Feather Imping

[Tincrow]

Does anyone know of any place that does feather imping for parrots in the United States? I'm in Oregon, and I've tried to find a place that does with no luck.
I was hoping to donate some flight feathers to somewhere that does it, if they would take them.

 

[Mizzely]

@Macawnutz might know?

 

[Shezbug]

There are places but I’m not certain where. @Macawnutz might know.
We have a few places in Australia that will happily accept healthy feathers for imping.

 

[Mizzely]

If you can't find somewhere to donate the feathers for imping, you can also donate them to Indigenous Peoples who use them to create ceremonial pieces

 

[Macawnutz]

This is the only lead I had when I did my scarlet.

Imping Parrots | The Aviator Harness

You want your bird to fly, but your new baby arrives clipped. There is a temporary solution until the cut feathers are naturally replaced called imping. A long successful procedure with hawks and falcons is being tried with success on parrots.

www.aviatorharness.com

I was lucky to find a vet that would do it and he has since moved from that practice.

 

[Tincrow]

This is the only lead I had when I did my scarlet.

Imping Parrots | The Aviator Harness

You want your bird to fly, but your new baby arrives clipped. There is a temporary solution until the cut feathers are naturally replaced called imping. A long successful procedure with hawks and falcons is being tried with success on parrots.

www.aviatorharness.com

I was lucky to find a vet that would do it and he has since moved from that practice.

Thank you
Yeah, I found that website when I was searching online.

 

[Tincrow]

There are places but I’m not certain where. @Macawnutz might know.
We have a few places in Australia that will happily accept healthy feathers for imping.

Could you possibly tell me the places that take them in Australia?

 

[Shezbug]

Could you possibly tell me the places that take them in Australia?

Brisbane Bird vet and I think the Unusual pet vet was taking them and I believe there was also a few other vets in QLD and VIC that were happy to take them.
It was a long time ago I read about it but I’m sure a few emails or calls to some of the larger bird vets might get some names of places looking for feathers.