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eatbayray
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ive been doin my research on cockatoos and i havnt heard the best things about them apparently when u get baby toos they are love sponges and owners spoil them while their little so when they get older they become MASSIVE spoilt BRATS.
They pick feathers, scream, seek attention constently, have horrible mood swings and bite and can be the biggest nightmares ever. Is that true
I really badly want a too (im obsessed) but i want to know for sure what i would be getting myself in to. |
Thursday September 8, 2005 5:54 am |
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Cheeta
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Hey Daniel
I would say that what you can can be true! Cockatoos are great, but they are definitely not for everyone! Having my Apollo which is of course a corella cockatoo, he is a love sponge when he wants to be, and he gets a lot of attention from us. but he doesn't get it all the time. I think a lot of how they turn out is how the owner treats them and also how the owner looks after them. No doubt that all cockatoos has a risk of being a screamer, plucker, biter, or whatever else they can be... a brat (as you've put it).
In my mind, Apollo is not a brat, he has his moments, but we handle it, and he gets over it. I wouldn't recommend cockatoo to everyone just coz of the experience of owning one, and I know that not everyone is suited for them unfortunately, and i think that is just fine by me. Cockatoos are unique, they require a lot of attention, patience, love and affection. Not to forget the amount of money require to keep a cockatoo are much much more than say a lovebird or a cockatiel, as tooz are very destructive and needs lots of new toys for them to destroy!! Unless you're prepared to give all that, I would say hold off on the cockatoos for a while, get a smaller bird such as the cockatiel or a lorikeet. |
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Thursday September 8, 2005 6:24 am |
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shells picasso
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Too behaviour kind of reminds me a bit of those digimons they used to have, give them what they need and they are happy, neglect them and they turn feral, problem is if they don't get the right care they can't just be "reset" and take a long time to come good after if they come good at all, toos are high maintainence, live a long time and are big enough to make their demands known, if you want an affectionate bird, a companion who wants to be with you all the time, toos are good, but keep in mind as you get older you might want to do other things and might not have as much time to spend with him so it would be important other members of your family loved him as much as you do and share the responsibility, as they get older they will go through birdy puberty and could go all funny, nipping, squalking etc which he may go through every year in breeding season, big beaks can inflict some nasty bites (though mine has never really bitten me) some have been known to scar their owner who has been attacked while he's been on their shoulder (not that common but a possibility) I'd suggest if you know someone who owns a too birdsitting for them while they are on holiday, or fostering a pet shop bird over the holidays if they close for the break. That way you can get a feel for the breed and will have a better idea if one is right for you. |
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Thursday September 8, 2005 4:05 pm |
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I_drake
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Have any of you visited the site google.com. I think it is a very realistic site. It is a real eye opener into the world of toos. I don't have one, but I would definitely recommend this site to anyone thinking of getting one. In fact I think there should be similar sites for all parrot species and then we might not have so many homeless or abused parrots. It is a bit on the negative side, however I think we have to accept the good with the bad when investing in a wild species! It's worth looking at, as I have never seen anyone take this approach with a web site before. |
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Thursday September 8, 2005 5:20 pm |
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Cheeta
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Hi Ivy
As a policy here, there are some sites which we don't allow the link to, as well as even mentioning their name. This is a mutual agreement between sites such as the one you had in mind and a few others, which is why the website has automatically been filtered and astrixed out. sorry for the inconvenient this may cause.
Cheers.
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Thursday September 8, 2005 5:39 pm |
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I_drake
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No worries. My apologies.... |
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Thursday September 8, 2005 5:54 pm |
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Cheeta
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No that's ok. I was just informing you so you don't go wondering why the address never showed that's all. It's all good.  |
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Thursday September 8, 2005 5:57 pm |
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birdielover
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I have owned 2 sulfers in the past, they were not handraised and i actually suspect they were wild caught (20 years ago) and I bought them from a pet shop. I did not have a problem with them except they will chew anything they can reach, so do not let them have free range of your house - always supervise their out times. I let mine walk around the yard everyday and they loved to strutt their stuff. I clipped their wings but obviously one needed trimming and he got a fright one day and flew into a neighbours tree, he tried to get him and he flew off never to be seen again. The other one I had to give away because he chewed my ex husbands stereo system (my ex did not have a sense of humour.LOL). If you do get a sulfer, try to get a routine going. Give him his out time of the cage and make sure the cage is plenty big enough for him to play and stretch his wings. Plenty of toys that he can chew on and play with. Remembering that the wooden toys are meant to be chewed - a destroyed toy is a loved toy. Remember routine is important and do not get him out of his cage just because he is screaming. Put him on his tstand to or playgym too for out time of his cage. Just my honest opinion. Because they loved to be loved they are easy to spoil. My galah was a good little girl. She loved to be loved but did not mind being in her cage either. She loved to strutt her stuff around the yard too. |
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Sunday September 11, 2005 12:48 am |
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eatbayray
Fledgeling
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Posts: 220
Location: QLD, Australia |
more questions are the greater sulphurs scream and carry on as loud as the mollucan and umbrellas.
