Which end is up?

Peaches, our Salmon Crested Cockatoo, has 6 fused vertebrae in her neck from a past injury. She can't raise her head to drink water or to strut her stuff (technically called "displaying").

She's a creative girl, though. We provided a fountain and she gets enough water by drinking from it but she also does a beautiful display there.

That's not her favorite place to display. That is the two cages on her kitchen table where she hangs from the side, thereby being vertical as she should be, and has at it. She loves to hang out on the table while I am busy with cleanup or making meals. She sits at the top and looks outside to the trees.

She lives with her handicap better than many humans do and she rarely cries about it. She keeps me on a short leash and that's fine, she's a dear one. Anyone who meets her and doesn't connect with her needs a heart transplant!