In this case, that saying could not be truer. Cody a sweet, happy and totally adorable Blue Crown Conure needed a major change in his dietary habits. Cody was recently diagnosed by our vet as morbidly obese. When you are told as an owner that your bird has boobs, you better immediately step up to […]
M.A.R.S.
Thanksgiving at M.A.R.S. is for the birds, Parrots of course!
The butternut squash and pumpkin is in the oven roasting. All the parrots of our exotic bird rescue will be enjoying the delicious bounty either today or tomorrow depending on what the weather brings our way. Rain is predicted for today. We only feed fresh foods when the birds are outside. Doing so inside would […]
The bottle or the ball? Jack the lorikeet makes a mixed decision.
Sometimes here at MARS our Florida based Parrot rescue, you simply have to stop and smell the roses as they say. In this case it is playing ball with and Lorikeet named Jack. Ziggy an Umbrella Cockatoo heard the noise and decided to attempt to join in. Although Jack tried to coax her to play the […]
Beautiful, disheveled, amazing (girl) Umbrella Cockatoo named Ziggy
We are experiencing a very windy evening here on the beaches at MARS. By now you all know that is the abbreviation for Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary. After a good day cleaning and feeding the MARS exotic birds, I invited Miss Ziggy out front for a brief time outside and it turned into a […]
Dexter the Caique, adopted from M.A.R.S., happy family happy bird.
This is one of those adoptions where everything just fit together just right. They already had a Caique and were considering another as a new family member and a friend for their existing bird. As a no fault adoption rescue, if it had not worked out, Dexter would have been returned and they would have […]