Thank you for your interest in adoption through Bird Re-homing Services Inc. (BRS Inc). If you're wishing to proceed with an adoption we first ask that you read through our Adoption Pledge - Standards Of Care to understand the requirements of taking care of a companion bird. Once you've had an understanding of these standards, we welcome you to fill out our adoption form and email it back to us at 
volunteers@birdboarding.com.au. Please note, as we are a volunteer service it may take some time to contact you in regards to your application. We appreciate your patience in the matter. 

In this application, if you wish to express interest in a particular bird on our adoption page, please note the bird ID number on your application. There are waiting lists for particular species of birds, therefore if you aren't successful, your application will be placed on file for future adoptions. 

If you are successful, we allow for a two week trial with the adoptee(s). During this period please take care to avoid integrating the adoptee(s) with any other birds that have no had a health check or a blood test at a veterinary clinic in the last 12 months. This helps us rule out psittacosis infection, as we wish to avoid the expense of retesting for the disease if the adoption should not take place. Adoptee(s) eats a base of Vetafarm Maintenance Diet (or Vetafarm Golden Lori Rice Formula for lorikeets) along with fresh vegetables and enjoys seed and nuts as treats. We ask you to please consider target training techniques when giving behavioural guidance; humane training DVDs are available for purchase from the shopfront for your convenience. Please refer to our Adoption Pledge to abide by our standards of care. 

If you wish to proceed with the adoption after the two week trial, it is critical to complete the final in our adoption process, which is the payment of an agreed adoption fee. Until this donation is made, the adoptee(s) remains the property of Bird Re-Homing Services Inc. (BRS Inc). The fee allows our not-for-profit organisation to continue to provide high standards of food and housing to other displaced birds in our care. Alternatively, you may contact us to make arrangements for the bird's recovery. The adoption fee is set at half of the current market value of the adoptee(s) species. The cost of the recent health check, including sample testing, is included in the fee. 

For the adoption fee, please remember to bring cash if you intend to pay in person at the Bird Boarding shopfront - the shop's card facility is connected to Bird Boarding only and not BRS Inc. There is the option of an electronic funds transfer (EFT) into our bank account. If this is more convenient, please let us know when you have transferred the fee so that we can provide a receipt promptly. A digital receipt of transfer would be required and emailed to the volunteers@birdboarding.com.au email address. If you plan on transferring an additional donation, please do so separately, as donations are not taxed in Australia. Be sure to detail the amount as a donation.

Our Bendigo Bank account details are;

Bird Re-Homing Services Inc.
BSB: 633 000
Acc - 144 071 750

Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions in regards to the adoption process.