2006-06-09 23:40:00 · 7 answers · asked by mrycyber 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
have any one seen them in the wild like Australia?
2006-06-09 23:54:54 · update #1
white one
2006-06-15 23:48:49 · answer #1 · answered by andy3191 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you are an experienced with parrots, I would not suggest a cockatoo as a pet. They are difficult birds for a beginner. I have seen them in the wild as well in Australia - they can be very noisy and can inflict dangerous bites too. A cockatoo left on its own too much may begin screaming and disturb the neighbours.
It is worth your while to research really well before choosing the type of parrot you want according to how much time you will spend with it, how big a cage you can afford, how it fits into your family, etc. Quiet, calm parrots like the smaller African types and pionus parrots fit in better where there are younger children, for instance.
2006-06-12 05:10:09 · answer #2 · answered by sweetgreenpea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived with an umbrella cockatoo for five years. I rescued her from a neglectful owner. She was a real sweetie-pie, and loved to cuddle, but cockatoos are very VERY demanding pets so I do not recommend them to beginner bird owners.
Typically a large cockatoo has a life expectancy of 50-75 years, and they have the intelligence and psychology of a human toddler for the whole time. So getting one is truly like adding a child to your family. UNLESS YOU ARE READY FOR THAY COMMITMENT, AND READY FOR IT FOREVER, DO NOT CONSIDER GETTING A LARGE PARROT!!!!!
If you truly are ready, and have the patience to handle a permanent toddler with a pair of Vise-Grip pliers on their face, they can be wonderful pets. As I said, mine was an umbrella cockatoo; I have known moluccan cockatoos (like umbrellas, but a bit bigger and peach coloured), sulphur-crested and citron-crested (the size of an umbrella cockatoo, but with yellow erectile crests instead of white recumbent crests) and smaller ones as well.
2006-06-16 15:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a sulfur crested cockatoo (Baretta Bird) and I thought she would be all cuddly and lovey-dovey but she really wanted nothing to do with me and really never wanted to be held and would crap as soon as you took her out of the cage. I would get another cockatoo, because I think mine was just mentally defective or something. I have other birds - conures and maccaws and they are all sweet and fun. Of course, they are noisy, but I am so used to the noise I hardly even notice it.
2006-06-16 15:15:07 · answer #4 · answered by Samba Queen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yellow crested white cockatoo. My bosses have one and he is so tame, speaks well, and has real character. They are best left in the wild though.
2006-06-10 06:50:49 · answer #5 · answered by jammer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cockatoos are verry good birds to have they show you a lot of love i own one myself. I also own a catalina mccaw.
2006-06-12 16:32:02 · answer #6 · answered by dennis e 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think i would go for a white one.
2006-06-10 06:43:39 · answer #7 · answered by Douglas M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