Illinois Parrot Rescue

07/28/2024

07/26/2024

07/05/2024

Scott asked me to post this so people aren’t confused by where the clinics will be.
The next clinic is July 21 10am - 7 pm.
Link to his website, with the all important calendar.
www.scottemcdonald.com
See you there
George

New Bird Clinics location in Arlington Heights for Dr Scott McDonald

NEW LOCATION

311 S Arlington Heights Rd
Arlington Heights, IL

We will no longer be doing bird clinics at Parrot Stars bird store.
They want to reclaim the room we use, for quarantine of new birds,
and storage. Plus, the space is too small.

We will be moving the clinic to a vacant Bank Building, 1/2 mile south,
on the east side of Arlington Heights Rd. It is a large, white, one-story building with a huge parking lot, on the north side. Come in thru the double-glassed doors, furthest from the street. Room is directly ahead, on the left. We will now have more space than we've ever needed.

No appointments taken, first come, first serve.

Dr Scott McDonald, George and Jenna.

07/04/2024

Have a red, white, and blue holiday!
(The hyacinth is mine and not up for adoption. Please don't ask he is not going anywhere. )

06/28/2024

Please, if you want specific questions on a bird, please message or call.
If you just post a comment, they get missed, especially later ones.
I'm sorry I don't have time to keep rereading all the comments to see if I missed one.
George

06/27/2024

Current birds at the shelter. Things have been a bit hectic around here, so I'll get pictures up when I can.
If you have specific questions about a bird, call or send message I don't always see them in a post.

Rocco yellow nape amazon

Tinkerbell severe macaw

Lucy blue and gold macaw

2 lovebirds, bonded pair

Elliot double yellowhead amazon

Winston Mexican red head amazon

Abner severe macaw

Zephyr Eclectus

Mongol harlequin macaw

Pipcho sun conure and parakeet friend, bonded pair

Q, red lored amazon & Red Mexican red head amazon, bonded pair

Fraser congo African grey

2 parakeets, bonded pair

Roxy umbrella cockatoo

Maggie blue and gold macaw

Spike blue and gold macaw

2 cockatiels bonded pair

Sunday conure & Indian ringneck bonded pair

Cleveland double yellowhead amazon

Ron & Nancy double yellowhead amazon bonded pair

Albert blue and gold macaw

Precious blue and gold macaw

Scooter military macaw

James and Dolly congo African Grey bonded pair

Homer, double yellowhead amazon & Harley orange win
amazon bonded pair.

Lolo blue and gold macaw

Choo Choo military macaw

Chase scarlet macaw

Chewy Shamrock macaw

Dino green wing macaw

Buzz green wing macaw

Reggie blue and gold macaw

06/20/2024

I got the spammer. Been on road all day doing home visits, picking up birds and seeds and nuts.

06/16/2024

Buzz and Dino wishing everyone a Happy Father's Day !

05/24/2024

A feel-good moment, a 5th grader wrote about their favorite experience in grade school and then wrote about me coming to talk about the rescue and getting to meet the birds while they were in 1st grade. (Each class got a half-hour program) I'm glad I left such an impact on them.
It made me feel good when the teacher shared this.

05/20/2024

Both the birds and I are tired today. Thanks to everyone who stopped by at the fair to say hi and meet the birds. Had a little excitement on the way home, trailer tire decided to throw the tread, took out the fender also.was about 10 miles from home and the tire was still holding air so I drove slowly home, made it. Fun times!

05/19/2024

Set up with 29 birds, 18 got to stay home because of space.
Cages and playstands ready to sell. Plus lots of different vendors from toys to small birds to freeze dried food. Come see me.
P.S.
I can't answer messages during the fair, I'm always too busy. You want to talk please come see me here.

05/18/2024

Kind of setup for fair, some table top playstands and a couple of freestanding ones.

