Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

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• Enclosure size

  Needs a large dedicated enclosure or dedicated room space (space demand 85/100).

• Habitat setup

  Needs a purpose-built habitat with substrate, hides and furnishings prepared before arrival (habitat complexity 80/100).

• Group housing

  Should not be kept alone; plan for appropriate same-species company (social group need 90/100).

• Secure containment

  Needs escape-proof containment and a secured room for any time outside the enclosure (escape risk 90/100).

• Specialist vet

  Requires access to a veterinarian who treats this group before you acquire the animal (specialist vet dependency 100/100).

• Flight space

  Needs daily out-of-cage flight or foraging enrichment, not cage time alone (enrichment need 100/100).

What this animal needs from you

Scores are normalised 0–100 for comparison across very different animals. They are product-normalisation values with a stated confidence, revisable through expert review.