21/07/2025
ADOPTION SUCCESS, AND A WORD.
This boy has NO CONCEPT of how lucky he is.
Easily one in a thousand.
His adopter has been licensed to care for for birds like him for 30 years - as long as she's been learning and rehabilitating large parrots.
Unlike the MAJORITY of his captive cousins, this boy's human genuinely understands him AND the forever-work.
No chance of rejection because:
▪︎Human acquired Bird without learning the realities of management.
▪︎He behaves like a normal cockatoo removed from his natural environment.
▪︎Human's life choices just "got in the way" in a few years down the track.
Unlike the MAJORITY, his needs will be properly met.
He can ACTUALLY thrive, instead of just existing.
THE TEAM WAS SO RELIEVED
Y'all don't even understand.
Advertise a black cockatoo?
HOARDS descend from nowhere.
All DESPERATE to own that bird.
Impulsive excitement or ego, we guess?
Must be.
Because, two questions in, it's damn clear that Bird's real-life Best Interests were never on the radar.
CONSIDERING A COCKATOO?
THE BRUTAL TRUTH-BOMB:
Sure, they're impressive.
But so are PLENTY of different animals who require:
▪︎Full-time attention
▪︎Full-time highly-skilled physical and psychological management.
▪︎Zoo-grade care and expense.
▪︎FOR 80 YEARS WITHOUT A BREAK EVER.
just so they don't die young and miserable.
WHY bring one home?
Consider VERY carefully.
PEOPLE WHO CONTACT US ABOUT LARGE PARROTS:
95% of y'all aren't equipped.
Most don't even know what you don't know.
And when offered education?
Mostly "Nah", don't wanna
▪︎Take actual responsibility
▪︎Ease in
▪︎Learn the realities
▪︎Build skills
▪︎DO the work
▪︎Spend the kind of money required to HELP Bird, instead of just containing them in your house for *reasons*.
Tiktok makes parrot care look straightforward!
No investment, work, or skills required!
So we get the misconceptions but...
WHEN WE TELL THE TRUTH?
We, who actually DO the care and rehab?
Get this.
50% of y'all flat-out refuse to believe it.
We're liars, gatekeepers, being deliberately difficult.
**Pffft, as IF we wouldn't JUMP at the chance to rehome a Bird right.
We always have a wait list, and more slip through the cracks every day**
SO COME AT US ALL YA LIKE FOR THIS
It doesn't change the truth.
It doesn't get Birds looked after.
We aren't even rude.
We just don't tell lies so some Human can feel good about trying to acquire an animal they aren't prepared or equipped to care for.
Apparently that's controversial.
But guess who suffers for lies like that?
None of it's ok.
