tielfan wrote:
Toucans are VERY expensive in the US, and it's difficult to keep them alive because they have special needs. They're very sensitive to iron in the diet and will easily develop iron storage disease (hemachromatosis) if you aren't very very careful about what you feed them. I don't know whether a quarantine station could take proper care of them. They're difficult to breed in captivity too. But they are spectacular birds with funny personalities.
Not to mention that their nails and feet are softer, so you can't put them on perches like concrete perches, or else their nails will file down to the point of bleeding.
I have seen some toucan-specialized pellets, though. I think it was Roudybush that was selling them.
