Umbrella Cockatoo, Baby, Dancing in the Rain

[darkflower2]

Aren't you afraid she'll fly away?

[ZDS373HR]

They get some feathers away from their wings and the bird cant fly as good as they can with those feathers!

[aqup5991]

her wings have been cut if you pause it exactly on 0:06 you can see it on her right wing

[Umbrellatoo]

Oh always! It scares the heck out of me but she's clipped. Given a good wind & a good scare, any bird will fly for a bit. You always have to be mindful of that.

In this case she won't with the rain coming down & there's a big wall around our outside deck. She'd need to get a good height before she got any distance. They usually fly straight across not up & she'd have to go up over the wall first.

[darkflower2]

Well she's adorable, the way she enjoys her showers so much! lol

[vidgirl4444]

suchs a cutie!

[SarahR88]

I wish my cockatoo was this quiet, very cute tho

[Umbrellatoo]

LOL she is pretty quiet for a Too. :) She gets excited & has fun yelling & dancing but is content to play quietly. The Goffin you hear in the background more than makes up for her quietness. LOL He's REALLY noisy!!

[SarahR88]

I know what you mean, mine is a sulpher crested cockatoo that is not happy unless he can see someone, when we go out we get just down the stairs and he starts OR he waits til he hears the car running and he squwaks (sp?) his head off - but on the other hand he is my wake up call at 6am lol

[maxwell6t9]

beautiful<3 :)! Aww wow

[overkillll]

Your Cockatoo's a plucker.  How come?!

[Umbrellatoo]

I have no idea. We've had her tested & it's nothing physical, that we do know. She was like that when I got her at 7mos old. Her brothers in her clutch picked on her & it's something she's continued to do on & off but she's getting better.

She's a very happy girl though. She gets lots of love, playtime, toys, food, good nutrition and out time.

Plucking/shredding in Cockatoos is common & quite a complex problem. I wish it could have an easy answer & be easily fixed but it doesn't.

[spjelgus]

Yes cockatoos are probably the worst when it comes to this... they can pluck because of almost anything, and it doesn't have to be because of anything special really!

[Switchbldekitten]

Have you tried buying the peacock feathers that are sold at petsmart (and other places, probably)? They're specifically for birds that pluck. My tiel doesn't, but I bought one for him anyways, and he loves it. He even sings to it. lol

[Umbrellatoo]

Actually, we did a few years ago & it was pretty funny. There was sheer pandemonium here. They were all terrified of it. LOL Nobody would go anywhere near it.

[Aveilthe]

Do you try to give her paper to shred?

[Umbrellatoo]

Hi, no not paper. We don't like the newsprint on it. It's not good for them but they get Planet Pleasures Shredders & birdy bagels which are pressed paper.

We also make our own toys. They both get lots of different types of toys with different textures on them; softwoods, palm leaves, coconut, corn cob husks, sisal rope and more.

[tempist7]

I was told that newspaper is not bad for them... it Soy based so it not harmul and is actually digestable

[Umbrellatoo]

Newspaper uses ink & it's not good for birds to chew or suck on. It's definately not good for them to eat.

Newspaper is ok to use on the bottom of the cage where the bird can't get to it. It's ok if they chew on it very briefly but it should not be the only paper product they chew on.

Newsprint is not good for birds because of the ink. Look at your fingers after you flip through a newspaper, they're usually black. That's not good for birds. It's just not.