My cockatoo does that when she wants attention. The minute we take her she seems like her happy self again. If it was pissed it would probably be puffed up and be hissing like crazy.
Sounds a lot like my boy when he's thinking that I'm ignoring him (i.e. when I'm cleaning cages or feeding the other birds)... Though I wonder if sometimes 'toos scream just 'cuz they like the sound of their own voice. >.>
Agreed, adoption is the way to go. I was at a parrot conference a few years ago in Guelph ON, Canada. In the vendor area a local rescuer had a male Moluccan received two years prior. He was said to be quite agressive when a man gave him up due to a relationship with a lady. Then, he was a beautiful, cuddly, gentle fellow. M2's love scratches.
Keep up your work.
We bought our M2 19 years ago from a small breeder.
Then, we had not heard of a parrot rescue. Got to get the word out!
@Cockatoo3434: I think you misunderstood...MY AGENDA: ADOPT a homeless Parrot -- do NOT BUY one from a breeder!
And yes, paper and carton shredding is a wonderful exercise for busy parrot beaks that were made for chewing -- it is certainly NOT a behavioral problem (just a messy reality of living with parrots). :>)
I was texting someone when the video was loading and then hearing this bird made me jump out of my seat... The first thing I though was "DAMNIT. MY ALARM- oh wait..."
What a quiet cockatoo compared to my Freda...LOL. Listen, it is possible to sub the song for something else...but this is a natural expression to...so I give my Freda some scream time, some bark time, and plenty of more "gentler" vocal interaction....
Cockatoo screams are adorable and hilarious till they wake you AND your neighbors across the street in the early morning hours, and get this: there's NOTHING you can do about it. If they want to scream, they are going to scream. You can scream back, but they won't here you, because that's just how loud they are. I think cockatoos are cute, but I would NEVER own one. I had to go through this type of screaming in another state for an entire summer once. It's not fun.
My mom's cockatoo likes to start screaming around three am and he won't shut up until you feed him. He also screams in the evening to 'say goodbye to the day' as my mom puts it. -_-;
My Mr. Cuckoo and I absolutely LOVE Nana. Every video is so true to kind. She is a pwecious widdle durl and we appreciate your films. I think Mr. Cuckoo wants to know her in the Biblical sense. Nothin' doin' pal!
yea kinda loud but our sun conure is louder than our u2. our u2 is louder than our tv turned all the way up and our conure drowns him out. our conure is 1/3 smaller than him too!!!
My friend has one of these, and up until a few weeks ago I had never heard any species of Cockatoo scream. One day when I was over her house, we were doing homework in her room when the bird started screaming for no reason at all. It went on for like 5 minutes until I asked, in complete honesty I might add, "Is my mom here already?"
You know my 8 year old cockatiel hen screams a LOT louder...at just 100 grams! Cockatoos (of ALL SIZES--people forget that COCKATIELS ARE COCKATOOS--just little ones) are LOUD BIRDS! She's also a DRAMA BITER and FEATHER PLUCKER! She has EVERYTHING in the world--but does all this! Cockatoos are WILD and we need to protect them in the wild! It takes a SPECIAL BIRD to raise COCKATOOS--of ANY species!
It is far from hilarious. A cockatoo is a highly intelligent being. If she is crying out like that there is a damned good reason. She is struggling to c ommunicate something and be understood. If a person can't accommodate or won't then please adopt out the poor bird to someone who will and can accomodate. I've been a bird and animal guardian for decades and I can assure you from experience that ALL animals and birds have intelligence, emotions, needs and their communications systems.
@meriprem She's a COCKATOO. They're the most troublesome parrot breed because this is what they do, yell for no reason other than to have fun. There's nothing wrong with this bird, she's just being her species.
I play this for my 3 year old umbrella cockatoo and she LOVES it! Screams, dances and headbobs to whatever it is Nana is saying! Baby must agree hah! She is a stunning cockatoo.
I think you missed the point! These are not domesticated animals. As cute as they are, they are annoying as hell. And they are not changing for us, EVER! They can learn or language, our "songs" and how to pick our locks! It is however not because they are force to, but because they can. Unless you are willing to learn there language, and who they are, you are abusing these brilliant creatures.
Most Parrots will eat Corn that is frozen. All that you do is put some corn in a bowl add some water to it.. heat it in the microwave dump the water out... let the corn cool off.. corn must be warm not hot.. or it will burn their gizzard/throat.. (don't add butter) they will eat it.. also they will eat peas in a pod don't feed them to many.. like 4 to 7 of them... also they like bananas especially cockatoos.
don't feed them milk coffee beer soda etc not good for them.
