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Extensive training requirements -- some asking for three or four courses, which may take up to a year to complete due to their availability (meanwhile the bird is without a permanent home).
Refusing to adopt to anyone with another pet in the home that might present a danger -- dog, cat, etc. I understand the rationale, but then why rent to someone with windows the birds can fly out of (yeah...OTT, but you know what I mean)
I don't have a problem with the home visit, but expectations need to be reasonable. I had a friend who was turned down because her cat had thrown up on the rug right before the inspector came (how unusual--a cat with hairballs) and the inspector decided the home was unsanitary.
I have some problem with returning the bird to them if something happens years down the line (short term is fine). I have folks to whom I have bequeathed my pets, and would not be willing to "break up the family" twenty years from now because of a contract I sign today.
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