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Re: No More Worries about My Umbrella! Yay!
Posted by Leigh on 6/22/06

Hey Leann and Elizabeth,
Thank you so much for your advice, I really appreciate it. I
talked to my baby;s breeder about this yesterday and she
understood my concern but assured me that I would make a GREAT
umbrella mom. Here is just a little bit of background: I am
with the Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries Bird Rescue and
Rehabilitation. I have handfed and set free Mockingbird babies
(mealworms and formula-double gross!) I have also tried
lovebirds and I found them to not be the species for me.
Mainly because they loved to hate their mommy and the breeder
was stumped and so was I! My fiancee (Joe) and I, went to a
bird fair in our state last weekend and there wereso many
beautiful birds there! I fell in love with a cockatoo there
(Goffin) that actually is owned by my breeder! The bird flew
to me and set up home in my lap the WHOLE day and tried to
bite her mom and my fiancee when retrieving her! Obviously I
was HOOKED!!! Who couldn't be!! I have ordered several books
on cockatoos in general, am reading every bad or good thing I
can get my hands on! I also have a friend who is a Triton
Breeder and I called him last night and he knows me very well
and he reassured me that I would be a wonderful Umbrella mom,
So all your wonderful comments just assure me that I am human
and I will make mistakes but I will do my dangdest to be the
best mom I can be! I will be firm and consistant and repel
those birdie-eyes no matter how sweet and innocent he/she looks
(don't know sex yet breeder is getting it dna'd)!! I will stay
on this post and ask more questions as they come up!
Oh, one more thing I recommend ONE book in particular -
Parrots for Dummies- By Nikki Moustaki(?) BEST GENERAL BOOK I
HAVE READ....so far!! lol
Thanks again for your help and concern!
-Leigh and Joe

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Umbrella Cockatoo Worries, 6/21/06, by Leigh.
• Re: Umbrella Cockatoo Worries, 6/21/06, by Leann.
• Re: Umbrella Cockatoo Worries, LONG, 6/21/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: No More Worries about My Umbrella! Yay!, 6/22/06, by Leigh.
• Re: No More Worries about My Umbrella! Yay!, 6/22/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: No More Worries about My Umbrella! Yay!, 6/22/06, by Question for Elizabeth.
• Re: No More Worries about My Umbrella! Yay!, 6/22/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: No More Worries about My Umbrella! Yay!, 6/22/06, by answer for Liz.
• Re: Elizabeths' Cockatoo "situation", 6/22/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: Elizabeths' Cockatoo "situation", 6/23/06, by astute observer.
• Re: Elizabeths' Cockatoo "situation", 6/23/06, by Alison.
• Re: Elizabeths' Cockatoo "situation", 6/23/06, by Jolene.
• Re: Elizabeths' Cockatoo "situation", 6/23/06, by Leigh.
• Re: Elizabeths' Cockatoo "situation", 6/23/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: Umbrella Cockatoo /Good Luck Leigh, 6/23/06, by Jim.
• Re: Elizabeths' Cockatoo "situation", 6/23/06, by Jolene.
• Re: Elizabeths' Cockatoo "situation", 6/25/06, by Leigh.