>> FOR ONE CENTRAL FLORIDA WOMAN A TRIP TO BUY A NEW BIRDCAGE TURNED INTO A MISSION
OF RESCUE.
THAT WAS A DECADE AGO AND TODAY
SHE IS GETTING RESULTS AND
PROVIDES A LOVING HOME FOR
DOZENS OF BIRDS AND DIFFERENT
TYPES OF BIRDS.
>> THEY WERE FOUND IN HORRIBLE
CONDITIONS OR THE OWNERS CAN NO
LONGER CARE FOR THEM.
NEWS 6 AND NINE CAROLINA
CARDONA HAS HER STORY.
>> DID YOU HEAR THAT?
IT WAS A SHED ON THE SIDE OF
THE HOUSE KIND OF ATTACHED.
NO WINDOWS.
NO LIGHT.
AND THERE WERE SPIDERWEBS AND
ROACHES EVERYWHERE.
BUT OVER THE CAGES YOU CANNOT
EVEN REALLY SEE IN THE CAGES.
>> IT ALL BEGAN WHEN PATTY WENT
TO BUY A BIRDCAGE FROM A
CRAIGSLIST AD.
>> OUT OF THE CORNER MY EYE I
SEE THIS MOVEMENT AND YOU, O MY
LORD, ARE THERE BIRDS IN THIS
CAGES?
>> YES, THERE ARE 14 BIRDS IN
THERE FOR SALE TOO.
>> 10 YEARS AGO PATTY HAD NO
IDEA WHAT SHE WAS GETTING INTO.
ALL SHE KNEW WHAT SHE COULD NOT
IGNORE WHAT SHE HAD SEEN.
>> I SAID TO HER I’M GOING TO
PAY YOU FOR THE CAGES THAT ARE
WORTH IT.
AND YOU’RE GOING TO SURRENDER
THESE BIRDS.
AND SHE SAID NO, I NEED THEM.
>> EVENTUALLY THE OWNER AGREED
AND PATTY TOOK THEM HOME.
>> MY PLAN WAS JUST TO
QUARANTINE THEM AND FIND THEM
NEW HOMES.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE DID.
>> SHE CONTINUED TO WORK
FULL-TIME AND RESCUE NEGLECTED
BIRDS BUT IN 2014 HER LUPUS
DIAGNOSIS TOOK A TURN.
>> MY DOCTOR SAID YOU HAVE A
CHOICE.
YOU CAN WORK A GOOD 10 YEARS
AND MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY YOU
CAN LIVE PROBABLY 20 MORE YEARS
AND TAKE IT EASY, WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO?
>> THAT IS WHEN THIS WORKING
MOM SWITCH TAR HEELS FOR
SNEAKERS AND CREATED THE
NONPROFIT PATTY’S PARROT
PALACE.
>> DO WE HAVE A BOYFRIEND?
IS THAT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
>> SHE IS BUILT THREE AVIARIES
TO HOUSE THEM AND ALREADY HAS
1/4 ONE IN THE WORKS.
DOZENS OF MACAWS LIVE HERE.
ELVIS IS ONE OF THEM.
SHE SAYS THAT HE THINKS SHE IS
HIS GIRLFRIEND.
OVER THE AFRICAN GRAY PARROT’S
AVIARY WE MET GEORGIE AND SAW
HIS NEW FEATHERS GOING BACK.
>> HE HAS PEACH ON HIS CHEST,
DON’T YOU GEORGIE.
>> SHE EXPLAINED BIRDS PLUG AT
THEIR OWN FEATHERS WHEN THEY
ARE IN A STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT.
>> READY?
SO THIS IS BUCKEYE AND SHE CAME
FROM A RESCUE THAT HAD TO
CLOSE.
>> THEN THERE IS PEACHES.
THE 17-YEAR-OLD MALUKU COCKATOO
WHO WAS THE LARGEST IN THE
BEING CARED FOR.
>> WHAT IS SO FUNNY?
ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME.
>> HER MISSION GET HELP FROM
COMPANIES AND VOLUNTEERS.
>> WE DO BRIGHT FUTURES SO WE
HAVE A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS TO VOLUNTEER 3 TO 5 A
DAY.
WE ALSO DO SOME WORK WITH
CARMAX, DISNEY.
>> AND PATTY SAYS THE BIRDS ARE
LUCKY TO BE THERE TOO.
>> THEY CAN YELL OR TALK OR
CHATTER OF WHATEVER THEY WANT
WITHOUT BEING TOLD TO BE QUIET
OR HUSH.
THEY CAN JUST BE A BIRD.
>> CAROLINA CARDONA, NEWS 6 AT
NINE.
>> I’M SURE THE NEIGHBORS LOVE
IT.
>> YES AND THEY ARE ALLOWED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW
THAT BIRDS LIVE AS LONG AS THEY
DO.
THOSE TYPES OF BIRDS.
MACAWS CAN LIVE UP TO 100 YEARS
OLD.
>> IT IS LIKE HAVING A KID OR
MORE.
YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO THEM.
>> USED TO PROVIDE FOR THAT PET
AFTER YOU ARE NO LONGER THERE.
>> YOU NEED TO PUT THEM IN YOUR
WILL.
>> THAT IS TERRIBLE.
>> I HAD A LITTLE PARAKEET AS A
KID AND HE WAS KERMIT BUT HE
WAS GREEN BUT THEY ARE
DIFFERENT.
HE DID NOT TALK.
>> WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR
PARTICULAR.
>> IN THE 80S YOU COULD GET
YOUR PETS AND KMART.
>> TROY, OCTOBER 12 TO HAVE AN
EVENT THERE CALLED GREAT DAY AT
THE PALACE.
THEY WILL HAVE A BOUNCY HOUSE
AND LIVE BAND AND A MINI GOAT
YOGA SESSION FROM NOON UNTIL
4:00 SO WE SHOULD GO.
>> I THOUGHT SHE WAS SAYING FOR
THE BOUNCE HOUSE.
>> IS OUTSOURCING A LOT OF