Potential soonish to be parrot owner from Texas.

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That's wonderful of you to rescue. You seem to have the right nature for rehabilitation and the patience to understand that love has to be won from these poor birds.
My mother has allergies to a lot of things but as long as they are dust free they don't bother her.THE cockatoo family are the dusty birds and as much as i love them i could never have one due to this.

I think so. I wouldn't rescue a bird if i didn't think the odds are vastly in favor of it being better off with me than with somebody else. I'm in a unique position where i'm home all the time and have very flexible hours and can engage in regular training sessions.

That said. Talked for an hour today about adopting a guy from craigslist's blue fronted amazon. He seems to be screening people pretty hard and seemed to want me to get his bird. Money's an issue since this came up all of a sudden. Hopefully it's still around for me to meet when I have the pet deposit and fee he wants all in a row soon.