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I got a phone call about noon time from Dr. Barb and Dr. Tony., would I be willing to go with Nick to pick up 5 birds plus their cages in South Mpls. The woman who own the birds can no longer care for them and she is client of clinic. of course I said YES. Nick lives in New Hope and the house we went to is a part of town I would not walk around in after dark. none of the birds are neglected and are in pretty good shape. 2 budgies
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, 2 cockatiels
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, and a red factor CAG
. the budgies were already in a travel cage as were the tiels. the African Grey was not a happy bird about getting into travel cage, but with a few treats and some firm persuasion, Nick got him in a small crate. we broke down the big cage he was in, into large 5 pieces and into the van. with bags & Bags of food, we got everybody settled into the seats and buckled. the CAG was the most upset about the car ride. we pulled into a gas station and I worked a couple of towels around his cage to darken it. then it was easy peasy after that. once at the clinic it was getting everybody inside and in to the quarantine room. Nick and I put that cage together in less then 10 minutes for the CAG. the budgies are 2 females (I think) and the best of friends. the tiels are both males (I think) and could care less about each other. so there is 2 smallish cages for them. The CAG was just ticked off in spades and it took Dr. Tony about 5 minutes of taking the travel crate apart to get him out. The CAG has huge potty mouth, there was string of cuss words basically telling us where to go and just how to get there. we had to go outside to start laughing. the food is mostly Walmart trash and Dr. Barb threw a lot of it out. she kept enough of it to get them started on better diet of pellets. Dr. Tony will do exams on Monday and give them a chance to settle down abit. we both showered and changed into street clothes. I got cuddles from Fast Freddy and Petey. we ate lunch and I came home with "G".
&, 2 cockatiels &, and a red factor CAG. the budgies were already in a travel cage as were the tiels. the African Grey was not a happy bird about getting into travel cage, but with a few treats and some firm persuasion, Nick got him in a small crate. we broke down the big cage he was in, into large 5 pieces and into the van. with bags & Bags of food, we got everybody settled into the seats and buckled. the CAG was the most upset about the car ride. we pulled into a gas station and I worked a couple of towels around his cage to darken it. then it was easy peasy after that. once at the clinic it was getting everybody inside and in to the quarantine room. Nick and I put that cage together in less then 10 minutes for the CAG. the budgies are 2 females (I think) and the best of friends. the tiels are both males (I think) and could care less about each other. so there is 2 smallish cages for them. The CAG was just ticked off in spades and it took Dr. Tony about 5 minutes of taking the travel crate apart to get him out. The CAG has huge potty mouth, there was string of cuss words basically telling us where to go and just how to get there. we had to go outside to start laughing. the food is mostly Walmart trash and Dr. Barb threw a lot of it out. she kept enough of it to get them started on better diet of pellets. Dr. Tony will do exams on Monday and give them a chance to settle down abit. we both showered and changed into street clothes. I got cuddles from Fast Freddy and Petey. we ate lunch and I came home with "G".
I hope they are ok and find good homes.
Hawkhead & 
Red Lored Amazon. both are feisty as all get out. but a lot of it is bluff too. once they saw I was bringing food, treats & toys they both settled down. Nick was in the quarantine room cleaning cages and getting the 5 settled in better. Mr. CAG was still cussing up a storm. after getting cages cleaned, re-papered, forging treats hidden and both birds back into their cages. I got out the box of toy parts, forging treats and sat in the kitchen putting together toys for the 5 in quarantine. 8 toys in about 45 minutes. 2 for the budgies, 2 for each of the tiels, and 2 large ones for Mr. CAG. some forging surprises in each toy. because I didn't want to go thru the whole procedure for quarantine, I knocked on the door from the outside of the main quarantine room, Nick answered thru the door, I put the toys in a box outside and left.
