Pixel

This is Pixel.

This is what we know:

Pixel, is a six-year-old lovebird with a big personality and a fearless streak. Born in August 2019, Pixel has always been a bold little bird who knows what she wants.

She's not fond of being handled, but she has shown in the past that when she picks her person, she bonds deeply. In her first home, she chose one of the children as her favorite. She'd happily fly to their head, wander the house and table tops, and return to her cage when she was done exploring.

Pixel is a hormonal girl, which can make her a bit of a handful. In her second home, despite efforts and some success with stick training, things didn’t quite work out. She started to pluck and continued to be a challenge.

She's laid eggs in the past, confirming she's a female, and her hormones definitely play a role in her behavior.

What Pixel needs now is someone patient and understanding, someone who’s willing to invest time and build trust with her. Underneath the tough exterior is a sweet bird with a good heart, just waiting for the right person to come along and help her feel safe and secure again.

Age: 6

Sex: Female

Prefers: Males or Females? Not sure it matters

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

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $200.

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.