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Woody
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Woody is a wonderful Blue
and Gold Macaw with a lively, self-important
personality! He belonged to an elderly 87-year old woman
who fell into a coma in her home one day. Nobody found
her for several days. By the time a family member
discovered her, one of her birds, a Blue Crowned Conure,
had already died from dehydration. Woody was still
alive, but very frightened.
The woman's home was in a
terrible state. She had probably not been well enough to
properly care for her birds or herself for some time.
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The old woman's family
called Foster Parrots and asked us to just look after
Woody until the woman was well enough to leave the
hospital and go home. That time never came. The woman
had to be admitted to a nursing home.
What is sad to think
about is the fact that when Woody's original guardian
acquired him, she was a relatively young, healthy woman
who never imagined a day would come when she would no
longer be able to care for her baby. But that day
did come. Woody outlived his first guardian. When we
have Macaws and Cockatoos under our care we often fail
to think about how we will someday break their hearts
just by growing old.
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Woody had been with his
woman companion for more than 20 years. Though we can't
be sure of his exact age, we know he is well over
twenty. When he first came to Foster Parrots he was so
frightened and confused that he cowered and trembled in
the back of his cage for the first few days. But every
day Foster Parrots Co-Director, Karen Lee, would sit and
talk with him. Soon she began to open his cage, reach in
to pet him and invite him out. Pretty soon he learned to
trust and decided to own her.
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It is quite evident that
Woody was well loved and spoiled by his former companion
for all those years they had together because he is a
great bird, full of himself and very bratty! He would
insist on perching on Karen's should each day while she
did her office work, which totals three to four hours a
day. He didn't like other people to talk to Karen, so
when Marc Johnson, co-director, or anyone else entered
her office to discuss something with her, Woody would
scream and scream to drown out the conversation. He
would sometimes do this when she tried to talk on the
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Adoring and affectionate,
Woody loved to have Karen scratch his head and pick his
pin feathers. She was his whole world, and she thought
their love would endure forever. However, Woody began to
respond to "the call of the wild," so to speak. He would
hear the other Macaws downstairs and their calls
intrigued him. He wanted to be there with them. We only
had to bring him into the Macaw room a couple of times
before it became obvious that Woody knew where he
belonged. We let him stay. Woody bonded very quickly
with a Blue and gold Macaw named Meriwether and this
loving relationship continues to this day. |
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