December 14, 2023 – Rikki’s Fourteenth Day of Christmas

On the Fourteenth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

fourteen peacocks plotting,

By now you know Rikki’s Refuge is the place the unwanted animals who can’t find safe homes come to. But peacocks?

How do they end up in this plight? The same way most exotic pets do. How cool would it be to have a peacock, sugar glider, iguana, pot belly pig ….. until you find out the noise they make, they’re up all night leaping about, they need a special environment and a small temperature range, they dig up your yard, etc.

Then that exotic animals is a nuisances. And no one will take on your adult nuisance. They want the cute baby exotic before it’s become someone’s nuisance. And so many of those “nuisance” animals come to Rikki’s Refuge. And here, they’re allowed to be themselves and do their thing and no be called a nuisance!!

You’d be amazed how many people do no research to find out the lifestyle of an animal before they rush out to buy one cus it’s cute. Ahhhh.

And this is why rescues are always filled with the exotics that have been thrown away.

We’ll care for them every day, rain or shine, snow or blistering heat. We’ll clean up the poop, nurse them when they’re sick – after we’ve climbed up to the top of the roof to catch a sick one!

Would you help us feed them?

Peacocks eat cracked corn, wild bird seed, sunflower seeds and fruit.

A bag of feed is $12.99
YOU can feed the peacocks today by going to our website
https://RikkisRefuge.org/donate
or by mailing a check
Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960
or the site of your choice
Paypal https://paypal.me/RikkisRefuge
Paypal mail@RikkisRefuge.org
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