She’s such a treasure. I’m entranced by her face! She just has the sweetest little face. Don’t put a leg ring on a parrot or cockatoo. Their legs aren’t strong enough. If she tries to fly, she would likely break her leg. Even with birds of prey used in falconry, something called a jess is used. It’s a soft strip of leather wrapped on the leg. It has a rotating link the you can attach a leash to. If you had the time you could try target training to get her to wear a harness. Loved seeing her. Happy New Year to you and your family.🍾🥂🎉😘❤️
Bless you for telling me, Jan! Until you know, you can have a sense of things, but not know. I had a sense that the ring could be a problem but I really didn’t know. Diva is so shy- she doesn’t fly in the house at all. It is only when we were out walking and we don’t want her to fly downward 15 feet into the road…
Hi Kaylin, Our Major (Torvi) didn’t eat veg either when we got her, I don’t think she even knew what they are. What worked for us was to give her larger cuts like 4 inch sections of celery stalks, carrot sticks, green beans, broccoli and cauliflower florets etc. Initially she just chewed them up which was a breakthrough as she wouldn’t go anywhere near chopped veg. After a few days she must have realised that the beans tasted good and she could eat them, this lead to her doing the same with other veg and now she loves them. The whole process took around two weeks. She’s still not keen on chop but we’re happy for her to eat veg any way she chooses as long as she’s getting them into her. Like your girl, who is lovely by the way, apart from the little squeaky sounds she is also very quiet, she’s not overly needy either which is always good for a pet Cocky..
Thank you for posting, Alan. I’ve been pleasantly surprised to find a lot of people saying that their MM is a great pet and very sweet. In some ways it only makes sense (since Cockatoos are so social). On the other hand, we’ve had experts tell us they tend to not be good pets. Odd, very odd to hear such different things. Yeah, we’ve got to work on veggies- thanks for telling me what worked with Torvi - by the way, are you in the US or Australia? Since they are native to Australia, it seems like more people there have them as pets.
@@ParrotBliss no worries Kaylin (not sure I’m spelling your name correctly) Yes I’m in Australia. Torvi is our second Major we’ve had. Our first girl that we hand raised and we had for eight years was lovely natured, fairly quiet too, she was even good with our dogs and cats. We had to rehome her due to our circumstances at the time. It was hard to let her go but was best thing for her, she’s very happy and content where she is now. Our life is quit comfortable and stable now so we’re happy to be able to bring birds back into our lives and provide them with a loving home. We’d like to get a black cockatoo as the next addition to our little flock. Majors are native to my part of the world though I have to travel an hour or so to observe them in the wild. Black cocky’s are also native though I don’t have to travel to see them, they are all around my suburb and sometimes come and feed in the banksia tree in my backyard..😊
I have a male Major Mitchell, he does have separation anxiety from me so can become extremely loud an for a long time. However he is content if he just gets to sit with someone. He is super affectionate but being a rescue I still very much need to watch his body language as he can be a little unpredictable. Love my boy despite his quirks ❤️
@@ParrotBliss his name is Pablo I've had him for 3 years now, he was approximately 2 when I first got him. The previous owners just moved out an left him to fend on his own. They must have argued alot because he recounts the argument, gave me a giggle! He is super sweet but has started to also show aggression towards my son, but we manage an try to accommodate him as much as we can ❤️
The rings arent great for parrots because they have very delicate feet and legs and it can go poorly especially for an older bird if she gets startled The reason their so common is their great for birds of prey which have very strong muscular tallons for gripping prey and branches unlike parrots who use their beaks as their main strength tool
Thank you for posting to me, Ben. I had the sense it wouldn’t be good, especially since she’s not young and she doesn’t fly - she get’s scared and takes off. Thank you again!
Execelent video
Gracias! Happy New Year!
Happy Parrotful And Jovial 2022 😊😊😊😊
Yes, Happy 2022!
Can't believe your vet talked to you about his backyard haha
wow great they are so pretty💞💞💕💕💞💞
She is gorgeous. Soon your gonna need a bigger house.
Oh, I already do! I dream of the space for an aviary…. Are you on FB or instagram?
@@ParrotBliss no I’m not. Not a fan of Zuckerberg.
She’s such a treasure. I’m entranced by her face! She just has the sweetest little face. Don’t put a leg ring on a parrot or cockatoo. Their legs aren’t strong enough. If she tries to fly, she would likely break her leg. Even with birds of prey used in falconry, something called a jess is used. It’s a soft strip of leather wrapped on the leg. It has a rotating link the you can attach a leash to. If you had the time you could try target training to get her to wear a harness. Loved seeing her. Happy New Year to you and your family.🍾🥂🎉😘❤️
Bless you for telling me, Jan! Until you know, you can have a sense of things, but not know. I had a sense that the ring could be a problem but I really didn’t know.
