Spacious Skies Inc. Non-Profit Animal Rescue

Shown above:

Top Row left to right: Meshack, Caliope, Lissette

2nd Row: Adrian, Katy Katlin, Splinter, Abednigo

Bottom Row: Smolder, Zorro, Audrey, InkSpot

On tower: Shadrack

     Currently we care for 58 Cats. Shown  above left to right: Splinter, Lissette and Timmy.

     Shadrack, Meshack and Abednigo  were rescued from the local Smithville animal shelter where they were schedualed to be killed the following morning. All the Kittens enjoy lounging around in their kitty nursery and playing. Shadrack, Meshack and Abednigo are both happy and content and now have a stable and safe home. Our mission is to give all unwanted animals a companionship home where they are truly loved and safe from abandonment.

    Special Thanks you to all of our dear friends who have provided  support lovingly for the cats at Spacious Skies. 

Thank you Cathy Langlois for her words of encouragement and generous support in so very many ways, for her faith and belief in our mission and assistance in times of need. Thank you Cathy Langlois also for the donation of a wonderful outdoor kennel/play area for the cats. Thank you to Cathy's special anonymous friends who reached out to help in our time of need.

Thank you to Martha O'Neil for her generous support, encouragement and for providing for all the animals in times of need and for her work in generously providing toys and playgyms and intellectual stimulation so important for birds.

Thank you to my dear friend  Ethel Issacs who has offered support in our vision and extended her friendship and offered encouragement in times of recent personal crisis.

Thank you to Margaret Fighter for her generous support and faith in our vision.

 Thank you Sandra Henderson for reaching out and lending her generous support.

A special thank you to my dear friend Charlene Willems who had faith in me as an individual and thru her generous support, long talks and love  made a difficult time easier  and made it possible to continue on in our vision.

Thank you to Petco for all of thier support we are sincerely than ful.

    Due to limited webspace, please feel free to contact us anytime  for a photo/bio of any animal here at Spacious Skies Inc. we will be happy to email you a bio/photo and look forward to hearing from you. If you have a question, comment or suggestion please let us know. Have a specific question about behavioral problems?  We are happy to relay any tips that might help.

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Spacious Skies Inc. Kitten Nursery/Playroom.

A special thank you to Charlene Williams for her generous donation of the Cat Tree condos shown above.

      Currently we care for numerous adult Cats of various breeds. Nookems and Honey Pie came to us extremely underweight and malnourished with terrible fear of humans. Now they are wellfed, well loved and extremely content and relaxed.

  Other cats:  1) Timmy aprox. 7 yr. male black/white shorthair  2) Fuffy aprox. 6 yr. female Calico longhair  3) William also known as The Artful Dodger aprox. 1-2 yr. male Tiger  4) Terrence aprox. 12 yr. male long hair  5) Prissilla 8 yr. female black/white longhair  6) Prissy - 8 yr. female Longhair Calico 7) Montreal aprox. 6 yr. old male 8) Chubby Cheeks Aprox. 3 yr. old male 9) Callie 1 yr. old Calico female 10) Ally 1 yr. old female 11) Monkey 1 yr. old male 12) Lawrence aprox. 2-3 yr. old male 13) June Bug aprox. 2 yr. old female 14) Emma Marie aprox. 3 yr. old female

Nookems

Honey Pie

Tortias has been with us since 1997. He was adopted out numerous times simply because he could not be house trained. Eventually he was schedualed to be put down. Tortias is housebroken and he as well as all the dogs have indoor shelter. With love and kindness and consistancy he has learned. All of our animals are treated with kindness , love and respect and given the time they deserve and need to become well adjusted and emotionally and physically healthy. They all enjoy lots of exercise and time to run and play and be happy.

Bubba first came to spacious Skies being extremely aggressive, did not get along with other animals or humans. He was very difficult to handle. He has progressed very well and has become a very loving animal both with humans and other animals. We strive to undo behavioral problems that have been caused by abuse, neglect and abandonment and to teach positive behavior thru love, stability, compassion and LifeCare.

Bo and his sister Betty Boop arrived at Spacious Skies April 2007. We are honored that The Van Zandt Humane Society chose to place them here. Bo and Betty Boop are 2 yrs. old. Bo is a bit shy, but in just a very short time has made great progress and is quickly becoming more outgoing and finding his own "place". Betty is extremely sweet and loves attention. They both enjoy walking and are extremely fond of toys!!! Its a real joy to see them both happy and content. Bo and Betty had been adopted but unfortunetly were not suited to children or other animals, as such that were difficult to find homes for them. We are happy they both get to stay together and share happy times with us.

Bo and Betty Boop

   Sam came to Spacious Skies May 2007 after an unfortunate biting incident he was placed in quarantine and his much distressed and saddened mom was unable to keep her beloved pet whom she had had since birth.  She decided to place Sam with Spacious Skies. Sam is 1/2 Chow and 1/2 Shepard he is 10 years old. He is very sweet and loving and has been so since first meeting, Sam is adjusting well , though he misses his mom. We are happy to be of service to such a sweet loving guy as Sam and his mom, who will be visiting him. 

Sammydoo

5/20/2007  Bailey 3 Yr. old Pit Bull Female. Bailey was placed with us to give her a permanent refuge free from the abuse she previously suffered. Bailey was being misused to fight and breed excessively. She has many scars from her abuser.Thanks to the wonderful love and care of Lisa who found and cared for her and cared about her well being, she has come to find a stable and loving home with us. Bailey is adoreable and sweet, she loves going for walks, gives the best hugs and is just a joy. Bailey no longer has to worry about being abused anymore.

