Cleo's song..

December 16th, 2007
This is an email from the lady who found and rescued Cleo:
Ok folks, below is not a pretty story.

I did some more digging around about Cleo.... Funny how lips loosen up when you no longer have the bird.... Here is what I think is the real story on her.
She belonged to a young man. He bought her from a local breeder. He kept her until she was in the terrible 2's. All birds start behaving a lil bad at that age. He didn't want her then and the local breeder took her back. The local breeder stuffed her in with a male Zon and he tore her up. (That is why she had so many feathers missing when I saw her.) Amy sent her to the pet store to sell on consignment. (This is why she was so concerned about what we paid for her) Cleo sat on the front counter for awhile and a lot of people held her and teased her. When the new wore off, she started biting. The girl at the pet store would yank her hand out from under her and drop her on the floor. Of course it hurt because she had absolutely no flight or tail feathers.... Dropped like a rock!!!! (This is why she doesn't want to step up!) Then she was stuffed into a hampster cage and set in the back of the store.... Then she came home with me. I could tell she had been someones Baby at one time.

Cleo is going on 4 years old. She is starting to outgrow the terrible 2's. LOL You have yourself one AWESOME bird there!!!!