05/17/2024

These are the birds I'm tentatively bringing Sunday to the fair.
Also I have the plastic pet carriers, that I'm going to sell for between $2-$15.
Lastly I have a lot of very nice used cages that I want to sell cheaply. There are several California cages and some King cages and of course A&E cages, plus playstands.
I accept cash, check or Zelle.
A reminder this is a meet and greet for the birds, you are not taking any home Sunday, application and home visit still need to be done.
BIRDS
Buzz greening macaw
7 doves
Captain scarlet macaw
Zephyr Eclectus
Cockatiels
Jack Green quaker Parrot
Precious blue & gold macaw
Scooter military macaw
Harley & Homer amazons
Chet green cheek conure
Q& Red bonded amazons
Pipcho sun conure
Abner severe macaw
Raise & Yogi blue quakers
Winston amazon
Elliot amazon
Rocco amazon
Tinkerbell severe macaw

05/13/2024

Getting ready for the bird fair Sunday, washing carriers, pulling out cages and playstands to bring. Summer is coming, so if you need a gently used cage for outside or just want to upgrade, I will be bringing a trailer full. Come get one cheap, I want them out of my garage!

05/13/2024

The cicadas have hatched!
I had nothing yesterday, this morning they are covering the garage.

05/06/2024

2 things
I will be at this fair May 19th with lots of the adoption birds and some used Java trees, cages and carriers. So if you are looking for a deal or a new feathered companion come see me at the fair.
Second item is I joined this club, it is only $10.00 to join and they have a social hour pot luck before the meeting
You are allowed to bring your birds, hence Tucker my hyacinth visiting with everyone yesterday at the meeting. Finally good place to meet like mined friendly bird people. They meet the 1st Sunday of every month in Springfield starting at noon. I plan to make as many meetings as I can.

05/04/2024

I'm running out of Banana chips, because everyone loves them. So if anyone wants to donate some that would be greatly appreciated.
You can buy them by the pound from www.anuts.com or go on Amazon and find them. Anuts is very accommodating to bird people, and the rescue.
The rescues address is
401 W Wall Street
Mulberry Grove Illinois 62262

05/02/2024

Friendly Sun conure and parakeet buddy. Must be adopted together.

04/25/2024

I'm such the bird whisper that even the wild birds want to come in. Found this little guy in my living room.
My dogs were, "Dad there is another bird in here" and lngnored him.
Not injured just tired, he took right off when I let him loose outside.

04/07/2024

Red want to tell you something!

04/05/2024

Update on Elliott the double yellowhead amazon that put a hole in his wing.
He is doing great!
Back eating everything, gaining weight and moving and climbing around, plus moving his injured wing
I won't lie, I was worried he lost a lot of weight, he had a bad infection, and just slept all the time.
I ended up feeding him Harrison recovery formula and I believe that is what brought him back around.
He just needed more calories to get better.
Elliott still has a ways to go but I expect a full recovery.

04/02/2024

2 new birds who owner passed, both friendly, Bella talks quietly and Zephyr is just sweet.

03/17/2024

It is wearing of the green for St Patrick's Day!
These birds think everyone should wear green all year long!

03/15/2024

It's grey day!
3 new African greys.
Buddy is particularly friendly and a good kisser!

03/14/2024

I haven't been able to do bird fairs in the last few years because of my various medical issues.
All that is changing March 23rd.
Come out to the fair and meet the birds.
( I will bring a bunch of them, but if you are coming and want to meet a specific one please let me know)
This is always a fun fair.
Hope to see a bunch of you!

03/11/2024

So Elliot the new amazon got hurt yesterday. I have no idea how. I fed him and came back later to clean cages and saw blood on papers and on his wing. Thought it was a broken blood feather, it wasn't. Some how he manged to punch a hole in his wing and scape his skin along the bone. I didn't panic and started to figure out how to close up the wound, started with the kwik stop, glue and the silver nitrate sticks. Plus a very long phone call with the vet I work with. He talked me through getting poor Elliott bandaged up.
The good news is he is eating, drinking and pooping normally and able to move around in the small cage I moved him to. He also did get antibiotics that the veterinarian reccomended. A vet visit will be in the future to remove bandage and checkup.
So why am I telling you all this? It is because accidents happen and as a good bird parent you need to be ready to deal with emergencies, maybe not to this level. If I didn't work with a veterinarian he would of needed to see one. Smaller emergencies you should be able to deal with using, the Kwik Stop, veterinarian glue, and silver nitrate sticks. All are available on Amazon and worth having on hand to deal with stuff. So learn from this be prepared.