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MBoulad In reply to Mahado07 [2007-11-15 04:14:53 +0000 UTC]

I used to wish I had a pet galah (the pink and grey cockatoo) but after awhile I realised it would always bother me that he was in a cage while there are happy free galahs right outside the window. It would make me feel too selfish and guilty in the end, so I won't ever have one.

I can't blame people for wanting cockatoos for pets, because they're so temptingly beautiful and clever, but I do wish there weren't so many kept caged up. It's sad, but it's also easy for me to say, they're everywhere here and I can enjoy them all the time, so it would be wrong for me to judge others who love them.

I just heard a sulfar crested screech outside lol...geez they're loud, I can't imagine that much noise in a house!

I'm glad you are rescuing the birds who've been mistreated, short of letting them live in their natural environment (which isn't an option if you're outside Australia ) it's the kindest thing anyone could do for them. Come to think of it, if they were raised in captivity, it's the ONLY option, isn't it? to you and your sis for your kindness...and good luck with Sonny. Maybe a big aviary where he doesn't have human contact would be an option?

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Mahado07 In reply to MBoulad [2007-11-18 18:35:19 +0000 UTC]

here's the link:[link] Mind your books kids, Sonny loves to chew things, including shoes

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Mahado07 In reply to MBoulad [2007-11-18 13:24:46 +0000 UTC]

I understand what're you're saying and agree, i hate seeing birds locked up too, it's not right and maybe you think it's easy for you to say that because you have them outside, so it's not as if you never see them or have access to them but I think to truly appreciate nature and all it's glory, unless the creature is in a bad way which requires human intervention, better to leave them alone. So your decision was more noble than you give yourself credit for.

lol yeah, Sonny is a complete nut and damn loud ! We can hear him halfway down the road !

I'll post a pic up of him, whenever my sister chastises him, he ends up looking sorry for all of 2 grand minutes before he's back at whatever he was messing around with before. He LOVES fingers and toes, made my mother scream that last time he bit her, we keep telling her not to touch him and she keeps trying to because 'he's so beautiful and soft * crazy ! He pulled out all his legs feathers, my sister jokes that he's keeping them smooth for his modelling contract :-D they've slowly started growing back though, and while the store where he was caged up said he never spoke at all, here he can't stop voicing his opinions

Yeah, we're going to try and save up and move to an area where we can put all of them inside the aviaries. I've been keeping in touch with the local bird park who said that giving the birds to them after rehab is not an option since the birds who've had human interaction for a while get stolen to be sold on the black market

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chengda-inferno In reply to Queen-Duck [2007-11-12 06:34:46 +0000 UTC]

ya many years ago a nearby pet store had a cockatoo, they were selling it for $2500 o_0

then one day there was a Palm Cockatoo (extremely rare, probably escaped from Zoo or something) sighted at a nearby forest and the store owner set a trap on the ground to catch it! I hated that store owner and never went back there. I doubt he ever caught the bird tho cuz he kept catching sparrows in his trap, LOL.

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Queen-Duck In reply to chengda-inferno [2007-11-12 22:58:59 +0000 UTC]

I love cockatoos...but I don't think I could spend that much on one.

Did he really think he could catch a cockatoo? They are entirely too smart, probably even smarter than some people Sparrows aren't that smart. We have a nice aviary close by, and I think that if I were to get one, it would be from there, most of their birds are hand raised, that's where my sister got her cockatiel.

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MBoulad In reply to pootoo [2007-08-19 01:31:22 +0000 UTC]

Yep, a lot of people do put out seeds and water in the summer. This last summer was so dry, we even noticed there were very few spiders around (there are usually heaps of spiders in our area!) but we've had a fair amount of rain over the last few months, hopefully next summer won't be so bad!

Aw, the parrots here...in fact ALL the birds...are just incedible. It's like bird paradise here in Australia

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pootoo In reply to MBoulad [2007-08-19 04:56:40 +0000 UTC]

You are so lucky, the wildlife and the vegetation of my home country is what I miss the most

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MBoulad In reply to Inkened [2007-05-14 22:57:47 +0000 UTC]

They're so cool You're lucky to have one as a pet, anyway...I wanted one for a long time, but the more I thought about it the more I realised it would be hard to keep one in a cage when there are so many wild ones flying around. It would be too sad.

If I were in the US, tho, I wouldn't feel that way, since they're not native...and I'd definitely want one!

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MBoulad In reply to mooncrescentdemon [2007-04-12 12:30:01 +0000 UTC]

Aw, I"m so sorry about taking this long to answer! It's been a crazy busy month and I've fallen so far behind

We live in Australia, in the national capital territory Cockatoos EVERY where, omg, you could look out the window at any given time and see two or three types of parrots at a time Lucky, eh?

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MBoulad In reply to Chimichaki [2007-01-12 13:09:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you We're getting some extra feeding equipment for the birds tomorrow, it's a relief to me that we can help them out. Thanks for stopping by and for your comment!

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Chimichaki In reply to MBoulad [2007-01-19 03:10:18 +0000 UTC]

Your quite welcome and that's wonderful!I hope the birds do well ^_^

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MBoulad In reply to GD-litenin [2007-01-12 13:25:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks he was a sweetheart to photograph, just wish I could have gotten a full view of him.

Ahh...another bird lover. I'm glad you did that for the birds there I'm buying a birdbath tomorrow, I hope they use it!

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GD-litenin In reply to MBoulad [2007-01-12 14:34:11 +0000 UTC]

Aww . . . well maybe he'll return for another photo shoot soon

Yeah . . . I think they're neat to watch and it's always nice to lend mother nature a helping hand

Good luck with your birdbath, I'm sure you'll have many frequent visitors

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reichan79 In reply to reichan79 [2007-01-12 19:38:29 +0000 UTC]

Cute sparrow, pigeon, jackdaw, raven and few more . But the most I love the parrots. I've got eight, one is on the picture in my gallery D. But that's not the same as the free parrot born in their environment. You're really lucky

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MBoulad In reply to reichan79 [2007-01-12 13:37:11 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thanks Well, I'm happy I can share the parrots here with you, since you don't have them where you live...but I bet you have beautiful birds there as well!

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MBoulad In reply to ilikeshinyobjects [2007-01-12 13:39:28 +0000 UTC]

Hi hon

Well, I've tried bowls of water, but they don't seem interested...so I'm buying a bird bath tomorrow. I hope they like it!

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ilikeshinyobjects In reply to MBoulad [2007-01-13 09:44:55 +0000 UTC]

Sweet. I hope they like a bath.

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MBoulad In reply to ilikeshinyobjects [2007-01-16 19:09:31 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I'm bummed we weren't able to get it yet...but I've noticed the birds are drinking out of the bowls I've put out, so I guess it's all good anyway!

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ilikeshinyobjects In reply to MBoulad [2007-01-18 06:08:25 +0000 UTC]

That's good, they're drinking. Now they'll tell all their friends about the food and water at this one lady's house...

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