Mae & Finn

This is what we know:

Got it — Mae is the Green Cheek. Here’s the corrected version:

Finn and Mae are a two-year-old bonded pair — Finn is a female Quaker, and Mae is a male Green Cheek Conure. They’ve been together since they were babies and are very clearly a package deal.

Their family loves them very much, but life changed and they were no longer getting the amount of human time they used to. So now they’re looking for a home where they can keep being little weirdos together.

Finn is the more outgoing of the two. She likes being handled, enjoys head scratches, dances to music, and generally wants to be involved in whatever is going on. Mae is more reserved and isn’t especially interested in being handled, but he is very attached to Finn and likes to be wherever she is.

They are fully flighted, used to having lots of out-of-cage time, and absolutely love being outside in an aviary during warm weather. They have separate cages but like to sleep together at night.

These two need to stay together. They’re very bonded, very used to one another, and clearly function as a little team.

A home with plenty of safe flight time, enrichment, and patience would be ideal. Bonus points if you enjoy music, because Finn apparently has opinions about the playlist.

Age: 2

Sex: Female and Male

Prefers: Doesn’t prefer one sex over the other.

Other Bird Aggressive? We haven’t allowed them to interact with others for their safety.

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $750 for the pair.

Cage Available: Affordable used cages available to purchase starting at $100-$1000

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Quakers are illegal in some states. Please check your state’s laws before applying.

***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.