Indecisiveness

[imbadatmakingusernames]

Ah! Okay, I'm quite indecisive. I've been thinking about getting Citron Cockatoo,
Lesser Sulpher Cockatoos, and Galahs. This was based on (the generalized) personality and noise level.

For those who have (researched) about these three, could you help me out with my final decision? What has your experience with them been?

*I'm aware of the noises, attention, food, cage requirements, I've done research about their needs for a while now.*

Thanks you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Freespin]

I'm not a huge help but will share my experience. I have always had a soft spot for the citrons though have never really met one... I know a couple of sulphurs and they are very cool, one is my partners and we get along fine for the most part though she prefers males but I still have a lot of fun with her. The other is a very cool bird who I would own in a heartbeat and belongs to a good friend. She lives out of her cage majority of the time and comes to play agility while we train the dogs hehe. I have been tempted to get one myself... Galahs. I have a friend who owns one also. It's a female and isnt huge on females and her personality has never really appealed to me much...

 

[thekarens]

My mother in law had a LSC until she passed away, my mother in law, not the bird. Anyway, I've never met a more neurotic bird and she would hold a grudge forever. If it were me I'd get a galah, second choice would be one of the bigger sulphur crested instead of the lesser.

 

[Featheredsamurai]

I don't know much about the white cockatoos(about as much as the average parrot obsessed person). But I do know a whole bunch about galahs.

Galahs are amazing, intelligent, social, and are my favorite of the cockatoos. Tend to be a little more mentally stable, and more independent than the white cockatoos. But that doesn't mean they are totally easy, they tend to be sensitive and have can have their feelings hurt. If not socialized well they can develop phobias, neurotic behavior, and self mutilation/plucking(not as commonly as the white 'toos) It seems to me like phobias in well adjusted birds often starts around puberty for some reason, maybe because parronts start slacking off with socialization after a couple years thinking their birds are good to go for the rest of their lives. Socializing something that needs to be done often, all the way through puberty. Once they are fully mature you can slow down a little, but never completely stopped.

Galahs love to learn tricks, and are generally very eager to trick train. Mental stimulation is something all parrots should have, and trick training is a amazing way to achieve this.

Galahs are highly prone to fatty liver disease, fatty tumors, obesity, and heart disease. They are designed to live in a harsh enviroment, are AMAZING fliers, and are designed to use a lot of energy daily while living in a enviroment that may not always have a good source of food. Galahs live in all but the very driest and wettest areas of Australia. One of the few parrot species that lives in the desert.

If you want a galah you should take a commitment to keep it fully flighted, and also motivated to fly. Without flight many galahs die of fatty liver disease, or other fat related illnesses between 30-40 years of age. Some galahs start developing fatty liver five years of age or younger. This is a bird that can live 65+ years!!!

Don't feel restricted because of a bird being able to fly, harness train them and you can take them out. Here's my galah flying in her harness :heart:

There's my little rant about galahs needing to be kept flighted haha

 

[imbadatmakingusernames]

I don't know much about the white cockatoos(about as much as the average parrot obsessed person). But I do know a whole bunch about galahs.

Galahs are amazing, intelligent, social, and are my favorite of the cockatoos. Tend to be a little more mentally stable, and more independent than the white cockatoos. But that doesn't mean they are totally easy, they tend to be sensitive and have can have their feelings hurt. If not socialized well they can develop phobias, neurotic behavior, and self mutilation/plucking(not as commonly as the white 'toos) It seems to me like phobias in well adjusted birds often starts around puberty for some reason, maybe because parronts start slacking off with socialization after a couple years thinking their birds are good to go for the rest of their lives. Socializing something that needs to be done often, all the way through puberty. Once they are fully mature you can slow down a little, but never completely stopped.

Galahs love to learn tricks, and are generally very eager to trick train. Mental stimulation is something all parrots should have, and trick training is a amazing way to achieve this.

Galahs are highly prone to fatty liver disease, fatty tumors, obesity, and heart disease. They are designed to live in a harsh enviroment, are AMAZING fliers, and are designed to use a lot of energy daily while living in a enviroment that may not always have a good source of food. Galahs live in all but the very driest and wettest areas of Australia. One of the few parrot species that lives in the desert.

If you want a galah you should take a commitment to keep it fully flighted, and also motivated to fly. Without flight many galahs die of fatty liver disease, or other fat related illnesses between 30-40 years of age. Some galahs start developing fatty liver five years of age or younger. This is a bird that can live 65+ years!!!

Don't feel restricted because of a bird being able to fly, harness train them and you can take them out. Here's my galah flying in her harness :heart:

There's my little rant about galahs needing to be kept flighted haha

Woah! They seem like my type of bird; independent (not a big deal if theyre dependent), beautiful, intelligent, loves to fly, and a long lifespan!

Hopefully a citron and a galah could bond together??? haha

 

[SoCalWendy]

I don't know much about the white cockatoos(about as much as the average parrot obsessed person). But I do know a whole bunch about galahs.

