It is a little under 4 weeks ago that we had to give our beloved Zulu up.It is not through want of trying when we made the decision to emigrate three years ago Parrots were allowed to be imported but in the long process it took us to get the visa they changed the rules so we were left with the heartbreaking decision what to do with our lovely girl Zulu?
A friend had offered to have her and although I knew she would be well fed and watered she would never be out of the cage or get the attention she is used to! I did consider zoos but again did not feel it was right so I even considered as much as I hate to say it now euthanasia as we were so worried that she would end up somewhere stressed and not cared for.
So I searched on the net and found the African Grey Parrot Centre and after just the first email I received from Paula I felt more confident about things. Paula and me communicated on several times as I really didn’t want to let Zulu go till the last minute however time came when we wanted her out before all the stress of the removals so Paula came to collect her
As soon as I met Paula I felt so confident and happy that we had done the right thing by Zulu,and I even feel she may well one day end up in a home where she gets even more spoilt than she was here! Unfortunately as often happens it was me who wanted a parrot hubby had no interest at all so she then bonded with him loved him to bits he could do anything with her shower her cuddle kiss you name it and she used to bite me!! So I lost all confidence with her but the day Paula got her back she text me to tell me she had Zulu out on her arm already so a good start me thinks!!!
I’m just hoping Paula will be able to get her language to calm down a bit rather blue at times, believe it or not we never actually taught her to say all those words but I think they tend to pick up the swearing easier than anything else .but I can honestly say that it was the hardest decision I have had to make rehoming Zulu but Paula has made me feel 100 percent happier about it and I am full of admiration for her she has young children yet still can find the time to delicate herself to rescuing parrots she is a very lovely caring girl.
We sure do miss Zulu around the house but at least now we are able to go off and start our new adventure knowing Zulu will be happy and it is so lovely being able to see her blog on the website such a brilliant idea really does bring comfort x
