LOLA

This is Lola

This is what we know about him:

Lola is a late 30’s to early 40’s Male Spectacled White Front Amazon. He spent his whole life with his human as Lola, who probably didn’t know that he is a visual male.

The first thing you should know about Lola is that he seems to prefer men. He likes the male volunteers and likes to hang out with our husbands. He’s pretty sweet and gentle, and while a little spooked as you first meet him, he calms right down after you spend some time trust building with him.

White front amazons are usually more laid back that other amazon sub-species, and they seem to really enjoy close bonds with their humans. Lola is no exception.

He definitely knows his name, so whomever adopts him, we’ll ask that they don’t change the name.

Lola has lipid spots in his eyes, indicative of a terrible diet for a long, long time. He has successfully converted his diet over to a healthy diet here at the rescue, so moving forward, that should stop the progression of both fatty liver, future lipids in his eyes and fatty tumors.

Age: 30-40

Sex: Male

Prefers: Males or Females? Males

Other Bird Aggressive? We haven’t let him interact with other birds at the rescue.

Cage Aggressive? No. He’s more nervous.

Adoption Fee: $900

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
He cannot be put back on a bad diet, as his previous diet has already impacted his health.

***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.