Diva is so shy- she doesn’t fly in the house at all. It is only when we were out walking and we don’t want her to fly downward 15 feet into the road…
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Thank you for such an informative video. Hopefully you ll cover more cockatoos in general. They are the most misunderstood among the parrots.
They are! I only have Diva and Cockatiels- so I can’t speak too much from experience…
@@ParrotBliss yeah I know, but hopefully you cover by any other means.
The Mohawk Prince ❤️❤️❤️❤️
So divine!
Great video..absolutely beautiful birbie!!
She’s done nothing but surprise me in good ways! So thrilled!
Hi Kaylin,
Our Major (Torvi) didn’t eat veg either when we got her, I don’t think she even knew what they are.
What worked for us was to give her larger cuts like 4 inch sections of celery stalks, carrot sticks, green beans, broccoli and cauliflower florets etc.
Initially she just chewed them up which was a breakthrough as she wouldn’t go anywhere near chopped veg.
After a few days she must have realised that the beans tasted good and she could eat them, this lead to her doing the same with other veg and now she loves them.
The whole process took around two weeks.
She’s still not keen on chop but we’re happy for her to eat veg any way she chooses as long as she’s getting them into her.
Like your girl, who is lovely by the way, apart from the little squeaky sounds she is also very quiet, she’s not overly needy either which is always good for a pet Cocky..
Thank you for posting, Alan. I’ve been pleasantly surprised to find a lot of people saying that their MM is a great pet and very sweet. In some ways it only makes sense (since Cockatoos are so social). On the other hand, we’ve had experts tell us they tend to not be good pets. Odd, very odd to hear such different things.
Yeah, we’ve got to work on veggies- thanks for telling me what worked with Torvi - by the way, are you in the US or Australia? Since they are native to Australia, it seems like more people there have them as pets.
@@ParrotBliss no worries Kaylin (not sure I’m spelling your name correctly)
Yes I’m in Australia.
Torvi is our second Major we’ve had. Our first girl that we hand raised and we had for eight years was lovely natured, fairly quiet too, she was even good with our dogs and cats.
We had to rehome her due to our circumstances at the time.
It was hard to let her go but was best thing for her, she’s very happy and content where she is now.
Our life is quit comfortable and stable now so we’re happy to be able to bring birds back into our lives and provide them with a loving home.
We’d like to get a black cockatoo as the next addition to our little flock.
Majors are native to my part of the world though I have to travel an hour or so to observe them in the wild. Black cocky’s are also native though I don’t have to travel to see them, they are all around my suburb and sometimes come and feed in the banksia tree in my backyard..😊
I have a male Major Mitchell, he does have separation anxiety from me so can become extremely loud an for a long time. However he is content if he just gets to sit with someone. He is super affectionate but being a rescue I still very much need to watch his body language as he can be a little unpredictable. Love my boy despite his quirks ❤️
Oh! Separation anxiety is no fun! But he sounds very sweet! How long have you had him? What is his name?
@@ParrotBliss his name is Pablo I've had him for 3 years now, he was approximately 2 when I first got him. The previous owners just moved out an left him to fend on his own. They must have argued alot because he recounts the argument, gave me a giggle! He is super sweet but has started to also show aggression towards my son, but we manage an try to accommodate him as much as we can ❤️
She’s so beautiful I would love to get one I have a blue gold macaw male on my RUclips channel
She is - we really lucked out. I think she misrepresents Major Mitchells this way because everyone says that they don’t make good pets-
@@ParrotBliss she’s so adorable I’m hoping one day I can find one I love animals I plan on getting more animals your lucky beautiful girl 🦜
I think the females have a nicer crest than the males
They are supposed to have a wider middle stripe
Gorgeous birds, but can be incredibly loud.
We are sooo fortunate! She is quiet and super sweet.
Do you sell birds ? I’m looking for a baby cockatoo .. I was recently scammed over $3000 on Facebook and can’t seem to find any reputable breeders :(
I don’t have Cockatoos, sorry
The rings arent great for parrots because they have very delicate feet and legs and it can go poorly especially for an older bird if she gets startled
The reason their so common is their great for birds of prey which have very strong muscular tallons for gripping prey and branches unlike parrots who use their beaks as their main strength tool
Thank you for posting to me, Ben. I had the sense it wouldn’t be good, especially since she’s not young and she doesn’t fly - she get’s scared and takes off. Thank you again!