Pete and Noel

This is what we know:

Pete and Noel are bonded Indian Ringneck Parakeets who are both around six years old. Pete is a friendly blue male who enjoys interacting with people, climbing, exploring, and playing with toys. He enjoys apples, cranberries, and exploring cups and mirrors. Pete likes to step onto hands and climb up arms but prefers that his head not be touched. He thrives on attention and companionship, especially with his mate, Noel.

Noel is a shy blue female who came from a breeder and took time to learn to trust her family. She prefers calm and quiet people and will only step onto a hand when she feels comfortable. She enjoys apples, cranberries, flying around the room, and looking at mirrors. Noel has recently started plucking her feathers, though she seems happier after being moved to a quieter environment.

Pete and Noel are being surrendered together because Noel has developed feather plucking and the household situation has changed, making it difficult to provide the attention they need. As a bonded pair, they will do best in a calm, patient home where they can stay together, receive consistent care, and have opportunities to explore, play, and interact safely.

Age: est. 6 years

Sex: Male and Female

Prefers: Doesn’t have a preference, as long as you’re calm and quiet

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

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $900

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.