The newest resident.

[ShreddedOakAviary]

I had a pretty rough month in March, and during that chaos I was asked to take in a lesser sulfur crested cockatoo named Baby Doe. He talks and is quite funny. He came here after spending some time in a petstore in SD where he was sent to be a resident after his owner passed away. He's never been mistreated or spoiled, and I wish I had met the doctor that owned him for so long, because Baby Doe is an amazing boy. My friends who owned the petstore are betting older and felt they should find a permanent home for him, so I was asked if we'd take him, and after verifying that my husband wouldn't murder me for having 14 permanent cockatoo residents I agreed, and they sent him to me.

 

[vicky2200]

How many birds do you have in total? Do you board birds or are they all permanent residents? Do you have individual cages or do you have several rooms or aviaries dedicated to them? Do you have any pictures of your set up(s) to share? Congrats on the addition, he is beautiful.

 

[ShreddedOakAviary]

I have about 40 birds total that are permanent, and about 5 at any given time that are rehabs, and then whatever babies I am feeding or weaning. We have a building separated into 5the rooms for the birds, then we keep some on the house (there are three designated bird rooms in the house). We have flight cages outside that we use all summer long for the huge macaws and some of the the larger cockatoos and amazons.

 

[KatherineI]

Wow... 14 permanent Too's?!?! Whoa. My husband would kill me! So
Kudos to you for having the ability to do all that. Congrats on your newest addition.

 

[lene1949]

Awww... he's gorgerous..... and with that many birds, what difference could a tiny little cockatoo make... lol

 

[mnkeastman]

grats on the new 'too, he is a cutie!

 

[Remy]

What a cutie!!

How do you take care of so many birds? Does one of you not work, or work from home?

 

[roxynoodle]

Awww... he's gorgerous..... and with that many birds, what difference could a tiny little cockatoo make... lol

I often said the same about...another horse...another abandoned cat, lol!

 

[luvmytooo]

Wow , what a beautiful bird ! Such a gorgeous head dress !
I have a soft spot for Toos (obviously ) but they are such stunning birds.
Good luck with him !

 

[Spiritbird]

If your birds are mostly outdoors I guess you do not have too much worry about the feather dust and your lungs. That is wonderful that you can keep that many. How to you manage to chop all that food?? Your grocery bill must be something!

 

[roxynoodle]

He is quite gorgeous, and I would have a hard time turning down such a handsome guy.

 

[ShreddedOakAviary]

During the winter the 'toos are indoors so we have an exhaust fan and 2 air filters...lol I am a disabled veteran, so all I do all day is take care of birds and horses. My feed bill for birds is about $400 month. I use a food processor to chop veggies into fine pieces. I cut fruits by hand. I get up at 4am to make bird food every other day (make 2 days at one time) Sometimes I'll make more and freeze the excess, but I don't like doing it that way since veggies lose a lot of their nutritional value when frozen.

 

[roxynoodle]

Most of us feel we need a job, and your job happens to be caring for other beings

 

[Mayden]

During the winter the 'toos are indoors so we have an exhaust fan and 2 air filters...lol I am a disabled veteran, so all I do all day is take care of birds and horses. My feed bill for birds is about $400 month. I use a food processor to chop veggies into fine pieces. I cut fruits by hand. I get up at 4am to make bird food every other day (make 2 days at one time) Sometimes I'll make more and freeze the excess, but I don't like doing it that way since veggies lose a lot of their nutritional value when frozen.

I'm somewhat jealous of you having so many birds and horses, it's like my dream life. However I understand that there's so much hard work behind it, I just couldn't do it, so I just want to thank you for doing such a wonderful job.

 

[luvmytooo]

Or there is one huge air purifier , and they grow their own fruit and veggies , lol