Toos Nest Bird Boarding

17/04/2025

16/04/2025

For new bird owners, invaluable advice to keep your bird safe. We only use F10 products.

DID YOU KNOW? 🤔

Birds die regularly as a result of toxic ☢️☢️ chemicals in the home.
We want to remind everyone to use caution around your parrots. Remember - fumes can be fatal with their extremely delicate respiratory systems.
Most household cleaning and disinfectant products (especially the aerosols!) are unsuitable for use around birds and are highly poisonous. ☢️☢️
Here at Parrot Trust Scotland, we use F10 veterinary disinfectant and cleaning products - we recommend you do too.

15/04/2025

Remember to secure your birds securely when travelling.

Good morning everyone!
Going on a car journey with your parrot?
Remember, when you put your seatbelt on - make sure you secure your parrot cage/carrier too!
You could be the safest driver on earth, but other drivers may not be. The safety of our beaks is paramount.
Clunk, Click - Every Trip
Thank you to our dear friends at Ronie’s for the Love of Birds for allowing us to share this.

13/04/2025

Saw this and how appropriate for this week where certain conure boarders have managed to sample my flesh!

08/04/2025

Easter opening hours are;

Good Friday 9am-12pm
Saturday 9am-6pm
Easter Sunday CLOSED
Easter Monday 9am -12pm

03/04/2025

https://www.toos-nest-bird-boarding.co.uk/

Please can you look at my opening hours and new charges.

I have a strict appointment system. I ask you to make an appointmnet time and please keep to that if possible.

I work predominantly on my own. I prefer not to have more than one customer here at the same time. I occasionally need to pop out to the shops for bird and animal feed so waiting around for a few hours is not always possible.

I also need to have time off. I currently only have Sunday afternoons off. After the past year caring for my late mother I need that time off even more.

Can you please keep messages to work hours, emails can be sent 24/7 but recieving texts/whatsapp messages late at night or very early in the morning disturbs rest.

I really don't want to have to look at reducing my work hours or closing 1 day a week but I may be forced to.

28/03/2025

If you have used Toos Nest for boarding or Polly Pampering and haven't yet written a testimonial please could you click on link below and maybe write a few lines. I hate asking but it does help potential new customers make a decision.

https://www.toos-nest-bird-boarding.co.uk/testimonials/

Thank you 😊

We encourage our customers to leave feedback about their experience with us. If you’ve had your bird board with us at any time in the past we would love to hear from you! Use the submission form at the bottom of the page to submit your testimonial. Below is a list of testimonials from happy custom...

23/03/2025

Day rates will rise by 3% on 1st April.

https://www.toos-nest-bird-boarding.co.uk/pricing/

04/03/2025

I have offered to help a customer with a survey they need to help their degree. It is based on Pet owner happiness. So if you have 5 minutes to spare and can click on the link below it will take you to the form.

My name is Alexandra Cardigan and I am a psychology student at the Open University. As part of my studies, I am conducting a research project that contributes to my degree.

https://openss.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bjAm7N11C25mEPs

UPDATE Sorry to those of you who completed the survey, there was an error in the link and the info was lost. If you could re do using the link above Alexandra will be very grateful.

19/02/2025

FEATHERS 🪶

I left you a little white feather
I placed it right there in your way
I wrapped it in love with a message
to let you know you’ll be okay

I drew you a colourful rainbow
It followed your car for a while
I made it a beautiful rainbow
I hoped it would show me your smile

I flew down a beautiful robin
It landed right there on your ledge
I prayed he would give you the strength
to push yourself back from the edge

I try every day to remind you
that I never did go away
the feathers, the rainbows, the robins
are my way of trying to stay.

Feathers by Donna Ashworth
From the hardback version of ‘to the women’

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09TMXDWQQ/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_glt_i_AZZMMHJ00CKYGW2K8NEX

ART ‘feathers from above’ by Pearl Ida Chen

19/02/2025

This sadly happens too frequently. Please share and remind any family or friends who may visit your home.

DID YOU KNOW? 🤔

While most fresh vegetables and fruits are amazing for your bird’s diet, it's also very important to know what's NOT safe to feed them.

One fruit that is TOXIC for birds to eat is AVOCADO.

In the wild avocados on the tree are given a lot of time to ripen. During this ripening process, the fruit contains a natural oil called persin. Persin is an oil-soluble fungicidal toxin that is meant to help protect the fruit until it is ripe. This toxin is also present in the branches and leaves of the tree and pit of the fruit. These fruits ripen very quickly, so an artificial ripening process is used to keep grocery stock fresh. This process includes cooling the fruit to slow down its ripening. When ready to be shipped out it gets heat-treated to rapidly ripen the avocado. This leads to more concentrated amounts of persin than what is naturally found in the wild.

This also includes avocado oil which is used for cooking meals due to its very high smoking temperature. This oil is also high in persin and should never be shared with your bird.

You may be wondering, what exactly will happen if your bird eats avocado?
Well, the most common issue you will see is heart failure. Persin increases the heart rate and causes apathy and very laboured breathing in birds. If enough toxin is present it may even lead to liver and kidney failure. This can all occur in as little as 12 hours from ingestion.

So while you may enjoy some guacamole here and there, make sure your feathered friends don’t try and steal a bite. 😎

16/02/2025

Please help either by reserving some ladies or sharing Please 🙏

*************EDITED POST -19 FEB *******

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE HUGE AND AMAZING RESPONSE FOR YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE, RESERVATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR FEBRUARY!
THAT MEANS YOU DID IT…YOU SAVED THIS WEEKENDS HENS!
HOWE, PLEASE DONT STOP …TEHRE ARE STILL MANY, MANY ( TOO MANY) HENS THAT NEED RE HOMING ( MARCH DATES ARE STILL OPEN) , BUT WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN DO ALL THE DATES AND SAVE THESE DARLING GIRLS ….THEY DESERVE LIFE, NOT A POINTLESS DEATH .
THE GIRLS, AND ALL AT FSFH , THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH ❤️‍🩹🐓🐣
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*******URGENT APPEAL****HELP NEEDED ❤️‍🩹********

Good afternoon chicken people…

This is an urgent and necessary post to help save the hens that are due to be re homed NEXT weekend 22nd Feb !

There are still many, many ( around 2000) hens that haven’t been found homes yet and there time is seriously running out 😢…if we can’t get all the hens “ held” or reserved as soon as possible, then the end will come for those ones and they will go to slaughter 😢…utterly heartbreaking 💔

Please 🙏 if you can help out with adopting a few ( even 2 or 3 will help out) then please register your interest as soon as you can via the website www.freshstartforhens.co.uk
You will need to send pics of you current set up and you can pay your donation at the same time ( £2.75 per hen) …then we can collect ALL of them to bring back to there forever homes.

If you can share the hell out of this post then go for it…this is a heartbreaking 💔 situation to be in …these darling pips don’t deserve it to end like this so please 🙏 do what you can ❤️‍🩹

01/02/2025

Who can relate to this!

26/01/2025

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