Posted by TAMARA FOSS (152.163.213.69--spider-th054.proxy.aol.com) on March 03, 2000 (or so) at 08:32:40:
HI, I HAVE A 1 AND A HALF YEAR OLD MALE UMBRELLA COCKATOO. SINCE HE WAS A BABY DURING THE NIGHT EVERY SO OFTEN WE WILL HEAR HIM SCREAM OUT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY. DO YOU THINK HE HAD A BAD DREAM? THE OTHER DAY IN THE DAY TIME HE WAS SLEEPING IN HIS CAGE AND I WAS WATCHING THE TV AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE LET OUT A BIG SCREAM AND I LOOKED OVER AT HIM AND HE WAS HALF ASLEEP. WE WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS IS JUST A CHARACTERISTIC OF COCKATOOS OR WHAT. HE'S SUCH A BIG BABY BUT WEVE BEEN WARNED ABOUT THE AGGRESIVENESS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN HE'S OLD ENOUGH.