Tiki

Introducing Tiki! This handsome 21 years young blue and gold macaw came into PEARL foster care the day after his owner passed away. We understand that Tiki was well loved by his human and lived in the same home since being purchased as a newly weaned parrot. Now Tiki is looking for a new loving forever home due to circumstance beyond his control. Tiki is assumed male. He shared his former home with his human, two medium sized parrots who lived in separate caging across the room, and a couple of dogs. Tiki seems to be adjusting well in foster care quickly adapting to his macaw-appropriate 64" wide x 32" deep x 70" tall habitat. He initially had his own room at his foster home, but the family observed that he really wants to be where the famly spends much of their time. His cage has been relocated to the main living area. Tiki transitioned quickly to PEARL's recommended healthy macaw diet within a day or two! He is enjoying his quality pellets supplemented with plenty of parrot-safe veggies and fruit. So far he really seems to enjoy broccoli, bell pepper, banana, & grapes. His favorite treats are an occaisional walnut or almond - raw and in the shell. This intelligent macaw is just getting started with target training and his foster mom hopes to extend that to travel carrier training. Stay tuned! Soon after joining PEARL, Tiki began revealing his mimicked vocabulary. He typically responds with "what?" or "hello" when his foster mom calls out his name. He occasionally offers a few colorful swear words which he must have been heard in response to certain scenarios in his former home. His vocabulary is increasing and he more recently has started to mimick the names of the dogs that live in his foster home. His favorite enrichment activity is chewing up paper. You may notice from his photos, that Tiki arrived missing some plumage. Tiki has not demonstrated feather destructive behavior in the short time he has been with PEARL. We've worked with an avian veterinarian to rule out any health related causes and anticipate the feather issue is behavioral and possibly related to stressing event(s) in his past. Only the time required of a full feather molt will tell if his chest feathers will grow back. Thankfully his foster family has not observied feather pluck behavior. Looking beyond some lacking feathers, this beautiful, intelligent parrot has quite a fun personality and would be a great addition to a loving home. Could that home be with you? ************************************************************************************************************************ Tiki is AVAILABLE for adoption! If a PEARL parrot is listed on Petfinder, it is available for adoption as update our records regularly. AVAILABLE for adoption - if a parrot is listed on Petfinder it is available for adoption we keep our records up to date. Adoption Fee: $600 Age: 21 Sex: Assumed Male ************************************************************************************************************************ PEARL Parrot Rescue is an all-volunteer and foster-based organization located in Pittsburgh, PA. Our adoption process consists of: 1) Submitting an application; 2) Attending our Standards of Care Class 3) A Home Visit For more information about our classes and adoption process, please visit our website at: www.pearlparrots.com