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private home fostering, no commercial public access:
FFC Parrot Rescue is Located in the private homes of the volunteer foster families here in southern vermont. primary caregiver is retired vet tech who is devoted to rehabing birds to health and wellness in loving environment. We accept Parrot Surrenders and offer education and screened adoptive homes to rehabilitated and available parrots. client confidentiality and parrot wellness are paramount.
feathered friends castle
Parrot Rescue and rehab
Manager is retired vet tech who is devoted to rehabing birds
to health and wellness in loving environment.
Our rescue is not a big public "building". 
Birds in our care are temorarily housed in homes of our volunters.
This provides lots of One on One care and attention to the birds.
PLEASE NOTE: We do not have a seperate commercial building to house birds. Our birds are kept in several volunteer private homes, AND BECAUSE OF THIS FACT: We do not permit visitors to visit birds. This is to protect our foster families from being set up for home roberies or other more violent crimes, also for the saftey and health of birds.
If you have submitted an application to adopt, and our comitee approves your application, we meet you with bird in a well lit, public place of our choosing. this is not negotiable, this is to keep us and birds safe from crime and biohazards. thank you.
the saftey and well being of our parrots, our homes, and staff are of primary concern.
Photos of adoptable birds are placed on our website as we ready them for placement to aproved homes.
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feathered friends castle serving s. vermont and w. mass
if you are interested in adopting a parrot in need of a lifetime home
please contact us at the above address with your
full name, address and phone number.
-Please -include your prior parrot experience.
when thinking of adoption, please note:
there will be a rehoming fee,
a home inspection,
refrence check,
application process.
Birds will not be placed to anyone who smokes cigarettes or who has prior convictions of animal cruelty.
If you have a bird you can no longer care for
please contact us and we will take it in,
vet it, rehab it, and find it a suitableforever home.
there is a release form & fee required
to surrender a parrot for rehoming.
(we cant do this on love alone)
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(we also gladly accept visa gift cards so we can buy parrot supplies)
FFC Parrot Rescue is Located in the private homes of the volunteer foster families here in southern vermont. primary caregiver is retired vet tech who is devoted to rehabing birds to health and wellness in loving environment. We accept Parrot Surrenders and offer education and screened adoptive homes to rehabilitated and available parrots. client confidentiality and parrot wellness are paramount
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parrot adoption for approved homes
Birds For Adoption
Welcome to Feathered Friends Castle.
We have several beautiful, healthy parrots available for adoption.
Please visit all our pages, look at the photos, and email us to check availability and adoption fees.
There is an adoption application on our site as well. Feel free to fill it out and email it to us.
To reserve a particular bird email us with your completed application.
If your application is approved by our commitee we will then require the suggested donation to reserve your chosen parot: a non-refundable $100 deposit for birds under $300. If bird is over $300., then deposit is $300. The remaining balance and any transport cage /delivery costs are due within 7 days (from deposit) or less at parrot pickup appointment.
This deposit will be applied towards the adoption of that bird, and cover its daily care, social and physical rehabilitation, vet visits, transport to vets/foster homes, food, cage, toys et... All birds spend a minimum 45 days in quarenteed when they get to their foster/rescue home... this gives us a chance to properly evaluate and care for it accordingly. On day of bird pickup appointment we prefer to meet you during the early-mid morning at a local (to us) public place of our choosing.
we are in the southern vt western ma area. When your deposit is recieved We will contact you to confirm deposit has arrived and set exact day/time for you to pick up your bird(s).
Failure to take delivery of desired / agreed bird(s) within one week from deposit, or not appearing at your set day/time to meet our volunteer to finalize adoption with delivery of bird to you will result in forfeture of bird and deposit. No exeptions.
Under no circumstances are adoption applicants permitted admittance to our bird rescue . This is for the privacy of our volunteer foster families, the biosecurity of the birds, and for the prevention of theft and voilent crimes. Any meetings are set during daylight in a public place in southern vermont.
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Under no cirumstances is anyone permited admitance
to our Parrot rescue & avairy.
This is for the privacy of our foster familys
and the prevention of disease introduction,
or possibility of theft.
please visit our other educational pages fmi on our birds and checklists, articles sharing care tips et...
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Orange Wing Amazons -recently placed in forever home.
thanks to all who wrote and sent applications on this pair of beautiful birds.
