One potential benefit of a rescue bird is that they're an adult, so no teenage growth pains and personality change. Lots of people on parrot_lovers are chewing me up for ever daring to think of getting a cute baby that will turn into Dracula when it hits maturity. I don't think it's all as dire as that, but it's worth my considering so I am glad they reminded me.
All bird rescues are no-kill, or at least I've never heard of one otherwise. They are usually run by a small staff of volunteers, from 5-20 people total, including foster parents at separate locations. The one I visited today had something like 30 birds at one woman's house and that was the main location, and a few foster parents out of state. They only take in as many birds as they can handle, and they sometimes do take from animal control places that would kill birds, so I guess not adopting from a no-kill bird rescue does mean another bird may get killed at animal control, but it's less direct and less certain.
I worry that if I get the wrong bird from a rescue, that s/he'll end up going back to the rescue b/c I can't deal with him/her, or I simply grow bored. :( But then again, the same thing could happen if I buy a cute widdle baby now and s/he changes drastically at puberty. And the birds I looked at today live a minimum of 20 years, sometimes 30 years, so it's more of a commitment than getting a bunny or a guinea pig - though still not *quite* the commitment of having a child. *sigh* It's not an easy choice.
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Date: 2008-02-12 11:57 pm (UTC)All bird rescues are no-kill, or at least I've never heard of one otherwise. They are usually run by a small staff of volunteers, from 5-20 people total, including foster parents at separate locations. The one I visited today had something like 30 birds at one woman's house and that was the main location, and a few foster parents out of state. They only take in as many birds as they can handle, and they sometimes do take from animal control places that would kill birds, so I guess not adopting from a no-kill bird rescue does mean another bird may get killed at animal control, but it's less direct and less certain.
I worry that if I get the wrong bird from a rescue, that s/he'll end up going back to the rescue b/c I can't deal with him/her, or I simply grow bored. :( But then again, the same thing could happen if I buy a cute widdle baby now and s/he changes drastically at puberty. And the birds I looked at today live a minimum of 20 years, sometimes 30 years, so it's more of a commitment than getting a bunny or a guinea pig - though still not *quite* the commitment of having a child. *sigh* It's not an easy choice.