Birds are so funny & cute especially parrots. they might be loud but their fun to play with if you treat them good... they will live longer if you don't tease them, scare them or feed them food that is not good for them.
To all Bird Owners Chocolate, Avacado is POSIONOUS and Anything LEAD will Kill a Parrot/Bird Doesn't matter what it is.
Most Parrots love Veggies! don't give them anything sweet to eat link Junk Food or Salty Foods not good for them.
Lmao...This is what Dobie ( My umbrella ) does when he doesn't feel he's getting enough of, well, whatever it is he's wanting. :P Either this, or he can imitate an alarm clock. Hehe, so this video cracked me up.
haha, my yellow nape didn't respond to this but my dog sure did. lol She started whining. xD Not sure whose louder this bird or mine when she starts her yelling. this was loud even on youtube so i wonder how loud it is in real life. lol Bet you do need ear plugs. haha
I've got to ask you something, though I know it may just be a matter of opinion... have you worked with different types of cockatoos enough to hear their screams? This is actually screaming I would probably welcome, because it seems to me that Moluccans scream a whole lot louder than this. Are Moluccans louder on average than Umbrellas? (By the way, I do so love my Ozzy, and since he is still a baby, he only screams when he's terrified of something- now I see what I have to look forward to!)
My baby boy Mahkee loves to watch this video! He was scared at first but I out on youtube and we watch all the other cockatoos...he always reacts to this one! Nana, seems like a real peach! I am just finding out my Mahkees personality as he is only 7 months old! Gotta love em to out up with em!
@BirdLoversOnly: She gets plenty of different music to listen to -- her version of 'singing' along is just not very pleasing to the human ear... ~grin~
Hope you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving and somebody ELSE did the cooking! :>)
I wish I was located near one of these rescue places.. I can't find any large parrots for rehoming in Connecticut, which is frustrating. I can't travel to South Carolina, or Texas to adopt a parrot, unfortunately. I'm left with buying from a home that raises parrots, which is near me.
Unfortunately for the parrots, they are meant to live in the wild, free, not with humans, locked away from potential mates. An owned parrot is a parrot in a jail cell, essentially.
@basspig Your bottom paragraph is 100% correct! Unfortunately, it will never end until large parrot breeders realize that they are just adding to the rescues, and only about .00001% of their babies will go to their FOREVER home!
@stacysaysrawr101 Breeders have the profit motive and buyers have the selfish desire to own the bird as an object/show piece. At least SOME of the parrots live in loving, affectionate households, with lots of other parrots to get along with. I feel bad for the single parrots left in cages all day long.
I was thinking of having a cockatoo someday, but after seeing a lot of cockatoo videos and visiting mytoos.com, I know for sure that I would not be able to give a cockatoo the proper care it needs. So, because I love cockatoos, I'll never own one :)
@snizzlefrazzy i wish everybody was like you and actualy did reaserch and found out what these birds are capable of... thank you for making the responsible choice knowing you can't have one because of what it can do...
@mariesadler: She has one -- our wild-caught Moluccan Molly -- after 5 years they finally sit together and do some mutual grooming, but Nana is a hand-raised parrot imprinted on humans and will always prefer the company of a human to that of another cockatoo...sigh...
My Gringa never goes on like that! I've heard that type of squawk come out of her only a few times when she is absolutely terrified of something! Baby dolls and playpens when the grandkids visit scare her to that sqhawk.
sadly... i can tune this out after a bit of listening to it... with headphones in my ears and volume cranked. its loud yes and drowns all out but for some reason id likely be able to live with that... if i didnt have cranky non bird loving neighbours for miles around...
I have an umbrella cockatoo, his name is Romeo, he is a monster, i wake up and he does a backflip and screams his eyes out. It is so funny though when he is watching tv with me he starts to laugh at the funny parts, somehow there so funny but loud O.o
it there anyway to make romeo not scream as much???
I had an umbrella cocatoo once. I remember the sound clearly. She was always such a sweetheart unless I wasn't around. Then she would scream at my family
When my bird starts screaming, I just let her get it out of her system. Once she's calmed down she gets praise so she will associate being calm with getting praise and not crazy screaming.
She also just screams for the hell of it sometimes. As in the video of your baby Nana, when she gets scared it looks like she is staring at something in the distance but I never can figure out what it is.
My baby-sitter's sulfer crested cockatoo would do that constantly, but she wasn't able to give him enough attention like she use too. Ended up having to give him away. :(
My cockatiel was screaming today like crazy too and the female was just watching and thinking like "what in gods name does this bird want damn it?" XD
So this is what their screaming sounds like. We are hoping to take in an older too that was poorly treated by his owners for a long time. I've been wondering which is worse, a U2 or a BFA. I'm going with the blue front hands down :) The one we had would scream for between 10-14 hours a day and he did it for years.
