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As some of you may have seen, I created a thread on the cockatoo forum section about what to do for two birds I found on craigslist. These two 'toos (pictures below) are Houdini and Mickey, Houdini is a normal long-billed corella, Mickey is an western long-billed. Mickey's 5 and Houdini is 10. They are both in pretty atrocious conditions and as much as I want to, our family cannot adopt them for several major reasons. But we still want to help and after I told my mom about birdie trains, she said she'd be happy to pay for the rehoming fee, drive them to their new home (or to another person who'd drive farther, depending on the distance), and even buy a good cage!
We want to help get these birds to a good home even though we cannot adopt them ourselves. We cannot guarantee that we will get them before anyone else but if anyone on here has the ability to adopt them, please let us know as soon as possible and we'll try our hardest to work something out. We're still in the early stages of trying to find more about getting them so it may not end up working out but we want to try as best we can to get them into a safe, permanent home.
Be aware that they may have health issues, we have never seen these two birds in real life but if it's any guess from all the rust on the cages, they could very possibly have some metal poisoning or other conditions. Be prepared to pay for some hefty medical bills if they have any issues, and please do not reply if you don't think you can cover some possibly expensive bills.
The two birds are in Arkansas (for time/travel reference) and I'm unsure how far my mom would be willing to travel but if anyone wants to adopt them or wants to help drive them, please reply here! We can try to work out times and distances once people start replying. I truly hope we can manage to get them a home!
If you guys can think of any questions I should ask them about, please reply with them and I'll be sure to ask. I'll definitely ask about food and any history they have on them, let me know if there's other specifics you want to know about.
(forgot the photos, sorry)
We want to help get these birds to a good home even though we cannot adopt them ourselves. We cannot guarantee that we will get them before anyone else but if anyone on here has the ability to adopt them, please let us know as soon as possible and we'll try our hardest to work something out. We're still in the early stages of trying to find more about getting them so it may not end up working out but we want to try as best we can to get them into a safe, permanent home.
Be aware that they may have health issues, we have never seen these two birds in real life but if it's any guess from all the rust on the cages, they could very possibly have some metal poisoning or other conditions. Be prepared to pay for some hefty medical bills if they have any issues, and please do not reply if you don't think you can cover some possibly expensive bills.
The two birds are in Arkansas (for time/travel reference) and I'm unsure how far my mom would be willing to travel but if anyone wants to adopt them or wants to help drive them, please reply here! We can try to work out times and distances once people start replying. I truly hope we can manage to get them a home!
If you guys can think of any questions I should ask them about, please reply with them and I'll be sure to ask. I'll definitely ask about food and any history they have on them, let me know if there's other specifics you want to know about.
(forgot the photos, sorry)
I'm not sure of the difference between the normal and western long-billed corellas, but they are also known as slender-billed corellas, and if I'm not mistaken they are very good at taking apart their cages. Just another thing for their future owners to keep in mind. 
Sounds like Houdini may have come by his name honestly!
I think they make all of their cages that way so there may be other options. Different vendors have different prices & promos. And don't forget Black Friday's coming up! 
Thank you so much!
