Once upon a time there was a family who contacted Mickaboo and said they had the meanest amazon in the world and hadn't been able to handle him for years. So Tom McMasters-Stone braved the elements on a winter day and arrived to pick up this tough bird.

What he found indeed was an aggressive bird, who lived in a crummy cage outside on an open porch, literally blowing in the artic winds. Peppie went to Tom's house for a few months to warm up and settle down. Not much settling happened and there was an opportunity to pair Peppie up with another really aggressive amazon, Jimmy, who was living with Lissa Shoun, where he was being gentled and home schooled. Jimmy is afraid of other birds and Lissa felt he had come such a long way in his progress that she wanted to introduce him to one of his own. Peppie moved on down 80 and 280 and met up with the Jimster. According to Lissa both birds were in full display for a few days and then they began to be mirror images - two beautiful Double Yellow Heads eating at the same time, preening at the same time, within view of each other. Lissa started clicker training and school with Peppie too, who thrived on the challenges and showed a high level of intelligence. Jimmy began to revert to some old ways of incessant screaming. And Peppie began to flatten her posture on her perch and demonstrate some wanton ways in Jimmy's direction. Jimmy is a DNA sexed male so we had to assume that Peppie (or Peppina) is probably female!

Anyone willing to take on Peppina, a really beautiful bird, who according to Lissa has just had a really bad life but wants so much to be loved? Lissa says Peppina has a lot of companion bird potential. We would like to find a foster home where someone has time to continue clicker training with Peppina so she can build her confidence in human interactions.