Happy Ever After

We are so excited to share just some of our success stories. Some of the birds who have found their forever homes as well as some who have suffered and recovered and live with in the rescue long term. This page shows all the hard work that the rescue does and how much of a difference we make. With out your continued support & help all this work would not be possible. So we thank each and every 1 of you who have helped and continue to help.

Dolly

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Hi, I'm Dolly

Rexi

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Hi there, My name is Rexi

Not much is known about my previous life but what I will say is I am super happy with the humans that chose me for there forever 'feathered son' as they call me.

I have been in my forever foster home for around 7 years, at the start I was very wary of the humans and used to bite them but they kept on trying with me and built my trust for them. I love my humans and can call their names as well as telling the fur baby to "shut up, get down & walkies"

My humans say I am super clever and wouldn't be with out me, they also say I changed their life. I will happily sing 'twinkle twinkle little star' and ' you are my sunshine' My mommy human keeps trying to get me singing on camera but I'm such a cheeky boy, I make sure I stop as soon as I see the camera come out. I much prefer my mommy human and she can give me tickles and kisses, I accept my male human and I try my hardest to be kind to him and allow him to speak to me with out giving him much grief but I deffinatly love my mommy more.

Alfie

Alright Treacle My names Alfie

Im a stunning Blue and Gold Macaw and I'm in my late 20's.

I am a cheeky boy, I came into rescue December 2023 and

have had such a good time.

My Safe house foster family have said that I'm soooooo cheeky, I don't think I am, I'm just me a typical young boy. I love to sing, dance, play, have fun and most of all I love my head scratches.

I didn't have the best start in life but I've certainly learned now that I can be friends and trust humans.

I do have feathered siblings in my safe house but I don't really like them. I much prefer to be the only bird in the house so I get all the attention which I will readily accept. I am also happy to sit and chill in my cage for parts of the day and I have made great friends with the human teenagers in the house who take me off into their bedroom for time alone with them which I really enjoy.

Safehouse mummy & Daddy feed me fresh, raw chop for breakfast which I wasn't used to at first but now I LOVE my fresh food, as well as my birdie pellets & freeze dried mixes for my tea. I also enjoy a few bits of nuts through the day and I get these for being a good boy and doing the things my humans ask me.

I have found my forever home with a loving, caring family who are the best humans ever, even when I destroy their television, they still think I am amazing.

I spend most or may day just hanging around with them. I settled really quickly making friends with everyone here.

They recently installed a fish tank which I will sit and watch for a ages. I am so happy here and they Keep the rescue up to date with regular messages and pictures which I love to pose for because lets face it I am a good looking Chappy, don't you think.

Kobi

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Here's a Message from Kobi's New foerever humans

We contacted Joan to show interest and had such a positive first call. We contacted back at a more convenient time where we agreed to head down to the rescue and meet the birds and Manni, Joan and Manni where really lovely and welcomed me and my children into there home. We had a full conversation about each bird with as much info as possible. The cleanliness instantly struck me, arnt birds supposed to be messy?! Yet there cages where immaculate as where the birds and each one had a massive space! You could see the love and passion in the way they interacted with the birds and how they could tell each one apart! I was so impressed. We left and had two birds in mind. We called Joan to discuss our thoughts and she was fully understanding and we went to spend time with our chosen boy, Kobi. Manni was on hand as he was his boy. He still shouts ‘where’s Manni gone?! every single day. What I liked most was there was no point of trying to get rid of the birds fast! The love was there for them! Joan and Manni were understanding, educational and honest. They told us all the positives and all the negatives and made sure our choice was correct for our forever boy so we spent time getting to know Kobi before a joint choice was made to bring him home! And we absolutley love him. What a character and clever boy we have chosen. He is super sweet and social! Contact with Joan and Manni after taking Kobi home is brilliant, I message with any concerns or updates and get a response pretty fast! An unbelievable rescue and run brilliant! Very pleased to say we are now members of Joan’s north wales parrot rescue!

Osca

Ey Up, My name is Osca.

I came into rescue at the start of Feburay 2024 and im a 12 year old blue and gold macaw with some very special pale yellow streaks in my tail.

My human loved me very much but didn't have much time to spend with me, I started to lash out at him & attack him when his appearance changed and I started being mischievous chewing his things up. I got lonely and board so would pull out my tail feathers,& chew & pull other feathers out too.

He made the hard decision after discussions with Joan to put me into rescue so I could find a forever home with someone who did have the time to care for me. I went directly to Louise and Zac's home on a safe house basis. They changed my diet, routine and helped me work on training.

Since I have been here I have grown in confidence and learnt lots of new tricks, I love it when Louise sings to me even though she has a terrible voice I sing along to help her out, I love the attention they all give me and going out and about with them to events, walks down the beech & through the woods. I moved from a single bird cage to the big boy indoor aviary and I heard the whole family talk about how well I have done, settled in and how much they all love me so they were going to offer me a forever home.

