Pet Connection: Meet Marie and Pete
WEST FARGO — Marie and Pete are babies in green-cheeked conure years, and they’re just as bright, energetic and full of personality as you’d find in any other little one in the animal kingdom — perfect for an eager parrot parent-to-be.
They came in as a bonded pair to the shelter and it’s surprising no one’s adopted them yet, since they’re in beautiful condition, charming and loads of fun.
Marie is the more outgoing, while Pete is the shy snacker of the pair.
Neither of them have been trained to come to your hand, but because Marie is so outgoing, she’s clearly very interested in human interaction, while Pete is willing to follow her lead.
Green-cheeked conures are easy parrots, even for inexperienced owners.
They have warm, bubbly, affectionate personalities, and unlike some of the larger species, their beaks aren’t particularly dangerous, although you should still use caution and a healthy sense of respect.
They’re some of the birds who CAARE volunteers have taken in from within the region, and the shelter needs some help.
They’ve been drastically depleted of resources since their devastating bout with an outbreak of disease last year.
The shelter needed to be closed for much of the year for disinfection and sterilization, and in that time, public habits have shifted away from visiting the facility.
They’re in dire financial shape, so if they don’t get donations, adoptions, and purchases of services and supplies back up and running soon, they may be forced to close.
That means parrots who need help will have to be shipped many hundreds of miles away to the nearest regional facility, stressful for the birds as well as volunteers.
CAARE’s Gwen Sailer joined the Morning Show with Marie and Pete to talk about what young green-cheeked conures need, how to handle them, and what the future of the CAARE facility could look like in the metro.
For more information:
https://www.caare.net/info/adoption
