Dirty Mike

This is what we know:

🦜 Meet Dirty Mike – Our Target Training Superstar 🦜

Dirty Mike was supposed to stay here forever. I genuinely planned to keep him at the rescue. But life has a funny way of piling responsibilities on your plate until even the birds start judging your time management. So, as much as it pains me, it’s time to find Dirty Mike the home he deserves.

And make no mistake—he’s not your average parrot.

Dirty Mike is famous (yes, actually famous) from our target training videos, and let me tell you, this bird lives to target train. It’s not just a game to him—it’s his passion, his calling, his full-time job, and probably his love language.

He’s smart, motivated, and hilariously intense when that target stick comes out. If you’re the kind of person who loves training, bonding through enrichment, and watching a bird’s mind light up with every click and cue, Dirty Mike might just be your perfect match.

💥 With the right human, this bird could go next-level.

🧠 Tricks? Easy.

🎯 Complex training? He’s already halfway there.

❤️ A deeply rewarding bond with an exceptional parrot? That’s what he’s offering.

If you’ve got the time, patience, and love for a clever little feathered weirdo with Olympic-level target game, Dirty Mike is ready to blow your mind.

Apply at birdsandbeaks.org/adopt and let us know you’re ready for greatness.

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Age: Unknown

Sex: Male

Prefers: Males or Females? Not sure it matters

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

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $250

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
None.

***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.