They are all special guys.

Your amazing support- as volunteers, adopters, donors- makes a profound life and death difference for so many birds! Here’s the story of one of them.

Foster volunteer Nicole writes, “A local animal hero and veterinarian reached out to Palomacy looking for a spot for a splay-legged feral pigeon child. I picked him up and brought him back to work with me. By the time my shift was over, my boss had named the little pigeon “Guy Fieri” because of his golden baby fuzzy feather threads that looked like Guy’s frosted tips.”

Splay legs, a condition where a bird’s legs develop abnormally outward, often due to nest conditions or nutritional deficiencies, can sometimes be corrected with hobbles and time. But Guy’s hobbling didn’t work due to his too-loose joints and his vet team recommended we let him finish growing, then bring him back to discuss potential surgical options. Foster mom Nicole was charged with continuing to provide optimal nutrition and soft comfy furnishings to ensure his best quality of life.

In those months, Guy grew out of his frosted tips, pair-bonded to Nicole, made friends with and charmed a handful of Palomacy volunteers, and became buddies with a bunch of his fellow foster birds, including a massive orphaned baby king pigeon named Pogo, who adores him. (See Guy’s video.)

Guy hangs out with the other birds in the house and in the aviary (with supervision) and freely flies from one soft bed to another or to whichever humans are around. He is known to follow Nicole when she leaves the room, hovering right behind while she walks around until she stops and catches the little bird flying right at her face.

Now that Guy is all grown up, his vets have declared him ready. They are optimistic that a surgery that fuses each of his two stifles (femorotibiotarsal luxation repair) will get him up on his feet, the life-changing surgery that will fix his legs so that he can stand up, walk, and strut his stuff.

It’s your amazing support that allows Palomacy to save birds like Guy and so many others. Thanks to you all (with extra special thanks to our 61 foster volunteers), Palomacy has provided foster care for 270 rescued pigeons and doves in homes and aviaries every day of this year (and placed 122 in forever homes). We don’t have a shelter or sanctuary, so it is this foster network that is the heart and soul of Palomacy’s work.

With your support, Palomacy also operates a pigeon and dove rescue and adoption helpline (415 851-5948). Every day our expert volunteers respond to calls and texts from all over the country helping people to rescue birds, to find rehabbers and vets, to get answers to their care questions and worries; more than 14,000 interactions this year.

And our online Help Group serves even more birds! This is the fastest best place to get help for pigeons and doves. It is an incredible ever-growing mutual aid community, led and moderated by 20 of Palomacy’s most knowledgeable volunteers, where 37,000 active members convene to help each other help birds. It is a 24/7/365 lifeline for pigeons and doves and people trying to help them.

Palomacy depends on your support for everything we do. The number of requests for help keep increasing, and so do the costs. The year is nearly finished and we still need to raise $28,000 to cover our expenses (including Guy’s surgery). If you can, please donate today. You can donate online via credit card, PayPal or Venmo, you can send a check to Palomacy at PO Box 24585, SF, CA 94124, you can donate stock by emailing Elizabeth@pigeonrescue.org. Any which way you give helps Palomacy to help these birds.

They are all special guys.

 

December 30, 2024 UPDATED For the Special Guys

Your Support Makes the Difference

Thanks to you, we have raised $6,266 towards
our year-end goal of $28,000!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

I know how daunting raising $21,734 more is.

The good news is that there are so many pigeon & dove lovers supporting this effort!

Three thousand Palomacy friends are reading this right now… Sixty-five of you have already contributed to this final 2024 ask.

WE CAN DO THIS!

PLEASE CLICK TO DONATE

Guy’s splay-leg correcting surgery has been post-poned for two weeks to ensure world reknowned avian veterinarian Dr. Brian Speer himself will do his operation. (See Guy’s video.) In the meantime, Guy is getting even more mature and strong and confident, soaking up all the loving care his foster family lavishes on him.

January 4, 2025 UPDATED

Thank You!

We Did It!

Thanks to you, we have met our year end goal, raising $28,029 to rescue and rehome birds!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Your generosity enables Palomacy to help these guys.

And they are all very special guys.