This is Rio.

This is what we know about him:

Rio is a 6 year old Green Cheek Conure who lived with a single man his whole life. That man spends a lot of time out of the country and decided it would be better to get him into the rescue so he can have a home that is more stable.

Rio isn’t really trained, per se - but does like hanging with his human. Once you earn his trust, he would be a fun bird to target train, flight train and that sort of thing with. He’s very smart, and he would be a good candidate for doing all the fun tricks and stuff you can do with birds.

Age: 6

Sex: Male

Prefers: Males or Females? Not sure it matters

Other Bird Aggressive? No.

Cage Aggressive? No. He’s more nervous.

Adoption Fee: $250

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
He will need some time to earn his trust using strategies like target training and station training.

***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.