Most of you don't know me and aren't familiar with my situation, but my name is Terri (eterri on a lot of other bird forums in the past) and until a couple of years ago, birds were a huge part of my life. I had a flock of several budgies, a cockatiel, two conures, and an ekkie. I was (and still am) a huge advocate of the welfare of budgies in particular and created as well as maintained the website, budgietalk.com, which is no longer active due to the situation I'll explain below. Right now I'm just coming to fellow bird lovers for help in getting two of them home.
Nearly two years ago, I had to give up all of my pets (birds included) due to my husband deciding on a whim that he wanted to "live for himself" leaving me with very little time to get things together, hardly any money, and no place to live. Thanks to some amazing fellow bird lovers and friends they were taken to safe places and well taken care of. But I never saw them again and all my efforts to get them back have failed. It was hard enough getting my own life back on track, let alone trying to quickly put together a home and situation that allowed birds again. It was only six months ago that I finally found a better paying job and a living situation to support myself and not long after that happened, I emailed Pika and Pixel's foster to see if it might be possible to get them home.
It turns out that she has been having very serious health issues and either way, she cannot keep them. I know that they will be ok no matter what (she has gone above and beyond for them all this time) and if they don't come home they will be going to a reputable rescue, but I would much rather just have them home, obviously.
I've said goodbye to so many things the past couple of years that it would be nice to finally see these two again. I had these two the longest out of my entire flock.
These two have to stay together and are bonded in a crazy way, as you can see from an old video below:
Trip Details:
They are being fostered in Richmond, VA. This trip must be made the first weekend in February and so far it looks like this (I apologize that I don't have time/distance details yet but this is all tentative):
Richmond, VA to Charlottesville, VA: filled
Charlottesville, VA to Lewisport, WV: NEEDED!!!
Lewisport, WV to Charleston, WV: most likely filled
Charleston, WV to Grayson, KY: most likely filled
This is NOT set in stone so if you're anywhere near these areas and could help if the route were changed a bit, please let me know. I am located in Owensboro, KY and will be doing the Grayson to Owensboro leg but if need be I can try to drive farther. It's the first part of the trip that I'm most worried about and if we can get that little part to come together, Pika and Pixel WILL be coming home.
Please share this with anyone you know who might be able to help. As mentioned, there isn't a lot of time left to get this together and we are SO CLOSE to making this happen. If you can help in any way please try. I can't put to words how much it would mean to me to FINALLY have some of what I consider my family back.
Nearly two years ago, I had to give up all of my pets (birds included) due to my husband deciding on a whim that he wanted to "live for himself" leaving me with very little time to get things together, hardly any money, and no place to live. Thanks to some amazing fellow bird lovers and friends they were taken to safe places and well taken care of. But I never saw them again and all my efforts to get them back have failed. It was hard enough getting my own life back on track, let alone trying to quickly put together a home and situation that allowed birds again. It was only six months ago that I finally found a better paying job and a living situation to support myself and not long after that happened, I emailed Pika and Pixel's foster to see if it might be possible to get them home.
It turns out that she has been having very serious health issues and either way, she cannot keep them. I know that they will be ok no matter what (she has gone above and beyond for them all this time) and if they don't come home they will be going to a reputable rescue, but I would much rather just have them home, obviously.
I've said goodbye to so many things the past couple of years that it would be nice to finally see these two again. I had these two the longest out of my entire flock. These two have to stay together and are bonded in a crazy way, as you can see from an old video below:
Trip Details:
They are being fostered in Richmond, VA. This trip must be made the first weekend in February and so far it looks like this (I apologize that I don't have time/distance details yet but this is all tentative):
Richmond, VA to Charlottesville, VA: filled
Charlottesville, VA to Lewisport, WV: NEEDED!!!
Lewisport, WV to Charleston, WV: most likely filled
Charleston, WV to Grayson, KY: most likely filled
This is NOT set in stone so if you're anywhere near these areas and could help if the route were changed a bit, please let me know. I am located in Owensboro, KY and will be doing the Grayson to Owensboro leg but if need be I can try to drive farther. It's the first part of the trip that I'm most worried about and if we can get that little part to come together, Pika and Pixel WILL be coming home.
Please share this with anyone you know who might be able to help. As mentioned, there isn't a lot of time left to get this together and we are SO CLOSE to making this happen. If you can help in any way please try. I can't put to words how much it would mean to me to FINALLY have some of what I consider my family back.
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