POLLY'S DAD WAS ELDERLY AND UNABLE TO CARE FOR HER ANY LONGER AFTER BEING IN
HER LIFE FOR 20 YEARS. POLLY IS 50 YEARS OLD AND HER DAD STILL LOVES HER VERY
MUCH, BUT CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT HIS BELOVED BIRD NEEDED TO FIND ANOTHER
HOME. POLLY HAD AN ADVENTUROUS TRIP TRAVELING TO PARROT HAVEN. UNCLE REY
TOOK A TRAIN INTO THE CITY AND PICKED POLLY UP FROM HER TEMPORARY PROVIDER. POLLY WAS SLIGHTLY APPREHENSIVE WITH 3 STRANGERS WHO WERE ALL TRYING TO HANDLE HER, BUT WAS VERY BOLD AND STEPPED RIGHT UP. AFTER TAKING A TAXI, THEN A TRAIN, POLLY ARRIVED HOME WITH REY. THEN UNCLE DENNIS PICKED HER UP AND SHE TOOK ANOTHER LONG RIDE HOME TO THE PARROT HAVEN. POLLY HAD NEVER BEEN AMONG ANY OTHER BIRDS, BUT DIDN'T SEEM PHASED BY ALL THE OTHER AMAZONS AND MACAWS SURROUNDING HER. POLLY'S FEATHERS WERE SLIGHTLY UNKEMPT AND SHE WAS GIVEN A THOROUGH SHOWER, THEN HER WINGS AND NAILS WERE CLIPPED. SHE DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO ATTACK ME AS SHE WAS RESTRAINED. WHAT A DOCILE BIRD. SHE WEIGHED IN AT 610 GRAMS. WHAT A BIG BIRD. HER FEET ARE SWOLLEN, SO I WONDER IF HER WEIGHT IS DUE TO WATER RETENTION. SHE ALSO HAS HAD A HUGH, SOFT GROWTH ON HER FACE FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. POLLY WILL BE GOING TO SEE DR. HEIDI HOEFER IN A FEW DAYS FOR HER WELL BIRD CHECK UP. 
MEANWHILE, SHE'S EATING WELL AND HAD A
LOVELY BUBBLE BATH IN THE SHOWER. SHE BARELY FLINCHED. WHAT A DOLL. DOESN'T
SEEM TO HAVE A MEAN BONE IN HER BODY. SHE STEPS UP WHENEVER SHE'S OFFERED A
FINGER AND SEEMS TO HAVE FOUND A COMPANION WITH MAX, ANOTHER PARROT HAVEN
AMAZON WHO IS STILL LOOKING FOR A HOME. THERE IS SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN POLLY IF SHE PASSES HER PHYSICAL AND DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY LONG
TERM MEDICATIONS.
Update 6/3/02 Well, Polly turned out to be Paulie, after being DNA sexed. He was adopted by one of the members who has the time and patience to give this wonderful bird. Hopefully, this will be his last home as Mom learns the rials and tribulations of owning a mature amazon. Here's Polly/Paulie as he visits Dr. Heidi Hoefer of West Hills Animal Hospital. |
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