 Bailey

Buptkist

    Currently we care for 28 dogs of various breeds. 

    Buptkist and Bubba arrived in awful shape, with scars, chain marks and obvious signs of neglect and abuse. Buptkist shown directly above weighed a mere 45 lbs. He now weighs 120 and is one of the most grateful residents of Spacious Skies Inc. family. He is one of the most loving dogs and frequently hangs out with his pal Timmy one of the cats, he never fails to show his appreciation of a home where he knows he is truly loved.

   In addition there are : 1) Maggie Mae female doxi mix 2)  Andre Neenan Chihuhua male 3)  Pudrick male small mix breed 4)  Scooter Dooter male small breed mix 5)  Pewter Anne female doxi/chihuhua 6)  Tinta Lena female doxi  7) Marie female chihuahua  8) Tortias  chihuhua male  9) Bo Blue Heeler mix male 10) Betty Boop Blue Heeler mix female 11) Sam 1/2 Chow 1/2 Shepard 10 yrs. old. and many others.

Momma's baby

    Our first adoption Momma's baby. Momma's baby is an Amboina King Fig Eating parrot whose age is aprox. 25+ years. he has been with us since 1994. His story is a sad one, but hopefully his original owner is looking down and smiling, knowing he is loved and happy.

    Momma's baby as the story was passed down, belonged to an elderly woman who sought to adopt him to someone who would care for him and love him. Unfortunately he was adopted out so many times that no one remembers her name. He became quite a biter which caused further adoptions. So many in fact that no one knows for sure how many times he has been adopted.

   Eventually he was adopted by a bird breeder. He was deemed unsuitable for breeding purposes and was kept in a small cockatiel cage. Amboina's have very delicate feathers, they require a large cage, as when their feathers touch objects they become easily damaged.

   Due to his habit of running at and biting anyone who attempted to feed him, the owner frequently avoided any contact except that which was minimally required. He also has a beak which overgrows due to malnourishment and needs constant care. When he came to us he was in very bad shape, he could not even eat a 1/2 grape as his mandible was so weak and his beak unkept and overgrown that he was too weak to eat from being unable to use his beak properly. He was black with dirt and dander and you could barely see his beautiful coloring.

  We immediately trimmed his beak. What an experience!! We placed him in a large parrot cage and allowed him to become acclimated and he began to eat a little more each day.

    I will never forget the day after many repeated efforts to take him out of the cage and being bitten numerous times, the day this little guy looked into my face with a look that said: Okay, I guess you do love me and said: " Thats momma's baby". After all of the adoptions he had gone thru, to hear him say something to me that I am sure was only ever reserved for his original "momma" gave me true joy as I believe his "momma" would be pleased that finally her hopes for her beloved baby were answered. He is an amazing and wonderful bird whom she greatly loved, one can see it in his beautiful and happy whistling of many old 1920's - 1950's songs. Today he knows he is truly loved as his " momma" wished him to be. He is believed to be about 75 years old.

In Loving Memory of Momma's Baby

 Momma's Baby left us March 25, 2007. He shall be greatly missed. He is now with his first Momma.

Zaney

    Zaney the African grey above came to us in 1997 with self mutilation problems and severe feather plucking. He had absolutely no feathers except a few on his head. He had picked a quarter sized hole in his chest and was extremely distrusting and a tremendous biter. Today Zaney has NO mutilation problems and is happy and content. He is progressing very well and regrowing his feathers, though we are unsure if they will ever completely resume. He has begun recently to play with toys and is coming along more everyday in positive ways. He loves music, since he can not make clapping noises he makes his own and bobs up and down and tries to sing in the awfulest voice you can imagine. He is very happy.

Carlisle

    Carlisle has been with us since 1997, adopted numerous times and originally a bird used for breeding. He arrived  malnourished along with his mate Cookie who sadly succumbed shortly after arriving here due to the neglect they had endured.

Willem

    Willem a Goffin cockatoo has been with us since 1997. When Willem arrived we thought he would surely die. Willem suffered tremendous physical as well as emotional abuse. He was adopted out so many times, when he arrived he sat in one place and would not eat. He was so distrusting and fearful that even now all these years later, the simple act of moving his cage causes him serious distress, afraid he is being taken somewhere again. We must be very consistant with Willem in training as he was hit with food dishes and seriously abused. Constant reassurance and lots of love have helped with his biting and behavior problems and he is progressing very possitively. Willem loves to listen to music too and will holler out with glee "yeah" and dance and bob his head in time to the music if its a song he really likes. He has come along way from the depression and fearfulness he once had.

 1) Tiny baby 6 yr. old Parakeet

2)Boo Boo 5 yr. old African grey

3) Sweetie and Sunshine age???? Cockatiels

4)Sonny Honey age??? Bare Eyed Cockatoo

5) Pop Pop 7 yr. old Goffin cockatoo

6) Lorenzo age???? Sun Conure

7) Moonbeam age??? Princess Of Whales Parakeet

8) Solly  ??? Eclectus Parrot

If you would like more information on any of our animals photo/bio please email us: SpaciousSkiesInc@wmconnect.com. If you have a question regarding behavioral problems we would be very happy to pass on tips that have proved helpful. Thru Love Stability Compassion and LifeCare we are striving to make a difference. Please join us in our mission.