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| Charmstr |
Wondering if anyone else has an Umbrella Cockatoo and wants to chat? I
am looking for information about care and training.
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| NaDeana |
www.mytoos.com
"Charmstr" <charmstr@flemingc.on.ca> wrote in message
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> Wondering if anyone else has an Umbrella Cockatoo and wants to chat? I
> am looking for information about care and training.
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| NaDeana |
Sorry, should have said, there may be some people on here that would like to
chat about 'toos!
"NaDeana" <nadeana@GOTTATAKETHISOUTshaw.ca> wrote in message
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> "Charmstr" <charmstr@flemingc.on.ca> wrote in message
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> > Wondering if anyone else has an Umbrella Cockatoo and wants to chat? I
> > am looking for information about care and training.
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| Louis Boyd |
Charmstr wrote:
> Wondering if anyone else has an Umbrella Cockatoo and wants to chat? I
> am looking for information about care and training.
My umbrella is an old "rescue" male. He's probably over 30 years old
though I really don't know. Appears to be in good health. He dislikes
humans and though he doesn't attack he will not allow himself to be
touched by a human. He'll take food from fingers if he's hungry without
biting. He gets along well with my B&G macaws including some mutual
grooming. He can fly ok when he wants to though he mostly just sits and
watches the world go by. He's never caged. He's very quiet for a U2,
rarely making any noise, though his voice is a loud and awful as any U2
when he uses it.
I can't help you on "training". I've had no luck even making friends
with the one that lives with me. I suspect he's had repeated bad
experiences with humans in the past. As for care he just gets a good
varied diet of fruits, vegetables, and nuts. He doesn't like to be
watched when he's eating, and will quit if a human is present.
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Lou Boyd
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| Mamabird |
"Charmstr" <charmstr@flemingc.on.ca> wrote in message
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> Wondering if anyone else has an Umbrella Cockatoo and wants to chat? I
> am looking for information about care and training.
I have a 19 yr old male that I've had for 9 years. He's wonderful!
See him here:
http://members.tripod.com/~iluvbirds/watson.html
What kind of information are you looking for?
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Mama
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Photo Albums at: <http://photos.yahoo.com/iluvbirdz>
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| oldmolly |
"Charmstr" <charmstr@flemingc.on.ca> wrote in message
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> Wondering if anyone else has an Umbrella Cockatoo and wants to chat? I
> am looking for information about care and training.
I have one. She is a 2nd hand 13 year old hen. She is extremely demading
and bloody ear splitting when she wants attention. I cannot reust her with
my other birds. She makes a hug emess with her feather dust which leaves a
white imprint of her body on any dark clothes I wear while cuddling
her.Other than that, I suggest you try www.mytoos.com
I have a feeling that an awful lot of these birds get passed on from home
to home, eding up progressively more unhappy and distrustful and perhaps
ending up like Loius's
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| Shannon |
"Charmstr" <charmstr@flemingc.on.ca> wrote in message
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> Wondering if anyone else has an Umbrella Cockatoo and wants to chat? I
> am looking for information about care and training.
Yes, I have a 7 year old Too, named Shaggy...
http://home.centurytel.net/Terpstra/birds.html
I've had him since he was hatched, and he's very attached to me. Doesn't
like my husband very much and overnight guests make him scream like crazy.
He has a nice vocabulary and loves to sing... he doesn't like new foods and
vegetables make him mad... but he does love most fruit! the mytoos site
that people point you to is a very informative one. If you ever just want
to chat about your bird.. I'm happy to talk with you.
Shannon
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| Charmstr |
charmstr@flemingc.on.ca (Charmstr) wrote in message news:<22770fd4.0309281115.3559477a@posting.google.com>...
> Wondering if anyone else has an Umbrella Cockatoo and wants to chat? I
> am looking for information about care and training.
I have had mine (female) for almost a year. I am a single mother who
has returned to college and I'm feeling a little guilty because she
isn't getting the attention she once had. She is pretty good, usually
she has one screaming session an evening. How much time do bird
owners usually have to devote to a bird such as this one? I
understand that alot of this breed change owners quite often and I
really love her and would never part with her, but again I just feel
guilty.
-Cheryl
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| JZ |
Xref: 127.0.0.1 rec.pets.birds:197582
"Charmstr" <charmstr@flemingc.on.ca> wrote in message
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> charmstr@flemingc.on.ca (Charmstr) wrote in message
news:<22770fd4.0309281115.3559477a@posting.google.com>...
> > Wondering if anyone else has an Umbrella Cockatoo and wants to chat? I
> > am looking for information about care and training.
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> I have had mine (female) for almost a year. I am a single mother who
> has returned to college and I'm feeling a little guilty because she
> isn't getting the attention she once had. She is pretty good, usually
> she has one screaming session an evening. How much time do bird
> owners usually have to devote to a bird such as this one? I
> understand that alot of this breed change owners quite often and I
> really love her and would never part with her, but again I just feel
> guilty.
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> -Cheryl
This may sound silly but... Sometimes, when my sun conure gets to screaming,
I just imitate her (very loudly.) We go one like this for a couple minutes
then she quiets down. I don't know the 'birdy' psychology of the ordeal but
we both get it out of our systems!
Jan
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| High Flight |
JZ <jcfzREMOVE@allbigfootcaps.com> says...
>> > Wondering if anyone else has an Umbrella Cockatoo and wants to chat? I
>> > am looking for information about care and training.
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>> I have had mine (female) for almost a year. I am a single mother who
>> has returned to college and I'm feeling a little guilty because she
>> isn't getting the attention she once had. She is pretty good, usually
>> she has one screaming session an evening. How much time do bird
>> owners usually have to devote to a bird such as this one? I
>> understand that alot of this breed change owners quite often and I
>> really love her and would never part with her, but again I just feel
>> guilty.
>>
>> -Cheryl
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> This may sound silly but... Sometimes, when my sun conure gets to screaming,
> I just imitate her (very loudly.) We go one like this for a couple minutes
> then she quiets down. I don't know the 'birdy' psychology of the ordeal but
> we both get it out of our systems!
Maybe you could look at it as primal scream therapy. :P
Jack
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aka Keet Visit my web page at http://junior.apk.net/~jac/
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| James Mayer |
On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 17:30:31 -0400, "JZ"
<jcfzREMOVE@ALLbigfootCAPS.com> wrote:
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>"Charmstr" <charmstr@flemingc.on.ca> wrote in message
>news:22770fd4.0310021303.4ce3080a@posting.google.com...
>> charmstr@flemingc.on.ca (Charmstr) wrote in message
>news:<22770fd4.0309281115.3559477a@posting.google.com>...
>> > Wondering if anyone else has an Umbrella Cockatoo and wants to chat? I
>> > am looking for information about care and training.
>>
>> I have had mine (female) for almost a year. I am a single mother who
>> has returned to college and I'm feeling a little guilty because she
>> isn't getting the attention she once had. She is pretty good, usually
>> she has one screaming session an evening. How much time do bird
>> owners usually have to devote to a bird such as this one? I
>> understand that alot of this breed change owners quite often and I
>> really love her and would never part with her, but again I just feel
>> guilty.
>>
>> -Cheryl
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>This may sound silly but... Sometimes, when my sun conure gets to screaming,
>I just imitate her (very loudly.) We go one like this for a couple minutes
>then she quiets down. I don't know the 'birdy' psychology of the ordeal but
>we both get it out of our systems!
>Jan
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I've done the same with human children and, before long, we are
both are laughing. It seems to get out some frustrations they and we
build up. It works.
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