3 Things You Must Know About Major Mitchell’s  

The honk killed me😅

I have only just had to say goodbye to my beautiful girl after 35 years. Yes. They can be a one person bird. That doesn’t mean that the rest of the family can’t interact with them too. I was not the favourite person 🤣 But I still enjoyed being able to sit and talk to her. Give her veggie treats etc. tell her off when she chewed something she wasn’t supposed to 😅 Would I get another one You bet I will. 😊 Life without a Major Mitchell is not living. Our life at the moment is very empty. I’m looking forward to the next bundle of joy that will come into our lives. And I’ll keep my fingers crossed that I will be the next favoured person 🤣 No matter what. It will be loved 💕💕

she is the pretties bird in the world🥰🥰🥰

Love your videos

I can imagine how popular they have become ever since the Barbie pink rage

I am obsessed with this Bird omg so breathtaking, she's sooo cute

So like you, I researched and researched. I found much I’d info to be repetitive or perhaps copied from one source to another. Years of looking into them and having kept other parrots I put the Major Mitchell’s on the back burner, and just hoped I’d come to my own conclusion upon interacting with one. Well I came across one and she was a sweetheart. She ran down to me for scratches off her perch mid preening and I walked away after giving her some head scratches and listening to her cute mumbles. She calmly watched me and then jumped back up on her perch and went back to her business. I waited awhile and went back and she repeated. I had her on my arm and both my kids arms and she was great. Stepping up for all. I can say my macaw took far more work when I met her, and she wasn’t not nearly as sweet to my kids. Like you I heard females are better and getting them started and constant socialization is everything with them, trying to not allow them to really become a one person bird and to piggy back off of you, I heard the chewing and toy situation is definitely the biggest thing with them just chewing on wood 24/7.

Six years ago, I was thinking about acquiring a Major Mitchell, however, they were very pricy (they are even pricier now.), so I decided not to. Two years ago, I started thinking about acquiring one, so I contacted a local breeder but unfortunately, they decided to keep their babies because they only had a few. I continued looking around until last Nov, I found an 18 m/o untamed Major Mitchell online. I had to make an appointment to visit him at a parrot shop because he was not tame. I decided to take a chance to see whether there would be some connection between us. To the owner's surprise, the Major Mitchell seemed to be OK with me, at least without freaking out or running around. He was able to stay on my hand for an extended period of time. However, if he was off me, there was basically no way to get him back because he was so afraid if you approached him. I noticed the "situation" of this parrot shop and how owner's husband "handled" the birds. One week later, I went to visit him again and it took awhile to get him on my finger. He stayed with me for quite a while and I asked him, "do you want to leave? do you want to go home with me?" He seemed to nod. Then, officially, I took him home. For a month and half, I was battling with his panicked behavior. He would freak out and rush out of the cage when I extended my fingers to the door of the cage. He would let me chase him and just would not step up. The condition got worse and worse to the point that I felt regret that I bought him. I felt somewhat desperate, so I searched online to figure out what else I could do to change the situation. I found the following advice: DO NOT CONTINUE THE SAME BEHAVIOR FOR THE BIRD TO ASSOCIATE WITH YOU NEGATIVELY. I decided to stop chasing him, keeping my hand away and anything I could think of that would frighten him but I still wanted to spend time with him. So one day, I pulled a chair and sat against the cage with the door open. He somehow decided to climb down and step on my knee, then he let me pat him. I asked him, "is this what you like?" After that experience, whenever I had time, I would do the same with him. Within one week, it seemed that I gained his trust. He was no longer afraid if I put my hand into the cage for stepping up. I rarely needed to chase him around. He would step up normally. Now he has been with us for 10 months and he very comfortable, easy to handle with a playful, sweet personality. His name is 乖乖。 He is now 28 m/o.

absolutely incredible video, loved it, your birds are awesome

Beautiful.

She really is stunning beautiful 🥰💖

These are by far my fave cockatoos

I feel like her husband is the one who should be doing the video to debunk the myth lol

Wow! Never seen a pink parrot. Gorgeous! Makes me thing of strawberry ice cream from my neighborhood ice cream shop called "Mitchells" of all things!

Amazing

Great video!

She is gorgeous

I’ve learned so much from your videos. Forever thankful

She is a pretty girl 🥰

Jejejejeje cute

People say all Cockatoos don't make good pets also they chew up the place but some dont

Thank you for this informative video! I have an eclectus and I am considering getting a baby cockatoo. It seems like cockatoos have such a bad wrap, its nice to hear a different perspective for a change. What do you think about umbrella cockatoos? Would you recommend?

As far as aussie parrots go they seem to be much quieter than others. I see them in the country in Australia and they barely make a sound in comparison to the larrikin Sulphur Crested cockatoos

So what you're saying is they act like most cockatoos :P Very loving but a serious commitment and lifestyle change.

She is so adorable. Are Mitchell loud birds?

i will buy a major mitchell's cockatoo at madai bird sanctuary singapore

Where does one get a major?

I think hat bird is a male not female. Its got black eyes and a narrow yellow stripe on the crest. Females have brown eyes and wide yellow band on the crest.

Bird trying to prove she's a bad pet, bites you on the nose. All she's really saying is 'DAD'! They're a beautiful bird, native to Australia but I've only seen one or two in the wild. I've got a galah who can give you a decent bite - name is Chainsaw for the reason you mention - they love to destroy stuff. Great vid.

Protip Number 1! Get a MMC2 of the opposite sex or it will leave you for your Lover or Father when you go on vacation for one week!!!!