Pooky

Meet Pooky, Our Spirited Cockatoo

Pooky is a striking hybrid cockatoo, about six years old, with all the charm, energy, and intelligence that make these birds unforgettable companions. She’s fully feathered, bright-eyed, and always ready to let the world know when she has something to say. Her favorite pastimes include dancing, shredding toys, and hollering along when the mood strikes her.

Like many young cockatoos, Pooky is a big personality in a compact feathery package. She has grown up loved, but she has also shown that she needs a very special kind of home with experience, patience, and an understanding of cockatoo quirks. She has a history of being unpredictable when handled, so she isn’t a bird for beginners or for households hoping for a “cuddle companion” right away. What she needs is someone who can offer space, structure, and gentle consistency while allowing her time to feel secure again.

Pooky enjoys a healthy diet of Roudybush and Zupreem pellets with plenty of fruits and vegetables, and she goes wild for shreddable wood toys. She seems most comfortable around soft-spoken men but will thrive with anyone who respects her boundaries. While she doesn’t pluck and she’s in beautiful feather, she will need enrichment and careful training to bring out the best in her.

This young cockatoo has so many years ahead of her, and with the right match she could blossom into the incredible bird we know she is inside. She cannot be placed in a family home at this time since her rehabilitation journey comes first, but for the right experienced adopter willing to work with her, Pooky could be a once-in-a-lifetime companion.

Age: Unknown

Sex: 6

Prefers: Male/Female Doesn’t have a preference

Other Bird Aggressive? We haven’t allowed this bird to interact with other for their safety.

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $2000

Cage Available: Affordable used cages available to purchase starting at $100-to 250 up to 1000.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATION: None

***Information that is universal to every bird:

1) Birds are typically not family animals. They usually choose a favorite and at best you can expect them to tolerate everyone else.

2) Birds are not great with kids, dogs, other birds, and are not cuddly with everyone, nor can they really be trained to be. Birds are flock animals, who are social creatures that need to be in a communal area where they can see the rest of the family, or you may eperience serious vocalization and behavior problems. We’ve never met a bird who is great with kids, but we have met kids who are respectful of birds.

3) Birds bite. But, you shouldn’t “take the bite”. If you’re getting bit, you haven’t earned the trust of the bird, and are pushing the bird past his/her limits. You must figure out what the bird needs, and make what you’re asking of the bird more attractive than what they are already doing.

4) Birds are not “dominance” based creatures. Your only option for birds is to earn their trust. If they are, say…on top of a cage and don’t want to come down, that is where they feel safest, not a dominance thing. They are not trying to exert dominance, they just don’t want to come down. Your job as a parrot owner is to figure out what you can do to help them trust you, and whatever you are asking to be more attractive than what they are already doing.

5) NEVER send money over the internet for adoption with any individual or organization for the adoption of an animal you have not met in person. That is almost always a scam.