Galahs are amazing, intelligent, social, and are my favorite of the cockatoos. Tend to be a little more mentally stable, and more independent than the white cockatoos. But that doesn't mean they are totally easy, they tend to be sensitive and have can have their feelings hurt. If not socialized well they can develop phobias, neurotic behavior, and self mutilation/plucking(not as commonly as the white 'toos) It seems to me like phobias in well adjusted birds often starts around puberty for some reason, maybe because parronts start slacking off with socialization after a couple years thinking their birds are good to go for the rest of their lives. Socializing something that needs to be done often, all the way through puberty. Once they are fully mature you can slow down a little, but never completely stopped.

Galahs love to learn tricks, and are generally very eager to trick train. Mental stimulation is something all parrots should have, and trick training is a amazing way to achieve this.

Galahs are highly prone to fatty liver disease, fatty tumors, obesity, and heart disease. They are designed to live in a harsh enviroment, are AMAZING fliers, and are designed to use a lot of energy daily while living in a enviroment that may not always have a good source of food. Galahs live in all but the very driest and wettest areas of Australia. One of the few parrot species that lives in the desert.

If you want a galah you should take a commitment to keep it fully flighted, and also motivated to fly. Without flight many galahs die of fatty liver disease, or other fat related illnesses between 30-40 years of age. Some galahs start developing fatty liver five years of age or younger. This is a bird that can live 65+ years!!!

Don't feel restricted because of a bird being able to fly, harness train them and you can take them out. Here's my galah flying in her harness :heart:

There's my little rant about galahs needing to be kept flighted haha

Excellent information. I love Galahs. Just don't have the room for one.

 

[Featheredsamurai]

@imbadagmakingusernames
Not completely dependent, just more dependent when compared with the white cockatoos(who are often called "Velcro birds"). Galahs are still cockatoos, and some may be more/less dependent on a individual basis.

I forgot to mention that they're known for being nippy, and that little beak can do damage if they put their heart into it! My galah tends to be very mouthy, but rarely uses painful pressure.

 

[getwozzy]

I also have a galah; she's still a baby though (9 months old)... But she is quite the character!! She can self-entertain for quite a while, but she also has her moments when she "needs" snuggles. Overall she's on the quiet side with the exception of the daily hang-upside-down-in-my-cage-and-scream moments that only last a few minutes lol apparently this is a galah thing so I'll just have to get used to it lol

She's adventurous, mischievous, loving, curious, eager to learn, loves to fly, and can say a few words here and there- her most recent one she's working on is "I love you!" ❤❤❤

Feel free to browse through my past posts about Chili- lots of photos and maybe a video here and there

And like ashley said- she's nippy...she can be very beaky at times, but I don't hold that against her

 

[MikeyTN]

We LOVE our LSC too, Dixie, she's a delight to have around! We adopted her around 8 years ago as she was kept in a laundry room in the basement with a single light bulb and no windows. I had to retrain her and she's very independent and plays on her own. But she loves her head scratches and such. She was abused at one point after what the previous owners told me about what the lady did to her when they went to get her. She would yank her from her cage to get her off of it. Dixie does NOT like to step up to hands even til this day. I trained her to go onto a stick and then she would go from stick to hand. She does that really good. She does her crazy dance daily and will beg for a treat. She rarely ever screams.

Cockatoos aren't for everyone to have around. Be sure they are what you want before heading out to get one. And you have to learn to work with them.
Before you do decide on any Cockatoo please do visit All About Cockatoos - MyToos.com

 

[imbadatmakingusernames]

@imbadagmakingusernames
Not completely dependent, just more dependent when compared with the white cockatoos(who are often called "Velcro birds"). Galahs are still cockatoos, and some may be more/less dependent on a individual basis.

I forgot to mention that they're known for being nippy, and that little beak can do damage if they put their heart into it! My galah tends to be very mouthy, but rarely uses painful pressure.

Oh yeah, I'd like to have a bird that likes to entertain themselves so I can just watch.
And nippy isn't that bad as long as its not chomps haha!

 

[imbadatmakingusernames]

We LOVE our LSC too, Dixie, she's a delight to have around! We adopted her around 8 years ago as she was kept in a laundry room in the basement with a single light bulb and no windows. I had to retrain her and she's very independent and plays on her own. But she loves her head scratches and such. She was abused at one point after what the previous owners told me about what the lady did to her when they went to get her. She would yank her from her cage to get her off of it. Dixie does NOT like to step up to hands even til this day. I trained her to go onto a stick and then she would go from stick to hand. She does that really good. She does her crazy dance daily and will beg for a treat. She rarely ever screams.

Cockatoos aren't for everyone to have around. Be sure they are what you want before heading out to get one. And you have to learn to work with them.
Before you do decide on any Cockatoo please do visit All About Cockatoos - MyToos.com

It's great that she has such a loving home!!

I've lived on that site for about two weeks now, I'm still not (place word that means I havn't had my opinion changed)