Rowan & Aelin

This bonded Quaker pair came to us through an animal control seizure — one hatched in 2006 (Aelin) and Rowan in 2020. They arrived with a breeding box, but no eggs, and have clearly lived a life of limited freedom and too many expectations.

Aelin is the more plucked of the two and has a slight droop to one eye from a bit of extra skin. Both are nervous — not aggressive, just unsure — and they deserve a chance to simply exist in peace.

They’ve been vet-checked and are ready for a quiet, patient home that understands healing takes time.
Age: 19 and 5

Sex: Male/Female

Prefers: Males or Females? Not sure it matters

Other Bird Aggressive? No.

Cage Aggressive? They’re quakers, so…

Adoption Fee: $400/pair

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

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

***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.