![]() Yes, she had already encountered this most common of problems so she proposed to perpetuate it by producing even more hand-reared cockatoos! Was it a coincidence that all three young were returned? I think not! I think it was the breeder’s fault. The breeder told her that she had also taken back from the people who bought them as hand-reared youngsters, the other two she had reared. I believe that the majority of white cockatoos spend less than three years at their first location. So already this young bird had lost its first home. The problem was that she worked and when she returned home the cockatoo screamed so much that, very reluctantly, she had to part with it. She had even built an aviary in the garden so that when she was out her cockatoo could play and exercise there. She had wanted to do everything possible for her pet, who she loved dearly. She was not an unthinking lady who had carelessly embarked on buying a young hand-reared bird. Everything you said has come true…!” In the book I warn about the demands of tame cockatoos that cannot be met by those who go out to work. How I wish that I had read it before deciding to buy a cockatoo. One lady told me: “I have just bought a copy of your book The Loving care of Pet Parrots. On too many occasions I have received a telephone call from someone who has bought a white cockatoo – and is now paying the price. They develop serious psychological problems that manifest themselves in problem behaviours such as biting, screaming and feather plucking. ![]() Many, perhaps even the majority, of these highly intelligent and (when young) irresistibly appealing birds, end up as unwanted or abused. ![]() Can there be anyone who reads parrot magazines who is not aware of the fact that white cockatoos are too demanding to make suitable pets? That is putting it mildly. ![]()
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