Deerfield Beach / Florida / United States
Golden Cockatoo is a "click and brick" retailer/wholesaler (Celebrating our 21st anniversary!) who specializes in hand fed (syringe, NOT tube, fed) exotic birds and parrots, finches, canaries, and their accessories. We have over 700 different toys in stock with the emphasis on SAFETY! We carry most food lines with an emphasis on Goldenfeast, Kaytee, and Higgins for seeds, and, Zupreem, Pretty Bird, Kaytee, Harrison Bird Diet, and Roudybush for pellets. We are an authorized dealer for first quality cages, such as Tri Birds, Strong Bird Cages, Featherland Bird Cages, Kings Cages and HQ Cages. Our specialty is stainless steel bird cages. Also, we carry the best cage, rolling, and tabletop natural wood perches, made from sandblasted grapevine, natural and sandblasted manzanita, coffee wood, and sandblasted dragon wood. Natural wood is a must - the varying diameter of natural wood gives birds feet the proper exercise. Wooden dowels cause muscle atrophy and arthritis from the lack of range of motion in the feet. Golden Cockatoo was established in 1985, under current ownership since 1996. We have over 12,000 unique customers, mostly building the business by word of mouth referrals. Bird ownership is a prerequisite for employment at Golden Cockatoo, so you can be sure that whoever you speak with has first hand knowledge of bird ownership. We all need to take care of our birds - they have no one else but us. In a perfect world, the rainforests would remain intact, and there would be no need to establish breeding programs, or buy property in the native countries where the wild parrots currently live, in order to perpetuate the many species which are now on the road to extinction. However, we do not live in a perfect world, and it is almost certain that many of the parrots living in their natural habitat would be extinct within 20 years were it not for (1) domestic breeding programs (regardless of what one Greenpeace founder says), and (2) the outright purchasing of the actual habitat of these Parrots so that they remain in the wild (like the Nature Conservancy). Without credible, honest retailers and breeders, most domestically raised birds lead miserable lives, dying from neglect. Please make sure you understand the responsibilities of bird ownership before committing to take a parrot home. They can live up to 60 years (make sure to properly modify your Last Will and Testament), and it is best for them to stay in same household. We turn away many people who love the beauty of exotic birds and/or want a parrot that talks, but do not understand the intelligence and corresponding interaction required on a daily basis to keep these incredible creatures happy. The truth has built our business. Sure, we "sell" birds. But we like to think of it as "placing" birds in good homes. Our mission is to provide money to the breeders who are instrumental in perpetuating the species by educating people and placing these domestically raised birds in great, loving homes. Why? So the children will always be able to see real, live parrots in person, and we wont be telling them stories that start with, "I remember when they flew in the rainforests...."
