Cockatoo Gang Gang Health Information

Gang Gang Cockatoos are particularly prone to boredom related disorders. This can be alleviated by keeping them in pairs or small groups, offering them smaller seeds, and making sure they have plenty of wood to chew on and lots of exercise. When bored, Gang Gang Cockatoos pluck their feathers or their mates' feathers. Their aviaries should be about five and a half meters long, one point two meters wide, and as tall as possible.

Breeding
Gang Gang Cockatoos in the wild breed from October to January in private eucalyptus tree hollows. They lay two to three matte elliptical eggs, which incubate for about a month. Both parents will sit on the eggs. Gang Gang Cockatoos fledge at about eight weeks, but parents continue to feed them for about five more weeks. In captivity, Gang Gang Cockatoos need a private nesting box or hollow log. Around breeding season, they will begin to eat other birds' eggs off the aviary floor! Immature Gang Gang Cockatoos have lots of red tingeing to the feathers on their undersides. They have grayish-white or-yellow barring over the tail. Young males do show a lot of red over their crowns, heads and necks.