Misty

This is Misty.

This is what we know about her:

Misty was purchased at a bird show about 20 years ago, and was told at that point that she was 16 - but we don’t have any way to verify that.

She has been on a fairly rough diet for a bit - but we’ve got her transitioned over to our diet, so we should see the symptoms of fatty liver start to subside.

She’s got an incredible, funny, inquisitive personality and for the right woman, we think she’s going to be someone’s everything.

Age: 30+

Sex: DNA female (we don’t have proof) but has never laid an egg

Prefers: Females

Other Bird Aggressive? We have not put her in a position to interact with others.

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $1000

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
She will need a female primary caretaker as she does not care for men.

***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.