Boba

This is Boba.

This is what we know about him:

Boba is a male Blue Crown Conure, hatched on 7/29/2021. He was originally purchased for a 16 year old child as a Christmas present (which is a living breathing example of why we don’t allow such things) and then that 16 year old quickly lost interest in the bird, leaving him in an old, rusted out cage with no love or affection.

From there, he was adopted by a sweet family, who took great care of him. He was able to free fly through their home, he was converted to a great diet of Harrison’s pellet (which he partially continues here at the rescue, along with Higgin’s inTune, Lefebers and Mazuri). He also likes fruits and veggies.

He’s had a healthy vet history for his three years seeing an avian vet, and has enjoyed being loved and cared for properly.

He’s a talker, and he’s got ALL the personality. He likes shredding toys, wood, climbing on seagrass, steamy showers, and his favorite treat is Brazil nuts.

He seems to like both males and females.

He can be spicy - but we’ve found that’s a Blue Crown thing and less of an individual thing. The more you earn his trust, the better he is with you. He’s got a bit of a fear of hands, but gets past it pretty fast if said hands are delivering his favorite things.
Age: 3

Sex: Male

Prefers: Males or Females? Not sure it matters

Other Bird Aggressive? No.

Cage Aggressive? No. He’s more nervous.

Adoption Fee: $750

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
None

***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.