't fly too far in a clip, so hopefully he hasn't gone far from their home in Seaside, CA (outside of Modesto and Salinas). If anyone finds a young cockatiel in this area, or they see an ad for a found cockatiel in this area, please either contact the owner in the Craigslist ad, or you can just contact me and I have his personal information.
The family thanks us all very much for caring enough to reach out to him about the bird in the YouTube video, as that bird does look very much like their bird does. Also, he said they had already given up hope of finding him because they just assumed that someone would keep him, but now that we all made the effort we did, that we have given them hope again that there are good people in the world, and they are now advertising all over the place to find their bird. So thanks to everyone who participated in that post yesterday, it was not at all silly or a waste of time, as we helped other human beings and hopefully a couple of baby cockatiels!
If it was, that would be great!
