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​Join us for our 8th Biennial Wellness Retreat!

May 30 -31, 2026

Saturday and Sunday ~ 9:00am-5:00pm     

University of North Carolina ~ 227 Campus Dr

​Asheville, NC


Early Bird Registration, until March 31st.
Includes Saturday and Sunday Lunch
​$199.00
($209 after March 31st)
Early Bird Registration until March 31st
WITHOUT Lunch (I will bring my own)
​$149.00 
($169 after January 31st)
Lunch for both Saturday and Sunday is $40. It's recommended since there are no options nearby, but you are welcome to bring your own.

This Wellness Retreat will be more interactive, with many opportunities for some of our attendees to participate!

For example, during the training sessions, some audience members will learn to train a bird to do a trick or a husbandry behavior. Gram stain learners will be able to do a stain and study the results under a microscope. Let's build a PVC stand or a Foraging Table and then auction those on Sunday. Perhaps you want to stud

​resented with photos, videos, or case studies and determine if there is a problem and its possible solutions. Perhaps you need to learn the proper way to hold a bird, do a sinus flush, trim nails or XXX

Of course, we will have our usual array of helpful lectures about A draft agenda is under construction and will be available soon. Speaker sessions will include a wide diversity of topics, from things that help us every day to deep science. We plan to have four simultaneous tracks, similar to our past Wellness Retreats, so there is
​ SOMETHING for EVERYONE!
  • Mushrooms
  • Kidney Health and Disease
  • Obstructions
  • Endocscopy
  • Building Better Behavior
  • ​Problem Behavior is Just Behavior
  • Free Flight and Exercise
  • Hormone treatments
  • Heart Health and Disease
  • Psittacosis
  • Cancer
  • Herbals
  • Toy-making
  • Most Commonly Misdiagnosed Diseases
  • Wild Parrots: Behavior, Nutrition, Conservation
  • Respiratory Health and Disease
  • Surgery, When It's Needed and How to Prepare
  • Aviaries: Some Lessons Learned
  • Laser Therapy/Assisi Loop
  • Sexy Parrots
  • The Lost Art of Gram Stains
  • Avian Ganglioneuritis
  • Avian Bornavirus
  • ​Geriatrics
FRIDAY night dinner gathering, APRIL 5th!
Meet and greet our speakers and other attendees in a beautiful Blue Ridge mountain setting. 
​From 6:00 -9:00pm at the Reems Creek Grill
​Address: 36 Pink Fox Cove Road, Weaverville, NC
Cash bar. $30 per person

We greatly thank our sponsors and their highly recommended products! 
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Thanks to the Lafeber Company for sponsoring veterinarians Susan Orosz, Cyndi Brown, Bob Dahlhausen, and Scott Echols.

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 12 RACE, IAABC, and IATBC CEUs approved



Phoenix Landing Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to parrot welfare, serving Maryland, D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, and the Jacksonville, FL areas. Federal Identification Number EIN: 87-0659457
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