My husband and I got married in December, and got a 40-day old cinnamon green-cheek conure in February. We named her Kiwi. I fell in love with her right away. Kiwi is the first conure I've had and was also the first unweaned parrot I've had. She is super cuddly, playful, and loving. She loves being involved in everything my husband and I do. We have had her for 7 months now.
My husband recently got a job out of country and we have to move in the next couple months. I have contacted many pet travel companies but we can't afford what they're asking to export and import Kiwi. My heart is breaking at the thought of having to rehome her. She is my baby. I hand-fed her and weaned her. I have been reading so much about how parrots get emotionally traumatized when they are rehomed and I never want to put Kiwi through that. She is attached to me and my husband so I am worried she will become disturbed.
We are considering giving her to a bird-house (aviary). There are establishments where we live where there are many different types of parrots. We have been there twice ourselves. It is a huge building built beautifully with trees and nesting boxes. The birds there are living as free a life as a domesticated bird can live. There are many conures there as well. People can pay to visit and feed the birds as well. Would this be a good place to leave Kiwi? If I have to rehome her, I want it to be somewhere where she will never have to leave again. Kiwi has never interacted with another parrot. Would she be okay with being left with so many parrots all of a sudden? I have to keep telling myself that she is a bird, not a human, and she will most likely be happiest around her own kind.
What would you all suggest? Has anyone had to rehome a conure that they have raised?
My husband recently got a job out of country and we have to move in the next couple months. I have contacted many pet travel companies but we can't afford what they're asking to export and import Kiwi. My heart is breaking at the thought of having to rehome her. She is my baby. I hand-fed her and weaned her. I have been reading so much about how parrots get emotionally traumatized when they are rehomed and I never want to put Kiwi through that. She is attached to me and my husband so I am worried she will become disturbed.
We are considering giving her to a bird-house (aviary). There are establishments where we live where there are many different types of parrots. We have been there twice ourselves. It is a huge building built beautifully with trees and nesting boxes. The birds there are living as free a life as a domesticated bird can live. There are many conures there as well. People can pay to visit and feed the birds as well. Would this be a good place to leave Kiwi? If I have to rehome her, I want it to be somewhere where she will never have to leave again. Kiwi has never interacted with another parrot. Would she be okay with being left with so many parrots all of a sudden? I have to keep telling myself that she is a bird, not a human, and she will most likely be happiest around her own kind.
What would you all suggest? Has anyone had to rehome a conure that they have raised?