(This is probably going to be long, sorry.)
Hello. I am sad to say that my joining here is for help in a currently grave effort to rehome our 3 budgies. We are no longer able to care for them properly, and they are not doing well with us anymore. My husband had to get a work-at-home job after losing his job back in February and he has to be on the phone all day. The budgies are too loud (naturally, not blaming them) so we have to constantly relocate them to quieter places in the apartment that aren't very fair to them. I also may be expecting our first child, which will also make taking care of them and keeping them a very stressful task.
We do not have a car, so our options for rehoming them have been terribly limited. The closest place to us (which, really, isn't close -- We would need to find a friend to drive us there) wants us to pay them 50 dollars (which we don't have sadly) just to put an ad up for them, and even then we still must keep them until we hear something back, if we hear anything back at all. I've only been able to put out an ad at one website, which I have gotten replies from, but none of the people who had replied seemed to have read the "lives in Dallas, TX" part and contacted me all the way from Houston. My only other option is to talk to the pet store we got them from and [beg] ask them if they can take them back. I do NOT want to do that. I do care for these birds and want them to go to a great home who will care for them and where I (hopefully) don't need to have their possible neglectful deaths on my conscience. I am, of course, staying away from websites like craigslist. I won't go to that site for anything, to be honest.
So, my efforts have been very fruitless. My husband is getting very frustrated with them and I am guilt ridden (to the point of tears) by their improper care and our short fuses with them.
About the budgies, there are 3. Two males (1 blue, 1 white), and 1 female (green/yellow). The female is in a cage of her own and the other 2 males are usually housed together. They are friendly towards humans, though timid and a little stressed when handled because we cannot handle them much anymore so they are not used to it as much as they could be. They will perch on your fingers and shoulder, (sometimes) eat from out of your hand, let you give them little pets with your finger, and we have been able to hand bathe them. They have good energy and seem healthy. They are probably mid-aged, not seniors but not young'ens.
So, this is a desperate call out for help. All I want to do is give these birds a better home and it's going nowhere fast. :'(
If anyone is able to take them in, they would need to be picked up from my apartment here in Dallas (75254 area code) due to us inconveniently not owning a car. We cannot take them on public transportation (for probably obvious reasons). They can/will come with their cages and whatever toys, food, and treats they have. I am not going to charge a fee in efforts to allow easier convenience for driving to us. If you (the current reader of this post) cannot help, please help spread the word if you can. I don't have a lot of ties to anyone or anything, and we have no friends or family nearby that could/want to take them in. I tried joining some Texas groups on Facebook but my invitations have not been accepted.
I apologize for the long post, I just want to make sure that it's obvious I care for our birds (as I do any animal/pet of mine) and that we aren't just lazy pet owners or irresponsible ones. We've had our oldest budgie for almost 3 years, if that says anything. We've just fallen on incredibly hard times and can no longer provide them the loving and healthy home they deserve.
Thank you so much for reading this, for your understanding, spreading the word, and/or helping us out. I greatly appreciate it.
Hello. I am sad to say that my joining here is for help in a currently grave effort to rehome our 3 budgies. We are no longer able to care for them properly, and they are not doing well with us anymore. My husband had to get a work-at-home job after losing his job back in February and he has to be on the phone all day. The budgies are too loud (naturally, not blaming them) so we have to constantly relocate them to quieter places in the apartment that aren't very fair to them. I also may be expecting our first child, which will also make taking care of them and keeping them a very stressful task.
We do not have a car, so our options for rehoming them have been terribly limited. The closest place to us (which, really, isn't close -- We would need to find a friend to drive us there) wants us to pay them 50 dollars (which we don't have sadly) just to put an ad up for them, and even then we still must keep them until we hear something back, if we hear anything back at all. I've only been able to put out an ad at one website, which I have gotten replies from, but none of the people who had replied seemed to have read the "lives in Dallas, TX" part and contacted me all the way from Houston. My only other option is to talk to the pet store we got them from and [beg] ask them if they can take them back. I do NOT want to do that. I do care for these birds and want them to go to a great home who will care for them and where I (hopefully) don't need to have their possible neglectful deaths on my conscience. I am, of course, staying away from websites like craigslist. I won't go to that site for anything, to be honest.
So, my efforts have been very fruitless. My husband is getting very frustrated with them and I am guilt ridden (to the point of tears) by their improper care and our short fuses with them.
About the budgies, there are 3. Two males (1 blue, 1 white), and 1 female (green/yellow). The female is in a cage of her own and the other 2 males are usually housed together. They are friendly towards humans, though timid and a little stressed when handled because we cannot handle them much anymore so they are not used to it as much as they could be. They will perch on your fingers and shoulder, (sometimes) eat from out of your hand, let you give them little pets with your finger, and we have been able to hand bathe them. They have good energy and seem healthy. They are probably mid-aged, not seniors but not young'ens.
So, this is a desperate call out for help. All I want to do is give these birds a better home and it's going nowhere fast. :'(
If anyone is able to take them in, they would need to be picked up from my apartment here in Dallas (75254 area code) due to us inconveniently not owning a car. We cannot take them on public transportation (for probably obvious reasons). They can/will come with their cages and whatever toys, food, and treats they have. I am not going to charge a fee in efforts to allow easier convenience for driving to us. If you (the current reader of this post) cannot help, please help spread the word if you can. I don't have a lot of ties to anyone or anything, and we have no friends or family nearby that could/want to take them in. I tried joining some Texas groups on Facebook but my invitations have not been accepted.
I apologize for the long post, I just want to make sure that it's obvious I care for our birds (as I do any animal/pet of mine) and that we aren't just lazy pet owners or irresponsible ones. We've had our oldest budgie for almost 3 years, if that says anything. We've just fallen on incredibly hard times and can no longer provide them the loving and healthy home they deserve.
Thank you so much for reading this, for your understanding, spreading the word, and/or helping us out. I greatly appreciate it.
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