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dani: is the founder of both Squawk and Howl and The Squawk Store. She is chair of a non-profit parrot welfare organization called All Things Feathered and admins a web forum for bird people by the same name. She has been a board member of the Contra Costa Avian Society, Education Coordinator for CHRP rescue, Volunteer Coordinator and foster parent for Mickaboo Rescue, and has always been an animal lover. She shares her life with 2 cats, a spouse, and a flock of small parrots (1 African Grey, 2 Budgies, 1 Green-Cheeked Conure, 1 Nanday Conure, 1 Blue Crowned conure, 2 Black Headed Caiques, and 1 Hahn's Macaw). |
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Michelle: was the head vet tech at the Oakland Zoo. She was also the former head tech at Montclair Veterinary Clinic, and has done internships at Amigos de Las Aves in Costa Rica (a Macaw rehabilitation and release conservation program). She served on the Zoo's Conservation Committee. She grew up with a Blue Front Amazon, who still resides with her mother. Her life is shared with a dog and reptiles. |
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Nikki: is a former shelter worker and rescuer. She has spent a lifetime with companion animals and currently shares her life with a daughter, 4 cats, and her 23 year old Yellow Naped Amazon, Tookie, whom she's had since he was weaned. She has pet sit professionally for over 10 years. |
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Ingrid: is a former zookeeper at Santa Barbara Zoo, and moved to the Bay Area to be with her fiance (Santa Barbara's loss is the Bay Area's gain!). She works part time for San Francisco Zoo and for animal rescue causes as well. She is a former vet tech with 20 years of animal husbandry experience and a degree in Animal Behavior. She has worked with many different species of birds and also has animal training experience. |
The sitters below are much-missed and have moved back east:
Bevin: is a Mickaboo Volunteer, foster parront, and vet tech (in an avian practice at The Medical Center for Birds). She is especially adept at caring for "special needs" parrots. She shares her life with a spouse, 2 Cockatiels, 2 Lovebirds, 2 Pionuses, 2 Finches, a Canary, and an Umbrella Cockatoo and foster parrots from Mickaboo.
Holly: grew up on a ranch where with horses, cats, dogs, rabbits, rats, rabbits, mice, fish, goats, sheep, chickens, and other pets. She did pet sitting and worked on several horse ranches as a teenager- cleaning stalls and exercising, feeding, and medicating horses. She worked at PetsMart in the specialty department for over a year and ran her own small reptile rescue. She is in college for animal behavior/psychology. She's a volunteer & foster parent for Mickaboo. She currently lives with an African Grey, a Citron Cockatoo, 4 Budgies, 1 Cockatiel, 6 cats, 2 cavies, 2 bearded dragons, 2 crested geckos, 1 crevice spiny lizard, and 2 fish tanks. Holly handles South Bay jobs.
