jonettehaynes
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Hello all, My name is Jonette and I am owned by a 25yr old Alexandrine, named (not by me) Alex of course! I'm sure most of you know that anytime you're a parrot owner, people you know who have birds or bird questions always come to you. I have an acquaintance that knew we had a bird who had a sulpher crested cockatoo (hope thats spelled right). She was the bird's 3rd owner and the bird's only 15yr old! Anyway, the bird is with me now. I won't go into details now but the bird has not had a happy life to say the least. The bird HATES me!! She tolerates my husband, who is not a 'bird person'. He just doesn't have any experience with large birds, my Alex is MY bird and lets everyone know it!
I am trying to figure out the best way to get this bird a permanent home with an EXPERIENCED bird ownder who will try to keep her for as much of her life as possible. I know she's relatively young in parrot years, but I really want her to have as little bouncing around as possible. She has adapted to her life of neglect very well, sadly enough. She doesn't pluck, but she is a screamer when left alone sometimes. Other than that, her only real 'behavior flaw' is that she will throw her food when you walk near her if she wants attention. I think that these months with us, having my husband actually hold her and interact with her, has made her realize the possibilities of loving and trusting a human and she wants more!!
I live in West Metro Atlanta and will not ship her anywhere. Please understand that. She will have to picked up. I do not want to sell her, just find her a new home. She does have a large cage, though I'm not sure it's big enough for her. My Alex's cage is twice the size of hers.
I've attached two pics of her.
Thank you!
Jonette
I am trying to figure out the best way to get this bird a permanent home with an EXPERIENCED bird ownder who will try to keep her for as much of her life as possible. I know she's relatively young in parrot years, but I really want her to have as little bouncing around as possible. She has adapted to her life of neglect very well, sadly enough. She doesn't pluck, but she is a screamer when left alone sometimes. Other than that, her only real 'behavior flaw' is that she will throw her food when you walk near her if she wants attention. I think that these months with us, having my husband actually hold her and interact with her, has made her realize the possibilities of loving and trusting a human and she wants more!!
I live in West Metro Atlanta and will not ship her anywhere. Please understand that. She will have to picked up. I do not want to sell her, just find her a new home. She does have a large cage, though I'm not sure it's big enough for her. My Alex's cage is twice the size of hers.
I've attached two pics of her.
Thank you!
Jonette