Tweet Tweet Rescue and Rehab

08/11/2024

Paarl to monte vista
Lift needed today please
Birdie needs help
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07/11/2024

Dikkop Goofy and Dikkop Hansie joined us on one day!

Goofy was a cat victim with a now fashionable pink leg. Hansie seemed to be a classic case of kidnapping, kids seemed to think its a toy.

The dikkop in our care are named in alfabetical order, we reached H, with
S Sakkie
U U-landie
V Vickie
X Xander
Y Yvie
A Asjas
F Fanie
G Goofy
H Hansie

None of these dikkies are related, so falling inlove one day would be allowed.

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Garden birds in crisis

07/11/2024

What is a grounded bird?
Any wild bird that is suppose to be flying away when you or a predator approach it. If this is a fledgling, meaning a bird ready to be out of the nest, no need to find the nest! Nestlings belongs in the nest, but a fledgling will quickly jump out again, since it is done with the nestling part. To confirm the birdie is in no need of human interference, please text us on whats app with a picture of the birdie in question at 078 517 7061.

Grounded birds are either weak, sick, injured or orphaned. Do make contact with us asap.

Your one and only task, which will be a tall order, is to keep birdie warmer than your face. If you found birdie after 8pm, chances are we are already asleep, since our day starts after 4am.

Do Not Feed birdie ANYTHING!

we do not give out diet plans to anyone, since people hear one thing, and think they can rehabilitate a wild bird. It takes minumum 5 hours to cover the basics to feed 1 birdie safely. Keeping in mind to feed the correct diet, using the correct equipment, feeding correct portion at correct temperature and intervals, and birdies correct temp, at correct body hydration, etc.

Uber Parcel a birdie to us if you are stuck at Work, church or a Romantic date. No need to inconvenience yourself, place birdie in a dark box, with a fleecie blankie, and 2 air holes. Ask the uber driver not to blast his radio during this trip.






Tweet Tweet only intakes birds that received an intake code via our whats app line. No random drop offs. We are not able to man the door 24/7, since we are busy caring for the birds already checked in.

Tweet Tweet is very central in Monte Vista.

07/11/2024

07/11/2024

🌊 Protect Marine Wildlife – Join the Beach Cleanup! 🌊

Our SPCA Wildlife Team witnesses firsthand the harm that irresponsibly disposed of waste causes to our marine wildlife. From tangled sea birds to injured seals, littered beaches put countless marine animals at risk. That’s why we’re teaming up with The bowtie property guy —and we need you to join us!

📅 When: 30 November

🕘 Time: 9:00 - 11:00am

📍 Where: Blouberg Beach

Gloves, bags, and refreshments provided. Help us clean up, protect our shores, and keep our beaches safe for all.

Contact Jon Friedman [email protected] for more info

06/11/2024

We are slow learners at Tweet Tweet. Daily we are reminded that the public actually knows lots more than CapeNature permitted rescue facilities. They really really know! Some have released more birds than us combined, apparently. Yes, let that sink in. They not only know how to feed tiny birds, they know what to feed it without even identifying the specie. Not knowing how to hold the bird, but yet, they already give the child the opportunity to play mommy to the new found toy. Grounded birdie will stay a week or 2 in the empty cage, they kept in the garage, and when birdie starts to stare into Heavens pearly gates, they suddenly phone us.

We have our hands full with the strange winds and rain during Spring, breeding season. It will be windy all week long. Then the constant rain on Monday, we had to keep birdies indoors. Indoors create lots more cleaning. What do we clean? All the equipment we use, towels, dishes, food prep, etc. We are prepping food constantly for the fridge and freezer. Running our washing machine 3 loads back to back, still daily, yet having 4 laundry ladies, helping us with 1 bag each once per month. Cage cleaning. The natural perches are scrubbed and rinsed.

Between all the running around, we still manage to post here and there on facebook, answer emails, whatsapps, run to the door to get the next intake. Driving to the vet, and constantly getting update requests. It might sounds like something so easy, why couldn't they just quickly give me and update? Why, because there is 22 intakes a day, and we have to literally stop everything we do, and go check the register to see the bird in question. Can you see why the update is not priority. We could be busy wrapping an injured leg, or feeding 25 little faces, that feeds every 20minutes.

How can you help? is one of the places that does not know we excists. Help them, share and Like Tweet Tweet Rescue and Rehab . You can post our business card in comments on whatsapp groups and closed groups when people post a bird in crisis.

078 517 7061 text us on whatsapp to get the fastest response on a bird in crisis
Our phones are really on silent, we already have beautiful bird noise, no need for phones beeping and going mad, we do check the phone in no more than 45min intervals. (5am - 8pm)

Keep calm, wrap birdie in warm blankie, add a warm water bottle, or fill a surgical glove with warm tap water, improvise to add a heat source. Put birdie in the box that he cant escape. and we will get back to you soonest.
Try to handle the bird as little as possible, your hands oils will ruin his feathers.

