How to Adopt a Bird for Free

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Madeline Franco and we're here to talk about birds, specifically we're here to talk about adopting a bird. This here is Molly, she's a Bare-eyes Cockatoo, she is an adopted bird. She was previously loved and they taught her how to say something like "Hello Molly", but I'm not sure what that is. If you are considering having a parrot, you might want to consider adopting one. There are many fine adoption situations available and very many people involved in finding homes for birds. It's called re-homing birds. I belong to the Wasatch Avian Education Society which is located in Utah, and I'm also the president of the Southern Nevada Parrot Education Rescue and Re-homing Society. Responsible pet rescues, including parrot rescues, will arrange for there to be a health check on the birds that they try to adopt out and very often they'll put them in foster homes as a first step which helps the bird re-socialize and enables you to get a reasonably tame, well adjusted bird. Molly, here, has adjusted really well to being a member of a new flock and I think she rather likes it. She was an only bird, as far as I know, prior to this. Or a bird with just a few birds around the house, but she seems to enjoy the community that she's in right now. The adoption fees associated with taking in a previously loved bird, are often less than what you would pay for a bird retail. But there are still those people who want to have young, baby birds, and that's OKay too. Adoption is just another thing you can think about. So, if you've got a local adoption agency in your town you might want to look into it."