Mango

This is Mango.

This is what we know about him (or her):

Mango has had 2 owners in his or her life, and the first was a woman - which he loved, and the second were men, whom he did not love. Here at the rescue, he lets us females scratch his head and gets very talkative with us. We haven’t been able to handle him yet, but we’re working on it.

He needs someone who will put in the time and energy to earn his trust, and I think he can live out his twilight years with someone who is nurturing and sweet and willing to talk sweetly to him.

Age: 45

Sex: Unknown

Prefers: Males or Females? Female4s

Other Bird Aggressive? Unknown

Cage Aggressive? No. He’s more nervous.

Adoption Fee: $900

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
Prefers a female caretaker.

***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.