We regularly get asked why it takes so long to work through our process from application until adoption. The reason for this is so that we can make absolutely sure that each of our applicants are the perfect home for the parrot they are interested in.
You start off by completing the online application form which gives us a basis to work off of where your parrot care is convinced. This allows us to approve people with more knowledge and continue to home checks.
People who need to make some changes based on their applications will be sent more information on how to improve their care and once these improvements have been made, we’ll proceed to the home check stage. During the home check we find out which species of parrot and what kind of personality would suit you and your family best in the home.
While some families are okay to work with a parrot who needs diet conversion, training and taming, some families would prefer a bird who is already tame and enjoys interacting with more than one family member instead of picking one human and bonding to them. This is perfectly fine; it just might mean that you could potentially have to wait a bit longer for that perfect match.
Next up is meet and greets. In this phase we try to arrange some meetings between you and some of the parrots we think might suit your environment (these might not always be the parrot you originally applied for). The reason we do meet and greets, is so that we can allow the bird to interact with the candidates and then see who they do the best with. In most cases this is a good sign for their future together.
Once the applicants have met the bird we decide based on feedback from the foster, which candidate they think would be best suited for the parrot as well as looking at their home check and conversations we’ve had with them.
If you are not chosen to adopt the parrot you went to meet, do not fret. Just because you weren’t the perfect match for the first parrot you are introduced to doesn’t mean that you won’t meet that perfect match. It just means that it’ll take some more time to find that match.
Once you do find your match we issue you with an invoice and have the adoption agreement signed and then you are free to take the new addition to your family home. After you have adopted you and your household get put in a cool-down period that changes depending on the parrot you have adopted, but can last anywhere between 3 and 6 months. What this means is that you are unable to adopt again before this period is over. The reasoning for this is to allow for your new parrot to settle into the home as well as to allow other applicants a chance at adoption.
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