Finito

This is what we know:

Finito is a thirty five year old macaw who is Green Wing/Scarlet hybrid. He was hand-raised from an egg by a family member and has lived with that family his entire life. Finito is a very intelligent and sweet bird who loves music and enjoys interacting with people he knows and trusts. He has lived around other birds, dogs, and children, though children have never handled him.

Finito is used to being handled by a single trusted person and is most comfortable with women. He does not tolerate handling from others and has always been free to move about rather than stay in a cage. He is branch and stick trained and has a strong, independent personality. Finito breathes a bit hard due to respiratory hypersensitivity from living with a Cockatoo .

He enjoys a variety of foods, with favorites including clementines. Finito is being surrendered due to a recent death in the family and the household not having the space or experience to care for him properly. He will thrive in a calm and patient home with someone who understands his history, can provide consistent care, and appreciates his intelligence and strong personality.

Age: 35

Sex: Male

Prefers: Women

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

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $1500

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.