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Update 8/9/06: "Hercules is doing well, he's quite the guy-- stubborn at times,and at others he's very affectionate. Hercules has been warming up to me over this last year. I'm pretty sure his previous companion was a female. He perks up when a female walks in the room. Hercules has a great appetite--I haven't seen anything that he won't eat and he loves the pellets. He is loud when he gets going, but it is not an all day thing--mostly in the mornings for awhile waiting for breakfast, or if you're in the room with him and not paying attention to him. He has picked at his old wound area, but he's been real good about leaving it alone lately, even getting some feathers back covering over that area. He'll need someone with time to devote to him and patience. Definitely someone with 'too experience would be a plus. Remember Steve Reeves, the barrel-chested actor of the movie "Hercules"? I have his chest and must have his strength to still be going strong after what I've been through. Actually, nobody really knows what I might have been through. I'm Hercules, a Moluccan cockatoo who was left in a cardboard box on the sidewalk outside an animal shelter. Despite that inauspicious introduction, I seem healthy except for a scab on my chest. I'm eating like a horse according to my foster dad, so it looks like I will continue to be Herculean. It is hardly surprising that for now I prefer to stay in my cage. But I'm great at playing with and destroying toys. (After all, destroying a toy IS playing with it.) Though I'm a bit quiet and timid now, I seem perfectly happy meeting both men and women. Just in case I don't stay quiet and timid, I suggest you look at the website www.mytoos.com to learn more about the challenges some Moluccan cockatoos can present. If you are a 'too person, I would be 'too glad to meet you! Story posted on: July 27, 2005 Notice: Due to the notoriously difficult nature of cockatoos, Mickaboo prefers that cockatoos not be a households' first parrot. If you intend to house a cockatoo, please research the following websites: Wikipedia: Cockatoos Living With Companion Cockatoos: Broadening the Human Perspective My Toos Print this page |
