Crispy enjoying her shower Crispy enjoys bathing on a regular basis and looks forward to this fun activity. Here she is posturing with wings open and feathers fluffed. Healthy cockatoos are nearly waterproof, so posturing allows the water droplets to run in, under the feathers to the skin. If not for this posturing behavior, water would just run off the outer feathers leaving the bird dry. Eleonora Cockatoos are curious birds and will investigate every nook and cranny within their surroundings.
Loose strings can entangle the birds feet or become a noose around the birds neck.
At no time should a rope toy be left in any birds cage when their owners are away from home. We use several rope toys for our birds to play with, but, these are attached to perhes and trees outside of the cage, where the birds play with them under our watchful eye. Along with this soft pellet diet we feed warmed mixed veggies or pasta using our fingers. The babies eagerly nibble at these goodies because they are familiar with seeing our hands and will relate this to their feedings with a syringe. Gradually our babies learn to eat a wider variety of healthy foods before they are introduced to seeds mixed with dry pellets.