Parrot Island

These are beautiful, passionate people with the best and most caring «hearts» and knowledge of parrots and avian species!
Although Parrot Island no longer «sells» birds, but, instead (I believe), helps re-​home parrots… our little Jenday Conure was a purchase from Parrot Island back in the later 1990s (they used a local breeder with integrity — our bird is five generations out of the wild). They spent hours educating us before we were allowed to purchase (and eventually go home with our little «rainbow» bird — who needed to stay at the store for five weeks because of multiple hand feedings a day until she could begin eating regular food)!
We were carefully (and gravely) informed about how the type of bird we were purchasing was a «higher-​level» bird — which has proved true and accurate over-​and-​over through the years (think;“Intelligence level of a human two-​year-​old including all of the behavior and attention needs”!) They were so right and responsible to make double and triply-​sure that we knew whet we were getting into!
For years now, we have trusted their passion and knowledge to feed and care for our Jenday Conure parrot. I know of no-​one else in town who is as passionate and knowledgable as Terry, Shari & Troy! These people «get» parrots and I’ve trusted their recommendations for the life of our parrot (and she’s never had a health issue in 16 years).
If you care about what you’re feeding your parrot, get your food here. They have a clear understand of what will be best for your parrot type and age. It makes me really sad to see other parrots and walk through pet stores where the parrots have nasty, artificially-​colored «food» in the parrot’s dishes.
Parrot Island is worth your time, worth your money and worth your support, because you are supporting more than a store, you’re supporting a resource.

Just like all the other regular customers, I have no idea why anyone would ever give this place a bad rating. The first time I came in, I explained to Terry that I has recently adopted a cockatiel from the Humane Society that had been on a seed diet all 8 years of his life and I wanted to put him on pellets which are healthier. I had purchased Kaytee brand pellets at a chain pet store to acclimate him to eating pellets using cheaper food in case he refused to be switched, and that I wanted to start him on higher quality organic Harrison’s brand pellets since he was eating the Kaytee pellets nicely. Terry told me that to get a well rounded diet that he would mix Harrison’s and two other brands of pellets together and grab a high quality organic seed mix for me as well. He used to be an avian vet, so this guy really knows what he’s doing, I’ve never seen him be rude to anyone, he knows many customers by name and knows exactly what they need when they walk in, he stayed open about 10 minutes late for me once because I came in 2 minutes before he closed and needed some pellets mixed up, I will be shopping here as long as I own birds because this is a GREAT store and anyone that would give him anything below 4 stars is either crazy or a jerk or both.

Again, Terry was willing and able to answer all of my questions about pet and wild birds. This is the place to come for organic, human-​grade bird food.
I’m continuously puzzled by the negative reviews.
I will patronize Parrot Island now and for years to come.

Spent too much money here only because there are not a lot of choices for parrot food. The owner is rude and unhelpful. I will order food from better, more worthy places.

I was interested in acrylic bird cage and called this store only to realize that they did not ship this kind of cage because or worry of broken. Since they build their cage, I thought they were very experience (and I rarely saw one before), I started asking the store person questions. As far as I am concerned, he seemed not to eager to talk about it because apparently I did not live in local areas. He got another phone calls and wanted me to hold. After that, a long hold forced me to hang up the phone. I could only imagine that he did not want to waste time talking to me. I would appreciate that if your store is so «dedicated» and «proud» of what you do, show some enthusisam.