Featherheads Bird Rescue

28/09/2025

Enrichment doesn't have to be expensive!

It also doesn't have to be toys marketed for birds.

I always encourage getting bird toys as they are tested for bird use, but there are other toys you can use *while supervised*.

Such as these cat toys from Petstonk, they were less than $10 and the perfect size for pine nuts.

They may not last for really strong beaks which is why I say use under supervision, but when thinking outside the square you can really get some good enrichment for your birds.

Don't mind me in the dressing gown, it IS a Sunday after all 😁

28/09/2025

~EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST~

Vincey and Montgomery, two handraised, roughly 9 month old quakers. Both are DNA tested males.

They are a little shy, but very inquisitive and wouldn't take long to warm up to you.

Quakers make great pets but they are known to be cage territorial so you must be willing to keep up with basic training.

At their age they will be going through sexual maturity and will also need to keep up with training to ride this stage out.

They don't necessarily need an experienced bird person to adopt them, just one that is willing to put in the effort.

At this stage I will not separate them.

If you are interested, please send a message to Featherheads with info about yourself, and a photo of your set up or previous set ups if possible.

Please note, these guys will not be cheap and I will not respond to messages just asking how much. Genuine, serious enquiries only.

I will also not respond to messages in the post, most of the time I don't see them and also most of the time they are questions I've already answered above.

I know that sounds rude, but as I've mentioned before I am very busy and don't want to waste time repeating myself 🥴

26/09/2025

~Adoption~
Two zebra finches, male and female. Recently "rescued" from a poor circumstance by someone, who then couldn't keep them due to poor health.

Small adoption fee will apply, and looking for an aviary for them to go into.

24/09/2025

24/09/2025

23/09/2025

Just a couple of notes and a slight rant. If you text me, I am happy to try and help BUT

~ Don't just send me a photo with no information. What am I going to do with a photo? No where, when, who... What do you want me to do with a photo?! I am very busy with work and the birds, I do NOT have time to chase up information or nag for details. Tell me everything or don't bother because sending a photo with no info, or a vague message with no context helps no one.

~ ALL wild bird calls need to go to WIRES or Bonorong. I do not take on wild birds anymore due to quarantine risks with bird flu and other pathogens (such as psittacine beak and feather disease).

~ If you try to call me, and I don't answer, I am probably at work. Send a text. Yes, I work full time and I am extremely busy with the birds at the moment, so I might take some time to get back to you. Same applies for FB messages.

~ Please don't comment on adoptions with "how much". Read the post properly, and if you are actually interested you will see what the process is that needs to be followed. I won't put prices on posts.

If you read this far, thanks for reading and I appreciate your patience while I work through all the messages.

Edit to add: To be a little more organised, I now have a dedicated folder with photos of current adoptions and assisted adoptions.

Dahl and Lentil below for bird tax.

18/09/2025

~*Adoptions*~
Southern Tas

The two gremlins (aka green cheek conures) are still available for adoption. They are quite friendly and one will happily sit on you and try to climb down your shirt, while the other is a little shy. Both are a little nippy but this is fairly typical of conures. Both have been vet checked and I can provide more info to anyone interested (one is a plucker).
(Adoption fee applies).

Two cockatiels are also needing a home in an assisted adoption, Bruce is approx 6 and Queenie (age unknown) is his girlfriend although she is very bossy with him. Both were once aviary birds but have been inside for several years, they may adapt to outside life again at this time of year.
Free to a good home, but anyone interested will need to message me directly with a photo of their set up.

Two rainbow lorikeets are also aviary birds and a father/son duo at about 5 and 2yo respectively. Their current parront is not equipped to keep them anymore, and would like them to go to a home where they can fly. They are friendly but not handleable, so would suit an aviary with other lorikeets.
Also free to a good home, but again please send me a pic of your set up.

14/09/2025

I am SO happy with how Liza and Tilly are going. At the moment they are happy sunbaking/dustbathing/weeding and it makes my heart sing. Liz is so much better and is on the last couple of days on antifungals and antibiotics, and Tilly has decided her egg laying place is just out of reach under the silver beet. Liz hasn't laid yet but id be very surprised if she did; she's still underweight.

In the next couple of days I will be posting three pairs of birds looking for forever homes.

An EOI got a bonded brother pair of young quakers (straight adoption, adoption fees apply), a bonded pair of cockatiels (assisted adoption) and the two green cheek conure boys that haven't found a home yet.

More info to come on each.

07/09/2025

Liza is getting better although beginning to show signs of canker 😬

Canker is a parasitic protozoa commonly found with pigeons and thrives in moisture. Given the condition of their feet when they arrived it wouldn't surprise me at all if they had been living in a mud pit, so it will be off to the vet again for some different medication.

(This is one reason why having chickens separate from aviary birds is really important - I know the idea of chooks picking up the leftovers sounds great, but it's very unhygienic for the chooks and also not great for the aviary birds, if they forage on the ground. This includes all poultry really, including quail - some species should not be housed together, but I'll get into that another time.)

Liza was also struggling to pick food up off a flat surface with her beak, so I trimmed it back more to be in line with her lower mandible. She was not impressed, but did sit with me for a little while after having pats.

It's always a bit tricky doing this because it's hard to know where the blood flow to the beak ends and I don't want to distress her more. Thankfully she tolerated it really well and is able to pick food up much more easily.

Tilly has made herself at home in the silverbeet, eating all the earwigs and finding it a comfortable spot to lay!

Because they've been on antibiotics, we can't eat the eggs but I'll boil them up and feed them back to the girls.

I'm not sure if the antibiotics will bioaccumulate in their bodies after eating the eggs, so if anyone knows and has scientific articles to back it up, drop it in the comments!

One of the donations from Vetafarm was Avian Crittacare, which is a fantastic nutritional supplement for sick and injured birds. They have a variety of Crittacare for other animals as well, and mixed in with some boiled egg and a topping of sunflower seeds, it made a great breakfast treat the other morning when it was really icy. The girls hovelled it down and to help support their nutrition over the next few months, they'll be getting a regular sprinkle with their over-easy eggs.

31/08/2025

Bruce the cockatiel has been adopted, but the corellas and two beans (green cheek conures) are still looking for a home!

31/08/2025

MISSING – BIRD – GLENORCHY (GLENORCHY CC REGION) 30/8/2025

**STILL MISSING** 18/09/2025

I lost my cockatiel bird yesterday at 2pm in Glenorchy, Clydesdale Avenue.
She’s female.
She is a year and a half old.
Her name is Lili.

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Triple M Hobart

(Gayle)

30/08/2025

MISSING – BIRD – GLENORCHY (GLENORCHY CC REGION) 30/8/2025

**UNRESOLVED** (8/9/2025)

UPDATE 1/9/2025: STILL MISSING.

His name is RJ.
Missing from Knoll Street, Glenorchy - today at 3pm
Reward offered - Please note: Tasmanian Lost pet Register – TLPR is not responsible for the reward.

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(Gayle)