07-10-2010, 03:45 PM
freeradical wrote:
What kind of a bird is this, and how long do they normally live?
Chloe is an Umbrella cockatoo and she will hopefully outlive me by many years. the current record is a triton cockatoo (think Fred from Barretta or the bird in Iron Man 2) at well over 100 years old in an Australian zoo.
Her hatchday is actually January 8th but I am sure she accepts the birthday wish all the same.
I have raised hundreds of birds (mostly very small parrots) but Cockatoos and Macaws are very difficult to raise by hand and have issues for life if they are raised wrong or have problems with inexperienced owners(I hate that term owners. Precious is a lovely Goffin's Cockatoo and a bit smaller than Chloe
(I will try to find my photo of Chloe with her Goffin "brother" Cobber) Goffin's are a favorite of mine but I do not have one myself. I do have a Molluccan Cockatoo and a Ducorps Cockatoo I will post photos of soon.
And here I thought it was all dogs, snakes, and hamsters here, LOL.