Destiny

This is what we know:

Destiny is a 19-year-old female turquoise Indian Ringneck who has spent nearly her entire life with the same family.

She was originally hand-fed by her owner’s mother and came to live with the family after her mother passed away. She has had a very stable life and is accustomed to being part of the household.

Destiny is a one-person kind of bird. She has historically allowed her person to handle her for short periods and give her head scratches, and then she’s generally ready to go back to doing her own thing. Who she chooses next — man or woman — will be entirely up to Destiny, because birds are helpful like that.

She loves getting new toys and absolutely lights up when something new arrives. She especially enjoys destroying tissue and toilet paper.

There are, however, two known enemies.

Glasses are suspicious.

Mops are apparently agents of Satan.

Destiny can become genuinely frightened by a mop, so her future person will need to be thoughtful about how household objects are introduced around her.

She is a talker, enjoys interaction on her terms, and is looking for someone who understands that an older Ringneck may take some time before deciding you’ve earned access to the inner circle.

Once Destiny chooses her person, we suspect she’ll make that choice pretty clear.

Age: 19

Sex: F

Prefers: Females
Other Bird Aggressive? We haven’t allowed this bird to interact with other for their safety.

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $500

Cage Available: Affordable used cages available to purchase starting at $100-to 250 up to 1000.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Indian Ringnecks are illegal in some states. Make sure yours isn’t one of them prior to applying for this species.

***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.