Ditto

Ditto is a female blue-and-gold macaw who is nearing her 20s. She has been at CARE and looking for the right home for almost three years now.
She was originally purchased as a pet for a young teenage girl. When this girl left home to go to college, no one in the family was interested in Ditto. Sound familiar? This actually happens pretty regularly, and is one of the reasons we don't recommend these long-lived creatures as pets for children if no one else in the house is interested in a relationship with the bird.

She spent over a year placed on consignment at a local pet store. When that store went out of business, her owners that were trying to sell her surrendered her to us.

We wrote about Ditto several years ago. In that entry, we made the comment that she wouldn't say "peek-a-boo" on camera. This time, she said it, but without the corresponding wing movements. So you have to combine the images from these two videos in your head to get the full effect!



We take Ditto with us on educational visits. She loves being the center of attention! We don't understand why that perfect home hasn't presented itself yet for her -- during the time she's been with us, dozens of other macaws have found their home -- but Ditto knows it will be worth the wait to finally have the love and security of a family that has eluded her thus far.