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how hard is it to care for a bird, i always like the yellow breasted cockatoo, or the white one, with the yellow head feathers. my grandpa has a bird, that he got for me, but i haven't seen it, so i am guessing he is keeping it for awhile, and so bird info would be great.

Birds, *especially* cockatoos (sulfur-crested?) need lots and lots of attention. Not really recommended for people in school or working, but if you are you should have the bird out as often as possible. It will take it a little while to get used to you though. If it's on seeds now, it's highly recommended to *gradually* switch to pellets, because birds like to pick out their favorite seeds/nuts and don't get very good nutrition that way. A large cage with plenty of room to move around and stretch in it, as well as good toys, will be needed for when you're not home. Change cage papers daily, food and water daily (you will also want to give him "people food" - but NEVER chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, or avocado). Keep away from toxic plants, air fumes, drafts... draw curtains/blinds when the bird is out, let him bathe in water sometimes, keep him away from electrical cords and anything else that shouldn't be chewed ('toos LOVE to chew at least as much as conures, from what I've read, which is a lot)

I guess that's a good crash course. Good luck!

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Find out what kind of bird you're getting before you make a thread..
All birds have different needs.

He could have bought you an emu for all you know.

well, i have learned from my parents mistake when we bred cockateils they dident let them out often, some wernt socialized well, mostly all of them screemed constantly, they were almost always having baby birdys, they couldent afford to get another cage so we had, between 8-11 birds in a med sized cage, then my uncle wanted a couple, he fell in love with them (he has alot of health issues, and gets realy bored at home) but he bought hoards of toys, a larger cage, and even socialized the meanest birds i ever seen, he wanted them all, so he got them, now, all the virds r sweet, they sing, are out every day from 8 in the morning to 9 at night or later, all he has to say is "time for bed" and they all march across the floor, up the lader, and they go to bed they kiss, they talk, the works!

we dident know why they screemed when we were younger, so we coppied out parents in screeming back, covering the cage, and throwing stuff at the cage it must have been a misserable life for them:#(

but now i have a large empty cage, full of perches, and there will be many toys soon, when hunny goes off to live her life, im gunna use her outside cage as a flight for the birds, i wanted a parrot, but i might settle for taking back my 2 babys, (chirp and polly) they were my babys, and it hurt to see them leave, so im gunna see if i can take those 2 so i can make room i ntheir cage, its realy not all that big, and now i have hours of time to let the bird out to play, my rooms already bird proof(too bad it will be either 3 weeks, or 2 months)

no i dont want emu, even though my granfather was an octrich breeder, and he has some birds i already stated i wass after a cockatoo.

toos r realy good birds, my mom had a sulfur crested, she loved him she also had aminabird, and double yellow ammazon

Cockatoos are really bad birds for beginners..start with something small, even a picture of a bird will do (you won't know the difference) and work your way up.

You said your grandfather has a bird for you. Maybe you should find out what it is and research that one? What you wanted and what you actually got could be different.

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Before you criticize someone walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

I ditto what dave said.

Unless you have experience with other Parrots, I'd highly recommend staying away from cockatoos until you know what you're doing.

They're expensive birds that require ALOT of attention, and care. And they live a very long time, so don't expect an bird that will last a few years. Its a very long commitment to own a bird, think of 30+ years.

Do you want that commitment? Really?

yea i do want to get committed, like a marrage i guess

better start with smaller birds as set-ups, for no i guess.

Budgie(s) or cockatiel(s) are the way to go to start out

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