Meet the Flock....Jade!

Hey!
Jade is our newest baby girl!  Jade came to us from Dr. Susan Clubb, she's an absolute sweetheart!  Jade is a Meyers Parrot and she hatched 3/24/12!

Jade's mission at the Learning Center is to meet visitors...what I mean by that is she's a great example of how wonderful of a pet, a bird can be.  She's a nice, non-intimidating size, she's very sweet and friendly.  Jade meets and steps up for most visitors, we especially use her in our education program "what makes a bird a bird"....this program is for our young children and Jade's perfect.

We've been working on socializing Jade with other Education animals and we have a cute little video of some of that in action!  Enjoy!  If you are working on socializing any animals with other animals, you need to supervise closely.  We're always right there and watching the body language between the animals...we're ready to step in at anytime...just in case someone decides to be aggressive!  We're there to swoop in and save the day.

You've already met, Packer...our Senegal Parrot, well Jade is stepping in for Packer.  Packer is getting old (over 20) and she's not as excited about meeting person after person like she was when she was a "spring chicken". Don't get me wrong, Packer is still a big part of education...just a little more on the DL!