macaw

  1. R

    Safe or am I crazy?

    Ok, so my GCC was housed with Quakers and Love birds and a Congo. so I have fallen in love with Yellow Collar Macaws and want to purchase a hand fed baby this December or so. I was wondering since I have a large cage if I slowly introduced them together my GCC being 4yrs old and very social and...
  2. J

    Shipping advice for macaw

    I need to ship my 8 year old green wing macaw from Tampa, FL to Los Angeles, CA. I'd like recommendations for reputable transportation services. I will be shipping her between Jan-March 2015. Any help is greatly appreciated.
  3. S

    java tree while missing cage

    so im having my room decorated over this week and have put Lola into boarding to keep her away from plaster, dust, paint and vinyl glue fumes etc. ive had to take her big corner cage down with the intent to buy the new regular shaped cage whilst shes away and then build the new one in there (as...
  4. Aliciasbird

    HI:) New Hahns Macaw owner. Meet Petrie!

    Hi everyone! I just got 6 month old Hahn's macaw 3 days ago at the exotic bird show in Orlando. His name is Petrie:). And he picked me:heart: I fell in love with Hahn's Macaws after reading all about them. And so I have been waiting for the day to get one for several months. Petrie...
  5. P

    Pictures of Wilson!

    I know I have already posted a thread in the Macaw forum today, but my baby is too adorable to not share pictures of!
  6. P

    My mac HATES my little brother!

    We've had my macaw, Wilson, for seven years- since my brother was two. We've always told Wilson NO! Don't touch Khristian! But now that my brother is old enough to play with and handle the bird, Wilson won't respond to him! He gets upset and calls for me whenever Khris even tries to go near him...
  7. P

    About me and my birdie bae!

    Hi! I'm Paige. I'm not that interesting. I'm a girl who plans to lose about a hundred pounds and join the United States Naval Services in 2018. :42: But boy does my bird have a story! He's a fifteen years old Blue and Gold macaw! I got him in 2007 when I was in third of fourth grade, and his...
  8. feedthebirds

    Welcome to me!

    Hi, I am choosing to remain anonymous user. I love birds of all kinds(really, I went to Venice Italy and had more fun feeding the pigeons than anything else). I do not own a bird but really want a gw. I am 13 years old and my hobbies include swimming and Facebook. I am really glad to be hear...
  9. mwright1972

    Have a Sun Conure 6months old - Want a Macaw 1 yr old Need advice pro/con

    I have a Sun Conure (Marley) that is 6 months old and I completley adore her. I have fell in love with the bird world of animals. I have been "flirting" with this Blue and Gold Macaw at PetLand everytime I go to buy food and I really want to bring him home and make him part of my family. I know...
  10. R

    New Macaw Mom

    Hey everyone! 2 days ago I adopted a Blue and Gold Macaw named Sunny. He is 34 years old. The woman who owned him previously had to move accross country and was not able to take him with her. Ive been doing alot of reading and research to be able to provide a great new home for him but I still...
  11. N

    Raiden's growing up...

    Hello, you guys had helped me a while back with Raiden, but I had some more questions. He or she is currently 84 days old (12 weeks) today and I am aware that this is around the time they start weaning and trying to fly. I was wondering, how much am I supposed to feed him because he won't take...
  12. S

    need help macaw feather/sheath

    so i can see lola is molting and lots of new sheaths coming through on her head and back. i noticed one of the larger feathers on her back was coming through kind of split so ive located the sheath which is breaking away nicely round the outside but it seems that there is something hard on the...
  13. D

    Getting a Macaw companion for my B&G male?

    should i get a male or female blue and gold macaw?i have a male b&g already.pls help? :blue1::red1::blue::red: I'm looking at getting another macaw for my 6 month old male blue and gold macaw, the 2 i am looking at are both also blue and gold macaws. one is female and one is male, i have been...
  14. C

    Living trees for Macaws to play in

    Recently someone suggested that I get a living tree (potted) for my two Severe Macaws to use as a play area, rather than a "tree stand" made from dead branches, etc. Has anyone ever tried this, and if so would you please give me some advice on what tree to buy? Obviously it would have to be...
  15. C

    blue and gold screaming help

    My bird vini is screaming excessively and my grandpa gets real mad my grandma doesn't want my grandpa to get mad so the second he screams she gets him and holds him for a long time and since I go to college my grandma is complaining that she is a prisoner here and she can't leave the house...
  16. S

    treat training or clicker training

    so i managed to get lola saying hello just on praise as at the time she had reverted back to formula food ive just recently started trying to get her to say it on que for nuts/banana... success! now however when i try anything new like stepping up for treats all i get is pinning eyes and a...
  17. S

    teaching a macaw more words

    so lolas got hello down now, she pretty much just said it when she wanted at first but no i have her saying it on command (for banana of course) but i want to introduce a new word, now when ever i get the banana she just instantly says hello lol. whats the steps for introducing the new word...
  18. S

    macaw possible feather plucking?

    so as i mentioned ive now brought lola in to work, thought it would be nice for her rather than stuck in the cage all day at home alone. ive noticed today though at the bottom of her tree there are about 6 feathers. i know its not unusual for the odd one to fall out when preening a bit too...
  19. S

    help socializing macaw!

    so work have decided to let me bring lola in daily! she has a java tree and is set up in the corner opposite my desk. the thing is she loves me and i can do absolutely anything i want with her, shake her beak, pick her up when i want, roll her over, lift her wings etc. but when other people in...
  20. NightProwess

    River's mini Photoshoot

    Yesterday River and I went outside to have a mini shoot. I'm pretty happy with the way the pictures turned out =) She loved the camera. Hoping for some more nice days so we can go out again for more pictures! a couple of candids. Ranger wanted to come say hello. He had never...
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