MYA

Meet Mya

Harlequin or Catalina Macaw (depending on who you ask) • Age Unknown • Curious and Ready to Connect

Mya is a hybrid macaw—either a Harlequin or a Catalina, depending on which parrot expert you ask. We don’t have records to confirm her lineage, and frankly, she’s not telling. She came to us as part of an animal control seizure, and beyond that, her past is a total mystery. She does have a bit of feathers missing on the top of her head from rubbing her head.

What we do know is that Mya is playful, expressive, and showing all the signs of wanting to bond. She’s not quite ready to step right up, but there’s a clear interest in connection—she watches closely, engages, and is already testing the waters of trust.

We don’t know her age or history, but we can see her future, and it looks bright. Mya deserves a patient, experienced home where she can build a relationship at her own pace, with someone who understands that sometimes the best birds are the ones who get to write their next chapter from scratch.

Age: Unknown

Sex: M/F or Unknown

Prefers: Males or Females? Seems to dig women.

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

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $1500

Cage Available: Affordable used cages available to purchase starting at $250 up to 1000.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:

***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.