My name is Astro w / Dewey!

Posted over 3 months ago | Updated over 2 months ago

Cared for by Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions

My basic info

Breed

Pigeon

Color

–

Age

Young

Sex

–

Pet ID

20875257-P2024068

My story

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

Astro came to Palomacy as an unreleasable young feral after failing pigeon training school at the local wildlife rehab. Needless to say, Astro’s interest in being a street pigeon was non-existent and he really wanted the human life. Astro quickly became attached to his human foster mom, who quickly realized nothing was wrong with him and he’s just a sweet little bird. As life goes, Astro was initially rescued as a very cold and near death baby by his foster mom, who kept him warm for the ride to the wildlife center, so maybe he knew what he was doing by pretending to be broken!
In foster care, Astro has been an absolute gem, he shares a cage with a sweet old lady named Dewey, a 25 year old racing survivor. Astro loves to gently preen Dewey’s face and sometimes gets it in return, which might be the cutest pigeon friendship ever. His foster human mom also gets face preening when we snuggle for TV time. Due to his friendship with Dewey, he may need to stay with her as a pair.Please apply to adopt http://www.pigeonrescue.org/birds/apply-to-foster-or-adopt/

Rescue

Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions

Contact info

Pet ID

20875257-P2024068

Contact

Elizabeth Young

Phone

—

adoptkings@gmail.com

Website

http://www.PigeonRescue.org

Address

San Francisco, CA 94124

Donation

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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