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Post by aaron on Apr 16, 2015 11:45:52 GMT -5
Man she looks super sweet. I just want to squeeze her. I'm sure she wouldn't like that. Her sneaking in and out while you are out of the room is hilarious.  |
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Post by siobhan on Apr 16, 2015 11:59:54 GMT -5
Give her a few days to settle in and realize that you're not parrot-eating monsters and she'll be fine. She looks like she'd love to sit on you and be best buddies.
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Post by msdani1981 on Apr 16, 2015 13:54:20 GMT -5
OMG, how cute is she??? ADORABLE!!! I want to hug her! LOL
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Post by cnyguy on Apr 16, 2015 20:21:28 GMT -5
It sounds like Daisy is beginning to feel a little more comfortable in her new surroundings. If she has a timid personality, the steps forward will likely be small ones, but there will be gradual progress. |
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Post by biteybird on Apr 18, 2015 0:36:25 GMT -5
No doubt about it, she's definitely a cutie! You are off to a great start & I look forward to hearing your stories (AKA 'escapades'), as I'm sure there will be some. |
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Apr 18, 2015 6:18:44 GMT -5
Daisy likes to nod her head and say "Yep" and she also likes to dance, like most cockatoos. As soon as she isnt quite so timid, I will try to get a video |
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Post by biteybird on Apr 18, 2015 21:45:08 GMT -5
Our friends bought a 3-year old cocky, "Pretty Boy" a few weeks ago. We showed Pretty Boy some videos of the cockatoo Snowball dancing to 'Another One Bites the Dust' (another forum member posted a link to it on another thread here) and he loved it - looked intently at the iPad and bobbed his head up and down in time to the beat and lifted his wings a couple of times. They seem to have an innate sense of rhythm.
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Post by aaron on Apr 18, 2015 22:45:31 GMT -5
I agree, the cockatoo must have a particularly prounounced innate sense of rhythm... While other birds clearly have it to varying degrees, I've never seen any other bird dance in quite as sophisticated a fashion as cockatoos do.
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Apr 19, 2015 9:54:18 GMT -5
Daisy is quite the agreeable girl, she says Yep to everything
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Post by siobhan on Apr 19, 2015 12:31:16 GMT -5
Do you plan to let Daisy and your Quaker interact?
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Apr 19, 2015 12:37:44 GMT -5
Not directly, no. Daisy is still in quarantine and will be for another 3 weeks. AFter that, how I have handled previous fosters is that I set them up on a playstand on the opposite side of my office (where I am all day). They can see and talk to each other but they don't have direct contact. Same with the cages, I place the fosters' cage in the same area of my house as Mr P', opposite his. None of this happens, though, until quarantine is up.
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Apr 19, 2015 14:55:27 GMT -5
Daisy enjoying a piece of cauliflower, and the beautiful Florida sunshine, on my enclosed porch  |
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Post by aaron on Apr 19, 2015 18:38:42 GMT -5
Hahaha... I love the "yep". She is super cute.
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Post by Jan and Shah on Apr 20, 2015 2:17:07 GMT -5
That video was gorgeous. She ended up with the right foster carer |
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Post by easttex on Apr 20, 2015 5:04:09 GMT -5
I think a cockatoo might be a special challenge to foster. They bond so strongly to people, and they are such lovely birds. Do you have any concerns about that, Sharyn? I know if I ever tried fostering I'd wind up with a houseful, divorced. |
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