A few articles back we wrote extensively on the dietary requirements your parrot should be receiving.

To outline the importance of feeding your parrot a variety of good foods we would like to introduce Max.

Max, is a 40-45 year old wild caught umbrella cockatoo currently living in an American store receiving all the love and attention he rightly deserves. 

Unfortunately Max isn’t going to live more then another year or two, he is nearly blind, has heart failure, liver failure and he is extremely emaciated.

What caused this?

His whole life his owner refused to feed him anything but sunflower seed and safflower seed. These seeds are extremely high in fat so it equates your kids eating nothing but burgers and chips for 45 years.

WARNING this heart-wrenching video may disturb some viewers.

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