thinking of getting sulpur crested cockatoo

[vankarhi]

yes they probably would, but I would be going and having a look and see how the owner interacts with them first them see how they interact with you...........before i bought them. If they are tame then you will know and that is a good start.........if they are not tame...........and you want a tame bird/s then don't get them it might be too hard to tame them down to pets especially if they are bonded to each other. If these are not the "right" ones for you...........don't rush into it..........the right bird/s are just around the corner.

[Phill]

yes exactly what i was thinking. ok i have been doing alot of reasearch about the too's and i remember you saying how long they live for and im thinking to my self do i really wanna purchase a bird that can live so long and probably wont be able to live its whole life with me? you no how things occur and you are just no able to keep them then it would be passed around from house to house do i really want this?? omg i cant stop looking at takoda!!!!! what is there life span lol hows there temprement? i mean the alex species.

[vankarhi]

alexandrines can live for up to about 40 years. They are not scratchy feely birds..........but Takoda does love some luvin from his mummy ( ;D ) me. LOL He allows me to scratch him and rub his head and he does rub his head on my cheeks and preens my hair. Shrekie.........likes to sit on your shoulder......and might allow a quick pat.........but otherwise don't touch the merchandise please. LOL They can talk very well, and are apparently very intelligent. Takoda can say Hello (although i havent' heard it again lately) and can wolf whistle really well and is trying to say other things now too.

[Phill]

oh ok so i guess that maybe they are not my kind of bird i want one that is affectionate. what about a IRN?

[silvercloud]

They aren't really touchy feely either Phil and can be quite nippy. If you want an affectionate bird how about a cockatiel, rainbow lorikeet or sun conure though the last 2 can be quite noisy sometimes.

[Phill]

yes i have had tiels all my life and although i find them very affectionate i think that maybe it is time for a change now i have heared alot of differnt things about rainbow loorikeets becuase they can be very nippy and change moods very quickly. i have always had in mind a sun conure but they are so expensive!!! like $800 for a hand reared. i was thinking a green cheek conure as i have heared they are extremely affectionate but im not sure i really want a affectionate friendly bird that is why i was thinking of a too but now im not sure....

[silvercloud]

Where do you live? That seems quite expensive for a hr sunny. Green cheeky are apparently fantastic little birds, I can't tell you from experience as we aren't allowed to have them over here in the west.

[Jane]

I agree, that is twice what you'd pay in Qld for a hr sunny. It might pay to shop around abit.

[vankarhi]

Gee Jane where do you get your handraised sunny's from. The two breeders i know of here charge around $500 - $600 for a handraised baby. They are very pretty birds.........but too loud for me.

Phil. Why do you have to have the bird right now?? Why don't you do some research and find a breeder of a cockatoo or galah and order a baby pay a deposit, then just keep reading and preparing for the baby to come home?? You could buy a cage and toys and just have everything ready for the baby to come home. I did that with Takoda..........I knew I wanted a male alexandrine but needed to find a breeder who dna'd them. i did that and then ordered a baby...............and had to wait patiently for him to be ready..........about 10 months later ;D

[Jane]

Well can't say I've bought one but I was taking an educated guess as a petlink addict I see heaps of ads for them, also in the Weekend Shopper on saturday. At the moment there are quite a few $450 in Qld, hr and dna'd.

[Phill]

no i am in rush to get one right now i am just looking for the bird who is right for me i am in no rush to buy one just as yet. $450 for a sun gezz that is cheap ima keep looking around and see if anything cathches my eye. i think right now im heading towards a green cheek conure but im not sure just as yet dont want to rush into anything!

[vankarhi]

Wow Jane that surely sounds cheap to me. Maybe they have dropped a bit in price since I heard about them a couple of years ago.

[Phill]

nope i have stil been looking around for 1 and they are still around the $600 mark even more.

[fruitynutbird]

Quite a few bonded, unrelated pairs of mature, breeding-aged sun conures were unsold at the Orange Bird Sale just this past Saturday, on 3rd March 2007...at $800 per pair. However, I can't say whether these birds were originally handraised or not.

Cheers,
Andrew

[Milly]

Before bying a cockatoo as a pet, visit the website:

www.mytoos.com/main.shtml

[Phill]

I got my darling Quaker C.j instead
Just realised a Sulphur is to loud for a suburban backyard.

[lene]

The Sun's are great birds. Very affectionate.

Here's a photo of me and Charlie.

[lene]

Maybe not

[vankarhi]

lol

Where have you saved your pics Lene?? If you save them in www.photobucket.com it is free and then you click on the image link and then paste it into your post and "walla" there is a pic for us to look at . LOL

[Phill]

Hehe, yes i love pics!
Tracey, was Bo very hormonal?