Live Life Team
The best place to get pet birds is to adopt them from your local bird rescue centre or animal shelter. These birds are often abandoned through no fault of their own. Reasons people surrender their pet birds include the owner dying, the owner having to move, or the owner being unable to afford the care of the bird any more.
Advantages Of Rescues
There are several advantages to acquiring your pet bird from an animal or bird rescue rather than from a pet shop, classified ad or an internet site. These include:
The bird is usually full grown, so you know how big he or she is going to get
The bird has usually been given beginning training
The bird has been given a check up by the shelter vet
The bird’s likes and dislikes are better known by the rescue volunteers and staff than employees in a pet shop. They can then pass this information on to you to help you get along with the bird better.
If things do not work out with your pet bird, the best shelters will take the bird back
It’s Not Free
Once upon a time, animal rescue shelters did give away pets or charged a very small adoption fee. But that lead to many animals winding up in bad situations, including being sold for experimentation. Now, shelters charge up to two hundred pounds as an adoption fee. This is still much cheaper than buying a bird at a pet shop.
