Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Kent, WA With: Toco Toucan "Rocko" It has been 9+ months since we lost our Swainson Toucan, Fiji, and with our new Toco Toucan Rocko, I realized how much research I did with having Fiji and just how different having a toucan as a pet is from having a pet parrot. I had done so much extensive research on toucans on...

Photo by Dave Location: Kent, WA Helping me write blogs (or not): Toco Toucan "Rocko" I can't even tell you how important I feel bird blogs on the web are. Not so much from taking every single word someone writes as gold (my own included, hell, these are just my experiences, not the Bible!) but to merely SHARE information, experiences, knowle...

Photo provided by breeder To my complete shock, our entire facebook community came together and talked Dave into setting up a donation of sorts to help us get a Toco Toucan. Everyone was asking why we hadn't gotten another; and we told them the truth... $10,000 for a toucan? We couldn't justify paying such an amount for such a fragile pet, es...

Photo by Dave Location: Saipan, MP Shown: Swainson Toucan "Meaka"  Before I forget to add them, these articles are so important to read if you have a pet bird of any kind: The danger of fumes. Necropsy: What it is and why it should be done. The last time we had a necropsy done on a bird, it was on our parakeet Lexi. They never found ...

Photo by Dave Location: Costa Rica Perched: Keel Bill Toucan  A toucan's nails are not like parrot's nails exactly... comparing the two on pretty much any topic is pretty hard. So although I use cement, sandy and bamboo/stone perches for my parrots... you can't do the same for a toucan. A toucan's nails are MUCH softer, and file down incredib...

Photo by Mishelle Stafford Location: Bethlehem, PA In the show: Swainson Toucan "Fiji"  It's really weird to me to have photos of Fiji from her very last show with us. Just to look at them and know, it was her last one... but at the time not. It's just a strange thing.  I just wanted this entry to be about some of the things I've been going ...