[emma_mcraf]

Originally Posted by pagan queen

It is nice to see him fly again but it's a bit worrying that he has little control and has landed on Max's cage Max is very territorial and will bite Toby if he gets the chance. It gets a bit hairy at times. Plus I'm the only one who can handle him so if I leave the room and he flies all hell breaks loose as the others are scared of getting bitten.

Do you alternate between opening their cages to let them have a fly around?
My dad had a lesser sulphur crested cockatoo when I was a child and she was so clever she could let herself out her cage and wander down the hall. A tie twisted around the door took her minutes to undo and they had to resort to a padlock in the end, because my mum was (and still is) petrified of birds! Bengie was wild caught and still a young bird when they got her. She'd had her wings clipped and used to run about all pigeon-toed on the floor. I was only about six years old but she'd sit on my dad's shoulder and pull the hairs out his ears. She loved a stroke of her head but I think everyone was quite wary of her beak! It was a shame that she wasn't allowed out of her cage much because of mum. In hindsight, dad should never have got her.