Avian Awareness

I was sad for my beloved RIP Muriel the cockatiel death. I was looking for her breeder and to see if I could find out who Muriel’s parents were or maybe if she had brother, sisters left behind. Or I might found out how she was born. I searched and found Lynn, I thought that she might possibility be Muriel’s breeder. I called her and went there to see her.

I saw her birds were all living in the dirty air, filthy cages, and no toys. Those 4-6 weeks new baby cockatiels were crowd together, and all tried to regurgitate to each other. I was very concerned about their conditions. she told me “that babies are just fine” I asked her that “does she give her birds a bathe?” She said “no, in this environment, her birds don’t require a bathe. If bird wanted to take a bathe, they can do in their water bowl. “Go take a look very closely, some of cages there don’t even have any water bowl. Because the air quality was so poorly in the house , and she had a lung problem. She had a long hose hung up to the oxygen machine to her nose for breathing. I asked her how about those birds. She did even care her birds breathing the bad air.

Then I saw Adam the African Grey looked really sad in his cage. Beside of his food bowls, there was no toys, his feathers covered with all the dust. I asked her what was the story about the Adam. And she said she purchased him that his owner didn’t have enough time for attention to him. So, she brought him home and let him live in the outside with his mate and used him as a breeder. Unfortunately, his mate got killed by a raccoon 3 months ago. So, she brought him back in to the house.

When I was mentioned to her about the Rose breasted cockatoo, she pulled the curtains up, and turned the lights on for me to look, there were hundreds of birds that were living inside of her garage. Aww…. I thought she was just breeding a few baby birds. Turned out to be there were as many over 400 Exotic birds in her home she said. She told me that she had all kind of parrots that people don’t have.

At that time I did not know what I had run into …. Whole thing just tooo sad to think about it…. The filthy home, garage, back yard. Can you imagine that many birds are all in caged 24/7, either without lights, no fresh air, or stayed in the cold, wind and rains. Not even that toys, enrichments, or attention just for her none stop breeding for her cash only business, she did not have a license to sell birds… She blocked all the entry way for people or raccoons to come in, and closed all the windows for the noise. If there was a fire, none one be able to save them, those birds will all be killed in a few seconds.

2 days ago, I went to visit again. I was thinking that if I could buy Adam out of this situation. But, she found out who I was. I told her, it was not my intention to come after her. She said she had done nothing wrong, she took the birds of people who don’t want them any more, and she is doing just likes a her hoppy….. Great! But, you cannot used them as your human slaves. And, the bad air for those babies Cockatiels emit a dander, also people who bought them can cause problems with compromised lungs. The place is totally terrible unhealthy environment, carrying and can spread diseases to humans. No human or animal should be living in this condition.


I am very sorry what I did, but how about behind the curtains those intelligent parrots were talking up a storm,( I could heard many of African Greys) while she was arguing with me…. Lynn, They are just like 5 or 6 years our human kids, and you kept them inside the cage without any hope, this is really, really wrong…this is animal cruelty.

Please someone can help them to safe place or good homes.