SilverBirdie
Moving in
Hello everyone! I currently own a beautiful little Pinapple Green Cheek and will be bringing home a Mitred COnure once she is fully weaned (8-10 more weeks 
) The pet store I frequent had a Cockatoo (Goffin I believe) dumped in their store and he is just Pitiful. He was apparently bounced around by diffrent family members after his owner died before finally being dumped. He was fed table scraps (Such as pizza bites and spaghetti) as well as dog food for quite some time. As a result of this, he is a mess 
. The store kept him for over a month in an attempt to get him healthy again, but the enviorment there was simply not condusive to his healing process and needs. Another potential home fell through for him and so the girls that work there asked if I could take him. Honestly, after meeting him, I could not say no. He has a list of problems including the fact that he was completly naked when they got him. He has some down feathers now and the plucking has slowed, but he may have permenatly damaged many of his folicals. Also his diet is a real problem. They have got him eating some pellets, fruit & veggies, and seed but his main diet is still people food because they were desprate to get weight on him and that is all he would eat. He is also a serial biter and feeding him is a two person job. He will stick his foot out of the cage and want to hold your hand (but if he pulls it too close he WILL bite you, as I discovered today lol.) He will also let you scratch his head through the bars (But will whip around and bite you if youdont pay attention to what your doing). He just breaks my heart and I want to help him if I can. I already know that trust building and keeping him occupied is going to be paramont, as well as getting his nutrition under controle. Any advice of guidance would be much appriciated as we embark on this now journey!
) The pet store I frequent had a Cockatoo (Goffin I believe) dumped in their store and he is just Pitiful. He was apparently bounced around by diffrent family members after his owner died before finally being dumped. He was fed table scraps (Such as pizza bites and spaghetti) as well as dog food for quite some time. As a result of this, he is a mess . The store kept him for over a month in an attempt to get him healthy again, but the enviorment there was simply not condusive to his healing process and needs. Another potential home fell through for him and so the girls that work there asked if I could take him. Honestly, after meeting him, I could not say no. He has a list of problems including the fact that he was completly naked when they got him. He has some down feathers now and the plucking has slowed, but he may have permenatly damaged many of his folicals. Also his diet is a real problem. They have got him eating some pellets, fruit & veggies, and seed but his main diet is still people food because they were desprate to get weight on him and that is all he would eat. He is also a serial biter and feeding him is a two person job. He will stick his foot out of the cage and want to hold your hand (but if he pulls it too close he WILL bite you, as I discovered today lol.) He will also let you scratch his head through the bars (But will whip around and bite you if youdont pay attention to what your doing). He just breaks my heart and I want to help him if I can. I already know that trust building and keeping him occupied is going to be paramont, as well as getting his nutrition under controle. Any advice of guidance would be much appriciated as we embark on this now journey!
. I will look into the spray asap, thanks for the tip!
Here is a super food I have concocted for my birds. It is tasty, appealing to most birds and "healthy".
