Jafar

This is what we know:

Jafar is a female African Grey who is approximately 30 years old. She is a standard colored, banded African Grey who has laid an egg as recently as April 2025. There are no known veterinary or medical issues on record.

Jafar is a quieter and more reserved bird who prefers the safety of her cage and does not enjoy being handled. She is not stick trained and becomes stressed when forced out, so she will need a patient and experienced home that respects her boundaries and allows her to progress at her own pace. Loud noises, vacuum cleaners, and unfamiliar people are frightening to her, and she will do best in a calm, predictable environment.

She enjoys shredding toys, especially balsa wood blocks and cardboard paper towel tubes, which help keep her occupied. Jafar does not show a preference for men or women. She does have a history of feather plucking, which appears to be stress related and began after an environmental change.

Jafar will require an adopter who understands African Grey behavior and is willing to work slowly to build trust without pressure. She is not a hands on bird, but with time, consistency, and enrichment, she has the potential to feel secure again.

Age: Approximately 30

Sex: Female verified by egg

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: $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.