Whats the average price for a good cockatoo cage (some pics would be good if possible)
I wont be getting a cockatoo for a long time if i decide i am gonna get one |
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Sunday September 11, 2005 11:04 pm |
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eatbayray
Fledgeling
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Posts: 220
Location: QLD, Australia |
I forgot to say in the last post a liitle lovebird and a big cockatoo would they get along (i know zazu and flit get along.) And i know lovebirds arnt very good being introduced to new birds (ive read a book were the author has seen a lovebird take on a huge macaw, peachey could be like this to a cockatoo)
And i would hate to make the birds jelous of each other if i spend more time with one of them than the other.
Also i dont wont peachey and a cockatoo to be hurt fighting, A big cockatoo could really hurt a lovebird. |
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Sunday September 11, 2005 11:19 pm |
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shells picasso
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Picasso never got on with my lorikeets, the eldest lorikeet used to size him up, putting his foot up like he was trying to kick box him and jumping on his back, Picasso being young took it in his stride at first but eventually he got fed up and would chase and nip at them, I had to have them seperated all the time or they would fight. My lorikeets had no idea how small they were, I was visiting the pet shop and had the nerve to talk to the macaw there, Oliver went nuts and started jumping all over the macaws cage trying to attack him, it was scary seeing the macaw trying to chase him and grab him through the bars, mum tried to distract the macaw while I tried to pry Oliver off the bars (not easy to do with a lorikeet) he had no idea he was in danger, he had this look on his face like "I can take him" he was pretty determined. |
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Monday September 12, 2005 9:24 am |
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eatbayray
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Originally posted by shells picasso
Picasso never got on with my lorikeets, the eldest lorikeet used to size him up, putting his foot up like he was trying to kick box him and jumping on his back, Picasso being young took it in his stride at first but eventually he got fed up and would chase and nip at them, I had to have them seperated all the time or they would fight. My lorikeets had no idea how small they were, I was visiting the pet shop and had the nerve to talk to the macaw there, Oliver went nuts and started jumping all over the macaws cage trying to attack him, it was scary seeing the macaw trying to chase him and grab him through the bars, mum tried to distract the macaw while I tried to pry Oliver off the bars (not easy to do with a lorikeet) he had no idea he was in danger, he had this look on his face like "I can take him" he was pretty determined.
So is it easy to find time for all of the birds.
And lucky the macaw didnt get oliver, a macaw was in asustralia i have seen a macaw at a vet from a zoo but in a petshop wow   how much did it cost |
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Monday September 12, 2005 9:28 am |
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shells picasso
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It was the store bird and not for sale, but they do have babies come through now and then, it's a waiting list so they don't actually spend time on display in the store (people break in and steal them) they are quite dear, a couple of thousand, I don't have my lorikeets now, I adopted them out to homes better suited to their needs (one was jealous and attacked other birds, then the other got lonely without bird company, so one went to a single bird home the other to an avairy) it wasn't easy to look after three demanding birds (one great big sook and two ADHD) I guess it depends on how demanding Peachy is, if she is very social and attatched to you then you will have problems with power struggles between the two birds, it's better to be on the safe side than end up with two birds that don't get on. You can always get another bird later say if Peachy decides she'd rather have a boyfriend and babies than human company then a new bird would not bother her so much but she might not be as affectionate as she is now either. |
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Monday September 12, 2005 10:11 am |
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eatbayray
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Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Posts: 220
Location: QLD, Australia |
i have ever thought of getting peachey a partner and i wont be, i love peachey to much i would never sell her for a singe penny. and i could never ever give her up for any bird no matter how much i want it. |
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Monday September 12, 2005 10:19 am |
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shells picasso
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Oh no I would never suggest giving up Peachy, I was just unlucky that my home didn't suit my lorikeets, I felt bad they weren't as happy there as they could have been so I found them homes where they could be themselves, I knew things weren't going well with them before I got Picasso but put off rehoming them because I knew I would miss them. If you'r happy with Peachy I would not get another bird as much as it's nice to dream, there's lots of birds I'd like to get but the way things are with Picasso I can't. |
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