Good Morning Everyone.......Guess what day it is??

[Paul65K]

Is this yours Paul?
I have always wanted a bird like this, its a Cockatoo right???
Heard they can be noisy borderline annoying....is that a generality or the norm?
Do you have to get one as a baby to hand feed it in order to tame it?

We got Yogi in 1987 when he was about a year old. He was hand fed and has been completely SPOILED ever since.

He can certainly be noisy but that is usually when he wants to get up, or go to bed which he does every morning and evening like clockwork.

Yogi is very clingy and needs to be around the action so he is out of the cage most of the day......he usually like to play with little things his favorite being a cardboard box of some sort......this can keep him busy for hours some days. He just needs to be able to see you and he's cool......when he's had enough back to the cage (and his room) he goes and he's fine alone for a while....then he wants out again in a couple of hours.

He is potty trained and will typically come over and give you a kiss when he needs to go.....hold him over the garbage can or toilet and tell him "Poop" and there he goes and he's back to amusing himself for a while!

We feed him mostly Spaghetti with butter and garlic (he won't eat linguine or any other type of pasta) and a cobette of corn left in the cage during the day.

These guys can live to be 80 so he is in the will and hopefully we'll be able to keep up with him as we get older.....all in all a great pet with an amazing personality

[riverrunner1984]

We got Yogi in 1987 when he was about a year old. He was hand fed and has been completely SPOILED ever since.

He can certainly be noisy but that is usually when he wants to get up, or go to bed which he does every morning and evening like clockwork.

Yogi is very clingy and needs to be around the action so he is out of the cage most of the day......he usually like to play with little things his favorite being a cardboard box of some sort......this can keep him busy for hours some days. He just needs to be able to see you and he's cool......when he's had enough back to the cage (and his room) he goes and he's fine alone for a while....then he wants out again in a couple of hours.

He is potty trained and will typically come over and give you a kiss when he needs to go.....hold him over the garbage can or toilet and tell him "Poop" and there he goes and he's back to amusing himself for a while!

We feed him mostly Spaghetti with butter and garlic (he won't eat linguine or any other type of pasta) and a cobette of corn left in the cage during the day.

These guys can live to be 80 so he is in the will and hopefully we'll be able to keep up with him as we get older.....all in all a great pet with an amazing personality

Thanks for all the info...
So it sounds like they need a bit of stimulation...Would you recommend or not recommend this type of bird for a working family..
I am not home 8-10hrs a day and fiance is not home around 6 hours a day while we are at work...

Never knew you could actually potty train a bird, thats amazing!

[314joey]

He is potty trained and will typically come over and give you a kiss when he needs to go.....hold him over the garbage can or toilet and tell him "Poop" and there he goes and he's back to amusing himself for a while! b

My Son isn't potty trained that good..............lol

[Eli]

Thanks for all the info...
So it sounds like they need a bit of stimulation...Would you recommend or not recommend this type of bird for a working family..
I am not home 8-10hrs a day and fiance is not home around 6 hours a day while we are at work...

Never knew you could actually potty train a bird, thats amazing!

I once dated a guy who had one of these birds...DATED...being the operative word.
It was like he had 4 dogs, his mother and a wife living with him. His bird was very spoiled and loud and vocal about it. Saying he wanted to be part of the action is not an exaggeration. Be prepared to treat him/her like a child that never grows up. I couldn't handle the constant loud screaming.

He didn't train his bird very well.

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[Tishimself]

It's Chrissie's birthday!!! That's what day it is!!!!

[ChumpChange]

The middle of my three day work week!

[Paul65K]

I once dated a guy who had one of these birds...DATED...being the operative word.
It was like he had 4 dogs, his mother and a wife living with him. His bird was very spoiled and loud and vocal about it. Saying he wanted to be part of the action is not an exaggeration. Be prepared to treat him/her like a child that never grows up. I couldn't handle the constant loud screaming.

He didn't train his bird very well.

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Yeah....it is like having a 3 year old for the rest of your life

I wouldn't recommend having a n=bird like this if you can't give him at least 5 hours a day. We did both work for years so that's not an issue but you will need to have him out for at least an hour before work and with you at night for a couple of hours.

We take him to the river house and he is cool in the car or the plane for the road trip and we leave him at the house during the day in his cage while we are out on the water. As long as you give him a little "Out time" before bed and he knows you are there he's cool.

Ours doesn't scream much but if you scare him you will think someone was trying to kill him......but that's not very often!!


Happy Birthday Chrissie BTW....hope you have a great day!!!

[Wendi]

Good morning and happy Birthday Chrissie.

My neighbor had a bird like that I could hear it scream from across the street.