Maggie Sue

About Maggie

Maggie is proof that confidence has absolutely nothing to do with having a full set of feathers.

This 28-year-old Blue and Gold Macaw is smart, silly, affectionate, and completely convinced that life is one big adventure. She loves exploring, solving puzzles, foraging for treats, and figuring out how to get into places she probably shouldn’t be. If there’s a banana nearby, she will find it. If there’s a challenge between her and a walnut, she will solve it.

Maggie is the kind of bird who makes people laugh. She has a playful sense of humor, expressive body language, and a way of making even ordinary moments entertaining. She enjoys interacting with her people, investigating everything around her, and making sure she’s involved in whatever is happening.

Once she trusts you, Maggie is incredibly affectionate. She loves scratches, enjoys having her pin feathers preened, gives kisses on request, and will happily lean in for attention. She’s also known to snuggle upside down because apparently normal macaw behavior is optional.

Maggie has spent many years barbering and plucking her feathers, and most of her body feathers are unlikely to grow back. The good news is that Maggie doesn’t seem remotely concerned about this fact. She remains active, healthy, capable of short flights, and fully committed to living life on her own terms.

She would do best with someone who appreciates an intelligent, interactive bird and is looking for a companion rather than a decoration. Maggie wants to be part of the family, part of the conversation, and preferably part of whatever snack you’re currently eating.

If you’re looking for a macaw with endless personality, a mischievous streak, and enough charm to make you forget she’s missing half her outfit, Maggie might just be your girl.
Age: 28 Hatch date 3/4/97

Sex: DNA verified Female

Prefers: Seems to prefer females.

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

Cage Aggressive? She can be a bit bitchy about having your hands in her house.

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.