Many parrots suffer adversity and isolation at the hands of breeders or owners who no longer want to care for them. At BOPS we identify parrots that we believe would thrive in a home-based environment with an abundance of love and human companionship. One of our core values is to find people for birds (and not the other way around), and accordingly our experienced staff works with each prospective adopter to find the most compatible bird that will bond with you and your family.

Our companion parrot adoption success is directly related to our practice of having prospective adopters visit our sanctuary for bonding, re-socialization, evaluation and screening. But we must advise that parrots are challenging to care for and no matter how beautiful they are, how much they seem to like you, or how much you want one--you must be willing to make the constant sacrifices necessary to care for a parrot in captivity.

This is the most important component in our adoption program. We want to get to know you, but most importantly, we need our birds to get to know you. Building a strong, trusting relationship between human and bird is essential and watching this process is how we assess if you are a compatible companion for one of our parrots. An average adoption will take 2+ months of visitation.

Not all of our birds are adoptable, and some require much more experience than others. We want to be sure you know the unique personality and needs of each parrot before adoption can be considered.

Please note that our adoption fees help us cover veterinary, enclosure and food costs for the parrots we rescue and adoption fees rarely cover those expenses.

We could not perform these critical and necessary services without those funds or without the generous donations from our supporters and donors whose contributions help maintain our efforts.

We ask that you please respect and appreciate that those fees are in place to support our continued effort in helping parrots in need, and that only our birds benefit from those revenues.

Adoption Donation Fee List

Sample Adoption Contract