Perfect Manners, quiet little lady and gentleman they enjoy getting a shower from the spray bottle, take treats from my hands, and love to play out of the cage on their jungle gym. beautiful feathers and sweet personalities.
we do have nice birds currently awaiting forever home at:
http://journals.aol.com/featheredcastle/adoptablebirds
Olive: Queen of the door top!
loves to fly around the room and lord over the house!
She is a quaker parrot.
Buddy close up... is he handsome or what!
If you are interested in adopting one of our fine feathered friends or if you have a friend you need to surrender, click here to Email us
http://journals.aol.com/featheredcastle/adoptablebirds
<FONTSIZE=6>PRESS RELEASE:
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New company will be called Poly-Warner-Cracker.
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Are you ready to buy a Parrot? take our quiz and see how you score.
Use these numbers to find your Parrot-Parent Score: 0=not true at all; 1=sort of true; 2=true a lot of the time; 3=pretty much the case!; 4=you bet, absolutely positively true! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. I really love birds/pets and could easily make a lifetime commitment to mine.
2. I would enjoy the time it takes to prepare fresh vegetables and other healthy foods for my parrot every day.
3. I have plenty of time to take my parrot out of the cageand play with it every day.
4. I believe that an annual health exam by an avian vet is important, even if the bird seems perfectly healthy.
5. I want to get my bird the largest cage possible so it can play, swing, and flap its wings freely, even if it means no room for the large screen tv I was hoping to get for my birthday.
6. I can handle being bitten on occasion, and I would not become frightened and leave the bird in the cage for the rest of its life if it gave me a hard bite that drew blood, and I would certainly never hurt a bird by hitting it or knocking it to the floor.
7. Bird poops aren'tthat bad. I don't mind cleaning up a poop or two off the couch/table/my favorite shirt.
8. Cleaning a cage is no big deal. I'd do it regularly and would never let poops build up into little mountains on the floor.
9. I can handle some noise nowand then. I won't keep throwing a blanket over the cage to shut the bird up because I don't want to miss any Seinfeld reruns/NFL calls/recipe pointers on Cooking with Mario.
10. I understand my lifestyle will be different with a parrot. I realize there are household hazards that can kill a bird quickly like Teflon pans, airfresheners, Carpet Fresh, open toilets, ceiling fans, scented candles, etc. I'm willing to modify my household to make my pet safe at all times.
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0-30: You should get a virtual pet or just visit your friends' pets and forego buying a parrot.
30-35: You could handle having a smaller bird, like a finch or a canary, or some untamed bird with a mate who will be happy on their own.
35-40: Chances are you are ready fora parrot.
Seem a little tough meeting these criteria? Welcome to the world of owning parrots. These are the smartest creatures you will ever keep in your home. They require time, consideration, and money to remain healthy, well-adjusted pets.
How to Trim a Bird's Wing Feathers
Feather trimming is a fairly simple process, but it takes precision and care. You could accidentally cut the bird or cut one of his "blood feathers"—newly formed feathers that will bleed if cut—or the bird could get frightened and defend herself by taking a chunk of flesh from your finger. This How-To is intended to complement, not replace, appropriate training by an avian veterinarian or an experienced bird handler.
If your shelter resembles a mini Noah’s ark full of puppy dog tails and reptile scales, chances are you have a few feathers in the mix, too. To protect exotic birds from those furry shelter guests who drool at the very sight of a winged creature, you may have to provide routine "haircuts." Birds with trimmed feathers will be less likely to escape into the cat room or other danger zones; they’ll also be easier for you to handle when necessary. (If you have a completely secure "exoticbirds only" room, feather trimming can be discretionary; adopters should learn how to do it, but you may not have to.) Feathertrimming should only be performed on "psittacine," or parrot-type, birds; birds like canaries and finches do not require trimming.
1. Ambience is Everything -A quiet and well-lit location is crucial to your success and the bird’s well-being during the procedure—just because your hairdresser plays AC/DC at full volume while giving you a trim doesn’t mean you should subject Polly to like treatment. If you need to move the bird—cage and all—to a quieter room for his new ‘do, let fellow staff members know where you’ll be doing the trimming; you don’t want a half-trimmed bird flopping about in a panic should an unwitting colleague open the door of your birdie beauty parlor.
