This is Bubby.

This is what we know about him:

Bubby is a male, Cherry Head Conure, whom strongly prefers men. He was with the same family his entire life, and liked his mama for about 7 years. She got married, and he chose the husband and the husband is not home enough to have that sort of relationship with him. The family loves him enough that rather than forcing him to pine after a relationship that can never be, they want him to be happy for his 2nd chapter of his life.

He can bite, rather terribly, but doesn’t really do that with his preferred male, only does so with his female. This bird will have an entire notebook and 20 years of vet history that will come with him.

Age: 20

Sex: Male

Prefers: Males or Females? Strongly prefers men.

Other Bird Aggressive? No.

Cage Aggressive? No. He’s more nervous.

Adoption Fee: $700

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
Primary caretaker must be male.

***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.