Gus and Homer

This is what we know:

Homer is a 6-year old Green Cheek Conure and Gus is a 5-year old Quaker. Both are healthy, happy birds who have been well cared for and loved. Homer enjoys toys and keeping busy, while Gus is quite the talker and loves to chat. They are not birds that like to be handled, but they do enjoy being around people and spending time nearby.

Both thrive on a healthy diet of pellets and chop and are excellent eaters. Homer and Gus have no preference between men or women, and neither plucks or self-mutilates. They came from previous homes where their owners could no longer care for them, and they’ve been cherished rescues ever since.

These two feathered friends are looking for a future with someone who will appreciate their personalities and provide them with love, enrichment, and stability.

Age: 5 and 6

Sex: Gus is Male, and Homer is Female

Prefers: Doesn’t have a preference

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

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $700

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Quaker parrots are illegal to possess in some states. Make sure your state is not one of them before applying for him.

***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.