Fritz (bonded with Bekwee)

I`m Fritz, a Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot. I`ve come back to Mickaboo with my soul mate Bekwee after years of wonderful adventures together.

Bekwee and I had a wonderful home where we were dearly loved, until our person passed away, and so we came back to Mickaboo. I am a beautiful blue crown amazon, and I`m in my very late 30s (almost 40!). I have some heart issues - heart arrhythmia, resulting ataxia, and my body condition score is a little thin. I need my regular vet visits to keep my health as optimal as it can be under the circumstances.

You can learn all about me by watching this video of Bekwee and I in a Mickaboo online adoption fair.

I`m a veteran of Mickaboo, in that I first came to Mickaboo in 2005! I`m one of the longest still living birds that has benefitted from Mickaboo`s lifetime commitment to ensure care for Mickaboo birds; I`ve had two adoptive homes in my time with Mickaboo. Sadly, my last wonderful adopter (a very experienced vet tech, and a Mickaboo volunteer herself) passed away, and so we are now living in a foster home again.

Even in 2005, I already had a raft of health issues from a tough start in life where the people who had me just didn`t know anything about diet and nutrition. I was on such a poor diet that I suffered neurological issues and seizures. Since coming to Mickaboo, my diet has been much better - I love my fresh veggies and fruit! But my head will always tip over with my neurological issues and I get heart medication (isoxuprine) twice a day, which I take on food. So I will be on heart meds for the rest of my life.

While Bekwee and I don`t like being handled, we can be moved on a rope perch. We have the bottom grate of our cage raised up because I am prone to the occasional fall, and we don`t want me to get hurt.

If you think you might just be the next home for us, with a soft spot for older, special needs amazons, please reach out to the amazon coordinator team to learn more about adopting us.

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Fritz (bonded with Bekwee)