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My name is Nell!

Posted over 7 months ago | Updated over 2 months ago

My basic info

Breed
Pigeon
Color
Age
Senior
Sex
Male
Pet ID
18775185-P2022055

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

Twelve year old lost racing pigeon Nell narrowly escaped a predator (which took his whole tail) and terrified, pasted himself onto the narrow windowsill of the highrise apartment of a very nice couple who noticed him and eventually opened the window for him. He came inside to safety, food and water and two days later Palomacy picked him up. He was still terrified and very traumatized. He stayed terrified even in the aviary, barely functioning. He regrew all his missing tail feathers in a couple of weeks and finally, after four safe weeks totally undisturbed in the foster aviary, he has just now started to relax enough to come back to life. He just took his first bath and coo'ed his first coos. It's not easy to survive for 12 years when you're a racing pigeon and Nell is past ready for a nice, safe, trustworthy aviary home for his retirement years. He'd like a Mrs. Nell too.Please apply to adopt http://www.pigeonrescue.org/birds/apply-to-foster-or-adopt/October 22, 2024, 12:24 am
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Contact info

Pet ID
18775185-P2022055
Contact
Elizabeth Young
Phone
Address
San Francisco, CA 94124

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

We require an online adoption application, phone screen & home visit and offer lots of support and coaching all along the way. Our adoption fee is $10/bird and our expectations for adopters are:
-Appropriately sized, safe and uncrowded cage or aviary approved by Palomacy
-Supervised, safe out-of-cage time (if not living in an aviary) daily
-No free flight/uncaged outside time
-Protection from hazards including but not limited to escape, pets, predators, fumes and toxins
-Companionship- lots of your time or another bird's (not home alone)
-Avian vet care if sick or injured
-Compassionate, healthy care that provides for the bird's nutritional (including lighting), physical and emotional well-being
-No breeding, birth control if bird has a mate (real eggs replaced with fakes which we provide)
-A forever home (through sickness and health, for better or worse) with a pet-care plan in place should something happen to you
-No selling, sporting or business use of birds
-Return to Palomacy if unable to keep the bird (This is not desired- we expect that you are providing a forever home!)

Go meet their pets

We are a volunteer-powered rescue and our birds are lovingly cared for in the private homes and backyard aviaries of our foster volunteers. Potential adopters can make appointments to meet our birds and we are at adoption & outreach events almost every weekend. See our Events page at www.PigeonRescue.org and visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PigeonDiplomacy/ for details.

More about this rescue

Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoption saves homeless domestic (unreleasable) pigeons and doves in the SF/Bay Area from euthanasia by providing veterinary care, foster and forever homes.

Palomacy fills a deadly gap in the animal welfare community by saving the lives of domestic/unreleasable doves and pigeons that would otherwise be killed. We're volunteer-powered, donation supported and culture changing! By providing avian vet care, foster and forever homes, we've saved more than 700 birds' lives since 2007. Join us! www.PigeonRescue.org

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