Khila & Teci

This is what we know:

Khila and Teci (pronounced Taycee) are a sweet mated pair of lovebirds looking for a calm, stable home where they can feel safe and secure. Khila is the male, and Teci, the lighter of the two, is the female. While they are not hand trained, they become social once they are comfortable with you, especially if millet is involved. They do not like to be handled, but they will land on your hand for a treat, and millet has been a helpful tool for building trust.

Before coming to us, they enjoyed car rides, safely exploring their surroundings, and being involved in their environment. They are curious, intelligent, and very observant. However, when they are not in a stable and safe environment, they tend to pluck. This behavior began when their previous owner experienced housing instability.

Khila and Teci are known escape artists and will need a very secure cage to keep them safe. With patience, consistency, and a loving home, they will thrive and continue to build confidence in their new surroundings.

Age: Estimated to be 5 or 6, not known for sure.

Sex: Male and Female

Prefers: Males or Females? Not sure it matters

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

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $375

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.