Maddie

This is what we know:

Maddie is a MSC Cockatoo with a big personality and strong preferences. Her favorite treat is fresh fruit, especially bananas, and she absolutely loves to shred toys, particularly anything made of wood. She should not be given rope toys, as she tend to chew and ingest the fibers. Sturdy toys like wood blocks and chain toys are best for her.

Maddie is strongly bonded to men and will go out of her way to protect her man. She cannot be allowed on your shoulders and never above your head cause she will bite your skin. She does liked to be be held but it needs to be limited. She has a serious dislike for women and will aggressively go after them if they come near her favorite human. Because of this, she would do best in a home with a single man. A household with a woman might be possible, but only with a strong understanding that Maddie cannot be out of her cage when the woman is home.

She must not be left alone with other birds, as she will attack them. Maddie needs a home where she can be herself, strong willed, opinionated, and devoted. We aren’t sure of her exact age; She’s a forty something, full of energy and personality.

Age: in her 40’s

Sex: Female

Prefers: Males

Other Bird Aggressive?Yes, She will attack other birds.

Cage Aggressive? Yes with women.

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.