Polly

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.