This is Asal.

This is what we know about him:

Asal was originally purchased for a nine year old child. After getting nailed by Asal, the 9 year old was obviously afraid of him, and like what USUALLY happens when you buy a large parrot for a 9 year old, Asal got bounced.

The family who adopted him took great care of him for the past 11 years. He has enjoyed growing up with kids and other animals in a busy, relatively happy home.

His family is now going through incredibly tough times and they are unable to continue to care for him while working through those issues.

Asal prefers females, and will be a one person bird who while loving everyone talking to him, will not enjoy everyone handling him. He prefers his human only.

Age: Late teenager

Sex: Male

Prefers: Males or Females? Females

Other Bird Aggressive? No. Although we haven’t allowed him to interract with others.

Cage Aggressive? No. He’s more nervous.

Adoption Fee: $1000

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
Greys are usually one person birds who do not appreciate handling from multiple people, and he is not the exception to that stereotype.

***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.