I believe in Miracles - Beaker's NEAR miss!

For those of you who have birds, you well know just how smart and crazy they can be. Well, Beaker, our male Solomon Island Eclectus, is an escape artist of sorts. On occasion he escapes through one of this food dish doors. Well, yesterday was one of those days, but this time, he ran into Rizzo, our 6-7 month old rat terrier.

It was NOT a pretty picture. I was downstairs working and heard lost of barking - what's new with two dogs, right? This time, there was something different in the persistence of Rizzo's barking. I ran upstairs into the sunroom to find Beaker's food door open and Beaker no where to be found. I cleared the two dogs out of the room and got on my hands and knees calling for Beaker, I finally saw him and my breath was sucked out of me. Beaker was hobbling towards me with his neck and chest all wet and his wing hanging out.... oh my gosh Rizzo has been toying with the bird!

It was around 4:15pm in the afternoon and I called the avian vet right away. We put Beaker in his tranport carrier and off the vet we went. Beaker was in shock. I didn't see any blood. Our drive to the vet took about 45 minutes - about 45 minutes TOO long.

• The vet kept Beaker over night - Xray, exam, fluids, etc. - they were concerned about the shock and possible infection.
  
• Well, good news!!!!! I called the vet this morning and Beaker was doing much better. No puncture wounds, very sore on the right side of his neck and wing, and the vet said we could pick him up today.... yeah!
  

Beaker was now at home resting.... It remains to be seen if he and Rizzo will be friendly again. All I can say is God is good ALL the time - and He is in the business of miracles.

Here's another picture of our one and only Beaker!!!

Signed,
Beaker's grateful mom

Change of season and change of guard!!!

It's been SO crazy busy around here that we have not been good about writing posts other than the launch communications we have done where we acknowledge formal sendoff of our dear babies into the loving arms of their 'forever' families. This post is dedicated to Claudia, Ethel and Kevin and their new family members. Hang on.... here goes.

First out the shoot on Oct. 31st - Kiwi
In our October 4 post we highlighted the two traveling Timnehs. Well, one of the two owners, Claudia from Eastern WA, also purchased a second bird from us - a baby male Solomon Island Eclectus who she named Kiwi. When Claudia originally called us to talk about parrots, I mentioned that we happened to have a baby male SI Eclectus available and she stopped dead in her tracks because her grandson, Chance, had been doing research on the Eclectus species and had his heart set on one.... Long story short, Claudia, Chance and Kiwi are now forever friends. Enjoy these snaps.

Kiwi and Chance first meeting
taken Sept 26, 2009

October 31, 2009
Claudia and Kiwi forever friends

Two out the door at one time - first... Huey
Huey is one of two African Red-Bellied Parrots. For those who are not acquainted with AR-Bs, they are smaller parrots (approx 9") with a BIG parrot personality. AR-Bs can be good talkers and sound a little like Mickey Mouse on helium. When we bring babies in, we like to bring them in with a traveling buddy so they don't travel along. Huey traveled with his/he sibling, whose name is now Mickie. Here is a snapshot of Huey and Mickie when they arrived at Beaker's nursery.

From left to right... who knows (hah!)
Taken on October 9, 2009 - AR-Bs about 7 weeks old

Kevin lives in the local area in Fife and recently graduated from Fife High. From what we understand, Kevin has had a passion for birds for a long time and we have a strong sense that Huey will not be Kevin's last companion - possibly a blue crown conure! Here is a snapshot of Kevin and Huey taken on go-home day.

From right to left taken Nov. 7, 2009
Huey, Kevin and Kevin's Mom

And then Mickey - last but not least! We got a call from Ethel a few weeks ago now. Ethel recently lost a special companion parrot she had for years (an African Red Bellied parrot). And when she saw our online ad, she just gave us a call. Well, she came to meet Huey's sibling on Oct 29. Ethel knew then and there that this little birdie was the right one for her. She named him Mickie and within two short weeks Ethel was taking Mickie home....what a lucky bird he is. Jeremy and I sent both AR-Bs home on the same day... double the joy all the way around.

And today I got an email from Ethel and she shared, "Mickie made it to the new home and has all the new toys to play with... Chirps a lot and is just looking around at everything. We are going to have so much fun together. The cage is high so he is able to see outside and all that goes on. Thank you so much for giving me the privilege of giving Mickie a home." We just love it when we can help bring parrots and people together in a 'forever match.' Here's a snapshot of Ethel and Mickie with friends.

Center stage - Ethel and Mickie with special friends
taken yesterday - Nov. 7, 2009

We have one more pic for our viewing pleasure. I captured a VERY short video clip of Huey and Mickey on Saturday morning that we wanted to share with you.

Enjoy!

Jeremy and Elena
Beaker's Flock Leaders