r/cockatoos

Turns out Bo loves The Smashing Pumpkins. We are meant to be.

Hello guys I have a goffins cockatoo 28y/o.

An amazing beautiful pet for me he's become the love of my life. But about 3 days ago he reduced his eating. I was kind of battling trying to change his diet to make Harrison pellets his main source of food. He used to eat Lafeber pellets a lot. Fruits like papaya very little but pears and apples are his favorite and I also used to make him some mashed vegetables with sweet potatoes and butternut squash. His normal weight is from 236 g to 244 g but these last threedays,, his weight has dropped because he stopped eating as much as he used to before I tried to transition his diet for his good sake. His way dropped to 223 today in the morning and he barely ate all day. He's not fluffy he is actually active he plays he comes out he comes to me but he's not eating. And I don't have money to take him to a vet right now and I'm scared off my ass people. Somebody please help me please give me some good guidance as to what to do right now I'm scared to death and I really need answers. Somebody please help​.

We rarely drink soda. But when we do, those carbonated bubbles attack like sneaky ninjas and she never sees them coming. Every time.

She's trying new things, very avant-garde

The face of a suspicious goob as she stares at the weird new food. Then a cautious lick. And finally, the shift to delight as she realizes what deliciousness lies in front of her. It’s my favorite part of feeding the goobers :).

Japanese shaved ice with melon syrup.

They’re getting along more and more every day! I’m so proud of Bubbles. For context, our male, Beethoven was rehomed while I was in college and reunited with us just a few months ago. When we had Beethoven before I went to school Bubbles absolutely hated him and wouldn’t even get close to him. Now in just a short few months she doesn’t cower away from him anymore, she preens him, stands next to him, and sometimes when she’s being really flexible she lets him preen her. I can’t wait to see their relationship grow.

Disclaimer: His flight feathers are unusable due to years of abuse and neglect before he joined our flock. He lets us know anytime he sees any bird of any size above him and we had 3 adults just outside of the frame.

But look how cute and sweet my boy is 🤍🤍

Hi everyone! miss Lila has been doing really well :)

Brekky today:

Chopped apples, finely chopped carrots and then little carrot sticks for fun so she can hold them

She has a small amount of her treat mix (hence the few sunflower seeds) and a big handful of pellets
As well as her fresh water and two drops of her medication

In the background you can almost see my baby boys, blue and JJ, cheeky little rescue budgies whom are very in love with eachother. (You may have seen JJ and blue trying to hold hands with JJs splayed leg)
for their breakfast they have very very finely chopped carrots, broccoli and their favourite crumbles (we ran out of other vegetables, but everyone is getting spoiled tomorrow)

Some adjustments I’ve made to our routine are our bed time. I was wondering if she felt bored so we have been having nightly singing and dancing parties which she loves! (As do the boys)

Lila’s feathers are already growing back in, she’s got some spikes and places which the feathers are beginning to come through. Things are really looking up for my little family, again thanks for all the support

Much love Lila and her Mama 💗🌸🐾

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Had an x-ray a few months back, part of a general checkup, and a number of small metal pieces were found in her gullet. After a test, he found zink, which is toxic, so I scheduled a surgery. And he was able to remove all the pieces, using a tiny scope through an incision in the neck. Some of the bigger pieces are in the bag the others were flushed out her stool.

Rosie and Angel are continuing to get to know each other! Keeping Rosie from being a bit too forward in welcoming her sister to the flock has been kind of difficult due to her being fully-flighted. So far offering both of them a whole clementine has been the safest and most effective way to monitor their socialization while I’m at home by myself, since my partner and I have different schedules.

Rosie is definitely quite a bit more interested in making physical contact than Angel, and we are trying to discourage that without causing any antagonism when we are redirecting them away from each other. I’ve always thought Rosie was at least partially parent-raised, and watching her level of interest in Angel makes me think I’m right. Angel behaves a lot more like a hand-raised cockatoo than Rosie does, clearly preferring humans over other birds whereas Rosie has always seemed to prefer birds to unknown humans. This is another reason we are continuing to take it slow, since Rosie is more forward in their interactions and Angel is shyer.

Angel’s plucking seems to have stopped since bringing her home, and she’s gaining a lot of feathers back. So far we haven’t been able to identify what her trigger is, but are monitoring closely so that we can identify her triggers if she starts up again.

Hi everyone, people have wanted me to keep updating on Lila :)

She’s very good, she has gotten the confidence to fly a little bit and I’ve been really encouraging her to keep trying even when she fails, I’ll catch her

Her papa (my partner) has been around all weekend so she has gotten plenty of kisses and cuddles and fun play time with us.

I’ve been considering crocheting her a little sweater because of the season and also just how nakey her belly is, she seems alittle shivery

As per usual she is demolishing food but I’d like to get her some blackberries as a treat for doing so well.

Thank you guys for all the love and support, it’s a bit miserable where I am in Australia at the moment so we’ve been relaxing

I’ll keep you all updated on this strong little pink chimkin 🌸💗

Much love Lila and Mýa

Lila’s new, adjustable and more solid Elizabethan collar came today.

I think she looks adorable and as much I dont like her plucking, her little belly is so cute, I could cry.
She is the most beautiful, sweet little soul, I thank the stars everyday that she’s in my life and that I’m her mama

In the past few days since seeing her vet and being given medication she has got her spark back!
Shes back to her dancing and chatting non stop and devouring food like it’s going to disappear

I’m really happy with how things are going I’m currently writing this post from under my covers in bed incase the light disturbs her… (it’s 2am in Victoria) we are mostly in our normal schedule and she will be seeing her papa later on today! We are going to spoil her, like she deserves 💗

Hi everyone! I know the other day I come on here very distressed about Lila’s plucking.

Today we visited her vet and she is healthy all over physically, healthy weight, normal droppings, no parasites. The change in her sleep schedule really stressed her out, making her anxious. Dr A can given me anxiety medication for her, two drops in 250ml of water everyday for the next month. She has a follow up appointment then!

Her feathers will grow back overtime as she hasn’t done any damage to her skin itself which is great news, but before worrying about that I need to help her back into her normal stable routine. Bed time around 10pm and time to wake up at 11am

I love my baby, it has been really hard to see her struggling and I feel terrible but I’ll do my best for her.

For those who asked about her toys, she has been given two new massiveeee shredder toys with wicker, wood, cardboard etc.

As for her diet, it will be chop (excluding the broccoli her brothers get cause she hates it) fresh fruit and some nuts and of course crumble and pellets as per usual
(Though today she was spoilt and got some warm formula)

Thank you again everyone for all your advice and support, we are going to get though this! Much love from Mýa and Lila 🌸💗