Meet the staff
Here are our full time staff. They are all our birds, 10 in total, all Macaws.
All our birds are rescue birds in one way or another, varying in degrees of abuse and neglect. They have all had at least 3 previous owners, some have had more. Now they are with us, in their forever homes we provide them with the love, attention and stimulation every bird deserves.
Oliver -The Boss!
Oliver is the reason our business was started, hence his iconic face heading our website.
Oliver is a 13 year old Greenwing, we bought him from a garden centre with a story of how he was a tame pet bird but his cage had been knocked over by a young boy and he`d become afraid. We were naive, we fell for it, however it wasn`t long before the Parrot Society helped trace his ring details back to find he was a wild caught bird and on sexing they`d noted white plaques in his air sacks which wasn`t taken any further. Sadly Oliver now has Aspergillus and respiratory Disease, along with severe scarring in his air sacks,
Nobody knows how long we will have Oliver due to the scarring in his lungs, our vet is amazed he breathes at all. Having said that Oliver is a huge bird full of kisses for everyone and with the help of Metacam and F10 fogging he enjoys life to the full.
Oliver is semi tame now, he still doesn`t like to be touched but enjoys both bird and human company. Everyone loves Oliver, River is the love of his life, Diesel wants to be his love and Molly flirts from the cage alongside them!
Olivers condition has deteriorated slightly, he wheezes more noticeably at all times and isn`t quite as well as he used to be. This is very worrying for us and we are in touch with our vets over it, though there is nothing more anyone can really do for him. He still has a good quality of life and we hope he doesn`t deteriorate any further, he seems to be stable at this level for the time being.
River - Puzzle Solver
River is not employed for her intelligence bless her! As much as we love her she is clumsy and always the last to catch on!! We give her the puzzle toys to test and if River can solve it we know any bird can!! Still young she is 4 years old. She was not very well bred but is growing into a beautiful young lady with a lovely tangerine coloured chest and the prettiest colours.
She is semi tame, mostly too stupid to consider biting anyone and has a half hearted attempt if you do something she doesn`t agree with, she is happiest with Oliver and Diesel.
Oliver is her true love and most of the time Diesel is just in the way!
Diesel - Beak Buster
Diesel is a Harlequin Macaw. No toy gets past his beak and he is the most destructive bird we have, first in there to try anything new.
His beak is huge and he has more Greenwing in him than Blue and Gold, which is what his parents were.
He tests toy durability, if a toy lasts Diesel a while we know it has to be good!
Diesel was first a 'trophy bird', thought of by his owners as something to show off. He was then with a friend who sadly had to part with him.
Since living with other Macaws he choses their company over humans though he will step up on command, he is a mummys boy.
Diesel is terrible for pulling other birds tails, a typical macaw trait but one he seems to have inherited more than the others!
Quite the acrobat Diesel spends half of his life upside down!
Matilda - Head Of Security
Matilda may be our dainty little Blue and Gold girl but her love for her dad has no bounds and woe betide anyone who enters uninvited! If her menacing stance doesn`t drive them off, wings spread and beak ready to pounce her screaming soon will!
Matilda, previously known as Rambo!, was well loved by her former owners but they were misguided with their love and misunderstood the needs of a parrot. She was kept on a dark landing in a small dirty cage where she had no feathers on her neck at all eating junk food.
Matilda lives free in and on her cage alongside Dylan and Spartan but she prefers her own space a lot of the time which is why she has a cage to herself. Dylan raids her food bowls when she allows him to mind you!
In her cage Matilda loves nothing better than to play with her toys, she`s a dainty bird and unpicks them strand by strand testing out the fun factor.
She is now in perfect feather and although still a picky eater she is more willing to eat fruit and veg.
Dylan - Stock Checker
Dylan is a 4 year old Blue and Gold who still has all the cuteness of a baby bird. He loves to count and checks all your orders to make sure the right quantities are sent out. There is the slight issue of the number '3', Dylan doesn`t like it! So Dylan counts ' 1, 2, 4, 2' which can complicate matters!!!!
He is another bird who was loved by his previous owners but they worked long hours and he had a very bad wing clip as a baby before they bought him. He has grown into a strapping young man and his dark brown eyes melt the hearts of many however he has absolutely no sense of direction when he flies!
Dylan loves all food but his top tipple is a piece of toast, he eats very well all types of fruit and veg and his feather condition is beautiful probably down to the baths he has.
Dylans favourite toy is the Pollys swing where he sleeps at night. This is great as it keeps his nails short.
Spartan - Technical Adviser
Spartan is just 3 years old and has joined our flock. He loves to remove toys, fastenings, nuts, bolts, he`ll test them all. Spartan is quite a large Greenwing and his huge beak doesn`t take much effort to destroy things. He has found a friend in Dylan and within 10 minutes of meeting eachother they were feeding and preening eachother which we thought was extremely fast!
