Many would adopt a older parrot with problems, health/behavior?

[pruzel]

I would have adopted him. He must be pretty fun to be around. Can he do any tricks, or is he to old?

 

[Featheredsamurai]

I wouldn't adopt if it had health issues, but I don't care about behavior. All behavior is is building trust and lots of training and learning to read/understand your bird.

 

[Tieltoolove]

I'm in the process of adopting a 15 year old triton cockatoo with asthma (from his old owners smoking near him) and aggression towards men (he was heavily abused by those old owners, who were men) and he plucks heavily, though that's slowly getting better. Hes an amazing bird and once I connected with him, I am now able to teach him to trust other people (including men). It's the most rewarding thing I have experienced.

 

[roxynoodle]

I'm in the process of adopting a 15 year old triton cockatoo with asthma (from his old owners smoking near him) and aggression towards men (he was heavily abused by those old owners, who were men) and he plucks heavily, though that's slowly getting better. Hes an amazing bird and once I connected with him, I am now able to teach him to trust other people (including men). It's the most rewarding thing I have experienced.

He might have been plucking because of the tobacco smoke.

 

[Tieltoolove]

He might have been plucking because of the tobacco smoke.[/QUOTE]
We've actually been Looking into different aloe extracts that can be put into a spray bottle for his baths, we're hoping we find something that can give him some relief.