Need Help: KoKo Dilemma
I stole this pic from 4thringroad.
Everytime I get in our house, leave, come back again, travel the world, go to chalet, to the gym, hang out with friends – I have to pass by our kitchen on the ground floor.
Koko, our little bird buddy is always there in the cage. Looking at me, making sounds, sometimes strange, sometimes sane, regardless, he wants me to play with him, so I do. A couple of seconds, a minute or two maybe ? then POOF, I leave again.
He stays in the cage.
Thats his state for more than a year now. Always in the cage.
It kills me to see KOKO in that state.
I thought “Why don’t I free KoKo ?” a striking question came right back at me “Will he survive ?”
Tried contacting people who take care of animals, did not recieve an answer that feels good. Thats me being nice here.
Im not sensitive, its just that Koko is a being with a soul and I just feel like there are other ways to take care of an animal. Anything but a cage.
A goldfish is blessed, has a short memory span, it can survive a tank and stuff, right ? WRONG, look !
What Should I do ?
I need a solution.
I have a friend who just bought a bird from the same kind and he has been watching some videos on youtube on how to train him. What I noticed is that all americans keep their birds loose in the house without cages like a dog or a cat. I know it is hard in Kuwait due to the fact that kuwaiti moms would freak out if they see the smallest of bird dropings. Anyways, what you can do is buy an open cage for koko. It comes with a stand and a big tray beneth it.
Dwayan ! Thank you for the great input.
1- What videos did he watch ?
2- where can I get that cage from ?
THANK YOU !
I had the same idea as Dwayan, train him first. Get him really comfortable with close contact with humans then buy him an open cage. It’s called an open cage because in most cases one of his legs is chained or tied so he wouldn’t go too far. When he gets really comfortable after a year or two? You can unchain him and give him full freedom to browse the house. The open cage you can purchase from Soog El 7mam.
You can see a good example on this video of an open cage (skip to 0:10 seconds) – http://youtu.be/aMjOpsd9fcQ
Thank you very much, I really appreciate you for taking the time and sharing this info.
I really really appreciate it. THANKS !
your bird now knows that his cage is his territory, you can let him loose after you completely train him, he will always go back to his cage as he now knows its his refuge. all of our birds are like this, its going to be difficult to swallow this in the beginning but it will get better for you and for him. i love you even more now knowing you care about animals. xoxo
Sooli, thats so sweet, thank you very much.
I think what you mentioned – combined with what the guys brought to the table makes lots of sense.
Will try to implement it.
VERY thankful !
Contact kuwait parrots in shuwai5 you will get alot alot of information for your parrot, you can also interview him, and hope you post about his shop.
His name is Talal Behbehani
99377070
Instagram kuwait_parrots
Thank you FAWAZ, great info for sure !