Hi everyone,
My name is Waqas and I am living in Dubai UAE.
I have always wanted a Macaw, but was always scared of not being able to take care of them. My brother recently got an African Grey (red Tail), after a couple of interactions with the African Grey, my long forgotten wish to own a Pet Macaw suddenly got back and I started visiting pet stores.
Having no knowledge of the bird, I was still scared to get one, but my recent visit to the pet shop made me forget that I have no knowledge on these birds and I should first look into them by reading and researching about them, I just fell in love with a gold & blue macaw even though I always felt that I would get a green winged macaw and got him from the pet shop.
Carlos is a 5 month boy Macaw, I have had him for the past 4 days. The night I got him, the pet shop fed him cerelac before handing him over to me, I got him home and fed him 1/8th of a quarter apple which I shouldn't have as he has not weaned and threw up the in the morning. I promise I heard the pet shop tell me that I can give him apple now and my wife was a witness, he later told me that I can only give him after 15 days.
He kept vomiting watery liquid every now and then which stopped late afternoon. His throwing up was sometimes with bobbing of head and sometimes without. the 2nd day also passed.
The 3rd day, he started making this sound and nudging his wing at the same time, he is not aggressive but keeps making this sound maybe for attention with wing nudge. We thought that it is because he did not sleep properly so at night we put him to sleep early so he can have a good full 12 hours of sleep and also gave him a hour nap in the afternoon. But he did the same thing the next day and has been doing it since then. After I got home from work, I gave him food but this time gave a little extra thinking he might be hungry and it worked and he made very small sounds like he was tired. He did throw up the extra food that he ate.
I spent sometime with him and then we put him to sleep.
He is hardly left by himself, my wife spends the whole day with him, he is only alone when she goes to pick my daughter from school.
We have never had a bird as a pet before so not sure what he is trying to tell us and are a bit scared that we are doing something wrong.
The parrot has a perch and a tree, I have not bought a cage yet as the pet shop told me that he is a baby and can sleep on his perch. We put him to sleep at night in the toilet with the lights off as we are busy making a dedicated space for him.
Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong. I have made a video of him making the sound that I was referring up, I will appreciate all the help.
[ame="https://youtu.be/E_wTRw5E2RM"]Macaw, what is he saying? - YouTube[/ame]
Also can some1 list the things or toys that I need to buy for him. How do I make him play?
Am I expecting all this very soon?
My name is Waqas and I am living in Dubai UAE.
I have always wanted a Macaw, but was always scared of not being able to take care of them. My brother recently got an African Grey (red Tail), after a couple of interactions with the African Grey, my long forgotten wish to own a Pet Macaw suddenly got back and I started visiting pet stores.
Having no knowledge of the bird, I was still scared to get one, but my recent visit to the pet shop made me forget that I have no knowledge on these birds and I should first look into them by reading and researching about them, I just fell in love with a gold & blue macaw even though I always felt that I would get a green winged macaw and got him from the pet shop.
Carlos is a 5 month boy Macaw, I have had him for the past 4 days. The night I got him, the pet shop fed him cerelac before handing him over to me, I got him home and fed him 1/8th of a quarter apple which I shouldn't have as he has not weaned and threw up the in the morning. I promise I heard the pet shop tell me that I can give him apple now and my wife was a witness, he later told me that I can only give him after 15 days.
He kept vomiting watery liquid every now and then which stopped late afternoon. His throwing up was sometimes with bobbing of head and sometimes without. the 2nd day also passed.
The 3rd day, he started making this sound and nudging his wing at the same time, he is not aggressive but keeps making this sound maybe for attention with wing nudge. We thought that it is because he did not sleep properly so at night we put him to sleep early so he can have a good full 12 hours of sleep and also gave him a hour nap in the afternoon. But he did the same thing the next day and has been doing it since then. After I got home from work, I gave him food but this time gave a little extra thinking he might be hungry and it worked and he made very small sounds like he was tired. He did throw up the extra food that he ate.
I spent sometime with him and then we put him to sleep.
He is hardly left by himself, my wife spends the whole day with him, he is only alone when she goes to pick my daughter from school.
We have never had a bird as a pet before so not sure what he is trying to tell us and are a bit scared that we are doing something wrong.
The parrot has a perch and a tree, I have not bought a cage yet as the pet shop told me that he is a baby and can sleep on his perch. We put him to sleep at night in the toilet with the lights off as we are busy making a dedicated space for him.
Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong. I have made a video of him making the sound that I was referring up, I will appreciate all the help.
[ame="https://youtu.be/E_wTRw5E2RM"]Macaw, what is he saying? - YouTube[/ame]
Also can some1 list the things or toys that I need to buy for him. How do I make him play?
Am I expecting all this very soon?