Lastly, do not feed the birdie. Giving heat is the first responders' only job. Feeding a cold bird, will make him go into organ shock. It takes a new volunteer 5 hours to train into the basics of feeding a birdie. PLEASE do not attempt feeding the birdie, we have MUCH higher success rate with unfed birds vs DIY fed birdies.

Dont Google.
Dont keep the bird as a pet/experiment
Dont take the bird to the person raising his hand on fb comments (there is only 5 CapeNature permitted rehabilitation facilities in greater CapeTown, and Piet Pompies is not on the list)
Do One thing: keep him warm, he must be warmer than your face!

05/11/2024

This little baby was still in the egg on Sunday when he blew out of the tree. Today, Tuesday, still with us, even though we are fully aware under 5g babies are really touch and go.
Lets see if little Hatch can be a warrior.
3Nov baby

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Garden birds in crisis

04/11/2024

We would love to post on all the lovely feathered ones in our care, but it is just not possible. Some birds go to permitted fosters, some are transferred to other facilities and we reunite a lot of birds with foster bird families back in the wild, where not everything is photographed due to one person doing the job.

Using the phrase Manning the phone" has an apparent male aspect to it, and let me tell you, you have to have balls to survive some of the people we have to deal with.

Thank you for understanding that YES, we chose to give up our time and money to help birds, and report back 100% to CapeNature. We will try our utmost to keep most of the public happy, but as you know by now, there is more politics in rescue than in the American elections! Dealing with the human-factor is by far the most energy burning part of our daily routine.

Getting attached to a bird you found 4hours ago is most surprising to any rescue facility. If you do feel the urge to adopt a bird, please do not do this injustice to wild birds. Contact Cheeky Beaks Parrot Rescue who needs homes for lots of birdies.

Do not hand wild birds to the lady in your street that is good with animals, she is not CapeNature permitted to keep or rehabilitate wild animals. Let her be good with her cats, dogs and parrots.

Yes, it is an inconvenience to bring the bird to us, but with UberParcel you dont even have to leave your house, work or entertainment.

078 517 7061 whatsapp us with a short description of the bird in crisis, your name and area. If we forgot to answer you, please type ? to bump your message. Remember to add a clear photo of the bird in question.

Enjoy the birds in your garden, as you view them, pray for the sick and injured ones in our care.

03/11/2024

Baby birds are exactly the same as human babies!
When we say: keep them warm, we do not mean, add newspaper, papertowel or a patch of cottonwool.

We mean, keep him warm.
Add any empty bottle, filled with warm tap water and a fleecie blankie next to baby.

Do not put a bird in your empty cage!

Place heat source and birdie in a dark box, make 2 airholes, and if its after 8pm and you can keep birdie comfortable till 5am, we will be back manning our phone from 5am.

Make sure to freshen up the warm water in 3-4hours. Baby must feel warmer than your face when you measure his temp against your cheek. Use your logic people! Again, you might have raised a human baby, its the same, dont boil him and dont let him go cold.

We will assist you:
No calls!!
Phones are ALWAYS on silent.

We will go crazy and end up in a mental institution if we kept the sound on.





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03/11/2024

It is peak season at all bird rescue facilities

We prioritize:

Big crisis vs little crisis

Updates have no priority at this time

We are still humans, trying to have a normal life.

You will forgot you brough us a bird in 6 weeks time, and you would also have forgotten we cared for this bird for the full duration.

Please help us, to help birds.

How does this work?
Network, share, tell other bird crisis people where to get help, donate old towels, cages, etc.

Ask us what we need, instead of asking constant updates.

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CapeNature permitted facility

01/11/2024

"Dikkop-week" inderdaad
Eddie dikkie
En Fanie dikkie ook vandag ingekom.

Eddie is op rooilys, behoorlik 'n geraamte, ongelooflik hartseer om te aanskou.

Fanie is sterk maar ook ondergewig met sy ruggraad wat uitsteek.

Die stad is 'n bewys hoe die mens die natuur verwoes.

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01/11/2024

Huge huge thank you to Katarina and Dee for the cages!
Also the towels,puppy pads etc😍

We cant thank you enough!!

31/10/2024

Wow!
Wow!
Wow!

You guys amaze me!
Alida and hubby with fruit and eggs
R1000 from Mike and 100forcharge
R1000 from Poland

Thank you from every birdie!

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31/10/2024

Kyk die happy mannetjie agter op Asjas se rug!
Dankie vir jul ondersteuning😍

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31/10/2024

13 birds went free today
All packed up; pre release footage

Cape Sparrow
Laughing Doves
Fiscal Flycatcher
Fiscal Shrike
Bulbul
Weavers
Cape Robin-chat