The following is description of how our adoption process works. This
should answer all of your questions.
1. You Submit a Pre-Adoption Application.
2. Our Adoption Committee reviews your application and contacts you
for the initial phone interview.
3. A home visit* is required to see where our feathered friend will
possibly live. We work hard to match the feathered friend to your
family. This is very important!! Steps 1-3 must be done prior to you
meeting any of our feathered friends.
4. We require a minimum of three visits before any adoption is
allowed to take place.
5. If we deem that your home is a good forever home for
feathered friend then we will consider this as a possible adoption.
6. The Rescue Committee comes together and determines if you and your
family are the perfect home for our feathered friend.
7. We do require an adoption fee on all birds. There are no set amount of adoption fees as they are set case by case. All bird's adoption
fees are set without cages. From time to time we do have used cages
available for sale at a very reasonable price. All birds undergo a
strict 30-day quarantine at the quarantine facility; an exam, a CBC,
a gram stain and we test every bird for Pacheo's and Psittacosis. Although it is case by case there are times we deem to run more testing on a feathered friend to ensure it’s good health.
* If your application or home visit is not approved, the adoption committee will not continue with the adoption process.
Please read:
Please complete the entire application. The more information your
give us, the better. If your application is not complete, we cannot
process it.
You must meet the following criteria before you are able to adopt a
feathered friend.
~ Be 21 years of age or older.
~ Be able and willing to spend the time and money necessary to
provide medical treatment and proper care for a feathered friend.
~ Reside in the local Houston, Texas area.
~ Must not smoke in the home.
~ Must not use Teflon in the home.
~ Be willing to continue your avian education so that you and your
family truly do understand about proper avian care, nutrition, and
environmental enrichment.
We are a volunteer organization and handle most of our rescue
business in the evenings. Please be patient as we process your application.
Please NOTE the following:
~ A submitted application does not guarantee adoption of a feathered
friend from National Parrot Rescue, nor does the application
guarantee that the feathered friend an applicant would LIKE to adopt
from us is the one that is best suited to meet their wishes. NPRPF
reserves the right to recommend another feathered friend that they
feel is best suited to match the application.
~ Adoptive families must agree to: periodic follow-up calls and
visits during their first year of ownership, providing medical
treatment when necessary
~ National Parrot Rescue is committed to our feathered friends, and
REQUIRES that they be returned to NPRPF in the event that they
cannot - at any time - remain in their new home.
Adoption fees are
non refundable as they basically cover the cost of the birds medical
workups and care while in the care of NPRPF.
Submission of your application confirms that you have read and
understood the adoption procedures and notes, and indicates your
agreement to abide by National Parrot Rescue and Preservation
Foundation guidelines.
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