2. Conspiracy!--Once you’ve been trained by an expert trimmer, you’ll need supplies: a pair of small, sharp scissors, a thick towel, and a conspiring coworker to help you restrain the bird during grooming. (You should also have a small pair of needle-nose pliers or hemostats on hand—but you shouldn’t have to use them! They’rethere just in case you cut a blood feather.)
If you think Polly is going to perch on your finger, whistling a cheerful ditty as you trim her flight feathers, think again. With more practice you’ll probably be able to trim more socialized birds by yourself, but now is not the time to show off your multi-tasking abilities. Trimming requires your full attention, and if you aren’t giving it, serious harm could be done to the bird.
3. Gotcha!--You don’t want to use your finest Egyptian cotton towel when catching and restraining a bird, but you do want a towel thick enough to protect your hands from Polly’s beak and claws. The towel will also give Polly something to chew on while her feathers are being trimmed. The person charged with holding the bird should use the towel like a mitt to catch her and should keep the bird gently but firmly wrapped up. (Use one hand to hold the bird’s body and the other for her head. To keep her from biting, hold the back of her head and neck gently with thumb and forefinger; you may have to restrain larger birds more vigorously, keeping hold of their jaws with a grip from behind.) Capture the bird as quickly as possible to minimize her stress.
Take special care not to apply pressure to the bird’s chest; birds do not have diaphragms, so their breathing can be seriously impeded if chest expansion is restricted. Too much weight on her torso could cause the skin of your bright green parakeet to turn three shades of blue.
4. Polly Want a Scissors?--Your partner should position the bird on her back, still wrapped in the towel, while taking care to keep her gently restrained. While your buddy is holding the bird, move the towel to allow one of the bird’s wings to emerge, and gently extend that wing. You want to trim her primary flight feathers.
Starting from the wing tip and moving in toward the bird’s body, the primary flight feathers will be the first group of long feathers on the underside of the wing. On the top of her wing, you’ll notice a set of smaller, overlapping feathers above the primary flight feathers. This group of feathers, the primary flight covert, will serve as a guideline for where to snip the primary flight feathers. Leaving one or two of the longest feathers (for aesthetic reasons), you want to trim off the next five to seven primary flight feathers on each wing. Be careful, though. "Blood feathers," newly forming feathers still in their sheaths, will bleed if cut. These feathers look waxy and pinkish, and they have a visible blood vessel running through the quill; inspect each feather to make sure that you don’t inadvertently cut a blood feather. If there are many blood feathers present, you may want to put off the trimming for a few days to give them a chance to grow. If you encounter a blood feather while trimming, leave a full-grown feather near the blood feather to protect it. Cut only one feather at a time. (See tinted box below for instructions on what to do if you cut a blood feather.)
Feathers are good indicators of the bird’s general health; a healthy bird’s feathers will be glossy and brilliant. Birds with dull, broken, or misshapen feathers may be ill and should be examined by a vet.
5. Encore Performance--You’ve trimmed one wing, and now you’rehalfway there. Repeat the procedure on the other wing. Be sure to trim an equal number of feathers on each wing. This will help the bird maintain equilibrium. The purpose of trimming the wings is to prohibit flight, but you still want the bird to be able to glide should she fall from her perch; trimming only one wing can result in poor balance and control rivaling that of a Cessna pilot after a bottle of Jack Daniel’s.
6. Do Regular Checkups--After the trimming, monitor the bird’s feather growth closely. There’s no set timetable for trimming; every bird grows feathers at a different rate. Watch for the bird to stretch her wings to see how the trimmed area looks; check about once a month to see how much growth has occurred. Whenever you trim your birds’ wings, be sure to reward the birds with treats and give them lots of praise and affection. Though the experience may be initially uncomfortable for the birds, the human interaction they receive will ultimately make them more comfortable with people. Before long, your shelter birds will be flying—or rather, gliding—their way into newhomes.
If you cut a blood feather,you must remove it. Otherwise, the animal will continue bleeding. To remove the blood feather, position the pliers (or hemostats, if you’re more comfortable using them) as close to the skin as possible; then grip the feather and remove it in one steady, careful motion while your partner exerts equal and opposite pressure on the other side of the wing. After the feather is completely removed, apply styptic powder to the follicle the feather was pulled from, and apply direct pressure for a few minutes. Bleeding should subside soon. If the bleeding does not stop, take the bird to an avian vet immediately.
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