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UPDATE 5/7/06: I know that Cucuru is 18 years old and was housed for years in a very small cage--not fit for even a canary! She is blind, so when I put her in a larger cage I had to recreate her basic set-up, only on a larger scale. She shares the cage with another blind lutino male--Teddy, who recently lost his cagemate. She has the "upstairs" and he stays down below on low perches and on the bottom of the cage. I've managed to convert her to Nutrian cakes from the treat sticks; it's much less of a mess and better for her. She also has the option of eating white proso millet and Harrison's pellets. I don't think she's touched the pellets, but I'm not going to force the issue since she's such an old girl. As always, she completely melts when you scratch her head! There are none so blind as those who will not see what birds need. I'm Cucuru, a lovely lemony cockatiel. I was purchased as a child's pet. For a few years, I was often brought out of my cage to play. Then my people noticed I had become reluctant to come out. So what did they do? Well, "nothing" just about sums it up. They left me in my cage. Taking me to a vet would have cost too much money. It turns out my change in behavior was caused by the loss of my sight. Finally, the family decided to surrender me to Mickaboo. Now I have been to a vet and an avian eye specialist. Of course, I'm quite a shy bird and am afraid of hands. I do like to hear people and music around me. I can see enough to tell light from dark. Regardless of what happens to my sight, there will be more light in my life now because I'm being adopted by someone who has other birds with special needs, including another blind cockatiel. Notice: Cockatiels are flock animals, and most of them are much happier when they live with at least one other cockatiel! Because of this, unless a household currently includes another cockatiel, Mickaboo usually requires that a minimum of two cockatiels be adopted. Print this page |
