Goose lovers – please help!! - Page 29  

UPDATE:  Our wonderful byc friend who visited Carole's place today has agreed to take ALL remaining geese!!!  They are getting picked up on Tuesday!!!  We have a 100% liquidation success!!

Thanks everyone!!!  I am thrilled that we have gotten all the geese off Carole's property.  But we still have a ways to go to getting these guys placed into good homes.

As a follow up to my research for getting NPIP certified.... apparently Utah is like Cali and I have to pay my private vet to get the testing done.  Cost is $25 per test.  I am required to have 10 random juveniles tested, so the grand total to get NPIP certified will be $250.  I have an appt on Tuesday to get this done.  Now to figure out how to make a pen in my burb to fit 10 birds in it.....

In the meantime, these guys are finding their appetites and feed costs are rising to close to $15 per day.  I appreciate everyone's initial response to helping and received almost $200 in donations.  However, the donations have stopped rolling in completely while the costs continue to rise.  Factoring in the $200 offset of donations, I have invested over $1300 into this rescue, am facing a $250 vet bill, and an ongoing $100 per week food bill. 

Any additional financial help would be a great help!!

Lots happening over here.  I have a tentative commitment to place the beautiful adult white african trio with Jim Konecny, the president of the international waterfowl breeder's association and a wonderful man!  He is also using his inner contacts to help place the other white africans!!  All buffs are placed and a waiting list is being developed (just in case).  I believe an awesome person from south Florida is taking our group of brown africans.  I am excited for them (geese and new owners).  We still have a few adult grey pairs, but some have tentative commitments as well.  We still have 6-7 grey ganders that need homes, but I have various people like Jim Konecny and Dennis Fuller contacting their contacts. 

We are setting up a pen off the adults' pasture today.  Wednesday, our local avian sanctuary hero is coming up to help us worm, re-sex and tag, and get the two greys that may need attention into a separate medical pen (also being set up today).  And then Tuesday, I am taking 8 juveniles (plus my Spirit girl and her companion) to the vet for salmonella pullorum testing to get NPIP certified.  I will also get a recheck on worms to see if 2nd treatment needed.

Hope to get a report tomorrow on status of the remaining birds scheduled to be picked up on Tuesday from Carole's place.

Thank you to those who recently made additional donations!!!  It really helps!!