Tzippy

This is Tzippy.

This is what we know about him:

Tzippy was with the same family for his whole life. His human mama passed away in March of 2024, and he and his flockmate, a Congo African Grey (adopted) were surrendered to the rescue.

Tzippy has never really been handled for the entirety of his life. When out of the cage, he’s flighty and nervous, but when he finally settles down, he is approachable, inquisitive and interested. He’d be a great candidate for a family who is interested in flight training, target training, recall training, station training and obviously trust training. He’s got a sweet little heart on him and he’s food motivated.

Age: 12

Sex: Male

Prefers: Males or Females? Not sure it matters

Other Bird Aggressive? No.

Cage Aggressive? No. He’s more nervous.

Adoption Fee: $600

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
Indian Ringnecks are illegal to possess in some states. Make sure your state is not one of them before applying for him.

***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.