Haha silly cockatoos. Gosh I miss that scream. I fostered a friends for 4 months, he did this nightly but so much more, went crazy dancing and throwing his crest everywhere. So funny. You could hear him down the road, so I know the neighbors could hear him indoors. Wonderful birds for those who are fit for keeping them!
oh my umbrella cockatoo is worse you can hear her a block away im surprised shes not screaming to the video playing... my bird hates new music she loves the beatles its freeky
I've had mine for 20 years..they are nicknamed the "terrible twos." Why? Because they are just like a two year old baby. Their brains are amazing. Mine speaks in paragraphs. He tells me "bye-bye, be a good boy, no screaming, OK?" when I go out the door. He tells me when he wants to go asleep, usually around 8PM. "Go to sleep, good boy, good night, go to bed, OK?". You don't throw "the baby" out with the bathwater. . I wouldn't take all the money in the world for my Cha Chi.
yes they can be load, they also become a screamer, they can be trained not to be so load if it's a problem. I agree, these birds are not for none comitted people and should be left to a loving home that will keep them for a life time then handed down to family. I am on my second too the one is ariving next week. No problems yet with screaming. Just the normal stuff. My lesser is quite as a theif in the night.. Weired A?
If you want one of these birds, go see them in the wild... then leave them there. These are definitely not apartment birds (spoken as one who lives in an apt with one!)
My 4 year old umbrella cockatoo doesn't make any noise at all, she's a silent sweet parrot. BUT when she hears NANA she gets excited and does her too dance!
I FEEL YOUR PAIN I HAVE ONE THAT SLEEPS UNDER THE BLANKET AND SNORTS HER NAME IS SUGAR!I have another one named foulcor and the screaming just goes on and on and on and on and on!
HE HE!!! They can't help it: nature gave them this great set of vocal chords and those wonderful beaks to bring down the house with. Maybe that's our punishment for trying to make 'pets' out of creatures that weren't meant to be 'pets'...
and it gets alot louder you can hear my cockatoo from down the road
RYANsilkieSMYTH 2 weeks ago
My cockatoo does that when she wants attention. The minute we take her she seems like her happy self again. If it was pissed it would probably be puffed up and be hissing like crazy.
TanHawaiian 2 weeks ago
Sounds a lot like my boy when he's thinking that I'm ignoring him (i.e. when I'm cleaning cages or feeding the other birds)... Though I wonder if sometimes 'toos scream just 'cuz they like the sound of their own voice. >.>
AJMontyBird 1 month ago
When my sun conure goes off like this I refer to it as a U.B.E, unidentified bird emergency.
slinkskull 1 month ago
@slinkskull: He he, I like that! :>)
wildlifeguardian 1 month ago
I have one just like it .I'm ready to shot him
beaverfeed 1 month ago
@beaverfeed: Don't shoot him.....he can't help it, it's in his nature....if we just knew what they were saying... :(
wildlifeguardian 1 month ago
i love the little chicken legs
ModderRhu87 1 month ago
Fascinating, what does this mean?
lexiconlover 2 months ago
@lexiconlover: Not so sure: "don't like what's on the TV"...."give me more attention"....
She was unhappy about something...
wildlifeguardian 2 months ago 3
Speak up cockatoo, my volume is at full blast and I can barely hear you.
mafatu32 3 months ago
Where's the snooze button on this thing!!!! LOL
simie33 4 months ago 2
@simie33 LOL!!
lukaslikesvideogames 4 months ago
Agreed, adoption is the way to go. I was at a parrot conference a few years ago in Guelph ON, Canada. In the vendor area a local rescuer had a male Moluccan received two years prior. He was said to be quite agressive when a man gave him up due to a relationship with a lady. Then, he was a beautiful, cuddly, gentle fellow. M2's love scratches.
Keep up your work.
We bought our M2 19 years ago from a small breeder.
Then, we had not heard of a parrot rescue. Got to get the word out!
Cockatoo3434 4 months ago
OMG LADY GAGA!
ninjapicklez69 4 months ago 2
@Cockatoo3434: I think you misunderstood...MY AGENDA: ADOPT a homeless Parrot -- do NOT BUY one from a breeder!
And yes, paper and carton shredding is a wonderful exercise for busy parrot beaks that were made for chewing -- it is certainly NOT a behavioral problem (just a messy reality of living with parrots). :>)
wildlifeguardian 4 months ago
everytime my umbrella cockatoo starts screaming, I play this and she stops, amazing every time!! lol
midnitep0is0n 5 months ago
@midnitep0is0n: Glad to be of help! ~lol~ :>)
wildlifeguardian 4 months ago
I was texting someone when the video was loading and then hearing this bird made me jump out of my seat... The first thing I though was "DAMNIT. MY ALARM- oh wait..."
