Parrot Kept In A Cage Learns How To Fly | The Dodo Faith = Restored 

I can't believe how Rita's former people kept her always in a cage. She (all parots) needs interaction and I'm so glad you have her now.. teach her to purr when you pet her..lol

If you want a parrot merely because they are sooo pretty, buy a poster!! Lovely to see this beautiful bird fly again. Big thumps up to the rescuers.

As a South American, I take personal offense to the way this gorgeous papagallo was treated. I’m so happy she met this lovely lady who helped her.

That was the saddest thing ever! A bird who not only couldn't fly, but she didn't even know she could😢 Birds are NOT decorations people!!! Seeing her just blossom and stop shaking was the best thing I have seen today 😄❤ And the way the back yard was setup, you know she ended up with the right people! Much love and respect to them and all that save and love animals 🙏 ❤

The person who had this amazing beauty in a cage should've gone to jail. I'm so glad she was rescued and brought back to such splendor.

She is amazing and I love the fact she trusted her new owner.

It humbles me to know that there are people who are so loving, caring and patient. How lovely that this person dedicated herself to help this bird learn to live not just exist. Thank you universe for the good in people

Didn't know birds would lose the ability to fly if they were denied the opportunity for so long. So glad she can be a full bird again. She's beautiful. Glad she's getting her confidence back.

Such a great job building trust with Rita, then building up her strength, then building up her confidence! Thank you for helping this gorgeous parrot!

Sometimes, you need to trust yourself that you can do it.

What a wonderful turnaround!! How lucky she hadn't resorted to plucking out her feathers from the stress so that she could actually learn to fly! She's got a wonderful life ahead of her!!

She is absolutely stunning! My boy is 39 years old, I've had him since he was 11 months. He was captured wild in South America as a youngster and at the time I had no idea of what that meant or what he went thru. Since then I have done all I possibly could to expose the horrors of that, now illegal, trade. He has never been caged, although there were times he probably should have. His name is Hawkeye. He had a stroke not long ago and his vet know just what to do. This video shows the beauty of people that understand life and living, for all creatures of this world! Beautiful Rita, beautiful humans!

As a person with a balance disorder I think this is so important to have someone help you through the journey. Parrot never would have changed without that wonderful therapist (licensed or not)

A parrot should never be locked away in a cage and not have interaction or be able to fly. That is abuse! I am so glad you guys have her now and she’s free to be who she is, a beautiful happy lovable parrot. I’ve worked with different types of birds all my life and the one thing I have learned the easiest way to harm a birds spirit is by not allowing them to be birds and be free. Wish there was more people like you in the world. Lots of respect

These ladies are heroes for saving Rita from the confines that she came from. Now Rita knows what her life is really all about. So happy Rita is experiencing flight and love. 💕🦜

Such a beautiful bird, she where never meant to be hold in a cage, good someone picked her up so she can relearn to be a bird again ❤️

Can not bear when these magnificent birds are kept in cages, it’s despicable. Thank god for incredible people like these 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️

What a wonderful story!! So glad she found someone who cared enough to give her the life she deserved!! Thank you!! 💕

I gasped and cheered when I saw her first flight. 🥲🥰🇨🇦

Thank you for believing in her and loving her until she could love herself enough to FLY.

Rita found the perfect humans to undo all the damage done by the previous owner. These beautiful birds need so much stimulation, as they are intelligent beings. Life imprisoned in a cage, is barely existing. My heart is happy knowing she is getting a second chance! Happy New Year to all.

The only thing I can say is thank you. I hope God gives you everything in double for helping his creature.

She's such a beautiful bird! I'm glad her new family has given her all the opportunity to actually be a bird instead of just a caged specimen.

This woman is exceptional I am so happy for this beautiful parrot !!!

Props to these people who trained the parrot to fly again. Wonderful!

Birds should never be caged. They're more beautiful in nature.

Omg that first flight HOW EXCITING!! That makes me emotional!!

Such a nice thing to see! Keep up your work Dodo crew!

I cannot understand how anyone can keep a bird in a cage. Thank goodness she was saved and has a happy life now. Amazing to see her fly. 🦜🧡

When an animal opens up to you like that and trusts you, you Cannot help but feel special.... That kind of trust is very special.

All about trust and love. Beautiful and amazing bird.

