You cannot of course set the animal free, because in virtually all cases the animal will not survive. Even if you think it could survive do not do this. The responsible thing to do is to place the animal in another home. Perhaps someone or somewhere else can now provide a better home. Seek consultation from your veterinarian, family, friends, the Internet and anywhere else you can.
Place adds for adoption and carefully screen respondents.
Free things are often correlated with things having no value. Enforce a purchase price to discourage those that are not really serious. In general, do the best you can to ensure the welfare and well being of yourself and the animal. Back to top Financial Considerations Let's say for example that someone offers you a free Cockatiel because his or her relative's spouse turned out to be allergic to it. This actually happened to me.