PEAR TREE Avian Sanctuary ~ Parrot Education Adoption & Rehabilitation ~ Southwest Missouri, education birds

Pebbles is our newest education addition - January 2006.
She is a Lesser Sulfur Crested Cockatoo. She initially
plucked her own feathers due to grief when her original
owner died. She has lived in many homes since then and
her feather plucking has become chronic due to stress
and neglect. Many of her feather follicles have permanent
damage from repeated plucking and will never grow back.
She is currently in the process of rehabilitation and
socialization. She has travels to a number of classrooms
in an effort to educate people about the many
responsibilities of having a pet parrot. Pebbles has made
a lot of progress thus far and has a few new feathers. She
will remain a permanent resident of PEAR TREE Avian
Sanctuary due to her severe seperation anxiety and
phobic tendancies.

Precious is a Quaker Parakeet. PEAR TREE took in
Precious in the Spring of 2005. She had been cage
bound for a number of years and was a chronic egg layer
prior to her arrival. She was very phobic and did not trust
anyone. After her quarantine period, we began the diet
transition process and behavior work. It took about 3
months, but Precious finally began coming out of her
cage and flying around. She would not 'step up' but she
would allow you to scoop her up in your hands and
cuddle her. She has not laid an egg since her arrival.
Now Precious is a permanent resident, and she is a
fantastic education animal. She has fun flying around
and keeping everyone company.

Collie is a Severe Macaw. Severe Macaws are not full size
macaws - they are the largest of the mini-macaws. Collie
came to PEAR TREE in November of 2002. He had 2
previous owners that just could not handle him. Once he
became sexually mature he was misunderstood and
misbehaved. Screaming and biting fits would commence
and his owners did not know how to deal with his
behavior. After his quarantine period, Collie went through
diet transition and behavior training. The diet he was on
previously was increasing his already high hormone
levels, thus adding to the problem. Once changed over to
a stable diet, his behavior settled down as well. Once we
earned his trust, he really came out of his shell and we
began taking him to schools for socialization. He is now a
permanent resident, an education bird, and our mascot!