Mozart Chronicles: Who Was Mozart the Moluccan?

Mozart was a very old wild-caught Moluccan cockatoo from Indonesia. He abhorred captivity, it broke his heart he would say many times.

He had been imported by a breeder but the breeder soon removed him from the breeder flights. He wouldn't breed. Unlike many male Moluccans in a breeding situation, he never harmed one of the females he was caged with. Instead, he mashed their eggs. So the breeder removed him and brought him inside to be a pet.

There he was ignored for 10 years. When I adopted him the rescue coordinator explained his egg mashing behavior to me. She said they joked that he was gay. But contrary to this, I received my first instantaneous communication from Mozart, "he doesn't want his children to be born in captivity," I told her.

Later when Mozart and I were to appear on the Pet Psychic with Sonya Fitzpatrick, she confirmed that he didn't want any more girlfriends and that for this reason he might be gay. Mozart wouldn't have cared what anyone thought about his sexual preferences, like any good Buddha, as long as he didn't have to propagate under duress.