She is such a majestic bird 🐦 Thank God for people like her that care so much!

Extraordinary, lovely people doing such marvelous things with these abused animal friends. I looked into getting a parrot but they all bite me, and I ain't talking love nibbles. Them beaks is sharp and strong.

She is gorgeous and you both are superb with her .🐾👍❤️

what a beautiful bird with a sad past, her transition and success made me cry and so happy with smiles!

She's so beautiful. Both of you....

So beautiful!

Love this-you could see the life coming back to her eyes as she learned to move and fly.

She was finally given back her dignity! It is so beautiful to witness how she literally "woke up" from her stasis. She was meant to fly...I will never understand how people can still keep these beautiful creatures locked up in small cages. I thought we had evolved past that long ago 🥺.

You are one of most intelligent lady. You did a amazing job for the blue girl.

I hate that people buy birds just to keep them in cages, that is so cruel. They are made to fly!!! imagine if someone wouldn't allow you to walk and confined you to always be sitting on a chair...

The person who had this amazing beauty in a cage should’ve gone to jail. I’m so glad she was rescued and brought back to such splendor💖💖💖

I love, love this woman. God bless her.

**YOU COULD SEE IT IN HER EYES THAT SHE WAS HAPPY!! BEAUTIFUL PRECIOUS BIRD!! I LOVE U!!**

You are an absolute Angel, sad to keep a bird in a cage at all. They were never meant to be caged. But people do it. I love How devoted you are to those birds I saw a few others in the video, you are an absolute angel and I wish they were more people like you who really do care thank you for being kind to the animals

Beautiful. The parrot and the person. Those who are kind to the vulnerable are the greatest humans. Thank you!!

Whoever you are you are amazing. You have hope to that beautiful bird. Incredible!

I’m so happy that Rita got the home and all of the love she deserves

An excellent example why people who have parrot companions MUST understand the commitment required. The birds live a very long time and require a tremendous amount of social interaction. To neglect a parrot is the same as neglecting another human. Parrots are extremely intelligent and social. Their flock is their community. To deny that is intellectual isolation

So beautiful to see your encouragement pay off. Such a happy girl now!

Bless this woman for showing this beautiful macaw how to believe in herself, through her love, patience and perseverance, that the macaw did have the ability fly! Such a beautiful feel-good story.

Thank you.

Only a fool wouldn't want to see those majestic colours when she flies

This is absolutely heartwarming to see!! As a parrot lover, especially large macaws like Blue and Golds, Rita is an angel!! Thank you for rescuing her and allowing her to live a normal healthy life as a very adorable blue and gold feathered child!! Free flight and training FTW! ❤️🦜

Beautiful people helping a Beautiful bird. They are great and seemingly experienced with birds. How lovely

Birds deserve to be free that's why they have wings, I get sick seem people who try to keep them inside a delimited space💔it's like they are convicted of a crime that they didn't commit😢 Thank's to these lovely ladies🙏❤

I've always felt incredibly sorry for birds that are kept as pets in cages. Imagine having the ability to soar in the sky but spend your whole life stuck in a cage.

Greetings to all the people with a kind heart out there, those who feel the need to do something to another creature in distress and suffering. I LOVE YOU ALL. GOOD WILL WIN.

Made me cry so wonderful

Awe sweet baby. So thankful for the dedication the owner gave. Thank God for people like this. I wish I can help some animal one day.

I can't believe someone would do that to a bird meant to fly. We just acquired a little rescue chicken with a crossbeak and we love her. My husband spoils her rotten. We want her to be all the little chicken that she can be.

wow, these Ara parrots are so beautiful!!! amazing lady that helped this Ara learning to fly!! Super

Not just a rescue, but Rehab too! Well done!

You taught her to fly! Wonderful. Congratulations to you both.

oh my goodness, this brings me such joy. To see your dedication to love this animal and help her regain her full potential is amazing.

🤧 aww she's gorgeous, bless you for saving her, and giving her, her wings, great video thanks 💖😁

Kudos to the rescuers for their patience, skill, and love. @1:57 melts my heart.

She learned to trust people again, too. Bless these compassionate peopole❣️🙏

Увидела как ваша птичка склоняет голову за почесушками и заплакала, не смогоа сдержаться...вспомнила мою кореллу Кешечку. Ее уже нет больше года. Попугайчихи очень милые создания, хоть с характером, но в то же время очень ласковые.

