Moonlight
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- Jan 11, 2014
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Hello!
I'm thinking about adopting a cockatoo who has been rescued by a petshop owner in my town and I'd like to hear from members who know well those birds...
Here's her story...
I've been told that she has lived her first 8 years with a couple who broke up and rehomed her with a single man who put her in a cage outside with 2 furets (yeah... Awfull! I know...)
It seems that she had developped a very bad plucking problem over there (poor little thing! She looks like a little chicken right now but I find her very pretty anyway!)
The feathers have not grown back for the last 6 months she has been in the petshop...
Otherwise, the staff thinks she is healthy... She has a big appetite and eats a lot of veggies and fruits and her pellets and little seeds and nutsm as well... She's pretty active and shredding everything she can... She's good to escape her cage too! Lol! They had to put a lock cause she was escaping and opening bags of cats and dogs food... Lol!
She also talks clearly and makes all kinds of funny moves hanging up side down from the top of her cage and swirling...
The cutest thing is that she reaches for my fingers out of the cage and gently grabs them everytime I go see her... She literally melts my heart!
But I'm worriing about her feathers! Right now, she has all of her head feathers an tail feathers and the top of her wings feathers but she only have a scarce white duvet almost everywhere else (she still has a few bald spots though). I also noticed that she seems to shiver from time to times... Is it possible that she's could because of her lack of feathers?
I would like to help her so much! Do you think that with love and good care she could grow back all her feathers?
Kind regards,
Audray
I'm thinking about adopting a cockatoo who has been rescued by a petshop owner in my town and I'd like to hear from members who know well those birds...
Here's her story...
I've been told that she has lived her first 8 years with a couple who broke up and rehomed her with a single man who put her in a cage outside with 2 furets (yeah... Awfull! I know...)
It seems that she had developped a very bad plucking problem over there (poor little thing! She looks like a little chicken right now but I find her very pretty anyway!)
The feathers have not grown back for the last 6 months she has been in the petshop...
Otherwise, the staff thinks she is healthy... She has a big appetite and eats a lot of veggies and fruits and her pellets and little seeds and nutsm as well... She's pretty active and shredding everything she can... She's good to escape her cage too! Lol! They had to put a lock cause she was escaping and opening bags of cats and dogs food... Lol!
She also talks clearly and makes all kinds of funny moves hanging up side down from the top of her cage and swirling...
The cutest thing is that she reaches for my fingers out of the cage and gently grabs them everytime I go see her... She literally melts my heart!
But I'm worriing about her feathers! Right now, she has all of her head feathers an tail feathers and the top of her wings feathers but she only have a scarce white duvet almost everywhere else (she still has a few bald spots though). I also noticed that she seems to shiver from time to times... Is it possible that she's could because of her lack of feathers?
I would like to help her so much! Do you think that with love and good care she could grow back all her feathers?
Kind regards,
Audray
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