I'm such a happy Chappy and I truly have found a special home with in the human family and the flock too. I show my happiness by giving lots of love to the humans and I give them cuddles all the time.

Apple & Pineapple

These 2 little beauties lived alongside 2 African greys, Dee the greenwing macaw who is currently under assessments and Pip and Squeak the 2 caiques looking for their forever home.

They didn't have names when we collected them so my son and grandson named them Apple and Pineapple both saying they deserved a name of their own and couldnt go to forever homes with out a name, and I totally agreed they needed their own names.

They spent a couple of days with us under safe house agreement, having a shower and eating some healthy food. As soon as they I put these 2 on the Facebook page as rescued, a lovely lady contacted Joan to say she had space for them in her small bird room, small bird as in the bird size as the room is a large room.

These 2 little beauties' have joined an indoor bird room alongside a load of other budgies, some conures, cockatoos, a sun conure.

They will live an amazing life for the rest of their years and get the love and care they really deserve as well as be valuable flock members

Pip & Squeek

Hey there. We are currently nicknames Pip & Squeek.

We came into rescue April 2024 together and are believed to both be females.

I'm the older one of the two and the one with a full orange head and I'm 4 years old. My little friend here has just turned 1 year old and she has been by my side since she was a little nipper.

We came into rescue through no fault of our own just our owner couldnt manage us anymore so we came to stay with Louise and Zac and their children who we love very much.

Since we have been here we have needed a few showers which we absolutely love. It made us feel so much better and able to preen ourselves much better with out the nasty taste. We have played with our human friends as well as their children and we love to be crazy clowns and bounce around the house.

I'm happy to play with anyone really but my little buddy is a little more reserved and stands back until she gets to know you.

We are very typical Caiques and known as the clown birds, We are very clever, as well as loving but we do have beaks and we will use them if we feel scared or threatened or you are doing something we don't like. Were not naughty or nasty we just get scared of you big humans sometimes. We require a lot of love, affection, care and attention from our humans.

We thought we had found our forever home but unfortunately it didn't work out so when Louise, Zac & the kiddies found out they decided we were going back to live with them. This time it wasn't on a safe house basis it was forever. We really love the children and they love us very much, We were all very sad when we left so now we are forever in our besties bedroom with the love and attention we deserve. We spend a lot of our time bouncing around upstairs and rubbing ourselves all over the lovely fluffy bedding just being crazy clowns. We love being picked up and pretending we are telephones while the crazy humans speak into our stomachs (and they call us crazy)

Dee

Alright dude's and dudettes, I'm 4 years old in July & my name is Dee.

When Louise & Zac picked me up April 2024 I was living a cage that wasn't really suitable for me next to other birds who were very dusty and the dust was thick all over my cage, toys & perches. I smelt really bad & I was really sad & fed up. I also lived with 4 dogs, which were huge & very very scary barking at me all the time so I was very afraid to move around.

My humans were in their 70s and were scared of me, the size of my beak and being bitten. So my short life as a youngling was spent stuck in this cage scared.

I never learnt to fly or get out for exercise, so when Louise and Zac got me home I didn't want to come out of the travel cage as I was just to scared. I felt so dirty, dusty, smelly and greasy and I didn't know how to look after myself, I was just feeling generally sad and untrusting. Louise gave me my first shower with special soap & I had a Vet visit for blood tests, beak & nail trimming. Over the following few weeks I moved from that travel cage into a small cage, then into a bigger cage as I started to learn how to move around and trust the textures under my very sore feet. I had loads of Showers & aloe vera plant rubbed on my feet and I started to feel so much better. They were feeding me all this strange stuff I hadn't eaten before but I absolutely loved it, it was so fresh, crunchy & tasty. I didn't really like being handled as I was so scared & had no balance so I felt I would fall, so I would flap frantically. I've been here a few month now and I have moved into what they call the big boy indoor aviary with other macaws. I've started to really trust the humans here, I will step up, take treats & be tickled. I'm still very unbalanced but they continue to help me. I have really started to love life & in time they promise me I will learn to fly like their other birds. I have settled in so well they have said I can live here forever with in the indoor aviary with my feathered friends and shiny skinned humans.

Pepe

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Why hello there you beautiful humans.

My name is Pepe and aim 25 years young and Im a blue fronted female amazon Parrot.

So my dear humans I thought I would introduce myself and let you know a little bit about me and that I'm looking for my forever home.

I lived with my human and my feathered friend Joey for many many years and I was very loved by them both. I loved them both so very much but unfortunately my feathered friend Joey got poorly and passed away and this made me supper sad.

Then soon after I noticed my human friend was also becoming ill and she got really poorly too and couldnt care for me anymore so handed me over to Joan to find me a new forever home.

Loosing my friend Joey and My human has been really hard on me and its really made me very sad so I started to hurt myself by plucking, some may say very silly of me but its how I dealt with my grief at the time and is now become a bit of a habit that I would like to loose. Like many others who pluck for many reasons we do tend to get over looked but I'm a beautiful bird and I want to make someone super happy and bring them joy.

