What we know:

Tootoo is a 35 year old Moluccan Cockatoo with a big heart and a strong bond to his people.

He has played an important role as an emotional therapy bird, offering comfort, companionship, and support. Tootoo is affectionate, intelligent, and observant—his deep eyes seem to study the people around him carefully, but once he trusts you, his loving personality shines.

He enjoys singing, being affectionate, and playing with toddler toys. Like Lily, Tootoo has also spent time as an educational bird at an equine therapy center, helping him to be socialized and comfortable in interactive settings. He can be handled with patience, enjoys a healthy diet of pellets, fresh fruits, veggies, nuts, and seeds, and has no clear preference between men or women.

Tootoo is a special bird who has given much love and support throughout his life. Now, he deserves a home where his emotional connection and companionship can be appreciated, and where he can live out his years surrounded by patience, kindness, and care.

Age: Believed to be approximately 35

Sex: Male, not verified.

Prefers: Either

Other Bird Aggressive? Haven’t had him around other birds for their own safety.

Cage Aggressive? No.

Adoption Fee: $1500

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

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: 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.