Alumni story: Henry

Henry is an extremely large Harlequin macaw. He was surrendered to CARE last year when his owners' illnesses worsened and they had to find new homes for all of their parrots.Henry stayed at the Center for several months, awaiting the right home. Because he's so large, he intimidates many people. When macaws sense fear, they frequently play a "scare the human" game. We've seen it hundreds of times here. Sometimes, the macaws even laugh after they've scared the human! This is a problem because if it's allowed to continue, can lead to aggression and biting.

When Henry met his human, it was love at first sight. Last week, Henry came in to get his nails trimmed. His owner agreed to let me take this picture and put it on the blog.

What a wonderful life Henry now leads. I guess he just had to scare away all of those potential adopters because he knew someone special was waiting for him.