Jack

This is Jack.

This is what we know about him:

Jack is a male eclectus, who is missing too many feathers to accurately identify his subspecies, although we suspect it’s Vosmaeri.

He’s silly, talks a bit - sometimes sweetly, sometimes with a weird robotic sound. He is a food hound which makes him rather easy to train because he’ll do just about anything for a pistachio.

He has a sweet tender heart, and can be a bit hormonal.

The right person for him will be a female caretaker who will pay special attention to his diet. He needs a fresh diet of mainly vegetables, a measured amount of pellet, and some fruits with tree nuts and fruits for training with him. He is vitamin and nutrient deficient, and needs his diet to be stable and continuous.

He came to the rescue as part of an animal control seizure.

Age: Unknown.

Sex: Male

Prefers: Males or Females? Female

Other Bird Aggressive? Only in that he wants their food and will keep them from it.

Cage Aggressive? No. He’s more nervous.

Adoption Fee: $1000

Cage Available: Affordable used cages available to purchase starting at $100.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
A fresh diet of vegetables, some fruits, measured pellet and tree nuts are non-negotiable for him. Research eclectus diet and eclectus hormones for more information.

***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.