Their toys should include hanging toys and those that the bird can pick up with its beak.Ī cockatoo should be allowed plenty of opportunity for exercise. Therefore, giving them softwood toys, tanned vegetable leather, ropes, bells, and even cardboard to play with makes sense. They are aggressive chewers and love to destroy things. You should give your bird lots of toys to play with. You should buy strong cages made of wrought iron, stainless steel, etc., as cockatoos have a very tough beak. If you have a large cockatoo, you will need a cage of about 24″ x 48″ x 48″ and bar spacing of about 1″ to 1.5″. It should have a bar spacing of ¾” to 1″. They love the space, and this allows lots of room for toys and perches.Īs far as housing requirements are concerned, you need to have a cage that is not smaller than a 24″ x 36″ x 48″ in size. Smaller cockatoos such as the Goffin’s and Ducorps can get by with a cage 36″ wide x 24″ deep, but again bigger is always better! I recommend 40″ wide x 36″ deep for ALL size Cockatoos. Large Cockatoo’s, such as Umbrella’s and Moluccan’s, should have a cage 40″ wide x 30″ deep at minimum. They are compassionate, so make sure you don’t neglect them in any way. Never give them chocolates, fried foods, alcohol, or salted foods, like potato chips, pretzels, etc.Ĭockatoos are somewhat like humans in behavior in a sense, they need a lot of love.
You will have to be careful when feeding seeds and seed mixes as they are high-fat content. You can also include bird pellets in their diet. Pellets* and a small amount of seed should be included at least several times a week.Ĭockatoos will happily feast on fresh vegetables, grains, fruits, etc. As well as cooked grains such as barley, oats, brown rice, vegetable pasta, and sweet potato. A cockatoo’s powerful beak can injure small, prodding hands.Ī healthy Cockatoo diet consists of a large variety of fresh vegetables, fruit, and nuts. They are somewhat excitable, and sometimes they do not mix well with young kids. They are intelligent, playful, mischievous, and can be exceptionally loud. Deprived of love, cockatoos will become depressed or exhibit neurotic behaviors. However, their sociability and need for affection mean they demand a great deal of time from their owners. They are quite cuddly and bond very closely with their owners. Their size differs from one species to another, while the lesser sulfur-crested Cockatoo and Goffin’s Cockatoo are the smallest of the lot, the Moluccan Cockatoo, greater sulfur-crested Cockatoo, and the umbrella cockatoo are the largest.Ĭockatoos are lively, affectionate birds. We have hand-raised and tamed cockatoos for sale, including the Bare Eyed Cockatoos, Black Palm Cockatoos, Ducorp Cockatoos, Goffin Cockatoos, Sulpher Crested Cockatoos, Major Mitchell Cockatoos, Moluccan Cockatoos, Rose Breasted Cockatoo, Umbrella Cockatoos. These birds are native to the Indonesian Islands and make for excellent pets.
While most of these are white in color, some come in shades of gray, pink, black, and deep blue. There are about 21 species of cockatoos in the world. The larger cockatoos, like Moluccan species, have a longer lifespan of about 80 years. The average lifespan is about 40 years for smaller birds like the Goffin’s Cockatoo. Native to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia, there are over 40 species of the Cockatoo. Most Cockatoos are white in color, but others come in grays and pinks, blacks, and deep blue in the Palm’s case. Cockatoos are extremely beautiful, loving, and social creatures, portraying an intelligent, playful, inquisitive, and enchanting self. They are beautiful birds possessing striking talking abilities. The Cockatoos are one of the most favored birds as pets in the Parrot family.
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