On Wednesday night we answered a Craigslist AD, from a husband whose wife was very ill and they were going to need to re-home their 4 year old African Grey. They were both heartbroken at this decision, because the husband for several months had been trying to take care of Bogey but Bogey just wouldn’t let him. I knew what that decision was like, as we had to make the same decision recently with our Conure, since Jeff has been traveling so much, she just wasn’t a happy bird, she went from a charming loveable goof, to a very unhappy, screaming terror. Who wouldn’t let anyone touch her, and refused food. The only time she was happy was when Jeff was home for a visit, which were too short and not frequent enough for any of us. But we tried for months to make it work, but though the girls and I were happy to keep her, she wasn’t happy… So tears streaming we did the best thing for her, the only thing we could do. We gave her up, we gave her the OK to bond with someone else, to be happy…
Now here I was facing a couple making the same hard decision, and it sucks… But we promised to give him a good home, and they are welcome in our house anytime they want to visit. Though they live 3 hours away… The wife couldn’t even stay in the room as we talked about his schedule, food likes and dislikes, all things Bogey. It was arranged for us to drive out and pick him up the next day, as they wanted one more night as a family.
On the way home, the husband called he would bring Bogey to us, as his wife just couldn’t handle a public goodbye. We would meet at the hardware store on the edge of town at about noon.
So on Thursday, with tears in all eyes, Humphrey Bogart (Bogey) came home.
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