So lovely

Thank you for rehabbing Rita to the beautiful creature she is meant to be💖💖💖💖💖

That first flight was absolutely gorgeous! Good job, baby, what a fighter! Thank you for showing her the love and trust she needed to overcome her past.

Very cool bird 🐦🤗

I had a one-eyed macaw just Iike this once. I wouId Ieave it outside on nice days to cIimb the mimosa tree in my back yard. I'd Ieave food and water at the base of the tree and when I got home from work it wouId come down. We wouId then go inside where my IittIe dog wouId pIay with it untiI it was time to cIimb up the stairs and go to bed in its ceiIing to fIoor cage that I buiIt in my bedroom. I had to move out of the country so the bird went to a friend's sanctuary with tons of other macaws. What a IoveIy animaI! 💞

Rita is beautiful!

Animals aren’t decorations! Bless you for giving this pretty girl the life she deserves.

There’s an issue with people trapping these where I used to live. Miami has flocks of various species of parrots, the blue macaw being one of the most common, especially in South Miami and the hammocks/old cutler. People still trap them for pets here because despite being technically wild, they’re not as afraid of humans and anything having to do with them as they would be in their natural habitat. I’m glad this one found people who wants it to actually be a parrot.

All uplifting stories should be narrated by these folks. The story was a 10, but the accents made it an 11!

Bless her and those who genuinely cared for her. Educating Rita xxxx

What loving and patient ladies❣️Just a lovely story❣️

I love this so much. When I got together with my boyfriend, his ex wife had a blue fronted amazon, whom she hated, that had been handed down through her family. She had been kept in a cage her whole life we are assuming which at that point was approximately 40 to 45 years. She couldn't even be handled without massively tearing into someone. When his ex moved out, we acquired the bird, Echo was her name. Within one day of his ex moving out, we had her out of her cage and she was interacting with just about everyone. After some time she really took to me, maybe it was all the shopping trips I took her on or building a perch so she could sit outside when I gardened lol. We eventually got her to fly, but she would only fly to me. She was my baby, got her on a better diet, taught her to fly and just had alot of time out of the cage. Unfortunately she passed away last April. I held her as she slipped away. It was so heartbreaking! But at least I know, for all the time she spent in that cage, the last 3 years were filled with love and life and a lot of new experiences for her. Still miss her terribly, she was the only one I could have somewhat reasonable chats with lol!

Such a beautiful parrot. If you don’t want a bird like this or any animal. Give them up to a shelter or sanctuary. That way they get a second chance

I’m glad the new owner is young so that the both of them can live a long life together.

What an amazing woman

A majestic animal that is the product of millions of years of evolution to have the instincts and physical attributes required to survive and reproduce in the wild human: that'd look good in a cage next to my book case

Then THEY ALL SAW AND FELT THE OWNER SHIW UP FOR THE PARROT 🦜

You did such a GREAT JOB BRINGING BACK LIFE TO THIS BIRD!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!🥲

Beautiful! Props to yet another one of our heroes of the 21st century. Thanks for rescuing this amazing animal. She'll always know what you did for her.

anyone else reminded by Rio movie??

Sad what we humans do

What i like to see is not only this beautiful parrot can finally fly. But the previous owner had no malicious intent. He was just a bad owner. The parrot is fully feathered, and isn't scare of human. It just never had the chance to open his wing, caged, 24/24.

She is extremely beautiful and adorable. It's such a great level of satisfaction seeing them grow with humans and living they way these birds deserve...love millions. I just can't shop loving this wonderful creature..

❤ 💙 💜

Keeping birds as pets should be banned. It's traumatizing and unnatural for the bird. Glad you saved the macaw.

God bless you! What a wonderful job you did with this damaged girl. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

This restores my faith in humans. Thank you so much for being so inspirational and caring towards this beautiful macaw. How amazing this is. Adopt don’t shop. Parrots are so smart.

what a gorgeous bird. God bless those who helped her.

What a fabulous bird lady! God bless her kind heart! 🙏🥰

That slow motion video of her flying was gorgeous! 🦜

It must be a wonderful feeling to give a bird it’s wings back. Amazing stuff. And what a wonderful companion you have there. I hope you will give her a home.