While I've been with Joan and Mani I've had a great time and I do love these guys but if the truth be known I'm sick of the noise round here and would like to move to a quieter household now. I think I would prefer a male human but if a lady is willing to put some time and effort in with me it may work but you would have to be as good as my first lady human or even better. If your willing to take on the challenge please do come and meet me and see my beauty with in.

I have Found my forever home Now and will update you all when I have fully settled in.

George

Welllllllll Hello there my name is George and I'm getting on a little now but I'm a fine old gentleman in my 40's.

I spent all my life living with my male human so I do tend to like men more than ladies.

I spent a lot of my time caged but my human used to sit in the same room with me and we kept each other company, chatting, listening to the wireless, even watching the television. It was a pretty amazing thing to go from 3 channels, to 4 channels, then to 5 and now wow there are hundreds of channels to watch how exciting.

In all honesty i think the reason I spent all my time in a cage was because that was easier for my human but that's ok I didn't fair badly from being caged most of my life.

I came into rescue a while ago now and I'm a pretty happy chilled bird really.

I do great everyone with a hello and I'm happy to be in my cage or on top of my cage on my play stand chilling or playing with my toys.

I'm really looking for my forever home now as all these amazons around me are just driving me crazy with there chitter chatter all the time, they just don't shut up and me well i just want to retire in piece and quiet and away from these young ones.

I do prefer men as that's all I've ever really known but just maybe if the right lady or couple came along you could sway me and teach me to love ladies.

I have found my forever home and will update you all shortly with how amazing it is once I've settled in

Loui

My name is loui, I'm a yellow crowned amazon and I'm 18 years old.

I was with my human friend for most of my life we really loved each other but due to her getting sick she had to find me somewhere else to live. Luckily for me she found Joan's north Wales parrot rescue and she secured me a spot here with the view I would move on when the time was right and it is right for me to move now.

I love where i live but I think its time now for me to move on and find my forever home so that Joan can make some room to help some more birdies like me or the birdies out there that are neglected and abused.

I recently laid an egg confirming I am female so i will care for that for a while then I'm ready for a new home and would love to have a home ready and waiting for me.

I have always been well loved and had a lot of time spent with me and maybe that's why I am such a good talker as it shows my human was always chatting to me and that's what i would love from my next human. Someone like me, sweet, chatty and fun loving.

I honestly don't mind if my main care giver is a man, lady or even a family I'm just a chilled out kind of girl looking for my forever.

I have found my forever home and will update you an the amazing time i am having shortly

Jasper

Alright darlings I'm Jasper and I'm a 10 year old orange wing amazon.

I don't really care that much for silly people who just wanna look all hard and that, with a parrot cos I'm a bit of a hard knock myself you know.

Apparently I need a very experienced owner who is gonna work with me, but I say good luck with that cos you know me right? I've escaped multiple times from Towyn and flew right through to Chester just cos I can you know.

I int really into the small human kinda things you know, those little versions of humans that need to grow into the adult like versions, I don't like them much and I've shown it too, by causing them some damage so maybe avoid me if you have mini humans in the house cos I deffo wont fit around them.

So here I am just being me and doing what I wanna do, looking for someone who got an aviary for me to live out me years or someone who fancies a challenge, who's got loads of experience cos I will av ya if you aint a clue what ya doing.

MESSAGE FROM THE RESCUE

We cant stress enough Jasper needs to be with people with a lot of experience either in an outdoor or indoor aviary or a large cage. We will NOT foster him with in a family who have children as he has caused hospital visits. He does deserve to find a forever home it just needs to be the right forever home to some very knowledgeable people, who are willing to put the time and effort in. He can also get very jealous. We would love to see him thrive and be happy in his forever home and his behaviours turned round.

I have found my forever home. I will update you shortly

Jack

Alright humans I'm Jack and I'm 30+ years old so I'm slightly on the older side for an Amazon but I'm still pretty sprightly.

I didn't have the best of starts in life and spent a long time living in a seller. I think the humans got board of me so moved me to the seller and that's where I stayed for years and years.

One day the most beautiful angel walked into my dingey seller and she bought me from the humans who kept me in there.

I was so happy to get out of there and so eager to please my saving angel and over time we built a great friendship. I would sit on my cage, perches and even the furniture happily living my best life with my angel.

Years past of me living with my angel but sadly she started to get ill and told me she would never get better so had to make plans for my future when she will no longer be here. This made my heart hurt but I knew deep down she saved me once so she would make sure I went somewhere nice with nice people as my angel truly had a heart of gold for saving me the way she did.

She told me one day she approached a lovely lady called Joan and over time she got to know her and she reassured me Joan would really take care of me when she no longer could. I trusted my angel so I knew I would be ok. Sadly that time did come for me to move to the rescue and my angel mammy watched me on videos that Joan took of me to send her so she knew that I was ok. My Angel sadly passed away and I have been recovering from my heart break, No one will ever replace my angel but I am ready now to love again.

Joan's North Wales Parrot Rescue

Registered charity number 1187805