Bird Parrot Conure Baltimore, MD

Bird is a male, 5 year-old pineapple green cheek conure. He is your typical happy-go-lucky, full of energy, green cheek conure. He loves flying around, landing on your head or shoulder for a chat before flying off to his next roost. He is a bit of a talker, "pretty-bird", "hello", and some wolf whistles once in a while. He likes shredding toys, climbing ladders, playing on his gym, dancing to music, and ringing bells.

Bird has a great appetite. He enjoys a mixture of grains in a mash, chopped up fruits, chopped up vegetables, crumbled nutraberries and pellets. For a special treat walnut pieces are his favourite. Bird is very clean - if nothing is offered he will avail himself of his water bowl, but he would much prefer splashing around under the tap. He will step up onto a wooden perch with a chopstick being his favourite.

Sometime earlier in life he had some kind of beak trauma which caused a split. His beak is being attended to by an avian veterinarian and we hope for a long term fix, but it's possible he may need remediation upon occasion. It does not seem to affect his eating, other than maybe chopping up his food a little finer and or break up the Nutra-berries to a more manageable sizes.

IMPORTANT PROCESS INFORMATION: Before we can discuss a specific bird with you, we ask that you follow our adoption process. Some birds are in foster homes that may adopt them, many other birds are waiting for our help and are not yet posted in PetFinders. The adoption coordinator in your area will work with you to find the best home for each bird, and a species and personality that works best for your family too. We want to set everyone up for success, especially our parrots.

To get started, the adoption process includes completing our parrot match application and attending one of our core classes. You can find information about this process on our website at www.phoenixlanding.org/adoptAREAS OF OPERATION: Phoenix Landing serves only Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, and northeast Florida. We do not ship birds. However, everyone is welcome and encouraged to join us for our online events. Parrots are unique and they deserve us to be informed caretakers. There are also many past event recordings available which you may find helpful. All event information can be found at www.phoenixlanding.org/events

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