Questions about a Moluccan 'too

[Nyck32]

Hello everyone,
I am now to this forum, however I have a story first and questions after.

This all starts with my mother, she used to breed cockatoos, and Macaws, as well as cockatiels and a few other small Parrot types.
She has since gotten out of it, however she has adopted out all of them but one. His Name is Benny, He is a Moluccan 'too, He has never been part of a bonded pair. He is now going on 12 years old. When I lived at home, he was bonded with me, He would hang out in my room and get scratches and love and play games like tug of war, I was a teen ager then and we just some reason "got along" when I was 15 some things happened and I was forced to leave home, since I moved out, He has never been taken out of his cage, never had any affection, except when I am home for holidays, When I am around He is a different bird, He is not cage aggressive (forgot to mention that, and he does not like women at all) I can open his cage and he will step up and enjoys me loving on him. I would love to bring him home, However He lives at moms in WV and I live in TX thats a really long trip in a car with a large unsocialized 'Too.

Other then it being a really long trip, I have work and school to attend with 5 days a week, I work from 6-3 and go to school from 530-930, I don't have a whole lot of time to devote to him for the next few months.

It just bothers me so much, that she does not take care of this bird like she should, she wont let him go to anyone but me. Do I have the time to give him the attention and interaction he needs? She feeds him what ever she is eating........... no real diet of any sort........

He never gets out of his cage at her house..... I could offer him more time out of the cage and eventually work with him enough to give him his own "bird bed room" Where he would be in a bird proof room and have tons of things to play with and destroy!

But I don't want to cause him more strife and stress.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated......

What should I do.....

 

[Molcan2]

Hmmm, well to answer your question, no you do not have enough time for an M2 right now. However given the situation, if he is not getting let out at all right now then he may benifit from being with you, where he could be out at least some of the time. You could also take him in and if you feel that you cant meet his needs then rehome him to someone who can. Also you can look into keeping him loose alll day, in either an aviary outside or loose in a bird room. Give him enough mental stimulation to keep him busy while your away. Hes more than likely, from the sounds of it, used to being by himself all the time. If you were thinking about taking on a Too thats been way overspoiled with lavish attention, i would say absolutly not but this is a Too that used to being on his own, i think you could make it work and if it doesnt at least he would be out of the situation hes in right now. No Too should ever be caged like that, mine is loose all day and is only caged at night when shes sleeping, im a firm beleiver that the large Toos shouldnt be caged during the day, its not fair to the bird IMPO. I think you should take him, try it and then go from there. Good luck

 

[Nyck32]

Thank you so much for your help! Im not sure that I really feel confident in having enough time for him, but you are correct that it will be more out of cage time and possibly his own bird room for all day out of cage use, with attached rope perches and all sorts of things to do and play on and with. even if I end up needing to find him a home in the long run I need to do what is best for the amazing boy, he has been dna sexed a long time ago....... I have jsut decided that I need to do what ever it is to get him out of this situation before it gets any worse. Thank you for your advice It has been a great help!