Post by nina on May 30, 2010 20:37:35 GMT 10
Hi
Karen/88keysau recommended this forum.I do not live in australia,I am from Norway.But the information about tropical birds in norwegian are not very good,so I became a member of an aussie eclectus forum,I have learned a lot there,and I am happy to have found this forum too
My name is Nina,I am 30 years old and I have had birds since I was about 10 years old,always loved them
Now I have 7 birds:
Rio-male blue and gold macaw
Molly-female green wing macaw
Jakop-male african grey
Gustav-male african grey
Tarzan-male eclectus
And 2 superb parrots,male and female that are called Kiwi and Litchi
I need some help with questions about cockatoos.I'll just copy what I wrote on the eclectus forum,hope you can help
--I know of a little goffin cockatoo ,Polly,its a male.He is 17 years old,and for several years he has lived in a basement in a parakeet cage,its not good light in this basement and he never gets anything to eat but seeds.Never gets a shower and extremely little attention from his owner.His has been placed there because they didnt want so much to clean up around his cage in the livingroom.I just got to know these people and i was shocked.
Polly LOVES people,he wants to snuggle and he sings,dance and does everything to get attention from people.But when i turned around to leave,he screamed like a baby,i almost cried.
He has just one perch in his cage,some dirty water and a cup of seeds,no toys at all.He must be bored silly,but his feathers are perfect,he had not plucked,amazing since he has lived like this for years now.He really touched my heart,and i asked his owner if he was willing to sell him.
He sais he'd be glad to get rid of him.
But i do not know very much about cockatoos,so i need your help.
Do goofin's usually go ok together with other birds?do they scream all day?
i have read that cockatoos like to scream,and very high hehe.
I really want to save Polly,but i dont feel i know enough about these birds.I hope someone in here can help me with all the info you know about goffins.But ill bet i can manage to give him a MUCH better home than this guy who owns him now.Do they require anything special than other birds?
I have read a bit on the net,but all i can find is pretty bad,like they just sits and scream all day,they just like one person,they are agressive to all other than the person of their choise .that they are extremely demanding and so on and so on..if this is the case will i be able to give him a good home ?i have many birds and other animals,and he will have to share me with them,i cant just spend all my time with him,if they are so demanding will he tolerate that,or just scream away?
i hope you can help me with some answers..i almost cry when i wrote this,you should have seen this poor lonesome bird in the little boring cage down in a dark basement,sooo happy because i talked to him a bit..made me so sad to see an intelligent creature in those livinig conditions..
Karen/88keysau recommended this forum.I do not live in australia,I am from Norway.But the information about tropical birds in norwegian are not very good,so I became a member of an aussie eclectus forum,I have learned a lot there,and I am happy to have found this forum too
My name is Nina,I am 30 years old and I have had birds since I was about 10 years old,always loved them
Now I have 7 birds:
Rio-male blue and gold macaw
Molly-female green wing macaw
Jakop-male african grey
Gustav-male african grey
Tarzan-male eclectus
And 2 superb parrots,male and female that are called Kiwi and Litchi
I need some help with questions about cockatoos.I'll just copy what I wrote on the eclectus forum,hope you can help
--I know of a little goffin cockatoo ,Polly,its a male.He is 17 years old,and for several years he has lived in a basement in a parakeet cage,its not good light in this basement and he never gets anything to eat but seeds.Never gets a shower and extremely little attention from his owner.His has been placed there because they didnt want so much to clean up around his cage in the livingroom.I just got to know these people and i was shocked.
Polly LOVES people,he wants to snuggle and he sings,dance and does everything to get attention from people.But when i turned around to leave,he screamed like a baby,i almost cried.
He has just one perch in his cage,some dirty water and a cup of seeds,no toys at all.He must be bored silly,but his feathers are perfect,he had not plucked,amazing since he has lived like this for years now.He really touched my heart,and i asked his owner if he was willing to sell him.
He sais he'd be glad to get rid of him.
But i do not know very much about cockatoos,so i need your help.
Do goofin's usually go ok together with other birds?do they scream all day?
i have read that cockatoos like to scream,and very high hehe.
I really want to save Polly,but i dont feel i know enough about these birds.I hope someone in here can help me with all the info you know about goffins.But ill bet i can manage to give him a MUCH better home than this guy who owns him now.Do they require anything special than other birds?
I have read a bit on the net,but all i can find is pretty bad,like they just sits and scream all day,they just like one person,they are agressive to all other than the person of their choise .that they are extremely demanding and so on and so on..if this is the case will i be able to give him a good home ?i have many birds and other animals,and he will have to share me with them,i cant just spend all my time with him,if they are so demanding will he tolerate that,or just scream away?
i hope you can help me with some answers..i almost cry when i wrote this,you should have seen this poor lonesome bird in the little boring cage down in a dark basement,sooo happy because i talked to him a bit..made me so sad to see an intelligent creature in those livinig conditions..
Ollie at 8 1/2 months. 
Rosie at 3 months.
