A constantly cuddled cockatoo will grow into an overly needy and demanding bird which can’t get through the day without his human. There is only a sense of the need for affection, comfort, and love and it feels right, but giving into your bird’s constant requests for this type of interaction will result in problem behaviors. But with Linus it is different it feels like hugging a child. The minute she feels the warmth of an embrace she starts to quiver. I know with my Goffin's cockatoo, Theo, it is a sexual thing. It is hard to understand why a cockatoo would want to cuddle with a human being, a predator. The cuddly nature of the cockatoo is their biggest selling point, but also, unfortunately, their downfall. This is the hardest one of all but also the most important, and it is the reason I went on about anthropomorphizing at the beginning of this post.
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