About Me
Guffy is a male Cockatoo Parrot. Cockatoos are known for their affectionate, playful, and deeply social nature, and Guffy is no exception! Though he’s still young, making it the perfect time to build a strong foundation of trust and love, he’s already showing signs of being a sweet and curious soul. While he’s not yet handleable, Guffy enjoys being near people and observing everything with a gentle, attentive gaze.
Guffy is intelligent and eager to learn, responding best to patient, positive training methods like target training, station training, and desensitizing him to hands. He’s a sensitive and tender-hearted bird, which makes him a wonderful companion for someone who can offer him the time, patience, and affection he craves.
With the right care, training, and a lot of love, Guffy has the potential to become an incredibly loyal, affectionate, and interactive companion. His gentle spirit and sweet nature will undoubtedly bring a lot of joy to the right person.
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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.