Ruffled Feathers

Ruffled Feathers Your support helps us continue this vital work. 💕✨ The rescue and rehabilitation of the harder to adopt parrots in need.

🦜 Ruffled Feathers Parrot Sanctuary Inc. 🏡💚
Providing a safe haven for parrots & wildlife in need. 🌿🐦 Dedicated to expert care, rehabilitation & second chances. We are a 501c3 non profit organization formed in 2015 dedicated to education about parrots, birds, and Kentucky’s local wildlife. Also the rescue, transport, and rehabilitation of injured or orphaned wildlife from around Jefferson county,

Kentucky. Working with other organizations to get as many animals help as we can. Thank you for visiting our page. We wanted to create a positive environment for sharing educational as well as fun animal related post. We don’t allow drama and we do our best to keep this a safe environment for all parrot, bird, and animal lovers to enjoy. We appreciated everyone here that participates and shares our content. The more eyes we can reach hopefully the more animals can also be saved. It takes a team and we are lucky enough to work with some of the best around who all want the same thing. To see Kentucky’s animals get the help they need. We try our best to keep the content fresh and entertaining. If you appreciate what we do please don’t hesitate to click on the donate button to help us out or to set up a monthly donation. Our monthly donators really make it possible to budget what we can afford to do from month to month. Facebook does not charge any fees when you donate though them and they also help by donating to our birds by the number of people who see the reels we share. So please share those we really appreciate it. We also have PayPal and snail mail available for donations. We also accept local donations of cages, animal related items, and general stuff which if we can’t use will sell to raise money for the rescue. Thank you everyone for visiting our page and we look forward to sharing many exciting adventures, educating each other, and enjoying our critter lives together. Be kind and this will be a page we can all enjoy. - Brad

Morning feathers, morning focus. ☀️If the birds can start the day with a stretch and a squawk, so can you. Take one deep...
06/03/2026

Morning feathers, morning focus. ☀️

If the birds can start the day with a stretch and a squawk, so can you. Take one deep breath, sip the coffee, and do the next right thing.

What’s your first win today? Share it with us below.

A calm bird starts with small habits. 🦜Fresh water, a clean perch, and the right food can make a big difference. If you’...
06/02/2026

A calm bird starts with small habits. 🦜

Fresh water, a clean perch, and the right food can make a big difference. If you’re unsure what your parrot needs, we’re here with real-world guidance from Louisville rescue life.

Comment "tips" and we’ll share a few basics, or visit RFPSInc .com to learn more.

Good morning, bird people. ☀️If today feels heavy, borrow a little parrot energy and stretch anyway. Tiny wins count, ev...
06/02/2026

Good morning, bird people. ☀️

If today feels heavy, borrow a little parrot energy and stretch anyway. Tiny wins count, even before coffee.

We’re rooting for you from Louisville, feathers and all. Share your morning win with us below and let’s start the day on purpose.

06/02/2026

Day 5: The Comebacks.
April 23, 1961. Judy Garland walks onto the Carnegie Hall stage. Critics had written her off. Hollywood had counted her out. She was supposed to be finished. Then she delivered what is still called the greatest night in show business history. Standing ovation that lasted longer than the encore.
We are telling this one today with every bird in this sanctuary in mind.
The bird that bites. The screamer. The one passed home to home for years with a reputation. Too much. Too loud. Too much trouble. Then quietly they get their night. Nobody writes an album about it. There is no Carnegie Hall for parrots. But every bird in here knows the feeling of being handed off as a problem, and then being seen for the first time as themselves.
We see them. You can come see them too. The birds know. And we know.

06/01/2026

Day 4: The First Swings.
April 23, 1954. Milwaukee County Stadium. A 20-year-old kid named Hank Aaron hits his first major league home run. He went on to hit 754 more. Every legend, every record, every story you have ever told about somebody great -- it all started with a first swing.
We are telling this one today with a hero you have probably never heard of -- a mother opossum who came to us after a roadside accident. She could not move her back legs. She could barely lift her head. But she had nine surviving babies in her pouch, and she refused to quit on them. She did the work we could not do. She nursed those babies for as long as she could, on a hospital pad, in a cardboard box, in a quiet room. She was the hero of that rescue. We were just the help.
Twenty thousand animals later, here we are. Humans are not the only heroes out there.
If you have been on the fence about getting involved in animal rescue, fostering, volunteering, donating, calling about that stray you keep seeing -- this is your sign. Pick up the bat. Every legend starts with a first swing.

06/01/2026

Day 5: The Comebacks.
April 23, 1961. Judy Garland walks onto the Carnegie Hall stage. Critics had written her off. Hollywood had counted her out. She was supposed to be finished. Then she delivered what is still called the greatest night in show business history. Standing ovation that lasted longer than the encore.
We are telling this one today with every bird in this sanctuary in mind.
The bird that bites. The screamer. The one passed home to home for years with a reputation. Too much. Too loud. Too much trouble. Then quietly they get their night. Nobody writes an album about it. There is no Carnegie Hall for parrots. But every bird in here knows the feeling of being handed off as a problem, and then being seen for the first time as themselves.
We see them. You can come see them too. The birds know. And we know.
Full April 23 write-up: https://rfpsinc.com/april-23-wildlife-rescue/
This sanctuary runs entirely on community donations. If today's lands, the birds will not turn down a few bucks: https://rfpsinc.com/donate/

Good morning, Louisville. ☀️If a parrot can face the day with a crooked feather and a hopeful eye, so can we.Take a brea...
06/01/2026

Good morning, Louisville. ☀️

If a parrot can face the day with a crooked feather and a hopeful eye, so can we.

Take a breath. Sip the coffee. Then do one kind thing before the sun gets fully bossy.

If you needed a little lift today, tap like and say good morning back. 🦜

05/31/2026

Day 3: The Lost Ones.
April 23, 1014. Brian Boru wins the Battle of Clontarf and ends Viking rule in Ireland. Then, while his army is celebrating the victory, retreating Vikings stumble into the high king's tent and kill him before sundown. Greatest military win in Irish history. Same afternoon as his death.
We tell this story today because it is the one in the lineup that hits closest to home. The work hands you losses you did not expect. Calls come in too late. Birds we tried so hard to save do not make it. Some of you have been with us long enough to remember specific ones -- and we have not forgotten either.
But we still show up the next morning. That is the whole job. That is what a thousand years of April 23 stories teaches you -- you do the work because the work is the point, not because every story ends well.
To everyone who has loved an animal we lost -- thank you for the love. To everyone still showing up alongside us - thank you for the showing up.

05/30/2026

Day 2: The Storytellers.
Here is a coincidence that sounds made up but is not. William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564. He also died on April 23, 1616. Same date. Fifty-two years apart. The man had a flair for timing right to the very end.
UNESCO eventually made April 23 World Book Day in his honor. We are not handing out copies of Hamlet at the sanctuary, but we are sitting on something almost as good: every parrot in here is a story. Every rescue is a chapter. Every long-lived bird is somebody's act three.
So here is the deal. If you have ever rescued, fostered, or fallen in love with an animal, drop the story in the comments. We trade in those around here, and we have plenty.
Everything we do runs on community donations -- no government funding, no corporate backing. Just people like you who think this is worth doing.

Address

Injured Wildlife Drop Off 4700 Dixie Highway By Appointment Only
Louisville, KY
40216

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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+15022357493

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