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Cockatoo to Adopt: Umbrella vs Lesser Sulpher2007-11-24 17:19:09

I have a chance to adopt either an Umbrella Cockatoo or a Lesser Sulpher-Crested. I cannot afford or have the time to adopt both. Does anyone have any experience with either? Which is better, in your opinion, and why? Thanks!

Answers:

I have an umbrella cockatoo named Kilo. Kilo is the third parrot adopted into my family. He is great but does require an enourmous amount of time. From the moment he sees me in the AM, he startes yelling if i dont get to him fast enough. Same thing in the evening when i come home from work. Putting aside all of the needed attention and the screaming, i love him more than anything. Cockatoos are great companions. They are known as velcro birds because they attatch themselves to you and love to cuddel. Kilo loves to lay on my chest and watch TV at night until we fall asleep. Now again to the bad part, Kilo is also an escape artist. He learned how to get out of all the doors in his cage. The food and water doors just latch with a turn handle so that was easy for him, then he learned how to take the breeder door and the front door off by undoing the nut and bolt. Sweet aint he, LOL. So twice when i have come home form work i found him once in my living room and once on my kitchen table. Needless to say, my china cabinet corners were gone, two bamboo kitchen chairs were dead, dvds and wooden rack were finished and my fake flowers on my table were gone. Now Kilo has the jail type cage with 8 brinks locks on it. So cockatoos can be a great joy but becareful because they are sneaky and will try to outsmart you.

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If you don't have time for both, do you have time for one? Cockatoos need constant human companionship or else they become very depressed and potentially aggressive.