Welcoming your Parrot
4 Week Program
Bringing a parrot into your life is a truly special commitment, but it also requires careful preparation, informed decisions, and expert guidance. This one-to-one preparation course is designed to help you understand what life with a parrot really involves, ensuring you feel confident, prepared, and supported long before your parrot arrives. With professional, personalised guidance, you’ll be equipped to create a stable, enriching environment that supports your parrot’s emotional and physical wellbeing from day one.
Why choose this course?
✔ Completely 1-to-1 and personalised
This is not a group course. Every client receives individual attention, with guidance fully tailored to you, your home, and your future parrot.
✔ Delivered by an Associate Clinical Animal Behaviourist (MSc)
You will be supported by a highly qualified professional with specialist experience in parrot behaviour, learning, and welfare.
✔ Expert preparation before your parrot arrives
Avoid common mistakes and build strong foundations for a confident, well-adjusted parrot.
✔ Ongoing professional support
Includes a full month of free contact for guidance and reassurance, plus three personalised training sessions to support you through the most important early stages.
✔ Prevention-focused approach
We focus on preventing behavioural and welfare issues before they begin, supporting long-term success and wellbeing.
✔ Designed around real life
All guidance is practical, realistic, and tailored to your lifestyle.
What This Course Includes:
This course is delivered through four in-depth 1.5-hour one-to-one sessions, providing structured, professional guidance with plenty of time for discussion and personalised support.
Understanding Parrot Behaviour & Communication
Learn how parrots communicate, what behaviour is natural, and how to interpret body language, vocalisations, and emotional signals.
Preparing Your Home & Environment
Creating a safe, stimulating environment, correct cage setup, enrichment planning, and species-specific needs.
Choosing the Right Parrot for Your Lifestyle
Species differences, lifespan considerations, daily care requirements, and realistic expectations of parrot ownership.
Daily Care & Routine
Feeding, nutrition guidance, hygiene, handling, and building healthy daily habits.
Wellbeing Awareness
Understanding stress signals, emotional wellbeing.
Veterinary Care & Choosing the Right Vet
Guidance on selecting an avian veterinarian, why routine check-ups are important, preparing your parrot for vet visits, and recognising when to seek professional advice.
Enrichment & Mental Stimulation
Foraging, play, training foundations, confidence building, and preventing boredom-related behaviours.
Settling In & Common Challenges
The first days and weeks at home, building trust, preventing problem behaviours, and supporting long-term success.
Price:
£245 for the complete one-to-one package (4 × 1.5-hour sessions + 1 month support + 3 follow-up sessions)