hardrock86 Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Just thought Id post a small video I took this morning. I have to say after the loud annoying parrots this is a much welcomed change as the sound in the video is the loudest it gets.
danclough Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Just thought Id post a small video I took this morning. I have to say after the loud annoying parrots this is a much welcomed change as the sound in the video is the loudest it gets. Very cool...I used to have a conure and its noise level could get very annoying. The beak on that toucan would scare the hell out of me! How old is he/she? How long have you owned it?
hardrock86 Posted March 24, 2012 Author Posted March 24, 2012 Very cool...I used to have a conure and its noise level could get very annoying. The beak on that toucan would scare the hell out of me! How old is he/she? How long have you owned it? I came from a conure too...very very annoying. The toucan is 8-9 months old, and it can barely bite the blueberry as you can see...it looks more intimidating than it is. I got it when it was 2 months old, so I have it roughly 7 months.
dB69 Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Nice, thanks for posting! No birds are annoying, but when my cockatoo screams its loudest voice beside my ear it is very very painful. That's how they are sometimes, but I like it.
CanuckSARTech Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Very cool. Rather than a dog or cat for an indoor house pet, my wife and I have thought about getting something like this for the kids years down the road. So.... What's the overall ownership experience like? How much bigger will it get? Do you need to keep them primarily in a cage, or are they easy enough to "house train"? Any other details you can share? I'm very interested in this.
hardrock86 Posted March 24, 2012 Author Posted March 24, 2012 Very cool. Rather than a dog or cat for an indoor house pet, my wife and I have thought about getting something like this for the kids years down the road. So.... What's the overall ownership experience like? How much bigger will it get? Do you need to keep them primarily in a cage, or are they easy enough to "house train"? Any other details you can share? I'm very interested in this. To sum it up in a nutshell, it would make a great pet for kids, adults, basically anybody. This is the smallest of the toucan species and is pretty much full grown...its beak may still get slightly larger. Its in the cage most of the time, which is about 30x30x36". They eat only fresh fruit, chopped up which is easy enough, and must less messy than regular bird seed...this also means that when it craps on the carpet, it will clean up very easy since fruit is mostly water anyway. It doesnt (and cant) bite hard, but it is very curious and will try to eat everything in sight since it uses its tongue to feel objects. It is very quiet, and also very friendly and playful...just wants to play all day long, doesnt care with who. As for house training, you can train them to fly to the cage to crap or to go over a towel. If you have other questions, feel free to ask. Definitely a unique easy to keep pet.
CanuckSARTech Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Very cool. Thanks. Appreciate the info. Something that's still a few years away (want to wait until the daughter, who's 6 weeks, will be three or four). But some info that I'll definitely keep in the back of my mind. Much appreciated. Cheers.
investandprosper Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 That is so cool. I don't think Toucans are allowed here in the US (or if they were, they would be VERY expensive!). I had a Senegal parrot growing up, but when I went off to college she turned mean. Resented me I think.
hardrock86 Posted March 24, 2012 Author Posted March 24, 2012 That is so cool. I don't think Toucans are allowed here in the US (or if they were, they would be VERY expensive!). I had a Senegal parrot growing up, but when I went off to college she turned mean. Resented me I think. They are legal and I live in New York
danclough Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 To sum it up in a nutshell, it would make a great pet for kids, adults, basically anybody. This is the smallest of the toucan species and is pretty much full grown...its beak may still get slightly larger. Its in the cage most of the time, which is about 30x30x36". They eat only fresh fruit, chopped up which is easy enough, and must less messy than regular bird seed...this also means that when it craps on the carpet, it will clean up very easy since fruit is mostly water anyway. It doesnt (and cant) bite hard, but it is very curious and will try to eat everything in sight since it uses its tongue to feel objects. It is very quiet, and also very friendly and playful...just wants to play all day long, doesnt care with who. As for house training, you can train them to fly to the cage to crap or to go over a towel. If you have other questions, feel free to ask. Definitely a unique easy to keep pet. As far as crapping the place up goes, I was able to potty train my last bird (sort of). I could put him in a designated place, say "poop", and he'd drop a deuce on command. I was never able to train him to always fly to the designated place to perform duties, but it is theoretically possible. This is a big deal, because birds crap all the time. I'm talking every 20 minutes for my conure. How much did that little guy cost? I know my conure cost the original owner about $300.
hardrock86 Posted March 25, 2012 Author Posted March 25, 2012 As far as crapping the place up goes, I was able to potty train my last bird (sort of). I could put him in a designated place, say "poop", and he'd drop a deuce on command. I was never able to train him to always fly to the designated place to perform duties, but it is theoretically possible. This is a big deal, because birds crap all the time. I'm talking every 20 minutes for my conure. How much did that little guy cost? I know my conure cost the original owner about $300. I find that the toucan craps a lot less than the conure I had. This one cost $1500 minus shipping costs.
danclough Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 I find that the toucan craps a lot less than the conure I had. This one cost $1500 minus shipping costs. Yeah, I was guestimating $1000+. That is a beautiful bird...cute as heck. I showed the video to the original owners of the conure hoping they would be smitten (they were). The conure ended up dying of what my wife and I assumed to be poisoning of some sort. We just let him roam free most of the day, and we think he got into something he shouldn't have. One of the oddities of the conures was that he became attached to one person and was very protective of just that person and mean to everyone else. Does the toucan display the same tendencies? It's still fairly young so maybe it's still nice to everyone...
hardrock86 Posted March 25, 2012 Author Posted March 25, 2012 Yeah, I was guestimating $1000+. That is a beautiful bird...cute as heck. I showed the video to the original owners of the conure hoping they would be smitten (they were). The conure ended up dying of what my wife and I assumed to be poisoning of some sort. We just let him roam free most of the day, and we think he got into something he shouldn't have. One of the oddities of the conures was that he became attached to one person and was very protective of just that person and mean to everyone else. Does the toucan display the same tendencies? It's still fairly young so maybe it's still nice to everyone... Toucans arent one person birds, they will be friendly to anyone.
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