Totally Flocked Avian Rescue

11/19/2025

Awesome shots

11/19/2025

Such an important and heartbreaking read. Read it all. Absorb it.

A yearlong investigation into the African-grey trade reveals poachers, egg smugglers, wealthy businessmen — and multitudes who want a talking bird

11/19/2025

🎉📦 BIRDIE BOX UNBOXING TIME! 📦🎉

Y’all… Birdie Box Bird Toys did NOT come to play — but our flock definitely will! 😆💚

We cracked open this month’s box and it was like Christmas morning for parrots:
✨ Handmade toys from a true bird lover
✨ SO many textures — soft woods, hard woods, crinkly papers, cardboard, beads, plastics
✨ Colors and shapes for every personality
✨ Enrichment galore for every size beak in this rescue

Our flock will go absolutely feral (in the cutest way possible). Nothing makes our hearts happier than seeing them exploring, shredding, clacking, chewing, and just being joyful little weirdos.

From the bottom of our hearts — THANK YOU, Birdie Box Bird Toys! 💚🦜
You didn’t just send toys… you sent happiness. And you made a whole lot of birds VERY happy today.

Go check them out, friends — your birds will thank you too! 🎁🪵🧵🦜💥

11/19/2025

For those following the greys story - it’s now in good hands- along with others. Our friends need your help - this is a huge undertaking physically and financially. If you can help please support Soaring Spirits Sanctuary below.

Rehab, Rescue, Adoptions. Birds and Exotic Parrots. Central PA - servicing East Coast. Our organization is committed to keeping parrots safe, happy and healthy while

11/18/2025

Thanks to every one of you that donated for this.

It’s going to make the winters warmer and the super hot months cooler. The other months they’ll still enjoy fresh air!

Next up - floor sealing, cage pressure washing, organizing and moving everyone back in. Oh and I’m working on something …. Sssh !🤫🤫🤫

11/17/2025

Amen!

Friendly reminder before holiday chaos hits: we don’t do surprise adoptions, gift adoptions, or “I want to get this bird for someone else” shortcuts.

We love that people think of us when they want to give someone the “gift” of a bird, but here’s the truth: a living, breathing, emotionally complex creature isn’t a present. It’s a commitment. It’s a lifestyle. And it’s definitely not something you spring on someone between stuffing stockings and burning the Christmas ham.

If you want to help someone you love adopt a bird, that’s great. Your role is simple.

You pay the adoption fee.

They do the work.

The applicant – the actual future caregiver – must complete the application, do the interview, learn everything we teach, and show they can care for that specific bird safely and responsibly.

No exceptions.

No “but it’s a surprise.”

No “but I already know they’ll love it.”

No “but it’s Christmas!”

The season of joy does not magically turn bad ideas into good ones.

We trust our process because it protects the birds, the adopters, and the relationship between them. It’s why we don’t slam the door on adoptions like many rescues do, but we do guard the door when holiday chaos starts convincing people they’re starring in a sentimental ABC special.

Birds deserve intention, not impulse. Commitment, not wrapping paper.

And if someone isn’t ready to show up emotionally, mentally, financially, and long-term, then they aren’t ready to bring one home, bow or no bow.

If you want to support someone’s dream of adopting, we’re right here to help.

Just bring us the right person… not a surprise.

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11/17/2025

Be aware

Teflon toxicity in birds is a serious and often fatal risk. Learn how Teflon fumes harm birds, symptoms to watch for, and how to keep your parrots safe.

https://www.pdsnonprofit.org/2025/11/teflon-toxicity-in-pet-birds.html
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11/17/2025

🦜 A Quick Note About Our Adoption Application (And Why It’s Not Changing)

Every so often, someone mentions that our adoption application (or others) feels “intrusive.”
So let’s talk about that — openly, honestly, and without sugarcoating.

At Totally Flocked, every bird that leaves our care is one “I” have personally fed, held, rehabbed, cried over, and promised a better life. When I entrust one of my birds to a new home, I need to know exactly whose hands they’re going into — because their safety is non-negotiable.

That means I need REAL details.
Not vague guesses.
Not broad “general household” info.
Actual answers.

Here’s why:

✔️ Children’s names and ages — because we’ve taken in birds injured by kids and kids injured by birds. Safety goes both ways.
✔️ Allergies in the home — because I’m not placing a powder-down bird in a home where a human might end up in the ER and/or a bird ahige dj to a closet and forgotten.
✔️ Household members & relationships — because a bird doesn’t just live with one person, it lives with the whole house environment.
✔️ Extensive pet history — because if someone has rehomed every pet, had repeated losses, or has a record of animals removed by authorities… yes, that matters. A lot.

None of these questions exist “just to ask.”
Every single one is the result of a real situation where a bird was harmed, abandoned, surrendered, or traumatized.

I refused to ever let those scenarios repeat — so the application evolved to prevent exactly that.

And here’s the truth:

If asking who lives in your home, what pets you’ve cared for, and what happened to said animals,or whether anyone has allergies feels like “too much”…
then adoption from a rescue may not be the right fit — and that’s okay.

But these birds have already survived enough. They do not get placed into question marks or half-answers.

I’m always open to constructive feedback,
but our application is doing exactly what it’s designed to do:
protect the birds.

Because at Totally Flocked, the mission is and will always be:
No Bird Left Behind — and no bird sent into the wrong home.

🦜💛 — Jeanette, Totally Flocked Avian Rescue
Founder, President, and unapologetic protector of every feathered soul in my care.

11/17/2025

From clean-up day at the condo (featuring Fred) to pressure-washing ALL. DAY. LONG. — it’s been a whole marathon over here.

Huge shoutout to Jessica Mund and Miriah Schultz for holding down the fort at the rescue. Feeding and watering every birdie, swapping out papers, handing out snacks, fresh toys, and keeping the flock happy while I was out here drenched and scrubbing like it was an Olympic sport. Y’all are lifesavers. Truly.

Tomorrow: INSULATION. 🙌
Tuesday: sealing the concrete floors.
Both are going to be massive upgrades and an enormous time-saver on cleaning days. It’s been a long road getting the funds together, and we didn’t quite hit the full amount… so I’m tapping out the rescue account (and then some) to make this happen for the birds.

If anyone feels called to chip in, I’d be endlessly grateful. Every single bit helps us keep moving forward for these little hearts that depend on us.

And to everyone who has already donated — thank you. Truly. Your generosity is what keeps this place going. ❤️🦜

11/16/2025

Conures whispering sweet nothings tonight. Can’t believe someone hasn’t snatched these two up. They’re adorable!

11/15/2025

Stick a fork in me I’m DONE!

Building cleaned out - how the hell do we have so much crap?

Tomorrow we pressure wash floor to ceiling to prep for Monday!

11/15/2025

Hootie is a ⭐️

Without toys, they can get bored and stressed.🙃
Here’s why toys are so important:👇
https://alexsbirdkingdom.com/blogs/news/toys-for-birds-why-they-need-them