biggiecheese
New member
- Jan 4, 2023
- 4
- 8
- Parrots
- Red Lory (Eos Bornea)
Illiger's Macaw (Ara Maracana)
I am applying to university this spring and if I get in, I will be moving away to study for 3 years, and come home for holidays such as summer and winter.
I have two birds. One is a "special needs", he has had a concussion when he was small and he can occasionally "snap" and go into some crazy mode where he bites off his flight feathers. He is currently healthy and flies well without complications. He gets along with anyone in my family, vets, breeder, anyone goes. He's almost 2 and very sweet.
The other is a hyperactive little clown, a red lory male who just turned 2. He is my best friend and thinking about living without him sends me to tears every night. He is the type of bird who needs people to have a bit of patience and humor with him, but he is for real the sweetest guy ever once you bond with him.
My campus, and all other residence options nearby school, has told me they don't accept pets. I've tried to tell them they're well behaved quiet clean birds, but nothing has helped me to convince someone to let me move in with my birds near school.
So what came to my mind was to temporarily rehome them. I asked my parents and at first they said they will take care of the birds while I'm gone, but that suddenly changed a few weeks ago. Now I have the guy who raised them and I bought them from; him and his wife are so good with both of my birds. We have a big trust for each other, I care for their birds when they go away, they care for my birds when I go away. If I got to choose, I would ask them to care for my birds while I go studying. However, it feels as if I would be asking for too much.
So does anyone have any tips on what, where, how, I could find a good temporary home for my birds while I study? I never want to sell them, and I most definitely don't want them to end up in a home where they are misunderstood and mistreated while I am away.
Europe.
I have two birds. One is a "special needs", he has had a concussion when he was small and he can occasionally "snap" and go into some crazy mode where he bites off his flight feathers. He is currently healthy and flies well without complications. He gets along with anyone in my family, vets, breeder, anyone goes. He's almost 2 and very sweet.
The other is a hyperactive little clown, a red lory male who just turned 2. He is my best friend and thinking about living without him sends me to tears every night. He is the type of bird who needs people to have a bit of patience and humor with him, but he is for real the sweetest guy ever once you bond with him.
My campus, and all other residence options nearby school, has told me they don't accept pets. I've tried to tell them they're well behaved quiet clean birds, but nothing has helped me to convince someone to let me move in with my birds near school.
So what came to my mind was to temporarily rehome them. I asked my parents and at first they said they will take care of the birds while I'm gone, but that suddenly changed a few weeks ago. Now I have the guy who raised them and I bought them from; him and his wife are so good with both of my birds. We have a big trust for each other, I care for their birds when they go away, they care for my birds when I go away. If I got to choose, I would ask them to care for my birds while I go studying. However, it feels as if I would be asking for too much.
So does anyone have any tips on what, where, how, I could find a good temporary home for my birds while I study? I never want to sell them, and I most definitely don't want them to end up in a home where they are misunderstood and mistreated while I am away.
Europe.
