Forced to move need to find parrots homes!

[MarciaLove]

Sorry I haven't been very active at all lately I've been super busy with my new job and school and just my life in general. I am being forced to move out in three weeks and the place I am going to I cannot keep all my parrots :'( This is breaking my heart in so many ways and i was up til 2am last night crying and trying to find another way there just isn't one...... I need to find them wonderful homes and I am so afraid they wont get the homes they deserve! I am hoping to keep my Macaw and BCC but I have to find homes for my two lovebird males that are super sweet and fun! And my Lorikeet who well is ten buckets of crazy and needs an experienced bird person but he is soooooo loving and fun and is fully slighted and freeflight/recall trained he goes outside with me everywhere not on a harness never had any problems where when he gets scared he doesn't come back he has always come back. Does anyone know of a safe way to find them good homes I can still be in contact with?????

 

[veimar]

Oh, that's so heartbreaking!! It feels like giving up your kids. ;( Maybe you could keep at least some of the birds - less noisier ones?

 

[Allee]

I'm sorry you are faced with this difficult decision. I hope things work out well for you all of your flock. There are some great rehoming tips in this sticky from the Adoptions/Re-Homing forum.

http://www.parrotforums.com/adoptio...-bird-please-read-before-making-decision.html

 

[MarciaLove]

thanks for the link will check out! I am hoping to keep my Conure (one of my first birds) and my Macaw who is actually the quietest one. But there is no way I can keep my lorikeet hes too loud and messy and my lovebirds will be too much cause they have a big cage and I wont have room for more than my conure and macaw

 

[Phlox]

I'm so sorry you have to rehome...though I know sometimes its right. I wish I was closer, since I've always wanted lorikeet..but I think WI to GA is too big a jaunt.

Good luck with your babies!

 

[SilverSage]

I am so sorry to hear this! Finding a person who can handle a Lorikeet like that will be difficult, but not impossible. I was writing you a message offering to foster/ keep him until/unless you were able to move to where you could have him, but checking the state laws reveals they are illegal in Hawaii, and I already know you are not allowed to bring Lovebirds in Maybe another established member will be able to give your feather babies the homes they deserve. I am so sorry you are having to do this.

I am not sure where you are located in GA but I know a woman near Atlanta who is a retiring breeder (I got my Pionus and one of my GCCs from her) her name is Carmen and she owns Brightwood Aviaries. She might know of someone looking to adopt the species you are looking to rehome. Googling and emailing her may be worth your time.

 

[MarciaLove]

I am a half hour north of Atlanta thanks I will check her out!

 

[Terry57]

I am so sorry to hear you have to rehome some of your babies
I am hoping that maybe a member could take them so you could still see them.
Best of luck in finding them the perfect home.

 

[kq_fan]

Oh I wish I could help!!! I am so sorry this happened! I would so take the three for you if I could! I'm a bit of a hop a jump, and a skip away though....

 

[Scott]

Sorry to hear this, a terrible situation we all would dread facing.

Have you exhausted all opportunities and brainstormed solutions with friends, family, etc? Sometimes consulting a wide variety of acquaintances helps thinking "out of the box."

Best of luck, hope you find great homes and personal comfort if this becomes your only option.

 

[SilverSage]

Also, did you get any of them right from the breeder? The original breeder of your birds might be willing to help find homes.

 

[henpecked]

I think Carmen @ Brightwood is down sizing right now. I know she is moving some of her birds. Might just be amazons (that's what she called me about anyway). I doubt a breeder will want strange birds added to her flock. I know Merlee (i think she's banned) and BoysMom live in your area. I think weco doesn't live too far away.

 

[SilverSage]

You are correct that she is downsizing I was more thinking that she has lived in that area for many years in the parrot community and might know someone who is looking for these specific birds. Her downsizing is how I came by Flick, Sam, and Lady. When we went to pick them up my husband fell deeply in love with a Panama Amazon, but the timing was way wrong and it was not an option.

 

[MarciaLove]

I didnt get any from the original breeder no. they were all rehomes and im still brainstorming idea with my friends and boyfriend to try and keep them but it doesnt look good.....

 

[SilverSage]

We will keep hoping.

 

[weco]

I think weco doesn't live too far away.

As the crow flies, we're about 50 miles apart, but via roadway, maybe 75 ± miles away.....

I haven't responded because I don't think I'm going to expand my flock past my current five birds...the resident birdsitters are both away at school & have their own agendas when home...the birdsitter I used when I traveled so much is no longer just down the street, so when we want to go somewhere for longer than a night or two, I have to go get her & her two teenaged granddaughters she has custody of.....

I checked with a couple of people I thought might offer foster homes, but both declined, so had nothing to offer the thread.....