Sailey
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I am looking to find a new home for my Orange Wing Amazon parrot. He is male, I had him tested before I got him. I need to relocate and where I will be I can take one pet. I am struggling mightily with this as I do not want to do it. But- I am of retirement age and since I expect he will outlive me I do want to try to assure that his future is as good as the life he has had with me since 1999, or even better. And I need to do that now it seems.
I got him from wonderful very very small scale home breeders in Florida in 1999 or thereabouts (memory…!). I visited him on a vacation trip, saw him and his brother as baby hand fed chicks and picked him up when he was of age to go home. Prior to that I had a bird exactly like him who passed away. I knew all about all facets of bird care. First bird was a legal wild caught from Florida who was gifted to me by parrot owners when I mentioned how I was enjoying seeing parrots.
I've explored all options and rehoming him would be the best for me. The stress and complications of this move are overwhelming. I have a home and a business to move. I wanted to get him back to Florida, thinking that there are many more parrot owners who might want a little buddy. He's never around small children and likely would be stressed by them. He is afraid of ball caps. He likes women. Men bearing treats are ok too. He's lived with cats and dogs.
He needs a mature parrot experienced owner.
Due to life situations he was not handled much in many years. That is not lack of attention. He is always with me/us in the same room and was/is never lonely. He had a loving pet sitter if we went away for a few weeks. He was a hand tame bird that needs to be worked with to be hand tamed again. He's very mellow. He never screams, something that my wild caught bird did. Really he has no bad habits.
He's eating a complete pellet diet with pretty much everything we eat, all the parrot safe foods. Small amount of nuts and seeds for treats, and peanut butter cookies. He has no health issues. He has no bad habits. He is quiet but will talk excitedly sometimes when we are. He says a few words, including I love you and good bird, in the less distinct orange wing voice. But you can tell what he's saying.
He’s very easy. I bought him a large new cage with tons of toys. This, to replace an older but still fine cage. After he sat in pretty much the same spot more or less for months I sold the cage. He didn’t want to climb or hang. He was happy to sit with us in his cage, gnaw a bone or toy or seeded pine cone. I tried to give him a big space. He did not care. He LIKES his cage home. We got him a birdcage heater for the colder months and a heated perch too. He likes them. He had a separate freestanding perch he liked. I’m sure he’d like that again.
Please let me know if you have an interest in giving this guy a wonderful home.
tl;dr
Great bird, male, sexed
Quiet and mellow, a happy boy
Needs great home
Hatched +/- 1999
No bad habits
No health issues
Says several words and phrases
Likes women, men are OK too but no baseball caps...
Fed great non-seed diet, so he is on slim side
Want to rehome in New England or will talk, moving to FL
Small rehome fee
Comes with cage
I got him from wonderful very very small scale home breeders in Florida in 1999 or thereabouts (memory…!). I visited him on a vacation trip, saw him and his brother as baby hand fed chicks and picked him up when he was of age to go home. Prior to that I had a bird exactly like him who passed away. I knew all about all facets of bird care. First bird was a legal wild caught from Florida who was gifted to me by parrot owners when I mentioned how I was enjoying seeing parrots.
I've explored all options and rehoming him would be the best for me. The stress and complications of this move are overwhelming. I have a home and a business to move. I wanted to get him back to Florida, thinking that there are many more parrot owners who might want a little buddy. He's never around small children and likely would be stressed by them. He is afraid of ball caps. He likes women. Men bearing treats are ok too. He's lived with cats and dogs.
He needs a mature parrot experienced owner.
Due to life situations he was not handled much in many years. That is not lack of attention. He is always with me/us in the same room and was/is never lonely. He had a loving pet sitter if we went away for a few weeks. He was a hand tame bird that needs to be worked with to be hand tamed again. He's very mellow. He never screams, something that my wild caught bird did. Really he has no bad habits.
He's eating a complete pellet diet with pretty much everything we eat, all the parrot safe foods. Small amount of nuts and seeds for treats, and peanut butter cookies. He has no health issues. He has no bad habits. He is quiet but will talk excitedly sometimes when we are. He says a few words, including I love you and good bird, in the less distinct orange wing voice. But you can tell what he's saying.
He’s very easy. I bought him a large new cage with tons of toys. This, to replace an older but still fine cage. After he sat in pretty much the same spot more or less for months I sold the cage. He didn’t want to climb or hang. He was happy to sit with us in his cage, gnaw a bone or toy or seeded pine cone. I tried to give him a big space. He did not care. He LIKES his cage home. We got him a birdcage heater for the colder months and a heated perch too. He likes them. He had a separate freestanding perch he liked. I’m sure he’d like that again.
Please let me know if you have an interest in giving this guy a wonderful home.
tl;dr
Great bird, male, sexed
Quiet and mellow, a happy boy
Needs great home
Hatched +/- 1999
No bad habits
No health issues
Says several words and phrases
Likes women, men are OK too but no baseball caps...
Fed great non-seed diet, so he is on slim side
Want to rehome in New England or will talk, moving to FL
Small rehome fee
Comes with cage
