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Greytness & LNCAG, I can't thank you enough for your thoughtfulness on this topic & not "shaming" me for my thoughts as I go thru this difficult topic & decison. There are no sanctuary's remotely close to me. Also if I make the arrangements now, being 62, it could be (hopefully) quite some time before this need arises & whose to say the sanctuary would still be there? Another worry.... LNCAGI love that you have made arrangements as the need arose... that would be my hope I could do the same. I imagine my partner would keep my amazon, they really like each other, but not certain. He is 28 years younger & won't even discuss what happens "if" when I talk about it..not worth the argument even tho I try. He J-just doesnt want to hear it, so I will make whatever arrangements need be so things are in place. My hope is he will take her, & my daughter would do what is best with the others. She would either try & find them a really nice home or do what is necessary if she can't. Haven't yet discussed it with her, but I will soon. I am meeting with an Elder lawyer for estate planning soon & we will have this discussion as well. I am so relieved that I am not the only one struggling with this topic. As it so happened this was posted this week on my FB & it really hit home.... https://www.facebook.com/groups/fbfeatheredfriends/permalink/6752566988090152/

I was 30 when I adopted my first 'parrot' - a cockatiel. I'd had zebra finches for years but not quite the same thing. Next year got my b&g macaw. I had a husband, and I don't guess I really thought much about who'd take care of the parrots when I died. Or if I got really disabled (I was disabled then, but got about pretty well). I just figured it would all work out somehow. Time flies! And needed threads like this come up! I'm enjoying learning how others approach this dilemma.

Many of us have been agonizing over the same thing. I brought home my first bird at the age of 54. At first I wasn't going to, knowing they'd outlive me. But then my friend said it doesn't matter how long they spend with you. It matters what kind of life you are able to provide them for as long as you are able. <3