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IL PARROT RESCUE |
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The Illinois Parrot Rescue
rehabilitates birds that are in need of special health care
including:
Managing destructive behaviors such us biting, feather
destruction, self mutilation and screaming.
Allows for the development of trust and confidence between
the human and bird relationship.
Encourages good health within the birds with appropriate
nutrition needs met for each individual bird.
Provides an environment that promotes well-adjusted,
content, active, interactive and happy birds.
Customizes the interaction with each bird depending on there
individual needs.
Teaches humans how to interact appropriately with birds that
have special requirements.
The IPR 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
IPR 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 IPR to monitor every
behavior and to have full health checks from the Vet to
fully understand what is going on. The process of monitoring
a bird’s behavior 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
specialized nutritional support, bathing preferably rain
water, sun light or full spectrum lighting, physical and
psychological enrichment items and socialization. |
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