i would like to say after a month finally my cockatoo settle down very well now
i hope its ok if i want to share my experience living with her so maybe anybody wants to buy or adopt they will know how is it exactly living with them.
anybody planning to buy/adopt cockatoo please read this so if this happen to you,you will not very disappointed later on:
1)when she bad mood,u will get very nasty bite that u never imagine in your life.even sometimes she give me unpredictable bite,without any reason.i have around 20 big deep bite around my arm which the scar will never go forever and it dsnt look pretty at all.
2)she screams to express her feeling.yes-when she happy she jump around n scream around my living room.when she get lonely,she scream too.when she get excited,she scream too.she get bored,she scream too.not very long scream,but enough to make your neighbor to ring ur door and complain.
3)she is unbelivable messy.i have play gym,tree gym,huge big cage,n she always refuse to go there.she prefer to come to living room,sit with me,get cuddle,and watch what im doing entire day.
i put all her toys on the place that i want her to play there,but smartly she bring all the toys one by one to the sofa that she want
4)i dont have beautiful n clean home anymore,i vacuum 4 times per day n wash around my house everyday.she loves all my expensive stuff n electronic.when she knows something very important for me,she will always try to steal it away from me.one day ever,she steal my tv remote and it was broke completly in 3 min.
5)its very difficult to make her eat.i need to follow her with spoon all around house,just like kids.if i dont follow her she will not eat at all,and the vet tell me she is almost under weight.i cooked everyday for her.pellet is only for snacks.
6)i never can leave house more than 2 hours now.mostly i take her everywhere we go.one day i leave her 4/5 hours to shopping n when i arrived home i see her plucking her fur again
.now if i want to go shopping,i take her with my self and my husband wait inside car with her since they dont allow pet inside shopping mall here.7)she dsnt tolerated kids at all.yesterday i have guest with one kid(7years old).the kid excited to see her and i said to the kids dont come around her.the kid dsnt listened and everything happen in 3 sec.she get big bite n it bleeding.i really want to mad with my bird,but what can i do??
8)i have to eccept that she will never be beautiful anymore.the vet tell me her wings fur will never grow.its okay,i just said to her i love her,because of herself not because of how she look like.
9)the jealousy.when she is on my lap,anybody dare to take me away from her will get a bite.ever my brother in law sleep in my house n he was giving me a cup of tea(she was on my lap).fastly she give him an agression,she puff all her fur,stretch her neck and try to bite his hand.
ever one day i get very very crazy n want to give up-but i realized with my self she is mine now.she never choose to be with me and she is my responsibility now.she is cuddly,smart,beautiful,funny,but very hard to keep.i already so much into her,i cant ever imagine if she go far from me even for 1 hour.
thats my small experience with her,maybe its only her.not all cockatoo like that,but is possible when u buy a new cockatoo this will happen to u.
thanks for letting me to share my feelings n experience
