Rescue Unwanted and Abandoned Companion Birds

Mickaboo has imposed a temporary moratorium on incoming birds due to an unexpected and significant increase in our veterinary expenses.  YOUR action now can help us lift the moratorium so we can help other birds needing our assistance.

Mickaboo promises to provide a safe home and adequate veterinary medical care to all the birds for whom we are responsible. These birds include recent refugees like Bancroft (pictured resting in an incubator after we took him in), rescued from under a car in San Francisco where he was being attacked by other birds.  His medical care, and that for four other members of the Wild Flock of Telegraph Hill, totalled almost $10,000 in May!  To continue meeting our commitment to our current foster flock, we suspended acceptance of new birds as of midnight on May 25.

Help us lift the moratorium!  We have a rare matching gift opportunity to help you do just that. On June 12, from 6 am - 9 pm Pacific Time, GlobalGiving will match your online donations at 50%, up to $1,000 per donor per project, until GlobalGiving has given away $90,000 of matching funds for all of its projects. Go to Mickaboo's GlobalGiving page to take advantage of this opportunity.

P.S. Your gift may *also* be eligible for matching by your employer! Send any matching gift forms to GlobalGiving for processing.

Links:

• See the birds needing your help most!
• Read our latest newsletter!
• How to help more (FREE to you!)

Boomer felt miserable!

Boomer, a 30-year-old-ish Greenwing Macaw, had been surrendered to Mickaboo when his former caregiver became ill and unable to care for him.  After taking him in, we noticed he had difficulty walking – but what was most noticeable about Boomer were his droppings.  They were SMELLY – far more odorous than that of a healthy bird, indicating a potential infection.

After consultations with two veterinarians, it turns out the problem was “mechanical”. Boomer's tail bone was deformed - instead of curving up at the end like that of a normal bird, it curved down (see X-rays), partially blocking Boomer’s vent. He also had a pressure sore where the end of the tail bone poked down.  Boomer must have felt a lot of pain whenever he defecated – and hence was avoiding doing so.

Boomer had surgery recently to amputate his last three vertebrae.  He is now in MUCH less pain – and for the first time since becoming his guardians, we heard him chatter.  A noisy bird is a happy bird! 

Boomer’s diagnostic and surgical procedures cost $4,000.  Would you help us pay for his medical care, and the care of the other 300 birds in our foster flock?  If you can, we have a matching gift opportunity for you! TODAY, from 6 am PT/9 am ET to 9 pm PT/midnight ET, GlobalGiving will match your online donations at 30%, up to $1,000 per donor per project, until GlobalGiving's matching funds run out. (If this happens, the donation page will say so.)  Go to Mickaboo's GlobalGiving page to take advantage of this opportunity (now! before matching funds run out!) to help our birds and make your funds go further!

Read more about the birds and rescue activities you so graciously support with your hard-earned funds in the Winter edition of Mickaboo's newsletter.

P.S. Your gift may *also* be eligible for matching by your employer! Send any matching gift forms to GlobalGiving for processing.

Links:

• See the birds who need your help most!
• How to help more (at no cost to you!)
• Read more about Mickaboo!