About Me
Sammy is a male Cockatoo Parrot. Cockatoos are known for their loving, playful, and deeply affectionate nature, and Sammy is a true testament to that! He’s a sweet, young bird with a heart full of love and a playful spirit. Although he’s not yet fully handleable, Sammy craves companionship and enjoys being around people, always eager to soak up attention with his charming, endearing presence.
Sammy is intelligent and eager to learn, and he responds beautifully to positive, patient training methods like target training, station training, and desensitizing him to hands. His sensitive and tender-hearted nature makes him an ideal companion for someone who is ready to give him the time, affection, and understanding he needs to feel safe and loved.
With the right care, training, and a lot of love, Sammy has the potential to become an incredibly loyal and affectionate companion. His sweet, playful personality and loving heart will surely bring endless joy and warmth to the right home.
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***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.