Meet Pepper

Pepper is an approximately 8 year old Congo African Grey. She was surrendered because her previous owner had lung problems and could no longer care for her. Unfortunately, the care Pepper received in her previous home left her with some health issues of her own. Her owner continually burned incense about 5 feet away from Pepper's cage!

As you can see from her picture, Pepper had plucked out the majority of her feathers, including her entire tail. As she's been with us, in good air quality and now with a good diet, her feathering is starting to improve, and we are hopeful that her exposure to incense did not cause any long-term health issues.

Pepper has an amazing personality. Currently, she is a bit cage aggressive, but that's certainly understandable. If you'd been taken away from everything you'd ever known, you'd probably protect the one thing you perceived to be yours as well! With patience and time, we feel that she will nicely step up out of her cage for her new owners -- we've seen it happen hundreds of times.

Away from her cage, she is very tame and handleable. She is outgoing and would desperately love to find a new flock.

In this video, you can see her dancing, and if you listen closely, you can hear her singing a bit "woah-woah-woah-woah-woah."



She makes a lot of fun grey noises, and does talk a bit. However, there's no guarantee that she will talk in her new home.

We're looking for a very special home for Pepper. Someone who can look past her battered exterior to see the wonderful, empathetic, intelligent, and curious being inside.