You should give this more thought. I didn't even notice that you've only known them a couple weeks. I would Think about this long and hard. People work scams like this all the time. Get in really good, make the person comfortable, and then blamo they hit you up. Tell them it makes your uncomfortable to lend a huge amount of money to someone you barely know, and see how they react. Tell them you want them to sign a contract prior to lending them the money and see if they change. Not saying they're not legit. But they go after people like you all the time. People with big hearts, and unconditional love of the furry things.

This will be a good test to the friendship. If you tell them that you don't have the money and the friendship falters, then you know it wasn't a friendship.
I have learned not lend money to friends unless it is life or death situation because I will probably not get the money back.

Wow that is what I have been feeling inside but didn't know how to articulate it into words...

I thought about that, and, it came back to my birds that are living there. I am worried that if this does sever my relationship with them that I will never see my birds again.

well if they need the money by today then how are they expecting u to get hold of that money?

if it was me i would just bring it up.... whats the worst that can happen? im sure somebody will lend them 1000,... its not that much. they might not get it today but i would assume that people are still lending.... heck, even if they put it on a credit card if they have that kind of limit.

im sure somebody will lend if they are desperate for it. all i know is that i wouldnt be getting myself into any trouble or problems for any one.

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I was going to sell my jewelry so that it wouldn't take out of my bill money.
They are federally registered so right now I am looking to see if there are any grants that may be available for them.
I am hearing you on the part of getting myself in trouble over someone else's problems....
This is why I put this out here, I needed to hear it from others.

Did they say what they needed the money for? I would want to know that much, is it a grand for a weekend vacation or is their rent due. I would also be wary, if you loan them the thousand this week, are they going to be asking for more in a few weeks? Tough situation, I feel for you.

Yeah they told me what happened....and it involved my bird Ozzie.
They said they got a call from a woman that had a female Cockatoo that she couldn't care for, so they went there and she wanted 1,000.00 for the bird. They told her that this is a non profit rescue org. Her response was 'okay, then I am just letting the thing go outside' They told me that they knew my bird (Ozzie) problem was that he needs a mate and they knew this bird would be perfect for Ozzie. So they spent their rent money on this bird, to save it from a likely death if set free and for my Ozzie...

What kind of psycho would do that? Give me a thousand for this bird that I don't want or I'm going to let it go. They should send her a bill for the feeding and care of her bird. A thousand dollars sounds about right. That's crazy.

This sounds dodgy to me!
Why do they need the money today?
Why do you have to sell your jewellery for them(have they nothing they can sell????)
I would not trust this pair. They know you love your birds and are taking advantage of that fact by letting you know your birds will suffer if you don't hand over$1000!!!!!
Come on. Its a scam.
I can smell it all the way from Ireland.
FFS don't sell anything. And if you do decide for some strange reason to len the money make sure you sign a contract with them.

Im sorry, but I love the furry things but they need to bite this one. This is such a simple decision in all aspects of life. You don't go outside of your means, and expect someone to bail you out. It just doesn't work like that.
They just had to save a bird so badly that they would put themselves in financial hardship? I call work.