28 Feb Yorka’s Story
I had always had pet birds growing up. My oldest and most dear bird was my budgie Suzie who lived to a whopping 16 years. I loved to help train birds for other owners as well but as I got older and my career started, I didn’t have time for any pet, let alone a bird.
It came to May 2023 last year when I decided that I missed having a bird in my life and finally had the time to dedicate to a pet and so went online to look for options. I have always been so keen to rescue as I feel being able to give a bird a second chance would be the most wonderful thing I could do.
I looked online at rehoming pages and came across Birdline. I loved their ethos and their commitment to the bird’s entire life with their fostering aspect of rehoming. I actually joined their community page before applying and it just confirmed all the positive aspects for me and it was so lovely to see other people posting about their birds and the interaction and support between the members.
I was fully ready to go for a small to medium sized bird… Until I found Yorka’s profile. It was the funniest, cutest bio and his silly little face in the pictures had me sold in literal minutes! I applied immediately.
Everyone at Birdline through the application process were so friendly and helpful. I could not describe my excitement when I got the call from Mo to say I had been successful! And I arranged to go and pick up Yorka the week after my wedding in November!
Yorka’s safehouse parents were amazing. and so knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. And we are still in touch today with updates as they have cared for Yorka for many years. I always know I can ask them for advice. Yorka was very quiet on the way home and for the first few days. He was just observant and well behaved until the day he met our kitchen tap! This boy loves a bath! Since then, he has just continued to come out of his shell and he is the funniest, cutest and kindest soul. We do everything together and I can’t wait for warmer weather so we can get the harness on and go for walks.
My husband adores him also and I think I can confidently say he is now a bird person too! I literally don’t know what we ever did without Yorka. We couldn’t imagine life without him now. He is definitely in his forever home and I could not thank Birdline enough.
