Yellow Napped Amazon :)

[Baloo]

Hey guys!

Our male (DNA tested with hatch date certificate) yellow napped amazon is named Cleo. We also are the lucky bird parents of two parakeets (Azul and Baloo) as well as a love bug cockatiel named Freddie!

We are moving our yellow napped amazon into our new home in two weeks, right now visiting him at our family members house. We are new to big birds so please any and all suggestions on how to raise a male yellow napped amazon are welcome!

 

[Baloo]

We also think he might be in heat right now....so any suggestions or information on how to deal with a Yellow Napped Amazon male in heat are appreciated!

 

[henpecked]

Hey baloo, welcome to the forum. loads of good info about your YNA in some of the older threads. How old is he? Most napes don't mature until about 7-10 yrs old. I don't think your baby is in "heat" yet,LOL. The secret to raising a male nape,,,,SOCIALIZE,socialize,socialize. Hope to see you in the amazon section, we'd love to help.

 

[Ducatimom]

Welcome to the forum! They've been really helpful to me with my Sun Conure.

 

[Baloo]

Thanks guys actually he just turned 9 Henpecked ... so he might be in heat??? Not sure, I was raised with a yellow collared macaw she seemed to be in heat around that time (she's 23 now and a babydoll).

 

[Baloo]

My boyfriend of four years and I are very excited to have him but we determined today that he views his stepmom as his mate, so we are unsure of how to move him into our new apartment in two weeks. Worried he might hate us more lol

 

[henpecked]

Probably won't be that big of a deal, so long as the step-mom is not there. I'm sure it will take him some adjustment period. How long depends on how well socialized he is.