XD Lovely bird by the way. x3
AnthropomorphdSkunk 5 months ago
What a quiet cockatoo compared to my Freda...LOL. Listen, it is possible to sub the song for something else...but this is a natural expression to...so I give my Freda some scream time, some bark time, and plenty of more "gentler" vocal interaction....
TABREU33467 5 months ago
A Cockatoo can be more demanding and fussy than Veruca Salt, and if it doesn't get the things it is after, it's going to SCREAM!
CockatooMan 5 months ago 2
She must have seen the intro animation to Angry Birds.
ph0masta 5 months ago
At 0:08 lol XD
AnimeFoxxx 5 months ago
Like its dinosaurs ancestors before it hahaha
honorableshadow 5 months ago
Shes got a great future in horror movies! ;D
FishyIceCream 5 months ago
when this video started playing my parakeets and cockatiel stared at my like what the hell?
HavenRoyalty 6 months ago 6
@HavenRoyalty Haha same here.. Mine got all quiet :P
hilarylik3r 6 months ago 2
LMAO XD
AnimeFoxxx 6 months ago
Cockatoo: LOVE ME YOU SON OF A GUN!!! D:<
MollyDaHedgidna 6 months ago
Oh No! I forgot to turn off my alarm clock!
TheKutekitty123 6 months ago
@TheKutekitty123 lol omg
sweetchic963 6 months ago
Cockatoo screams are adorable and hilarious till they wake you AND your neighbors across the street in the early morning hours, and get this: there's NOTHING you can do about it. If they want to scream, they are going to scream. You can scream back, but they won't here you, because that's just how loud they are. I think cockatoos are cute, but I would NEVER own one. I had to go through this type of screaming in another state for an entire summer once. It's not fun.
furtheststar 6 months ago
My cockatoo does the same thing, I can't wait till thanksgiving...
SexyBill1976 7 months ago
Yep, it's a cockatoo, OK. All umbies basically say :
'Scream? Sure. WHY? Cuz I can' :)
TamberKing 7 months ago 2
Thats a good scream sream
Runescapehelp8 7 months ago
your cocatoo and mine would get along so well ,, lol
jaqulinxmariexDCM 7 months ago
Give me a thumbs up for anyone who would hate to wait up to that every morning....lol
Mattlover0 7 months ago
@Mattlover0 i wake up and go to sleep to that every morning:)
jaqulinxmariexDCM 7 months ago
I put the volume up up up, and I still like it. I guess I'm abnormal??
ryuukikurokashi 7 months ago
My mom's cockatoo likes to start screaming around three am and he won't shut up until you feed him. He also screams in the evening to 'say goodbye to the day' as my mom puts it. -_-;
Nyghtshade409 7 months ago
My Mr. Cuckoo and I absolutely LOVE Nana. Every video is so true to kind. She is a pwecious widdle durl and we appreciate your films. I think Mr. Cuckoo wants to know her in the Biblical sense. Nothin' doin' pal!
localunes 7 months ago
Still like em :D
Marrantefunny 7 months ago
Awhhhh she was soo upset! poor thing.
TurtlesAndTangles 7 months ago
cell phone any one ?
bo7meed1999 8 months ago
yea kinda loud but our sun conure is louder than our u2. our u2 is louder than our tv turned all the way up and our conure drowns him out. our conure is 1/3 smaller than him too!!!
amoronishere 8 months ago
My friend has one of these, and up until a few weeks ago I had never heard any species of Cockatoo scream. One day when I was over her house, we were doing homework in her room when the bird started screaming for no reason at all. It went on for like 5 minutes until I asked, in complete honesty I might add, "Is my mom here already?"
sarah4life050399 8 months ago
omg
MegaBluestar88 8 months ago
You know my 8 year old cockatiel hen screams a LOT louder...at just 100 grams! Cockatoos (of ALL SIZES--people forget that COCKATIELS ARE COCKATOOS--just little ones) are LOUD BIRDS! She's also a DRAMA BITER and FEATHER PLUCKER! She has EVERYTHING in the world--but does all this! Cockatoos are WILD and we need to protect them in the wild! It takes a SPECIAL BIRD to raise COCKATOOS--of ANY species!
laurelarockefeller 8 months ago
Thank you for sharing... wish I'd known before hand what I was getting myself into with my U2.
rudypinedo 8 months ago
If you turn up your volume all the way, its what it sounds like in person x_x
linksnake7 8 months ago
Cool Bird She Sure Does Like To Screem Mabye You Should Keep Her Outside For Halloween!
tallapalla 9 months ago
its simple..... Nana is PSMing...
