By Elizabeth Young | Founder, Executive Director
Can you imagine how it feels to be an injured pigeon dropped off at a busy animal shelter? Dogs are barking, people are hurrying past... You'd wonder, What now?
On August 18th, two young Roller pigeons were brought in to Oakland Animal Services as "strays" by the person we suspect is actually breeding them. Both suffered from malnutrition and have crippling bone issues and wounds as a result. (Often pigeon hobbyists will cull -kill- imperfect or unwanted birds so we are grateful that they were at least surrendered to the shelter.) We knew that, without our help, these birds would be euthanized as unadoptable. Somehow, overextended as we are, we had to fit them in and so we have. We've named them Kit and Caboodle. Both are tiny and adorable and, despite their issues, full of life.
Kit is very young- not even two months old. She came in very thin and with her left foot so damaged that the tissue had died and soon fell off. With the help of antibiotics, pain relief and loving care from her foster mom, Kit is healing up beautifully. She's gained weight and strength. She stands up proud, hops to get around and has even started testing out bearing weight on her stump. Kit has a happy life ahead. She will make some lucky adopter an amazingly dear pet.
Caboodle is only slightly older at about 6 months of age. His legs too are bowed from malnutrition and his radiographs show old breaks in both. His left leg is so bowed that it has knuckled his foot completely under and he needs corrective surgery to prevent further damage to both legs. His ability to stand and walk at all are at risk. I fall in love with all of our birds but Caboodle has stolen my heart in his own special way. He is such a tiny but fierce and feisty little bird! He is full of confidence and opinions and is not at all shy about expressing himself! He is full of attitude and has a dramatic eyebrow marking over one eye that makes him look extra angry (and cute)!
Your generous support is what enables us to save the lives of birds like Caboodle and Kit.
Thank you for making Palomacy possible!
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