Looking forward to the day we heal our wounds and live in Peace,Love and Unity as we were meant to.

My first cockatoo came from a crack house. She barbed her feathers. Some self mutilate. I hope breeding these large parrots in captivity will stop. They're such magnificent creature. They live up to 80 years. We don't keep any other animal as a pet that lives anywhere near this long and we can never provide even close to what they need to be healthy. Cockatoos and macaws fly 1000's of miles a day in the wild. They're little athletes that deserve to be protected. When they start eating their own bodies that should be a sign to humanity to STOP breeding them in captivity. Most large parrots will experience self mutilating, barbing, plucking, vent prolapse and a number of other horrible health effects in their 80 years in captivity. Look up parrots that self mutilate. They'd rather be dead than in a cage. When will we wake up to what we're doing to animals and have a compassionate heart for others!

Ah...this makes so much sense. A friend of mine life's partner passed about 6 months ago. She had a cock a too for over 30 years. My friend said that the poor bird started to pluck and self mutilate himself. The bird passed away about a month ago. My friend is devastated, he lost his life partner and now the bird. The poor bird died of a broken heart.

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I'm so sorry. That's hard at the same time. They are the most devoted birds and the same in the wild to their mate for life. It's sad how they go crazy with heart ache and sometimes just health that they start eating their skin. At some point in their 80 years of life most will go through some stages of these. Thanks for sharing. 💝