Harley

This is what we know:

Harley is a sweet and intelligent Green wing Macaw who loves one-on-one attention, especially from her favorite person. She enjoys having her head, beak, and face rubbed and loves to shred toys, rope, and newspaper in her cage. Harley has a playful side and is very clever, having learned to unlock her cage multiple times, so she will need a secure environment and careful supervision.

Harley is a feather plucker and has bald areas on her stomach and back, but she is otherwise healthy and well cared for. She enjoys a variety of treats including hard shell nuts, peanut butter pretzels, pancakes, and eggs. She can be moody and prefers one on one interactions, especially with men, and she does best when she feels safe and secure in her space.

Because Harley has spent much of her life in her cage, she is not very comfortable spending long periods out of it and she has not had her wings clipped in years. She would thrive in a calm and patient home where she can receive regular attention, gentle handling, and enrichment time outside of her cage with a dedicated person who can meet her unique needs. Harley is looking for a loving home where she can feel safe, happy, and fully cared for.

Age: 33

Sex: DNA verified Female

Prefers: Males

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.