Grack

This is Grack.

This is what we know about him:

Grack is a nervous little Yellow Collared Macaw who when he bonds, bonds deeply.

Grack’s human passed away from cancer, and he ended up with a caretaker in Florida who asked us to take him on. We had him placed with a wonderful family for several months, but the family ended up going through some serious life changes, and he had to come back.

Grack has separation anxiety, and wants to be able to see you as much as possible. He is not currently comfortable with stepping up from within the cage, but is mostly stick trained.

Most mini macaws are one person birds, and do not like to be handled by more than one person. That will likely be the case with Grack once he settles in.

Age: 20+ (Exact age unknown, but historically at least 20.)

Sex: Presumed Male, no DNA proof.

Prefers: Males or Females? Female

Other Bird Aggressive? Unknown.

Cage Aggressive? Doesn’t love your hands in the cage, but will desensitize easily.

Adoption Fee: $1000

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:

***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.