Now its cockatoo (white) in the house

[incognito]

i rescued one of the cockatoo on my visit to avian vet. very loving aged around ten months. difficult to tell the gender. very beautiful and need attention all the time.


as i know nothing about this bird all the help regarding how to raise one bird from this is vital here. what should i feed and how should i. current in my room where temp is maintained at 25 C (its summer and really hot outside).

and one more thing how to bathe. all feathers are dirty looking and needs shampoo.

how to give a bathe to a and what should i use and what should i dont use


regards

 

[sssaucey]

In regards to bathing don't use anything but warm water in a shallow bowl or you can use a spray bottle to mist the bird if he/she will except that. No shampoo or soap is needed for a bird to get clean. Using anything else could end up making the bird sick.

I'm sure the 'too owners will be a long to help with your other questions soon, good luck!!!

 

[incognito]

initially i was thinking of using a baby shampoo because too much dirty... like never ever had a bathe.

now i will follow your suggestion and will use only warm water

thanks

 

[sssaucey]

Birds have a gland at the base of their tails that secretes a sort of oily substance, and thats what will help keep the feathers looking good. You may have to bathe her more than once to get the dirt out of her feathers, but he/she will be preening a lot to help clean the feathers aswell.

 

[friedsoup]

Yes just water and if you want a little lemon juice in the bath water won't hurt, what too feed? what are you feeding now? we need to know these things to make suggestions. Now about the bird needing constance attention this is a very spoiled bird and is most likely one of the reasons it got rehomed They are love sponges but we as parronts must limit the time our bird get our undivided attention and we do this by setting a schedule time for play and feeding and self play and alone time . Now this schedule does not have to be written in stone but is should be steady. Ok hope some of this helped and look forward to your followup questions.

 

[incognito]

as far i unaware of the gender i will consider him male

whenever i get near to cage, he scream for getting out of the cage when out he bow down his head in my hands and ask me ask me to tickle and then tickle almost every part. this continue until i make him to go back inside the cage.

regarding feeding earlier i had offered one slice of apple (he was trying to but was unable to hold it in his mouth then i chopped the apple and offered him again, might have eaten few bits) couple of spinach leaves(they became his toy and he chewed on them not much of swallowing again). then i offered harrison's fine pellets adult life time formula (kinda liked it against odds, later i saw he was just crushing them in his beak so no much of swallowing)

then i offered boiled rice they are still in his cage

i hesitated to offer seeds mix and asked for suggestions here

 

[friedsoup]

What was the place you got him from feeding him?

 

[ann]

right now he is a baby and will be very sweet. as he matures he will be much more challenging, so i suggest you purchase a training course from Good Bird Inc. He needs lots of wooden toys to chew and a huge cage filled with toys. when he screams, don't come running to him. You mentioned he screams when you walk over to his cage. If he screams, turn your back to him until he is quiet or makes a soft sound. When he makes the soft sound or is quiet, turn to him and praise him. Once he is quiet, let him out of the cage. Good luck, and thank you for rescuing instead of buying !

 

[PortaPerch]

Why a locked cage? The only time ours are locked in a cage is to get them to settle down at night in a motel room.

 

[friedsoup]

Porta! you know how much damage that beak can do to the furniture and the household moulding and to electric cords until this person knows her bird and vice a versa keeping her bird locked up when not being supervised is a good thing .

 

[incognito]

i have no idea what they were feeding as i got him from vet clinic. someone (name was not disclosed) left and said don't want to keep him

What was the place you got him from feeding him?

 

[incognito]

Why a locked cage? The only time ours are locked in a cage is to get them to settle down at night in a motel room.

last night he was out and he was roaming almost everywhere and looking for attention and tried to chew power cable of my mac book. i said to myself first i have parrot proof this room and then it will be safe for him to stay out


today i took him with me in my office and showered him and against all odds he was loving the mist of water even opened his wings to have a proper bathe. Alas i have no camera with me over there.


tomorrow i am gonna bathe him again then i will make sure to capture all the moments

 

[incognito]

i need to ask one more thing


he bows a lot to me , want me to tickle his head , neck , and even wings

i am bit concerned that i might damage his feathers

what should i do when he do that like bow down , every time he do that i cant resist myself

 

[friedsoup]

I did a post on that called birdy sign language check it out

 

[incognito]

I did a post on that called birdy sign language check it out

i am so sorry to inform you that chitu is no more ... you can check my other thread regarding him ... he was vomiting some yellow jelly thing... became so weak in a night ... i took him to vet where he stayed for a while, got better and then he passed away

he is gone but i cant forget him ...