Maple married Patti’s Brad

All of Maple’s feathers grew back perfectly

Congratulations to Maple & Brad: in love, married & adopted

Splash

See the little pigeon peeking out?

Splash- fished out of the pool, injured & weak

Splash on her rescue ride

Chyna rushed her to Care Coordinator Jill who, seeing a big, deep hole piercing through her back, sent them straight on to Medical Center for Birds. Later that night, the vet called, overcome with emotion, amazed that the little pigeon, only a couple months old, was even alive. The big, deep hole (likely from a dog bite) punctured one lung and pierced a rib. Incredibly, somehow, water hadn’t gotten in. Jill named her Splash.

Splash’s wound cleaned & covered with duoderm

Splash had a chance of recovery, she wanted to live and we committed to saving her. When Splash was ready to leave the hospital, Jill brought her home for intensive medical foster care. She needed daily wound care, nebulization, antibiotics, anti fungal and pain meds. Her deep wound was left open for a few weeks so it could be monitored and carefully cleaned as the dying tissue sloughed out.

Halfway healed

Splash in the nebulizer

Splash had herself a big bath!

On May 7th, Splash went back and her well-healed wound was surgically closed She’s doing good. She’s adorable. She’s somebody. She’s not disposable! (Rollers are bred, flown and lost or killed as if they were.)

Splash says Thank You!

Injured lost pigeon asking for help

Maya brought him indoors to safety

On May 2nd, good Samaritan Maya rescued a sweet little Roller pigeon who had been hanging around her home. She contacted Palomacy and too full to fit the pigeon in, I counseled taking him to the Oakland Animal Shelter. There, our dual volunteer Kay, became concerned about how weak the bird was and reached out to Jill and I. We had to fit the little one in. We named him Bean.

With Palomacy overfull, Bean goes to the shelter

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