r/MadeMeSmile • u/TheBatmanWhoCackles • 21d ago
The difference a little love can do. Coco when we first adopted her 6 yrs ago and Coco now. ANIMALS
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u/anti-exposure 21d ago
I wanna pet him/her. So cute
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u/TheBatmanWhoCackles 21d ago
She can be feisty! But once she’s comfortable enough with a person and they get to pet her they melt with satisfaction lol
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u/Nikkig-r 21d ago
Looks like she’s made a great recovery :) it’s amazing how love and trust can completely transform an animal (or even a human!) great job with Coco :)
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u/Own-Engineer3427 21d ago
Beautiful! We have an African Grey named Lydia. She didn't look as bad as Coco when we first got her, but she had plucked a lot of her feathers due to stress. She has grown most of them back after about a year of being with us.
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u/TheBatmanWhoCackles 21d ago
A little love will go a long way! She will still pluck out some belly/neck feathers every now and then, but she has never went back to the state she was in when we first got her. I think at this point it’s more of a habit thing, like nail biting.
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u/Apache_Anarchy 21d ago
That’s crazy cause I once knew a grey names coco in almost the same identical set up!
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u/TheBatmanWhoCackles 21d ago
Coco seems like a super popular name for greys for whatever reason. But tell me more! Me and my wife adopted her in Yonkers, NY. We found her in a bird store and were so sad at the state she was in that we kept on asking about her. Found out she was gonna be sent to a breeder which I couldn’t fathom how they would do that with a bird who is clearly stressed. Finally after a good amount of nagging they decided to let us take her for tiny fee (greys tend to sell for upwards of $2,500+ iirc. Her cage was more $$ than the fee we were charged. We don’t know much about her old family at all though. She’s somewhere around the age of 12-18 years from what they told us. She’s extremely smart and very vocal (we have 3 parrots and she’s the most talkative). Always gives us vocal cues on what she wants and when she wants it lol
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u/CN8YLW 20d ago
Was she abused? I heard these birds tear out their own feathers when theyre neglected.
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u/TheBatmanWhoCackles 20d ago
They can pluck for more than one reason. Certain diseases or sicknesses can also cause a bird to pluck or lose feathers but in her case it seemed stress and anxiety related. Unfortunately we never really got a backstory about her old home so I’m not too sure how she use to live. But now she’s spoiled and loved
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u/peteylim 21d ago
Hi, It's Peter from Love What Matters. it's awesome you raised a terrific COCO. I would love to share your story on our platform. I sent you a DM with more info. Hope to hear from you soon!
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u/threedogcircus 21d ago
I saw the first picture and my heart dropped ☹️ She looks so healthy and loved now 🥰