ineedabiggaboat wrote:
> I understand the need to present these feathered friends of ours in a
> psuedo-sort of unpleasant way, but are there ANY really informative
> sites that present them in a positive way?? Where do all the long term
> 'too owners go for info? Are there any long term owners who are not
> missing fingers
>  and eyes and still have their hearing?
Try  www.mytoos.com
It won't present you with a pretty picture, but has a lot of good 
information on living with cockatoos. I love mine, but will never own 
another one. She is extremely cuddly ( read needy) and is not really 
happy uhless she can be sitting in my lap or riding on my shoulder. She 
has never bitten me or my husband. The hearing is gonna go. Even a 
completely happy cockatoo gives a call that we refer to as the call the 
flock call. Extremely loud. Make sure you have your speakers turned all 
the way up at the mytoos site and you will get the idea. I actually 
consider that to be one of the pleasanter sounds my bird is capapble of. 
Ours is 16 years old, although she has only lived with us for about 4 
1/2 of those years.
Debbie, Casperella (U2) and Dusty (CAG)
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