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greenwing macaw trade for a buddy pass of inter. airline ticket (anywhere)

i HAVE A MALE GREENWING MACAW PARROT THAT IS 23 YEARS OLD, HE SPEAKS ENGLISH AND SPANISH. HE DOES TRICKS AND IS PLAYFULL BUT MOODY.TO TRADE FOR A BUDDY PASS OR A INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE TICKET ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. CALL DAVE 818-xxx-xxxx

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Makes you wonder if Dave’s greenwing has made him so crazy that he needs to fly to the other side of the world to get away from his temperamental partner. Not the best way to get rid of a difficult parrot. Although men have escaped nagging wives in even more imaginative ways….

I imagine a lot of people who read this will be infuriated. (which is why I removed the pertinent info). Yes, that parrot deserves better. But trust me. No one is going to exchange a plane ticket for a moody macaw –even if it is bilingual. And before you get really angry, stop to wonder why this man is looking for a ticket in exchange for the parrot. Maybe the love of his life has moved to Italy or his mother is dying in Greece. He cares about this parrot, but family and love? Perhaps the mother of his child absconded with their little girl to Switzerland. Maybe he lost his job, can’t feed his parrot and thinks that anywhere other than the economy in the US would be a better chance for him, even if his old friend the macaw needs a new home. Maybe he’s lost his home in foreclosure and cannot keep him. Maybe his partner ran off with another man to England to or to see if Guy Ritchie might consider switching teams and left him with a bird he never wanted in the first place.

Your right, the guy is probably just a jerk, but we don’t know that. Instead maybe we should wonder what dire straits would make us act jerky.

Parrots that end up in rescue situations or needing a new home are often there for valid reasons. Life happens. What will you do when life happens to you? Do you have a plan for where your parrot could go? Have you done the work so that your parrot is a wonderful companion in any home? Because the worst could happen to any of us and the best chance your parrot has for a long and happy life is to be well-behaved and ready for anything.

Just don’t trade him for an airline ticket, okay?