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I really think its the individual bird Ive heard lots of people describe ekkies as kind of lazy, not into toys, need a completely quiet calm enviroment, ect.
But my own experience was quite a bit different, some days Dewey (my red-sided) drives me crazy getting into everything, He is laid-back in the fact that he is go with the flow, he doesnt freak if his schedule is off or if there is something new going on.
He LOVES toys, but he isnt too into destroying them, like manzanita and other hard woods dont interest him, now give him soft yucca wood or a bottlebrush (especially cajeput) branch with all the bark still intact and he will have a field day.
He is flighted though, which from meeting clipped ekkies, makes a big difference. Most that Ive met that never fledged are big perch potatoes.
Whats funny is I looked into Goffins and Ducorps cockatoos before I got Dewey, I went even as far as talking with Ducorps breeders. But then I discovered mytoos.com and it described cockatoos a lot differently than the breeders did.
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