COCO

This is Coco.

This is what we know about her:

Coco is a female African Ringneck Parrot. African Ringnecks are a little different than Indian Ringnecks in that they are just a bit smaller.

She is not currently handleable, but for the right person will be a great bird to work with to earn trust and teach her how amazing humans can be. We would recommend target training, station training and desensitization to hands, as we don’t think she’s had any formal training at all. She is inquisitive and seems very interested in what everyone is doing and is a gentle soul.

She’s very young, and is a great age to get started and teach her everything she needs to know!

Age: 2

Sex: Female

Prefers: Undecided

Other Bird Aggressive? Unknown.

Cage Aggressive? No. Nervous and does not try to bite or attack.

Adoption Fee: $700

Cage Available: Affordable used cages available to purchase starting at $100.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
These birds are not allowed to be owned in some North East States.

***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.