Home Adoption Form

Please read the Pre Adoption Considerations before applying (see menu bar on left)

Important Note's:

To start the adoption process we will require photos to be submitted with your form showing your current bird’s cage, play areas or aviary setup and areas of your home that your bird will be allowed to explore.

If you do not currently have a bird please send us photos of where in your home you will have your new bird/s cage/aviary/play gym setup and areas of your home that your bird will be allowed to explore.

We DO NOT process your form until we receive your photos. More details about photos are provided on the form below.

Once photos are received the adoption process can take up to 5 business days to complete. This service is run Part-Time, emails and forms are checked and processed between 1pm to 3pm AEST Tuesday to Thursday only. The PRC Adoption service is closed during other times.

Contact Information

* First and Last Name

* Street Address & SUBURB

Adoption is only available within Australia
* State

* Postcode
Phone: Home

* Mobile
* Email

Please double check your email address is correct

Pre-Adoption Questions

* Age Range

Must be over 18

* Do you and/or your family have any experience keeping a pet/companion bird?
* If yes, please explain:

* No of children in the household and ages
* Why do you want to adopt a parrot?

* What species of parrot/s are you most interested in and why?
* Is there a bird in our Birds for Adoption album that you are interested in, if yes which one?

* Describe the relationship you would like to develop with your pet parrot:
* Parrots available for adoption may have pre-existing behavioural problems or may develop a behaviour problem (e.g. biting, screaming, chewing, aggression toward strangers etc.) If your bird develops a behavioural problem, what will you do?
* Parrots require more than just a caring home. They have a range of needs to cater for their physical and psychological well-being. Describe what you consider to be the essential `needs’ of a companion parrot:
* If we feel you do not have sufficient experience/knowledge would you be prepared to do our Pre-Adoption workshop? Cost is $120
- Yes
- No
* Provide a description of your current bird’s daily diet? If you currently do not have a bird, please provide details of the diet you would provide if you were to adopt?
* What type of home are you in?

* How many hours each day will the bird be left alone:
* In which area of the home will the bird spend most of its awaking time?

* Where will the bird sleep?
* What size cage or aviary will you provide the bird?

* Do you currently have bird/s at home?
If yes, please give information about your current bird/s:

* If you share your home with a bird/s, have you established a history of health checks with your local Avian veterinarian?
If no, why not?

What is the name of your Avian Vet?
Have you completed a Behaviour Workshop or Consultation with an Avian Specialist?

If yes, please give a detailed description of whom, where and when
* If your bird becomes ill or has an accident will you be able to cover the financial cost of the veterinarian bill? (This can sometimes exceed $500 to $1000)

* Do you intend on keeping the bird for the total length of its life which can be 40 to 80 years?
* Do you have a favourite reference book?

If so, what is the name of the publication?
* To be part of our adoption team, we ask that you are open to change and learning. Are you open to change as well as feedback and further education on your current set up and application responses?
- Yes
- No
* Where did you find out about the PRC Adoption Program?
* To start the adoption process we will require photos of your home and bird setup. Please read further info below. Your application form will not be processed until we receive these photos.
- I will email photos now
- I will email photos within 7 days.
Provide photos that clearly show the full set up of the inside of your current birds cage, play areas, aviary, as well as an overall photo showing the size of the cage/aviary. Also photos of areas of your home that your bird will be allowed to explore.

If you do not currently have a bird please send us photos of where in your home you will have your new birds cage/aviary/play gym setup and areas of your home that your new bird will be allowed to explore.

Send photos to adoption@parrotrescuecentre.com

When you email your photos please reduce the image sizes to below 300KB. Most photos you take will be in MB size and these photo sizes are very large, so we appreciate your help by reducing the photo sizes for us.

Your Application will be carefully reviewed once we receive your photos and a PRC Representative will be in contact with you within 5 business days (1pm to 3pm Tuesday to Thursday only) once these photos have been received. Please note that during some busy periods the time frame maybe longer.

This service is run part-time and by volunteers, so we appreciate your patience.

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