A rescue animal is truly a gift that can change your life and bring you monumental happiness and gratitude. Pets teach you responsibility, patience, kindness, discipline, playfulness and, most importantly, unconditional love.

Here at All Star Parrots we have all experienced the devastating loss of a bird from our homes. These special companions will remain in our hearts and memories for ever. I believe that having the opportunity to share our own feelings around the loss, and a platform to share the happy and fond memories. We have of our feathered friends with people that have experienced that unexplained hurt, can be a great way to aid the healing of loss.All Star Parrots invite our members and visitors to this section of our website to share photos and fond memories of your feathers.

Find link below to our ‘Rainbow Bridge Parrots Facebook remembrance page

Coping With The Loss Of A Feathered Friend

Everybody has a different way of dealing with the loss of a precious feathered friend. There are some general things that you can do in order to make it a little easier to cope.

Have a funeral for your bird. Some people may say that having a funeral for an animal is silly or unnecessary. The truth is that many pet owners find comfort in having a funeral for pets that have passed, especially those who have families with young children.

Choose an appropriate place to bury your bird and invite close friends and family, or take some time to quietly remember your feathered friend all by yourself. No matter how you conduct your bird’s funeral, the important part is that it gives you closure and the chance to say goodbye.

Many people choose to create online memorials full of photos and videos of their departed pets, and then share the link with friends and family so that they too can remember the precious life that was lost and offer their condolences.

In the days immediately following the loss of a pet, many people find it too hard to deal with seeing familiar sights that remind them of their loss. In the case of a pet bird, you may find it helpful to remove his or her cage, toys, and other belongings from their normal places and store them out of sight until you feel better, or even give them away to a shelter or bird rescue. It is hard enough to get through the days following the loss of a pet bird without hearing their sweet voices, let alone having to look at an empty cage. Ask yourself if removing your bird’s belongings would help you cope with the loss, and if it will, do so or ask a friend or family member to come help take care of it for you.Make a creative tribute. Many people who are dealing with loss find it comforting to make a creative tribute in memory of their pet. Creating a fitting tribute to your pet can help give you the closure that you need in order to be able to move on.

Many people place their favourite photo of their parrot in a photo frame with some of their birds feathers, bits of chewed toys, or any item that reminds them of their bird.

No matter how you choose to remember your pet. Keep in mind that it is normal and okay to experience feelings of grief for some time. It can take months for some people to work through the grieving process. The truth is, a portion of the pain will never quite go away. It will eventually be easier to deal with though. One day you’ll be able to look back on the memories of your pet bird without feeling quite so overwhelmed with sadness. Once you have reached that point, you may consider adopting a new pet bird to share your life with.

THE STORY BEHIND ALL STAR PARROTS

You may be wondering where the “All Star Parrots” name came from so I will explain.

In December 2016 a little Blue and Gold Macaw hatched from his egg. Over the next couple of months we are unsure of his journey. He soon landed within my home through another charity I was helping.
With an over stretched, self mutilated crop, unable to feed himself, perch like a bird should and very scared of us. Our days became a strict routine of formula feeds and medications to make the crop work. Also for yeast and bacteria in the crop. He soon realised he could trust us and he learned what love was. We decided to change this gorgeous boys name to STAR.

We spent our days having cuddles in the aviary with the sun upon his feathers. On cold days we had snuggles in bed watching box sets. Star made me a Game Of Thrones fan.
Sadly all the love in the world was not enough, and our beautiful boys body started to shut down. No matter how much he ate it was not going past the crop causing him to starve. In turn medication wasn’t working.
He was rushed to my vets, and in just 14 hours our boy was gone, the only choice for him was the rainbow bridge.

I had no experience with macaws, in fact they are one of the birds that scare me. We built such a wonderful bond in the time he was here, there was no doubt about it. You may be wondering why? who’s to blame? In my opinion it would be the breeder. He sold this poor boy onto someone with no experience. Star was over fed via a syringe the wrong food for many months. This poor boy was damaged at a young age and there was no fixing him.

I know I would not like to go through this again, but I will if I have to. I don’t regret a thing as I’ve learnt. I’ve learnt much from this and feel I can now help others in need. Star has become my driving force and in his name I will do my very best to help educate people. There are too many birds being bred by irresponsible breeders who have no regard to where their babies end up.