Nico

Nico is an approximately 21 year old African Grey parrot. She was owned by one woman all of her life; when that woman quickly became ill and unable to continue living on her own, Nico came to us. She is one of the sweetest parrots we have ever met -- stepping up happily for everyone and wanting to be part of the action.Nico did not have a great diet -- way too much junk food. The list of favorite foods provided to us read like a list of what not to feed a parrot -- tons of sugar- and fat-laden foods with little nutritional content. When a volunteer went to pick her up, there was a bowl of powdered donuts in the bottom of her cage!

Consequently, Nico's calcium was a little low, but otherwise she was in good health.

Last weekend, a family came to the Center, and Nico immediately fell in love with them. They had been pre-approved to adopt, so even though Nico wasn't the bird they thought they wanted when they arrived, she's the one who went home with them!

We've received an update from her new home, and Nico is doing extremely well. Another happy success story!