The PRC staff take a great deal of time and care in helping birds that have special requirements. Every bird is different, they may have similar characteristics to other birds of the same species, but all have a different level of intelligence and have all been manipulated by humans in different ways. Just as human twins may look the same but act differently, feel differently and adjust to life in different ways.

The important key to understanding a birds health issues is knowing the bird’s history, and when a bird comes in to the PRC a history questionnaire is completed, this gives us a better understanding of why the bird is the way it is. Unfortunately a lot of the birds have come with no history and it is up to the staff of the PRC to monitor every behaviour and to have full health checks from the Vet to fully understand what is going on. The process of monitoring a bird’s behaviour and interaction to understand what the bird has been through can be a slow Drawn out process which takes a lot of patience by the staff members and understanding of parrots in general.

The birds are then provided with the appropriate needs being specialised nutritional support, bathing preferably rain water, sun light or full spectrum lighting, physical and psychological enrichment items and socialisation.