Rescued a baby Conure Tonight…..
Transferred to a cage to go back to loving Tsem Ladrang!
Monlam, Suming, Sengpiow, mumu and me went to two pet shops that are pretty big tonight. I don’t go out much, very seldom in fact. When I do go, I like to go to the pet shops. But I avoid the dog sections, as seeing them breaks my heart.
At the Pet shop I was shocked at the callousness of the salespeople. They would carelessly scoop up the fish and not care, the fish would jump out onto the floor behind the tank! It is still accessable, yet they just leave it there to die!!! I had to make noise and say something. The sales person pretended he didn’t know till i made noise. He was a bad actor… poor fishy.
The happy new aviary home the conure will be moving to in a few days time. I just want the new baby conure to relax and adjust before moving.
As I was walking out, I saw a poor Conure alone stuffed into a small cage and seemingly bored silly. Pulling and playing with his own feathers as there was nothing else to do in his cage. They hung no toys or mirrors for him. It broke my heart to see him like that. I found out he is only four months old. Poor baby.
Conures are highly social and interactive birds so they need company. I procured him, brought him back, played some mozart and to calm him down. Now he is on my balcony with a cover over him. I will keep him near me for a few days to de-stress the poor thing then INTRODUCE HIM TO THE BIG AVIARY with plenty of sunshine, rain, air, toys, seeds, perches, trees surrounding and FIVE MORE CONURES WAITING TO BE HIS FRIEND AND PLAY WITH HIM. They are going to play and play and play. His life will be changed from now on. I will make sure of that…
Poor poor little thing.
I want him to have a healthy and happy life,
Tsem Rinpoche
My sweet little Mumu always curious. He’s been visiting the new conure.
Conure baby will rest on my balcony for a few days before transferring to the new home which is the large aviary with other conures in Tsem Ladrang.
* UPDATE:
8:oo am Sunday, March 21, 2010–The morning after we go the new Conure.
The newly arrived Sun Conure is on my 2nd floor balcony with his cage half covered by a towel to let him rest. The 5 conures I have in the aviary are screaming away. This new conure is happily screaming back because he heard them. They can’t see eachother but they heard eachother. So they are communicating back and forth…very cute.
Very nice to see the new conure liven up, and call to his new friends to be.
I’ll keep him here with me and let him adjust before moving him to the large aviary with his new friends. He is going to have a good life in the new place with us here at Tsem Ladrang..
Tsem Rinpoche (smiling)
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Reading this, seemed like it happened yesterday only. So fast, it’s been more than a decade of news.
The lesson learned in this story is still relevant to us now, to have care and compassion for the animals no matter how small or big they are. I love the way how Rinpoche signed off, with the word ‘smiling’ was written beside it. Joyful~
Tsem Rinpoche at Kechara Forest Retreat, Bentong, Malaysia
It is sad that many birds being sold at pet shops are crammed together in a small cage. Unless they are sold fast, then they will spend many days crammed together or in the case of this baby conure, left to idle alone and lonely in a tiny cage. Due to ignorance of the people these birds are being traumatized.
Due to the love and care of Rinpoche, many animals have been rescued and given a very conducive environment to live out the rest of their lives as they can no longer be released into the wild. These animals are either not native to this environment or they are no longer physically or mentally fit to survive in the wild.
As Rinpoche shows us with this baby conure as it is being nursed back physically and mentally to be able to even survive in a bigger environment like the aviary. It is more than bringing the bird back and putting it in a cage. It has to adjust to another new environment albeit a better one. The attention to details is very important if we are to truly help another being.
Rinpoche has always taught us to be mindful and kind to animals, to love them and not to harm them in any way. If we can have that, then we can also have the same mindfulness and kindness to other beings.
Poor little birdie..sometimes I just hope that I could work in a pet shop and take care of the animals. People who work in pet shops often do not care about the animals. Sometimes they will even starve them. I really do not understand..
Glad that little birdie is welcomed in his new home. May all of the animals have good health and long life.
Thank You for sharing Rinpoche.
Lobe, beatrix.
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To me the little conure which Rinpoche rescued from the pet shop and Rinpoche’s Ladrang had a similar note to say how Rinpoche care not only for dogs but also for birds. When I visited Tsem Ladrang in Ganden. Everyday outside Rinpoche’s bedroom there will be a big black crow perched on the wall outside. Normally birds fly in groups but this one always comes alone. I ask Rinpoche why? He says because he is the king crow. King crow always stay alone. But on the other hand there will be another group of smaller size crows gathering outside another part of the house waiting for Rinpoche’s household to feed them. Rinpoche buy 10 loaves of bread daily. And Gen Nyima an old monk of Rinpoche will feed them. You can hear the monk calling KWAK! KWAK! KWAK! The point is Rinpoche did not have an Aviary at that time in Ganden. But have created the cause to have one now in Tsem Ladrang Kuala Lumpur.
This is a really good news !!
Conure baby will be happy with all your care !
Dear Rinpoche
Animal care report for last week (15/3-21/3)
1. All 8 cockatiels, 2 sparrows and 4 Malaysian parrots tend to hang out together these days. Quite surprising as the Malaysian parrots usually keep to themselves in the past. The connures, Drolkar and dechog are their normal selves.
2. Kadro and Menlha like walking along the tortoise path and dipping themselves in the pool a lot.
3. All animals are well.
Thank you
Regards, Wendy
I love the new pictures of Mumu saying hello to his new friend. What a sweety.
Rinpoche, have you decided on a name for the new guy?
What beautiful creatures these conures are.
I am sure the new guy is getting settled in at his new home. His mind can finally rest now that he is away from the craziness of the pet shop. He must be so happy and comfortable now in his new surroundings.
Yeay! Another live rescued!
The new conures will have a fun time with the “mafia gang” of conures brothers down in the big aviary. The conures are really fun, inquisitive, and like people. I am sure he will adjust in no time 🙂
Another addition to our aviary family.