Hadher143 9 months ago 3
I will not show my cockatoo this.
Hadher143 9 months ago
i love it how cockatoos just scream for the hell of it.
Cristiano120100 10 months ago 38
@Cristiano120100: It's probably quite healthy...lol...
wildlifeguardian 10 months ago 2
@Cristiano120100 Yep :) my neighbours have 2 of them hehe ^_^
camilleprestwidge 9 months ago
@Cristiano120100 It's not so funny when you're sound asleep!
meddetect10 7 months ago
It is far from hilarious. A cockatoo is a highly intelligent being. If she is crying out like that there is a damned good reason. She is struggling to c ommunicate something and be understood. If a person can't accommodate or won't then please adopt out the poor bird to someone who will and can accomodate. I've been a bird and animal guardian for decades and I can assure you from experience that ALL animals and birds have intelligence, emotions, needs and their communications systems.
meriprem 10 months ago
@meriprem She's a COCKATOO. They're the most troublesome parrot breed because this is what they do, yell for no reason other than to have fun. There's nothing wrong with this bird, she's just being her species.
TheMuffinBurgler 9 months ago
LOL too cute its singing to you!
SassyKittyClaws 10 months ago
its singing! XD
zoe87192 10 months ago
Har fågel blivigt ett får :D va gulligt :D
Maior87 10 months ago
my cockatoo hates this! haha
exotichachaly 10 months ago
Thats my alam clock everyday...
Thanks to my cockatoo Ariel
:D
ifingerboardbrr33 11 months ago
I play this for my 3 year old umbrella cockatoo and she LOVES it! Screams, dances and headbobs to whatever it is Nana is saying! Baby must agree hah! She is a stunning cockatoo.
AsakaAkazume 11 months ago 2
@AsakaAkazume: That's so cool! I'm glad 'somebody' understands what Nana is 'saying'!\
Thanks for sharing! :>)
wildlifeguardian 11 months ago
@AsakaAkazume
I think you missed the point! These are not domesticated animals. As cute as they are, they are annoying as hell. And they are not changing for us, EVER! They can learn or language, our "songs" and how to pick our locks! It is however not because they are force to, but because they can. Unless you are willing to learn there language, and who they are, you are abusing these brilliant creatures.
SaylorMom 11 months ago 3
@SaylorMom: WELL SAID!!! THANK YOU!!!
wildlifeguardian 10 months ago
@SaylorMom They're toddlers with wings and they NEVER grow up!
meddetect10 7 months ago
Most Parrots will eat Corn that is frozen. All that you do is put some corn in a bowl add some water to it.. heat it in the microwave dump the water out... let the corn cool off.. corn must be warm not hot.. or it will burn their gizzard/throat.. (don't add butter) they will eat it.. also they will eat peas in a pod don't feed them to many.. like 4 to 7 of them... also they like bananas especially cockatoos.
don't feed them milk coffee beer soda etc not good for them.
insidetheredzone 11 months ago
Birds are so funny & cute especially parrots. they might be loud but their fun to play with if you treat them good... they will live longer if you don't tease them, scare them or feed them food that is not good for them.
To all Bird Owners Chocolate, Avacado is POSIONOUS and Anything LEAD will Kill a Parrot/Bird Doesn't matter what it is.
Most Parrots love Veggies! don't give them anything sweet to eat link Junk Food or Salty Foods not good for them.
insidetheredzone 11 months ago
@bilaremix: A-D-O-P-T is the key word.....but then where would Nana go??? ~wink~
wildlifeguardian 1 year ago
Awww poor thing. I and possibly most women sympathise re hormones and frustration. I feel like screaming too at times :(.
debbiethemadbee 1 year ago
Sounds exactly like my Umbrella Cockatoo! I love the sound. xD
hobosdoeatunicorns 1 year ago
Lmao...This is what Dobie ( My umbrella ) does when he doesn't feel he's getting enough of, well, whatever it is he's wanting. :P Either this, or he can imitate an alarm clock. Hehe, so this video cracked me up.
mookmjk 1 year ago
Yup, when we had a Cockatoo we could hear it having a fit inside while out in the barn. Though the dance it did after that was funny as hell.
