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Artemis & Apollo The Blue Hyancinths
These two crazy kids were rescued from a vet who had been trying to breed them. They were malnourished, had never had toys, interaction with other parrots or human food. The first toy they got was an alligator from Home Goods with panels of squealers in it. Every time we go into their fight room they look for the toy and an intact squealer. They have come so far since we got them and it has been fun for us the watch them grow both mentally and physically. They are forever homed at PRP.
Blue, Blue & White Tegu
Blue was rescued in 2022 from a “grey”market reptile wholesaler. People bring their animals to these markets when they no longer want them. They do not provide proper care or vetting of these animals, rather they just turn around and sell them at the Reptile shows. Blue is living his best forever life and home here with us now.
Toby, Mealy Amazon
Toby is our newest addition to the PRP family. He comes to us from a home where the mom/ owner died from cancer. The mom’s daughter tried to take care of Toby, unfortunately she was allergic to parrots and had to keep Toby in a very small cage in her bathroom.
Toby's friend Cindy rescued him and brought him to us. He is a legacy bird and is in his forever home now.
Popeye, Yellow Headed Amazon
Popeye is one of our oldest parrots. He has a wild caught band on him which usually indicates. The parrot was either legally or illegally brought into the country before our Cities legislation passed. Cities is an international agreement signed by 184 parties in 1973, designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the wild. Popeye came to us from a woman who was battling with alcohol abuse. The sad reality of addiction is that these people cannot take care of themselves never mind their animals. Thousands of animals die or are badly neglected because of addiction.
Popeye loves his buddy Cooper ( cape parrot) and has recently welcomed his new friend "Toby," a mealy Amazon.
Matilda, Legacy Bird
Matilda came to us from a woman who claimed to have extensive experience with parrots (an avian specialist) macaws in particular. She claimed to board these birds, foster and adopt out. None of this was true. Matilda was in a terrible place when we rescued her. There were rope perches in the living room where the birds had peeled the wallpaper from the wall. When parrots are bored they will always find ways to entertain themselves.
Probably the worst part about these people was the fact that they were smokers. They had a few boarder birds in a small house- this is one of our worst case scary situations. She is a wonderful girl and has a lot of anxieties to work out. Audrey and I are slowly moving her into the macaw room. Initially she was a bit of a bully, now she is finding her space. She is in her forever home. We are looking for a sponsor angel so that Matilda can stay with us. Just 40.00 per month would enable her to stay with her flock.
Sammy, African Grey
Sammy came to us from a friend who used to rescue indigenous birds. He rescued him from a crack house and when John died his girlfriend sought us out to rehome Sammy (he was living with a flock of pigeons in a shed when we went to pick him up). Sammy's anxiety was palpable- by the time we had driven from Clinton to Deep River he had plucked himself almost naked.
Most parrots mimic their owners anxieties thus they will suffer from depression, plucking and mutilation. Some parrots have severe PTSD and do not pluck. African greys seem to exhibit their emotions physically. Sammy is in his forever home with us.
Ivan, Green Iguana
Ivan was rescued off of the streets in Waterbury in the fall of 2021. Many times when people decide they don’t want an animal anymore they “release” them into parks, justifying themselves that they can just live there with other lizards. Though, in actuality they cannot live past 35 degrees as they are cold-blooded.
Azur, the Blue & Gold Macaw
Azur came to us a few years ago after being found in a house where the owner had passed away. We know he was in a small room for at least three days before being discovered. Azur was adopted from another rescue facility not a year earlier and we think he suffered a great deal of PTSD. He is forevered homed with us.
Argus, Argus Monitor
Argus hails from the same horrible place that blue came from and he is also living his best forever life with us.
Clyde, Albino Burmese Python
Born in March of 2016, he is still growing. He came to us from a breeder in New Hampshire and is a very happy and healthy boy.
Olive, Blue & Gold Macaw
We have had Olive for over 20 years now. She was literally dropped on our doorstep because the owner didnt the swearing and the fact that she bit people. Birds swear because people think it’s funny to hear a bird curse. When people laugh it gives them what we call “positive reinforcement.” The biting is their way of defending and protecting themselves when they are scared. Olive was badly abused in her previous home and once and a while she would scream “help me, help me” in a small girl’s voice. This tells us that there was probably a young girl being abused in that household. 90% of people that will abuse animals also abuse other humans. Olive is forever homed with us.
Tuck, Monk Parrot
Tuck came to us from animal control where he was found flying around a warehouse in North Haven. He has a “breeder band” which indicates he was not wild caught but bred in another state. Monk parakeets are illegal to own in CT. About 20 years ago a shipment of them broke open in Stamford. They survive by building large communal houses on transformers. Eversource gases the entire nest at night when they have all roosted for the night.
Mouse, Rose Red Breasted Cockatoo
Mouse came to us by a friend that had rescued him from an abandoned home. He has been with us for years now and is forever homed with us.
Angelina, Columbian Red Tail Boa
Angelina has been with us for over 4 years. We got a call from our wild life rescuer from update New York. Apparently, Angelina was sunning on a woman’s porch and when she opened the door, horrified, she sprayed Angelina in the face with cooking spray. The acid from the spray burned her face so badly our vet did not think she would live since she had lost her receptors and could no longer smell or sense things. We also had to worry about mouth rot and had to monitor her temperature and humidity.
Morgan, Blue & Gold Macaw
Morgan was born as a performer in Sea World. When they began her training she would not respond to more than one of the trainers so they flunked her out of the program. Usually these birds are euthanized but we think the trainer she loved took her home. Somehow she ended up in a a dog and cat shelter and used to bark and make dog toy noises. We rescued her from a couple that had adopted her from the shelter. Apparently, she would chase the owner’s wife down the hall and bit her badly. They were going to euthanize her since they could not find another who she liked and would not bite - until she met us. We fell in love at first site and she remains one of our favorite cuddle bugs. She is forever homed with us.
Rocko, Severe Macaw
Dusty, Goffin Cockatoo
Sisco, Blue & Gold Macaw
Dusy is part of what we call “the fantastic four.” Diane and Allison rescued four parrots from a household in upper state CT where the woman had died of a drug overdose and the boyfriend planned on selling the birds for drugs. Rock, Dusty and Sisco were in small cages with well over 4-inches of feces at the bottom of the cages. The food they were getting was rotted parrot food. As with so many of our birds, they checked out ok healthwise but were very thin. They African Gray that had comes with these birds was very sick and passed away within a few days of coming to our rescue. All of these birds are forever homed with us.
