Willie

This is what we know:

Willie is a charming 36-year-old Blue Fronted Amazon with a lifetime of love and companionship. He has the classic vibrant coloring of his breed, mostly green with touches of yellow, blue, and red, and he has kept his feathers in beautiful condition throughout the years.

Willie is independent but social. He enjoys interacting with people, especially women, and loves to laugh and talk when you do. His vocabulary includes words like Gary, Willie, Hello, and Here, which he says when he wants a taste of people food. While he is not a fan of being held by everyone, with patience and gentle interaction, he may come to enjoy shoulder time with the right person.

Willie has a playful side. He enjoys breaking colorful wood bead toys, and he has a taste for sharing your meals, just a tiny bit. He is healthy, has regular vet care, and his current diet includes a mix of seeds, dried fruit, and some pellets.

Willie is looking for a loving home where he can continue to enjoy his people, his toys, and his moments of mischief and laughter. He is ready to meet someone who will give him the time and patience he deserves.

Age: 36, will be 37 on Dec. 10th.

Sex: Assumed Male

Prefers: Doesn’t have a preference, his owner was Male but he likes women.

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.