About two months ago I posted about my 1 year old cockatoo not speaking, and I got a lot of not-so-friendly comments telling me I was cruel and negligent to the bird and some even thought I'm a troll.
My post came off as harsh because I only talked about my parrot not talking and people guessed that I would simply get rid of my bird if he didn't talk, but that's not the case. Out of the three parrots I've had Panbe is the only one that voluntarily comes up to me for me to pet, not once has he bitten me, he does all sorts of cute things and is easily the best bird I've kept and I don't plan on giving him away until I move to the US, and even then I'll let one of my family members who's very good with birds take care of him. So I don't think those comments were fair but I understand where they were coming from so I don't mind them. But one thing that I DID care about were a few people telling me my bird's cage was too small and that he's "trapped" in it.
Now having purchased my Cockatoo with that cage it had never occured to me that it was an issue because I thought if the seller had kept him in this cage it was fine...right?
Having read those comments I decided to do some research and felt bad to realize that the cage I had kept him in for several months was way too small(though I think it's necessary to note that i left his door open at all times so he was free to roam around).
So having done all that I searched around for a more appropriate cage and found a large one for around $100. I bought it and assembled it the same day and relocated Panbe into it as soon as it was done.
A month has passed and I'm pleased to say he's a lot more cheerful than he was before and his feathers look less dishevelled than they were and he's also started to say his name every once in a while. I play around with him everyday and occasionally talk to him while I'm studying at a table nearby
Here's a picture of him on his new cage
https://ibb.co/tDS64P5
My post came off as harsh because I only talked about my parrot not talking and people guessed that I would simply get rid of my bird if he didn't talk, but that's not the case. Out of the three parrots I've had Panbe is the only one that voluntarily comes up to me for me to pet, not once has he bitten me, he does all sorts of cute things and is easily the best bird I've kept and I don't plan on giving him away until I move to the US, and even then I'll let one of my family members who's very good with birds take care of him. So I don't think those comments were fair but I understand where they were coming from so I don't mind them. But one thing that I DID care about were a few people telling me my bird's cage was too small and that he's "trapped" in it.
Now having purchased my Cockatoo with that cage it had never occured to me that it was an issue because I thought if the seller had kept him in this cage it was fine...right?
Having read those comments I decided to do some research and felt bad to realize that the cage I had kept him in for several months was way too small(though I think it's necessary to note that i left his door open at all times so he was free to roam around).
So having done all that I searched around for a more appropriate cage and found a large one for around $100. I bought it and assembled it the same day and relocated Panbe into it as soon as it was done.
A month has passed and I'm pleased to say he's a lot more cheerful than he was before and his feathers look less dishevelled than they were and he's also started to say his name every once in a while. I play around with him everyday and occasionally talk to him while I'm studying at a table nearby
Here's a picture of him on his new cage
https://ibb.co/tDS64P5
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