Hi there, My name is Chris and im a part time paramedic living in Nantwich Cheshire with My 3 Parrots Bella (congo African Grey) 2y/o ? Female and Kiwi and Riki my Kakariki's Kiwi is a lad and Riki a lill Girlie My 2 Small dogs and 3 cats (who don't have any Unsupervised access to my bird's) my 2 African clawed frogs a Horse oh and my partner of 11 years we saddly lost our elderly Sun Concure about 2 months ago and are now ready to offer a loving home to a new addition (even ones with probs or attitude concidered, My partner is home 24hrs a day as works from Home and I work part time (mainly Nights so home during daylight hrs so able to give loads attention.

Please help me find a new Bird, I don't mind what it is.

Chris xxx

 

hi chris
welcome to birdline, you have a good variety of animals there ...we love pics if you have time to put some on one day, i love to see what an african clawed frog is lol.
Have you thought of becoming a member?....its £20 a year you get to access more areas on the forums, plus you can then apply to foster one of our delightful little darlings on the re-homing lst......have you looked at re-homing list yet?
We also are always in need of safe houses if its something you would like to do
speak to you again i hope round the forums......and dont forget the pics
kerry x

Hi Chris and welcome to the forum. You'll find everyone here friendly and helpful. It sounds like you have an interesting collections of non-human 'children' there.

BL is always looking for both safehouses and foster homes, but you must be a member for either. Membership is £20 a year - a bargain price. You are then eligible to apply for birds on the rehoming list or to act as a safehouse - subject to the relevant homechecks. The rehoming lists give a certain amount of information on the birds available, including likes & dislikes, such as if they will tolerate cats/dogs, need single sex homes, like/dislike children, etc. As I'm sure you'll understand, rehoming has to be done carefully, so the best needs of the bird are met. All birds are on rehoming for at least 2 weeks, to allow members to apply. The applicants are then contacted and interviewed over the phone. The suitable applicant is then given a homecheck (for a smal adminl charge) and then if they are suited, they are responsible for transporting the bird. Obviously everything takes time, so please don't expect things to happen overnight.

I really don't want to put you off though, experienced bird people are worth their weight in gold.

By-the-way, we love to see pics of people's birdies. Oh, incidentally, did you know you've got a stray B&G in your avatar?

Thanks Helen and Kerry,

I am going to join as a full member and would welcome the home check. I Understand that giving a bird a new home wont happen overnight after all it has to be right for both my flock and it/themselves
Im prepared to foster or be a safe house for them however I do get attached so maybe the former would be best

chris xx

Hi Chris and welcome. Hope to see some pictures of your family of pets.

Safehousing can be really rewarding. It allows you to gain experience of a variety of species (you never know what will come throught the door) and to work with a bird when it is likely at its most vulnerable point (when it has just come in to BL, or when it has needed moving from another home for whatever reason.) Admittedly, when that bird has been evaluated and assessed, it will go on rehoming, but there's nothing to stop you applying (although there are no guarantees.) Safehouses are very special people and BL simply couldn't function without them.

You can set a limit to the number of birds that you could safehouse or may be asked to safehouse birds that, for example, like dogs. If birds are clearly not suited (such as aviary or special needs, then you wouldn't be expected to take them on.

Ultimately, seeing a bird move to a happy foster home after all of your love and attention is a very proud and rewarding experience. Sure you will be emotional, you wouldn't be passionate about birds if you weren't, but it's knowing that they are going to a well matched, happy home that makes it all worthwhile.

If you pass a homecheck then safehousing may happen all the more quickly, depending on need in your area.

Please consider both options - read the threads on the forum and see what you think is best. You could contact your local ACO (Area Co-ordinator), who I think would be Jayne and Lee Cope for Cheshire or Area Manager - Shell Widjaew, and talk it over.

Oh, and don't forget the pics

Hi Chris, and welcome,
Hope you find another bird soon, which ever path you decide to go down.

Cheeres for that Shell you are so kind for putting them on for me I'll try and put more on soon

Fabulous photos Chris

I have to confess that Bella's my favourite though

wow....ive never seen frogs like them.....do they take a lot of looking after?........my daghter has fell in love with your westie buster straight away he is so cute.....fab pics

Hi Kerry
Cheeres for the comments the frogs are soo easy to look after they live in cold water and dont come out and you feed them meal worms buster is a cutie i agree will try and put some pics of my other pets on at some point

Hi Chris, a big welcome to you and all your family to BirdLine. 

 

Wonderful photies, love them all.  The kittens are so cute, have you had to bottle feed them?  I've had Angel pussycat from 10 days old, she's now twenty one and a half  Adore Bella, she's stunning (love CAGs). 

 

Sue

 

Sue

Hi there Sue, thanx for the comments I did have to bottle fed the kittens (every 2 hrs) that was tyring however they are older now and fantastic!!!

Chris xx

Hi Chris,

Welcome, great photos. Congratulations you are the official BL frog spokesman.

Ian

Hi Chris and welcome to Birdline! Its great to hear you are intersted in fostering as possibly safehousing! As Helen and Shell have said, I am your ACO but am going on hols on sunday for a fortnight so have a think about what you'd like to do and have a good read of the forums and different peoples experiences etc and I hope to come and meet you in a few weeks time! Love the pictures by the way! Bye for now
Jayne

Hi Jayne,

likewise I hope to see you soon and hope that your Holliday goes well, I have thought long and hard about how I want to help and I would like to foster however this does not mean that i won't be a safe home.
I am having probs with paypal and becoming a member for some reason (I dont when using ebay????)and have tryed to contact BL but just getting the answering machine

chris xx

Chris,

Try PMing or e-mailing Marc Fuller. He does the website and may be able to help.