Pearl
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I was alerted on Thursday 12/1 by SFACC volunteers that there was an injured baby king named Pearl in need of rescue and I picked her (?) up that evening.
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The poor thing, only about 5 weeks old, had a dislocated knee (either from rough handling at the live poultry market or from when she was being caught to save her from a bad death out in the world as a stray) and I took her to Wildwood Vet Hospital in Portola for treatment on Friday 12/2.
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1/18/12 UPDATE
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The poor thing, only about 5 weeks old, had a dislocated knee (either from rough handling at the live poultry market or from when she was being caught to save her from a bad death out in the world as a stray) and I took her to Wildwood Vet Hospital in Portola for treatment on Friday 12/2.
Later that afternoon, Hayward Animal Shelter volunteer Susan (seen here with Gypsy), transported another baby king in need of rescue from Hayward to my home in SF.
I named him (?) Carmine. He is a very serious baby king. He and Pearl have become fast friends and are keeping each other company.
Check back for updates on Pearl's progress and, if you can make a donation in support of her, please visit this DONATE link for details.
1/18/12 UPDATE
Pearl has been making great progress just from time spent wearing a soft tape hobble. She's done so well that we're no longer expecting that she'll require corrective surgery.
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And very surprisingly to me, despite all that Pearl has gone through at the hands of well-intended but still scary and sometimes pain-making humans, she is very interested in people! Much more so than most of the aviary pigeons. Each bird is incredibly unique.
She and Carmine are still BFF and I suspect will grow up to become a mated couple. If they stay together, they will be adopted together.
These lovely birds need a home. Please complete MickaCoo's online adoption application to get started.
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