Cockatoo Toys

Somewhere in your house right now, a small feathery dinosaur is eyeing up the nearest wooden object with the calm, unhurried menace of a demolition contractor who’s just clocked in. That’s a cockatoo for you. Give one a toy and you’re not really giving them entertainment — you’re negotiating a truce, and the currency is … Read more

Ask anyone who shares a home with a cockatoo what “toy budget” means and you’ll get a rueful laugh. These birds don’t play with toys so much as they audit them, beak first, for structural weaknesses — and most toys fail the audit within the hour. Toys for cockatoos aren’t really about entertainment in the … Read more