Then just as fast as it started, it stopped, and he'd find his favorite person, climb up on them and cuddle
panzerwolf494 1 year ago 2
hahaha very funny ^.^
kathyhart21 1 year ago
haha, my yellow nape didn't respond to this but my dog sure did. lol She started whining. xD Not sure whose louder this bird or mine when she starts her yelling. this was loud even on youtube so i wonder how loud it is in real life. lol Bet you do need ear plugs. haha
HopesFeathers 1 year ago
nice alarm clock
parrotsrock119285 1 year ago
I've got to ask you something, though I know it may just be a matter of opinion... have you worked with different types of cockatoos enough to hear their screams? This is actually screaming I would probably welcome, because it seems to me that Moluccans scream a whole lot louder than this. Are Moluccans louder on average than Umbrellas? (By the way, I do so love my Ozzy, and since he is still a baby, he only screams when he's terrified of something- now I see what I have to look forward to!)
c8tina 1 year ago
Auto-tune that bird.
fatalcolumn123 1 year ago 3
DANGER! DANGER WILL ROBINSON!
Zardul 1 year ago 2
funny how it screams and turns is head while swaying side to side ^_^
zabet04240 1 year ago
My baby boy Mahkee loves to watch this video! He was scared at first but I out on youtube and we watch all the other cockatoos...he always reacts to this one! Nana, seems like a real peach! I am just finding out my Mahkees personality as he is only 7 months old! Gotta love em to out up with em!
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sherrieblossom 1 year ago
Yeah we have one that does that all day every day 365 days a year and louder. I hate it lol
ZeroBoyY 1 year ago
Thank you i now decided i do not want a parrot lmfao!!!
JUST KIDDING it is adorable
cute bird!!!
Annessa500 1 year ago
This video makes my cockatoo FLIP THE F*CK OUT.. whatever she's screaming about is the international cockatoo noise for PANIC
Tapeball45 1 year ago
maybe she was upset about being on camera lol!!!
staceyjomama99 1 year ago
Give her some music to sing along to... :D
BirdLoversOnly 1 year ago 3
@BirdLoversOnly: She gets plenty of different music to listen to -- her version of 'singing' along is just not very pleasing to the human ear... ~grin~
Hope you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving and somebody ELSE did the cooking! :>)
wildlifeguardian 1 year ago
I wish I was located near one of these rescue places.. I can't find any large parrots for rehoming in Connecticut, which is frustrating. I can't travel to South Carolina, or Texas to adopt a parrot, unfortunately. I'm left with buying from a home that raises parrots, which is near me.
Unfortunately for the parrots, they are meant to live in the wild, free, not with humans, locked away from potential mates. An owned parrot is a parrot in a jail cell, essentially.
basspig 1 year ago 4
@basspig Your bottom paragraph is 100% correct! Unfortunately, it will never end until large parrot breeders realize that they are just adding to the rescues, and only about .00001% of their babies will go to their FOREVER home!
stacysaysrawr101 1 year ago 2
@stacysaysrawr101 Breeders have the profit motive and buyers have the selfish desire to own the bird as an object/show piece. At least SOME of the parrots live in loving, affectionate households, with lots of other parrots to get along with. I feel bad for the single parrots left in cages all day long.
basspig 1 year ago
lol it's just like a big baby.
Snarlik 1 year ago
Maybe she wants a boyfriend??? hehe :P
iluvoilers 1 year ago
I don't know why but this cockatoo reminds me of the velociraptors in Jurassic Park.
j2201987 1 year ago
@j2201987 Modern birds are descendants of the raptor family, including the velociraptor. It just shows more in some birds than others.
Dubanx 1 year ago
I'm not sure why, but there is something incredibly hilarious about this video.
TechnoMortal 1 year ago 28
I was thinking of having a cockatoo someday, but after seeing a lot of cockatoo videos and visiting mytoos.com, I know for sure that I would not be able to give a cockatoo the proper care it needs. So, because I love cockatoos, I'll never own one :)
snizzlefrazzy 1 year ago 58
@snizzlefrazzy: Bless you for your honesty!
wildlifeguardian 1 year ago
@snizzlefrazzy i wish everybody was like you and actualy did reaserch and found out what these birds are capable of... thank you for making the responsible choice knowing you can't have one because of what it can do...
51324588615 6 months ago
Cockatoos should come with earplugs! What a beauty, though!
JenJW 1 year ago
primal scream therapy
itsabirditsaplane00 1 year ago
sounds like a Pterodactyl
BigJackFilms 1 year ago
aaah hope u help her 2 sort her probs out. she is beautiful
gingerpixie28 1 year ago
Maybe she needs another cockatoo to keep her company?
mariesadler 1 year ago
@mariesadler: She has one -- our wild-caught Moluccan Molly -- after 5 years they finally sit together and do some mutual grooming, but Nana is a hand-raised parrot imprinted on humans and will always prefer the company of a human to that of another cockatoo...sigh...
wildlifeguardian 1 year ago
So cute!!!!! Mine does that too. They are such adorable animals!!!!
pugsrule22 1 year ago
Does she lose breath?
emerlchaos 1 year ago
I wake up to that noise every morning.
