![]() ![]() His outgoing, showy personality manifested itself within a week as he started following my husband around the house, dancing and bopping to music, and chewing and playing with his toys with gusto. However, he recovered from this shock quickly, and within two days he was requesting head scratches from me, and a good shower left his tatty-looking feathers clean, bright and soft. ![]() He was likely stressed from being moved from his old place, to the rescue director’s place, to the veterinarian’s office, and then to my place. He mainly just clung to the back of his cage to avoid human contact. Fergus was adopted by a great home after a few months with us.įergus was anything but shy, while Mitri, as we named our new foster bird, appeared very anxious and disheveled upon arrival at our place. We jumped at the chance to foster this bird, who would be the second Lesser Sulphur we have fostered, the other being another male named Fergus. My husband, Quentin, and I have been fostering or bird sitting parrots for a few years, and last year the director of a local animal rescue asked if we could foster a seventeen-year-old male Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. The Big Decision: To adopt or not to adopt. Living with a Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo I’ve had Mitri for two years now and he’s still doing great! It’s a shorter, slightly modified version of a longer article I posted on this site. Webmaster’s note: I wrote this for the June, 2009 issue of “ Parrots” magazine. ![]()
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