Garbo

Meet Garbo – A True Gem of an African Grey

Garbo is a 28-year-old African Grey parrot with a gentle heart and a sharp mind. She’s super smart, incredibly observant, and has a lot of love to give. Her previous owner spent years by her side and verbalized everything, so Garbo knows many words, full sentences, and often comments on your daily activities. She’s ready to be part of someone’s world again.

Garbo loves her daily bowl of fresh food and looks forward to fruits, vegetables, and her favorite treat, a hard-boiled egg yolk. She enjoys car rides and takes baths in a large water bowl at the bottom of her cage.

She has laid eggs in the past and is prone to scissor beak, so she sees the vet twice a year to keep her beak in shape. Garbo plucks seasonally but is otherwise healthy and well-adjusted.

Although she can be a little scared of new things like a Christmas tree, she quickly calms down when gently talked through it. She’s intrigued by children, is friendly with visitors, and has never shown aggression. If she’s not in the mood to come out, she simply puts her head down, never a bite or a fuss.

Garbo is the kind of companion that just wants to be part of your life. She steps up easily, doesn’t swear, and is looking for someone who will love and appreciate her for exactly who she is.

If you're looking for a kind, clever, and loving bird to share your days with, Garbo might be your perfect match.

Age: 28

Sex: Female

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: $1000

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.