Danis2246 1 year ago
AHHHH!!!!AHH!!!!!!!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHH!
lineong 1 year ago
My umbrella cockatoo is much louder when she screams. o__o
Benoka 1 year ago
Wie süß ! ;)
OperationTubeYou 1 year ago
My Gringa never goes on like that! I've heard that type of squawk come out of her only a few times when she is absolutely terrified of something! Baby dolls and playpens when the grandkids visit scare her to that sqhawk.
DruAlbaToo 1 year ago
she is angry? and why?
xazoulini1 1 year ago
my cockatoo is the same way only the screaming is worse. she just wants attention alll day long, i hate it.
CactusCoolGuy 1 year ago
She sounds like my bird scary
brendakellt 1 year ago
Nice alarm clock!
happydice 1 year ago
LoL! AMAZING!
MrFilipe95 1 year ago
sadly... i can tune this out after a bit of listening to it... with headphones in my ears and volume cranked. its loud yes and drowns all out but for some reason id likely be able to live with that... if i didnt have cranky non bird loving neighbours for miles around...
ShiraTora 1 year ago
OMG what a wonder she is amazing Soo beautiful
Kritikatr10 1 year ago
She is terrifying..... :| looks like a monster LOL...poor girl. Much respect to you for being able to handle four large-breed parrots!
l0veshine 1 year ago
@l0veshine: She is a most lovable 'monster!'
Sometimes I do feel like I'm loosing the battle of caring for these high-maintenance companions...smile...
wildlifeguardian 1 year ago
lol shes singing.
NatalieDumDooDumDum 1 year ago 4
@NatalieDumDooDumDum: I think you are right! She IS singing...in Cockatoo! :>)
wildlifeguardian 1 year ago 5
are we having a bad day? LOL!
cassapollard 1 year ago
@cassapollard: I think so...LOL!
wildlifeguardian 1 year ago
I have an umbrella cockatoo, his name is Romeo, he is a monster, i wake up and he does a backflip and screams his eyes out. It is so funny though when he is watching tv with me he starts to laugh at the funny parts, somehow there so funny but loud O.o
it there anyway to make romeo not scream as much???
wilzon121 1 year ago
OMG Nnooooooooooo!!! I am on my way to pick one up in an hour... this is very disturbing!! :p
funandeducation 1 year ago
Wondrefull parrot!
denisbaranoff 1 year ago
My cockatoo screams like that
xllELiiT3llx 1 year ago
I had an umbrella cocatoo once. I remember the sound clearly. She was always such a sweetheart unless I wasn't around. Then she would scream at my family
rottentomatoes 1 year ago
seems like my alarm clock
the problem is you just cant stop it
jajajajajaajaja
I love this video
congrats for helping Nana to have a better life
maybe that was just her way to say "thank you for not leaving me alone on the streets" xp
S2niS2 1 year ago
soo cute
Electron64 1 year ago
When my bird starts screaming, I just let her get it out of her system. Once she's calmed down she gets praise so she will associate being calm with getting praise and not crazy screaming.
She also just screams for the hell of it sometimes. As in the video of your baby Nana, when she gets scared it looks like she is staring at something in the distance but I never can figure out what it is.
HondaRaycer 1 year ago
holy shit
rainbowpills 1 year ago
My baby-sitter's sulfer crested cockatoo would do that constantly, but she wasn't able to give him enough attention like she use too. Ended up having to give him away. :(
BugsyLipps 1 year ago
Sounds just like a human baby newborn screaming for its parents.
morphineangel2005 1 year ago
HAHA Nana sounds like something off Jurassic Park or Avatar! LOL! Great video!
Timothy2035 1 year ago
My cockatiel was screaming today like crazy too and the female was just watching and thinking like "what in gods name does this bird want damn it?" XD
GSatiFan 1 year ago
I have a Blue and Gold macaw . . . sounds just as loud, but I love him all the same!
Neferhotep85 1 year ago 2
mmm, what about a male for this lady?
loscantos 1 year ago
I miss my little Happy
jediapplianceguy 1 year ago
So this is what their screaming sounds like. We are hoping to take in an older too that was poorly treated by his owners for a long time. I've been wondering which is worse, a U2 or a BFA. I'm going with the blue front hands down :) The one we had would scream for between 10-14 hours a day and he did it for years.
blossomsbounty 1 year ago
Nana sounds like E.T. screaming!!
pokemonLinoone 1 year ago
i think it was the dog
fracc90 1 year ago
my umbrella cockatoo does the same thing!!!! we love her to death and wouldn't trade her for anything but sometimes it gets bad!
