Gertie

This is Gertie.

This is what we know about her:

Gertie is a silly, happy, hilarious, incredibly loving and kind greening macaw.

All she wants out of life is to live her whole life doing whatever you are doing. She is NOT for the workaholics or those who get a few hours a day to spend with their birds. What we want for Gert is for a person who can take her to work every day, and will live life with her as besties.

Typically, she’s comfy with whomever is comfy with her. If you show any trepidation at all, like any other macaw, she’ll capitalize on that and not trust you either.

Her primary caregiver should be a silly, animated, fun loving female with a big personality that will dance and laugh and giggle with her.

She is plucked, and will probably not get most of that back, regardless of what you do.

Age: 25

Sex: female

Prefers: Males or Females? Female

Other Bird Aggressive? We don’t really let them interact with other birds in our care.

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $1000

Cage Available: Affordable used macaw cages are sometimes available at the rescue beginning at $250 up to $1000.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:

***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.