Sydney's owner purchased him as a baby 12 years ago. She took very good care of him the first 4 years of his life. Unfortunately, she became terminally ill with cancer and passed away.
For the past 8 years, Sydney's owner's husband has been caring for the bird. Sadly, he thought he was doing right by Sydney, only the following images of Sydney's deplorable conditions speak otherwise.
Sydney has been living in a cage inside a makeshift shack for the last 8 years without heat during the winter or any way to cool down during the hot summer months. His owner placed a tiny fan on top of his cage which essentially circulated the same hot air throughout his enclosure.
An open bucket of basic seed sat next to his cage. Rats quickly discovered the food source, chewed through the screen and would scamper throughout Sydney's shack as well as through his food.
Sydney was lucky if his owner remember to feed him every 3 days. Today his water bowl was bone dry, the outside temperature had climbed to 114 and there were only a few morsels of seed left inside his bowl. The floor underneath his cage was caked with his poop and mixed with rat urine and feces. Rats could even enter Sydney's cage through the opening below the cage. It's a miracle that he never flew out through one of the chewed out screens or that the rats had never chewed off his toes.
Sydney's plight was made known to my son several years ago. At the time the owner was emphatic that Sydney remain where he was, believing that his living conditions were adequate. Then, a month ago, my son's friend reached out to us again, believing that Sydney was wasting away inside his hell hole and needed to have better life. They approached Sydney's owner, who angrily sent them away.
Fast forward to yesterday. During the night the owner's son had a rat scamper across his chest while he was sleeping. That was the straw that finally broke, leading the way for us to bring Sydney in.
Here is Sydney's past in pictures. I can't even imagine how he has suffered all the years, let alone that he's still alive today.
Welcome, Sydney, to the first day of the rest of your life! <3 Here he's enjoying the first fresh food he's had in over 8 years. He already loves cooked broccoli and my home made birdie bread!
For the past 8 years, Sydney's owner's husband has been caring for the bird. Sadly, he thought he was doing right by Sydney, only the following images of Sydney's deplorable conditions speak otherwise.
Sydney has been living in a cage inside a makeshift shack for the last 8 years without heat during the winter or any way to cool down during the hot summer months. His owner placed a tiny fan on top of his cage which essentially circulated the same hot air throughout his enclosure.
An open bucket of basic seed sat next to his cage. Rats quickly discovered the food source, chewed through the screen and would scamper throughout Sydney's shack as well as through his food.
Sydney was lucky if his owner remember to feed him every 3 days. Today his water bowl was bone dry, the outside temperature had climbed to 114 and there were only a few morsels of seed left inside his bowl. The floor underneath his cage was caked with his poop and mixed with rat urine and feces. Rats could even enter Sydney's cage through the opening below the cage. It's a miracle that he never flew out through one of the chewed out screens or that the rats had never chewed off his toes.
Sydney's plight was made known to my son several years ago. At the time the owner was emphatic that Sydney remain where he was, believing that his living conditions were adequate. Then, a month ago, my son's friend reached out to us again, believing that Sydney was wasting away inside his hell hole and needed to have better life. They approached Sydney's owner, who angrily sent them away.
Fast forward to yesterday. During the night the owner's son had a rat scamper across his chest while he was sleeping. That was the straw that finally broke, leading the way for us to bring Sydney in.
Here is Sydney's past in pictures. I can't even imagine how he has suffered all the years, let alone that he's still alive today.
Welcome, Sydney, to the first day of the rest of your life! <3 Here he's enjoying the first fresh food he's had in over 8 years. He already loves cooked broccoli and my home made birdie bread!
So glad that he is out of that place and in a home where he will be cared for and loved. 
That poor, poor bird. Eight years.
