ANDY

This is Andy.

This is what we know about him:

Andy came to us with a crazy long beak and was unable to close his mouth when he arrived. (See gallery below). Andy was housed with a Senegal, (Marco Polo) and an amazon (Alex) for his whole life, in the same room but never able to interact.

His primary caretaker was the husband, and for the first decade of their lives, they were played with and were a part of the family. At some point their dad got cancer, and became unable to care for them socially. Their basic needs were met with food/water but they were not interacted with or taken out of their cages for at least the past 15-20 years.

The man’s wife was terribly allergic to them, and did what she could as a blind person to care for them.

We have found Andy to be a bit timid and shy, but wholly unaware at how awful OR amazing humans can be. It’s as if he’s meeting humans for the first time. He’s gentle, and dear hearted, with a ton of love inside him. We think for the right family he could be just incredible.

His diet has been converted, and we should see a serious decline in the hyperkeratosis that he arrived with. He will need grooming every six months or so, and we can do that right here at the rescue for you , or your vet can do it.

Age: 34

Sex: Male, no DNA, never any eggs laid.

Prefers: Males or Females? Not sure it matters, but was raised by a male. He’s sweet with us ladies here.

Other Bird Aggressive? No.

Cage Aggressive? No. He’s more nervous.

Adoption Fee: $1000

Cage Available: Affordable used cages available to purchase starting at $150.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
He will need mandatory grooming as needed for that beak, and we think a six month schedule should be fine.

***Information that is universal to every bird:

1) Birds are typically not family animals. They usually choose a favorite and at best you can expect them to tolerate everyone else.

2) Birds are not great with kids, dogs, other birds, and are not cuddly with everyone, nor can they really be trained to be. Birds are flock animals, who are social creatures that need to be in a communal area where they can see the rest of the family, or you may eperience serious vocalization and behavior problems. We’ve never met a bird who is great with kids, but we have met kids who are respectful of birds.

3) Birds bite. But, you shouldn’t “take the bite”. If you’re getting bit, you haven’t earned the trust of the bird, and are pushing the bird past his/her limits. You must figure out what the bird needs, and make what you’re asking of the bird more attractive than what they are already doing.

4) Birds are not “dominance” based creatures. Your only option for birds is to earn their trust. If they are, say…on top of a cage and don’t want to come down, that is where they feel safest, not a dominance thing. They are not trying to exert dominance, they just don’t want to come down. Your job as a parrot owner is to figure out what you can do to help them trust you, and whatever you are asking to be more attractive than what they are already doing.

5) NEVER send money over the internet for adoption with any individual or organization for the adoption of an animal you have not met in person. That is almost always a scam.