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Gizmo is a Sun Conure. The fact that  he is even alive today is nothing short of a miracle and testiment to the extraordinary skill, dedication and determination of Dr. Jan Strother and her staff at North Alabama Cat and Bird Veterinary Clinic. Shortly after Gizmo was surrendered, I went into the vets office to get admission photos and was so shocked at what I saw when I met this bird that pictures completely slipped from my mind. Here was a bird with approximate 60% of its chest missing due to self-mutilation. Even the vet said she had never in all her years seen a bird with such massive damage that was still alive. My thought was "don't worry about photos, this little one isn't going to make it". Gizmo, however, was no where near ready to give up and still had plenty of fight in him. After approximately a week of intensive care, it became apparent that the wound simply wasn't healing due to the extent of the damage and surgery to remove the entirity of what remained of the breast muscles was performed. That was the turning point for little Gizmo, and his recovery has been nothing short of phenomenal since. As you can see in the photo at left, Gizmo appears to be almost perfectly normal and is living happy and healthy at the PARS facility today.

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This cute little fellow is Tater, a Quaker Parrot. At a little over one year of age, he is still a baby and about as sweet as a Quaker gets. Tater had to be separated from a loving owner due to serious allergy problems that his presense in the household created.

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This sweet little gal is Polly, a Standard Grey Cockateil believed to be female.
Like Tater above, Polly came to us due to severe allergies in her previous home.

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This gorgeous little lady is Hannah, a Lessor Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo.
Hannah is believed to be female and is approximately 4 years old.

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This little guy is Raspberry, named for his love of giving everyone the "raspberry". Raspberry's previous caregiver was forced to give him up after a recent move to Tennessee where she learned from authorities that it is illegal to own a Quaker and the bird would be confiscated and euthanized if not gotten out of the state immediately. Thanks to the assistance of the Quaker Parrot Society rescue group, PARS was notified of the situation and had the bird out of Tennessee in little more then 12 hours.

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This handsome fellow is Erdie, a Moluccan Cockatoo believed to be male and approximate 17 years old. Erdie is in perfect health and feather but a little shy. Seems to readily trust females more then males.

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Sunny is a Sun Conure. He came to us with a bit of a beak alignment problem. However, this does not handicap him in any way and can be largely corrected with beak shaping over time.

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This beautiful little fellow is Champ, a 3 year old Sun Conure. He came to us from the Auburn Humane Society with litle history about his past. Champ is splay-legged but remains quite mobile and self-sufficient in an approproately laid-out and equipped cage. This condition could have been fairly easily corrected as a chick had the grossly incompetant and negligant breeder who caused this cared to do so. Once the bird is older, surgery is required but that is not possible in Champs case. X-rays show that numerous bones have been broken in the past including both legs, hips and sockets making corrective sugery impossible

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Bunny came to us after her previous caregiver passed away so little is known about her past.

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CQ came to us after his previous caregiver passed away so little is known about his past.

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This absolutely pristine guy is Valentino. He is a 5 year old male Blue & Gold Macaw and one of those birds you rarely see in rescue work that is every bit a sweet as he is beautiful. Val comes to us because of health issues in his previous home and a job change keeping the primary care giver on travel 3 weeks out 4. Val was a deeply loved and treasured member of his former family, but they realized that they could no longer give him all that he needs and had the courage to give him up to a new home where he can be pampered.

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This handsome fellow is Ditto, an 18 year old Congo African Grey Parrot that comes to us from central Alabama. Ditto has not had much interaction with humans in a number of years and has lost much of his socializition, but we see signs that he is willing once his trust is earned.

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