Spartan is of the age where he`s liking to test the boundaries a bit and needs a confident owner. He was much loved by his former owners but due to personal circumstances they could no longer care for him.
Spartan has also confirmed that if you squeeze tight enough 2 large Macaws can sleep on the Pollys Swings together!!!!!!
He flies well, he nodds his head and does a Mutley laugh when you ask him, he loves most food, he`s a very good eater and of course, has to share the same bowl as Dylan! We hope he is going to enjoy being part of the Scarletts flock.
Phoebe - Now reunited with Milo (now called George), the bird she was split from which caused her all the upset. We are heartbroken to let her go, but have done what we feel is right for her and she has a fabulous home with Milos owner Caron. Phoebe will ALWAYS have a home here if she needs it.
Phoebe was split up from her partner Milo the Military Macaw and then put in the care of someone who sadly never cared for her at all. She is very badly plucked and came to us with no emotion or life in her, slowly but surely that spark came back and she started eating really well and playing with toys. She would interact with us and make daft noises and give kisses but the plucking never got any better and she was doing it to the point of making herself bleed. We sought advice from our vet, the rescue organisation and Caron who has her partner Milo and decided the only thing left to try was reuniting them. That despite our best efforts she would never get over being parted from Milo (now George). So it is with great hope that she has gone to live as part of the flock with Milo/George where she will want for nothing and have the same care and devotion she had here. We are in close contact and we are still always here for her if she needs us, and any of the flock she is now with of course. We miss her desperatly but it`s Phoebe who is important and she seems to be settling in really well.
Harley - Between Titles!!!
Where do we start with Harley?!! Having a wide vocabulary we put him in charge of customer relations. Let`s just say it was bad for business!! We are leaving Harley to concentrate on his autobiography known as Harleys Diary to keep our customers up to speed on the latest goings on. Of course he likes to test the bowl flingability and works on our new toy ranges.
Harley was hand reared by a lady who never put him in the cage so he doesn`t understand how to play but lately he`s been loving some of our toy ranges, even he can`t resist!
That owner then parted with him after 7 years and it broke his heart, he went on to a home where he was pulled from the cage by his neck and was going to be set free, then on to a home where he was shouted at and hated and shut away.
Now he has found love with us he has latched onto his mum and is over bonded, but an extremely loving and funny character. He has a wicked sense of humour and loves to wind people up and then laugh. He shares a cage with Lucas another Severe Macaw.
We`re thinking 'debt collector' may be a fitting new title given his lack of fear of everyone and everything!
Harley doesn`t realise his size, we have to treat him like the bigger Macaws, though he has a very loving side and in his jumper lies all the dummies from the binky ball and a set of ping pong balls known as 'his babies'.
He LOVES to pose for the camera!
Lucas - Taste Tester
Lucas is also a Severe Macaw but is the complete opposite to Harley. he likes nothing more than to eat and the role as 'taste tester' is absolutely perfect for him munching his way through pellets, seed, treats, you name it he`s tried it!!
Lucas likes to preen with Harley and they sleep snuggled on the swing together. Lucas is tame to men though not a cuddly pet. He comes out of the cage, looks down, sees cage bars between him and the food bowl and scrambles back in, relieved to be back with the food!
He only says 'hello' and shakes his head aggresively at most people.
Maxwell- Head Of All Things Stringy
Max came to us with Molly after being kept in an outdoor aviary with no shelter. When they stopped eating they were taken from their owner and we were called late one night to help.
Sadly Max suffers Aspergillus and is nebulised twice a day in a special box we made for him. I think he likes some time out away from Molly, she can be the nagging wife at times!
Max is 21 years old.
He likes nothing more than to preen, he was chewing his tail feathers but since filling the cage with sisal plaits and preener toys he has stopped and spends his time giving the toys tlc and preening them!
Max is an aviary bird whereas Molly is a pet bird, the 2 were paired up together by the rescue organisation...not exactly a match made in heaven!!!
Molly - Beak Grinder
Molly is a tame Scarlet Macaw, well, tame to men anyway! She has a habit of grinding her beak on anything and everything, her cage included. The Beak Buffers and Nibbler blocks have saved the paint on the cage and keep her beak nice and trim for biting any women who get too close!
Molly is 16 years old and is now in good health but was lacking in calcium and the essentials when she first came in to us.
She is a real poser for the camera though her desire as a pet bird for humans causes issues with her aviary bird partner Max. She finds it confusing and can be aggresive towards him when people are around so her time with humans has to be done away from him.
The only staff who don`t mind being paid peanuts!!
The Staff During Their Time Off!