Whether I adoption a ten year's old caique?

Hi,

I want to adoption a ten years caique from one bird rescue center.
What is character of 10y old Caique? Can it recognize me as its master and obey me? Could you please give me suggestion? Thank you.

The introduce is as below,
I`m a 10-year old caique. My surrenderer says I am a female. He had to give me up because he is doing his medical residency and works sometimes 18 hours a day. My foster parents say that I am adorable, I love to play and destroy my toys, adore shoulder surfing, and my favorite thing to do is to explore. I wear an orange hat, a white shirt, a green jacket, and yellow pants, permanently, through my exquisite coloring. Toys that I can shred are my favorite things beside a toilet paper roll that Ilike wrestling with. Sometimes I hang upside down by one foot to wrestle with this free toy. I will shoulder surf with either my foster mom or foster dad. When I get bored, I wander downwards, preferably towards a table or ledge, where the fun is. Then I check things out. Like all of my caique relatives, I am an explorer at heart, looking under, over, around, and in whatever I can. I am willful and don`t want to return to my cage; however, you can bribe me with a treat. My favorite foods are banana chips, grapes, nuts, and apple. I eat Harrison`s pellets. Won`t you consider coming to meet me? .

Welcome to the forums! Caiques tend to be very high energy, busy birds who need lots of one on one time to remain entertained. You will need to provide a large variety of toys ranging from foraging to shreddable. However each bird has it's own individual personality and will react differently to training. I would reccomend that you visit the rescue/foster parents and take your time to get to know him. Possibly you could offer to help the foster parents with his daily care for some time so that you can really get to know him. Any way best of luck :41:

I would like to add that a diet with a range of fresh fruits and vegetables (around 70%) supplemented with around (30%) pellets and sprouted seeds. Baking parrot cakes/bread (no added sugar and parrot safe ingriedients) food is also fun thing to do. A healthy parrot is a happy parrot .

These sticky threads will hopefully be happy
Parrot Food, Recipes and Diet - Parrot Forum - Parrot Owner's Community

carrielan said:

Can it recognize me as its master and obey me?

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Parrots are not dogs (not that I feel that many dogs should be treated the way that they are), and caiques are not easy birds to care for as they are high energy and prone to aggression.

If that's how you feel, then no, a caique is not a good bird for you. No bird may be a good fit.


Do you have previous bird experience? If not, then I would recommend volunteering caring for birds before you decide whether or not a bird would actually be a good fit for you.

carrielan said:

Hi,
Can it recognize me as its master and obey me? Could you please give me suggestion? Thank you.

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No bird recognizes a human as their master. They are your master and it's time to get that in your head now.

My honest suggestion? Based on that statement alone do not get any bird right now, you need to do a metric tonne of research before getting a bird and really decide if you're up for it. Otherwise you're gonna end up with a screaming, biting, plucking bird that gets at best ignored and at worst abused both mentally and physically. You can 'abuse' a bird very easily thinking what you're doing is right so do take a lot of time to research

carrielan said:

Hi,
Can it recognize me as its master and obey me? Could you please give me suggestion?

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Honestly it's completly the opposite. The bird owns YOU and occasionally will do things to please you . There's a reason parronts say that we are owned by our birds!

My caique is my Master, and I obey him. lol

"Do what the caique wants and no body gets hurt" - some random caique owner

Things to consider:
1. If you're not aware caiques can become quite (understatement possibly of the century) moody and hormonal from the age of 2 which can settle around a year plus, not every caique is the same. A 10 year old caique would be well over the hormonal period, which could mean depending on it's nature and upbringing could be a happy little friend to deal with. Although don't get me wrong you will still have a period of hormonal-ness at once a year.
2. Are you willing to give this caique a forever home?
3. They are naturally very beaky birds, even when they play.
4. Highly unlikely to ever get along with any other pets
5. Knowledge is your best friend.
6. Caiques are not for first time bird owners.

caiquewalk said:

My caique is my Master, and I obey him. lol

"Do what the caique wants and no body gets hurt" - some random caique owner

Things to consider:
1. If you're not aware caiques can become quite (understatement possibly of the century) moody and hormonal from the age of 2 which can settle around a year plus, not every caique is the same. A 10 year old caique would be well over the hormonal period, which could mean depending on it's nature and upbringing could be a happy little friend to deal with. Although don't get me wrong you will still have a period of hormonal-ness at once a year.
2. Are you willing to give this caique a forever home?
3. They are naturally very beaky birds, even when they play.
4. Highly unlikely to ever get along with any other pets
5. Knowledge is your best friend.
6. Caiques are not for first time bird owners.

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Very wise words - and *marvellous* username. :-D

"Do what the caique wants and no body gets hurt" is my new favourite quote...

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"Can it recognize me as its master and obey me? Could you please give me suggestion? Thank you."

Wow, that statement really took me by surprise. The very first thing that entered my mind was "What it this poor parrot, a dog?" Not to be mean to you or rude, but if you've never owned any pet parrot before, please do your research before adopting one. They have the intelligence of a 4 year old human toddler, and they don't "obey" anyone, nor can they be locked in a cage for very long at all. They need many hours every single day of out-of-cage time and human interaction, and they are very much like having a small, human toddler in your home.

I commend you for joining and asking questions. Often times this is the best way to begin your research.
A relationship with parrots is unlike any other relationship you will experience. It takes a lot of respect and trust on both ends.
While many do not approach it this way, the best way to find out if parrot ownership is right for you is to work with parrots (friends, rescues, sanctuaries) for a couple months. It is truly an eye opening experience.

I agree with all of the above replies. No parrot ever obeyed anybody. He will eventually recognize you as one of his flock or family if treated well, but you will never be a bird's master. If you've seen birds doing tricks, it's because they want to do them, not because they are obeying anybody. Caiques are beautifully feathered, wickedly smart and very busy parrots with big personalities. Their antics are hilarious, but they require a LOT of attention and usually do best in pairs according to breeders I talked to. I researched Caiques extensively before I got my Sun. I wanted a Caique in the worst way. I interviewed an avian vet and a girl who had a Conure and a Caique. She said she loved her Caique, but would never have gotten him in hindsight. The vet said to definitely go with the Conure.

Don't we al wish .... (at least sometimes) to have a parrot who would behave like a doggie and actually obey a command?

(Mine acts like a dog sometimes and chews on my shoes... does that count )

Good for you on finding this place and ask questions first!
Usually people will get themselves in a situation first and look for information second: so you are already ahead in the game!

A friend of mine was thinking of getting a caique, so I was looking around talking to people... and all I met were people "who used to have one, some time ago". It is very hard to find someone who actually had one for more than a year or so... (even breeders stop with these birds more than any other parrot- as far as I can tell, and that is including the noisy and really impressively agressive macaws.)