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Carlton
at Wed Feb 4 15:47:42 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Carlton ]
You'll hardly ever find toucans up for adoption. Very few are produced in captivity, a couple hundred are imported each year at most, they are quite an investment and most keepers have them in aviaries rather than as pets. CB hand raised babies make really nice pets, but if one just didn't turn out the way the keepers wanted it often gets added to someone's aviary collection instead. The jerk who marketed and sold my bird to his original owners lied and said he was tame. No way. He beat up their other bird, could not be approached, and I suspect they were overwhelmed with his mess, noise, and normal male belligerent nature. I've worked with wildlife rehabbers and had a pretty good idea what to expect from him in terms of personality, have a lot of patience (he doesn't jab at my face anymore), and we get along very well now. Its like having a raven in the house. So, I have my dog for contact, my python for herp interaction, the chams because I am fascinated by them, and the toucan for hilarity and beauty and to give him an understanding home for as long as he needs it.
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RE: Belligerent Male Veiled - Carlton, Wed Feb 4 15:47:42 2004