RR123
New member
Hallo,
I'm new here, (did read almost all the posts for months)
we live in Brugges, Belgium and i don't find other macaw owners around here (this is my first big bird, had a alexander parrekiet), so i have a lot to learn, but find a lot of tips on this forum (sorry for my English it's not so good)
And now I have a 9year old B&G since 3 weeks, we gave him a new name, he's gentle in my opinion and hope he stays that way because he is nearing adulthood i think (read here 10-13 year is the difficult period)
He begins to feel good here and i can touch him everywhere and today he has for the first time stepped up my arm (once but for me its a good begin)
he does not bite (at least not real just picking, he tested 2 times on my finger, but let go after i said NO and pushed him back
The only problem i have is he does not like my wife, every time she go past his cage he makes an attacking move and gives a scream. (previous owner had same, did not like the woman, but they are divorced so i did not see the reaction there). ALL SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME !
He is out (on top) of his cage for some hours every day the last week, i made a training stand but as long as he wont step up easily i can't put him on his tree and back in his cage, so his cage is the only place for the moment (so stepping up is my priority for the moment).
I try to put a picture of him with this post (so you can meet him on sceen)
I'm new here, (did read almost all the posts for months)
we live in Brugges, Belgium and i don't find other macaw owners around here (this is my first big bird, had a alexander parrekiet), so i have a lot to learn, but find a lot of tips on this forum (sorry for my English it's not so good)
And now I have a 9year old B&G since 3 weeks, we gave him a new name, he's gentle in my opinion and hope he stays that way because he is nearing adulthood i think (read here 10-13 year is the difficult period)
He begins to feel good here and i can touch him everywhere and today he has for the first time stepped up my arm (once but for me its a good begin)
he does not bite (at least not real just picking, he tested 2 times on my finger, but let go after i said NO and pushed him back
The only problem i have is he does not like my wife, every time she go past his cage he makes an attacking move and gives a scream. (previous owner had same, did not like the woman, but they are divorced so i did not see the reaction there). ALL SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME !
He is out (on top) of his cage for some hours every day the last week, i made a training stand but as long as he wont step up easily i can't put him on his tree and back in his cage, so his cage is the only place for the moment (so stepping up is my priority for the moment).
I try to put a picture of him with this post (so you can meet him on sceen)