SCULLY

Meet Scully

Timneh African Grey • Estimated Hatch Year: Possibly 2013 • Quiet & Kind

Scully is a Timneh African Grey who came to us after his owner passed away. His owner’s daughter believes he might have been hatched around 2013, but that’s just an educated guess—we don’t have any records to confirm it.

He originally came from an older home where smoking indoors was common, so his lungs have likely been through more than most. Even so, Scully is a gentle, shy guy with a sweet demeanor. He’s the kind of bird who watches quietly from the sidelines, taking his time to decide if you’re worth his trust (spoiler: you probably are).

We don’t know much else about his past, but we’re focused on his future—a calm, clean home where he can feel safe and slowly build new bonds.

Age: Teens we think, possibly older.

Sex: M

Prefers: Males or Females? We aren’t sure yet.

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

Cage Aggressive? No. He’s more nervous.

Adoption Fee: $1000

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