IrishBeauty393 1 year ago
my old male cockatiel would hiss instead of scream.lol
tippitytop1 1 year ago
hahahaha we just got one and she only screams like that when she is alone lol hahaha i love my bird though its the coolest animal i ever had.
i recommend this aNIMAL if u take care of it only they are very affectionate
latinlover661 1 year ago
Lmao my bird is so much louder than that one Ugh. I wish mine would be that quiet
jellybellyoneofakind 1 year ago
Haha silly cockatoos. Gosh I miss that scream. I fostered a friends for 4 months, he did this nightly but so much more, went crazy dancing and throwing his crest everywhere. So funny. You could hear him down the road, so I know the neighbors could hear him indoors. Wonderful birds for those who are fit for keeping them!
chickafinch 1 year ago
my umbrella cockatoos always screams like that but we love her
IrishBeauty393 1 year ago
My Cockatiel was worse. Its screams were high pitched.. im surprised im not deaf yet.
Christie761 1 year ago
aww, i have a bird like this also and it does this, but its not as cute!!
supertaco1995 1 year ago
my conure loves this!!!
deadanna 1 year ago
0:07, I lose it. I know she's very serious, but man it's hysterical when she takes that new angle.
wagonwheelmusical 1 year ago 4
She was freaked out! She made herself all skinny!
Misslady9902 1 year ago
beautiful, jutta i got my FellowTraveller "disappeared, so i start over again! ha ha ha FUnf Stern und Fvorite !! joe z
TravellerFellow 2 years ago
I obviously better KEEP the back-up videos on my computer just in case! What a pain and a half! :(
wildlifeguardian 2 years ago
yeah, I have (thank goodness) the older videos on DVD but the trick now is to FIND them!! ha ha
TravellerFellow 1 year ago
This is the one reason why we nicknamed my macaw (Horus) "The Living Tornado Siren"
Dragonloverful 2 years ago 4
oh my umbrella cockatoo is worse you can hear her a block away im surprised shes not screaming to the video playing... my bird hates new music she loves the beatles its freeky
makiaoscer 2 years ago
You need to work on your vocals, that noise will get you nowhere on American Idol.
retroforever 2 years ago 4
I've heard worse....ha ha ha
wizzifloyd 2 years ago
i wanted one but i started small with cockatiels and a sun conure and quaker parrot
danigirlprodutions 2 years ago
OMG!!! its kind of annoying! But that bird look lovely!
3v3d1 2 years ago
I love their personalities!!
BallPythonlover 2 years ago 2
I've had mine for 20 years..they are nicknamed the "terrible twos." Why? Because they are just like a two year old baby. Their brains are amazing. Mine speaks in paragraphs. He tells me "bye-bye, be a good boy, no screaming, OK?" when I go out the door. He tells me when he wants to go asleep, usually around 8PM. "Go to sleep, good boy, good night, go to bed, OK?". You don't throw "the baby" out with the bathwater. . I wouldn't take all the money in the world for my Cha Chi.
cmaglaughlin 2 years ago 3
my girl does this.
all
the
time
fathmelovesdisco 2 years ago 2
Well, at least living with my nanday conures will help prepare me for this one day. :) I love cockatoos dearly.
v3idt 2 years ago
yes they can be load, they also become a screamer, they can be trained not to be so load if it's a problem. I agree, these birds are not for none comitted people and should be left to a loving home that will keep them for a life time then handed down to family. I am on my second too the one is ariving next week. No problems yet with screaming. Just the normal stuff. My lesser is quite as a theif in the night.. Weired A?
Rambler4ever1 2 years ago
If you want one of these birds, go see them in the wild... then leave them there. These are definitely not apartment birds (spoken as one who lives in an apt with one!)
parrotscience 2 years ago 4
My 4 year old umbrella cockatoo doesn't make any noise at all, she's a silent sweet parrot. BUT when she hears NANA she gets excited and does her too dance!
Crazypigmonkey 2 years ago
I FEEL YOUR PAIN I HAVE ONE THAT SLEEPS UNDER THE BLANKET AND SNORTS HER NAME IS SUGAR!I have another one named foulcor and the screaming just goes on and on and on and on and on!
sloanlauer 2 years ago
HE HE!!! They can't help it: nature gave them this great set of vocal chords and those wonderful beaks to bring down the house with. Maybe that's our punishment for trying to make 'pets' out of creatures that weren't meant to be 'pets'...
wildlifeguardian 2 years ago
That's the stuff Japanese horror movies are made of.
devastateurface 2 years ago 3
LOL
chokolate999 2 years ago
tell her i said this back "EEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!"
in cockatoo it means "your a good singer" ;)
mappoprimo 2 years ago 17