What do I feed some wild sulfur crested cockatoos?

Can you recommend any seeds or fruit which are best to feed them.Thanks

well cockatoos eatsun flower seed,bread,dried fruit and lots of other stuff.look and see what tropical birds eat and them together.

Well the menu is open to just abouteverything! seeds are yummy but very high in fat content and low in nutrition. Fruits and veggies are super, fresh ar dried, but they most likely will only eat what is familiar to them. try everything, including meats, yes, meats! Believe it or not, most hookbill parrots just love chicken!My African Grey was also partial to steak, medium well of course! But seriously~ keep in mind the time of year, winter they need more fat content~hence more seeds (and oddly enough, that is when mother nature provides them! go figure!) and spring thru summer is molting and brooding seasons so they need more fresh greens and fruits. ALSO !!! VERY IMPORTANT!! NO AVOCADOS!!! Even though they are super good for me and you, they contain trace amounts of toxians in their skins and pits and should NEVER be given to birds!!! Ditto for chocolate and caffine. Most of all!!! Enjoy your beautiful wild friends! They are something to behold!!

Sure, you *could* feed them wild seed, fruit, vegetables, blah blah blah, but if they're like you or I, (and they probably are) then they'll crave variety. Who wants to eat seeds all day? Bor-ing! How about some authentic pad thai or fettucini al fungi with shaved parmesan. Serve with a nice glass of wine in a romantic setting. Perhaps a nice crisp sav blanc if serving lobster mornay. For a tasty after dinner treat, try creme brule. Yum!Don't feed them other birds. It's not part of their natural diet. Although a little bit of chicken probably wouldn't hurt. Just take te skin off. The last thing they need when trying to soar over tree tops is extra pounds around the middle. Nobody likes a pudgie budgie.You may have heard of that nasty bout of bird flu going around, so if you see a cockatoo looking a bit "fluey", just crush up some vitamin C and sudafed for them. Just make sure it's the non-drowsy formula. Maybe get your grandma to knit a little cockatoo beanie and scarf for them. Sulphur yellow of course. These tips come from my crazy grandma. She really is crazy. More sensible advice follows:Sulphur crested cockatoos can live beyond 80 years of age. The likelyhood of that occuring depends a lot on diet. Changes to diet must be made very slowly. Cockatoos get freaked out easily and don't like change any more than you or I. Probably a little less.Vegetables, beans, seeds and legumes every day. (Not only seeds, it makes them fat. really.) Some fruit (Exceptions below) like grapes, banana, pineapple, apple (cored) and mango (pitted). You can share *some* of your human foods with them at meal time. Cockatoos are flock animals and like to feel part of "your flock". However, never bite off bits of food for them. Human mouths harbour more bacteria than you're likely to find in dog mouths. It's disgusting. And dangerous to birds.Things that will definitely be bad for birds. Alcohol. Cockatoos have been known to get a bit tipsy on rotting fruit especially from umbrella trees. However, tequila is right out. a) They can't hold the shot glass anyway (no thumbs) and b) Cockatoos are angry drunks. Seriously though, alcohol is poisonous to birds.Chocolate is bad (for most non-humans, not just birds). It's the caffeine (or more accurately, theobromine, related to caffeine, found in chocolate. higher concentrations found in dark than milk chocolate: http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa090301a.htm) that causes heart, nerve and kidney problems. Bad.Avocado, strawberries, onions (cooked or raw) and rhubarb can be lethal to birds too. Don't throw these things at your bird. Or feed them to it. Toxins (and the pesticides commonly used on say, strawberries) can cause nerve problems, anemia, jaundice, bloody urine, cancer and other things that will make your cockatoo unhappy to say the least. Apple seeds contain cyanide. This affects birds more accutely because of their lower body weight. (therefore trace amounts will be higher in concentration) Be sure to always remove apple seeds before giving a portion to your birds. If you weigh less than a kilo then maybe cut apple seeds out of your diet too.Is the Cockatoo sick and you're nursing it back to health, or is it a friendly vistor? If it's just visiting it will no doubt be foraging for a variety of foods anyway. If it's sick, injured or otherwise out-of-sorts, try contacting a specialist vet for advice. Here's one I found online. http://birdvet.com.au/ I'd try sending them an email and see what happens. Good luck.