Last Saturday, I got to spend my day off of work helping out the rescue at the Pet Expo at the Fairgrounds. I pretty much spend a majority of those five or so hours petting Coco, one of our Moluccan Cockatoos.
In case you couldn’t tell, he absolutely loves it.
alfiespanky005 by rainbowparrots on Flickr.
Rocky by Peter Fuchs on Flickr.
Ducorps Cockatoo
Some updates on my parrotlet, Kiwi!
During my week in Florida, my mom actually made quite a bit of progress with Kiwi. He’s been coming out of his cage for a while now, but you always had to keep a hand over his back, or else he’d panic and fly off. As you can see, he seems to be getting over that. He’ll sit on your finger no problem now, and has actually become quite posable! (see figure 2).
We still have the obstacle of plucking to overcome, but hopefully that will end in time. I’m still not exactly sure why he’s plucking, but the least I can do for him now is try to give him the right diet and some socializing time out of the cage.
