new to this thread I’m trying to find a macaw for my friend. she has one and has plenty of room for them to play, she just wants to find a companion for the one she currently has. and I’d really like to surprise her with one for her birthday does anyone know of any rescues or rehomes or breeders I’m in the south east and can easily travel to pick up the bird and help would be greatly appreciated.

I want to know the average price of a scarlet macaw baby. The difference of prices in different regions and countries if anyone can help me.

This is Pippin. She’s about eight. We adopted her when she was about two. She eats Harrison’s lifetime coarse and some fresh fruit. She gets 12 hours of dark. She always gets hormonal in the spring but this year it’s worse. She hasn’t left her cage since Friday. Usually, if I don’t come get her she lets herself out of her cage and eats the door to her room until I come. She clearly wants me but just wont come out. Should I keep going back there with her or just shit her door and let her chill? I’ve never not been able to lure her out. I’m pretty sure I’d need stitches if I had to force her out. She feels very strongly about staying in the cage. Suggestions?

I'm 16 and live in the state of PA and want to know how to get experience in owning Macaws. In PA you need at least 2 years of documented experience with whatever exotic animal you want to own to receive a permit to buy one. I've loved birds for so long and plan on owning one in the future, I used to own a cockatoo and a gray parrot with my mother back when i was younger so i have some experience with smaller birds. Macaws are a lot different and i acknowledge that, I want to know if anyone has any idea of where or how i could gain experience with these birds so I can receive a permit to get one in the future.

In Tambopata this people is developing the macaw project, and the just got this video of a mammal going for the egg on the nest

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4eLF6rrtTu/

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Hi everyone,

Sharing a picture of my Ollie, who is getting in her beautiful spring feathers but seems to be struggling with her beak.

She usually has some flaking, but I haven’t seen it to this degree on her before - is there anything I can do to help? It doesn’t seem to be bothering her, she is eating and playing normally. Is this just a really bad flake, or something I should be more concerned about?

I’m taking her to grooming this weekend to see what they can do.

hello, im doing a paper about parrots, the reason i choose this is because i am an owner of a beautiful macaw myself, and with that said i would like to ask anyone that have the time for some help to answer the questions on this survey. thanks in advance, i appreciate it!

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=iFS6Sw1qfES9ODtl40Ie-Mn1kU4UNrdKimW76JcxcMVUN1YzNVpJQUxRMTVORzFNS0U5MkREQ0Q1Ti4u

Title. How do you actually find breeders and then how do you figure out how good they are? Are there big red and green flags you look for, small details that make you question, etc.

Hey I don’t have a macaw but did have an African grey who unfortunately passed away earlier this week and was designing some drawings that I’m going to get tattooed but this one looks more like a macaw than a grey and just thought I’d share incase anyone wanted some ideas for in the future!❤️(its not perfect but it’s a cool idea)

Good morning,

Recently we've had a post from a person attempting to sell a macaw, and another post from an individual begging for money. If you see these kinds of posts--or any suspicious post--please report them immediately. Don't respond to the poster. A mod will remove the post and ban the user.

My hats off to SnakeJunkie8 who was paying attention (I wasn't!) and removed the beggar's post.

And thank you all for making r/Macaws a safe and positive place for all of us to come and be with others who love these feathered friends.

The Bigger Red Bird

Hey! I am the sole active mod of this sub and I'm finding it difficult to give it the attention I feel it deserves. Please PM me if you would like to take on the responsibility of moderator of r/Macaws. Give me a few details about yourself and your history with parrots, and macaws in particular. I am looking for one or more mods who have owned at least one macaw for a while, are interested in environmental enrichment, good nutrition, and general sound bird keeping practices.

It's pretty much impossible for me to list all of the things I feel are essential to being a mod of r/Macaws, but here's one that is essential.

You have to live with one. Long term. I've been "married" to mine for 33 years and every year brings new joys and new challenges. Seriously. Just one example: Catching and carrying an injured parakeet to the vet is one thing. Doing the same for a panicked GreenWing is another altogether.

It's also important that you have a good track record with Reddit, posts, comments, and your interest clearly lies with helping parrots and their people.

Anyway, PM if you are interested. Let me know if you have questions.

Thanks!

Ive been having flare ups ever since i got my macaw. more specifically my tonsils get so inflamed it affects my life/work life. Im scared because it all started happening very frequently ever since receiving my macaw. Is anyone aware of this being caused by her? like what allergies do people present with birds?

Hi all!

This is my first time posting here (or anywhere lol).

I work in the animal husbandry department of an aquarium and have been working with a specific macaw for a while now. We've bonded incredibly well and have become super close. He has recently taken a trip to the vet to which he was stated to be: much older than we were told, nearly fully blind, having heart disease and in need of a new home.

That being said, he's coming home with me.

He's incredibly sweet and very vocal about his feelings. But, he doesn't really like to move or explore because of his poor eye sight.

I was looking for recommendations for perches, wood types or places where you all shop for your perches so that I may start collecting bits and bobs before he comes home with me. Any advice and recommendations on ANY fronts are welcome.

I've owned budgies before, my girlfriend owns finches and canaries and I have bird experience from my job, but you can never be too prepared.

Thank you!

Edit: he's a greenwing!

I was anticipating around a 5 month old but to my surprise he is 2 months. I'm prepared to feed him his formula and take care of her even though it's a shock. I just can't remember what bedding to use. I need to run to the store to get them set up. Does anyone remember what bedding to use? Thanks!

Hey all! I took care of my friend’s Blue and Gold Macaw a few months back while he was on vacation, and wow, what an experience. I have taken care of budgies, a cockatoo (who was SO lovely) and an African Grey who loved sitting on top of my head, and this Macaw (who i will call Blue from here on out) was… not as lovely. Firstly, he is 21 years old, and acts like he hates everything. His toys? He throws them like a ragdoll. Paper towels? Disintegrated to dust. Pretty normal for a Macaw (or any bird) but what got me was how aggressive he is. When my friend showed me him, Blue was just fine. But when my friend went to put him back into his cage, all hell broke loose. Blue bit him so hard it broke the skin and drew blood (like, a lot of blood) and my friend had to grab him by the back and place him in his cage. Naturally, i was now scared of Blue. Through the 2 weeks of watching him i took every safety precaution possible. Thick motorcycle jackets and gloves, not letting him near my head, the works. I had to undo the doors to his food and water bowls to get them out and be quick because he would hunt me down if i stuck my arms in his cage or took too long with his bowls. I figured he was just territorial, which made sense… until he came out of his cage. One day, he stood at his cage door and kept cawing, so i thought maybe he wanted to come out. I opened his door and offered my hand, which he promptly snapped at, and then he climbed on the door to escape. After some time hanging off the door, he accepted my hand and i brought him to the kitchen to be with me while i made his food. Long story short, he proceeded to attempt murder after i took his bowls back to his room and tried to get him to step up so i could get him there too. I let him eat in the kitchen and play on his stand in the living room while i watched some netflix and tried talking to him. Every move i made, he would bang his head like a rock singer and flare his wings like a buff guy challenging me to a fight. Google says thats a courtship or affectionate symbol, but the many bites i received through armored gloves say otherwise. So, my question… what do those head bobs mean? Is he actually just really aggressive? Does it sound like my friend keeps him in his cage too much? (Which was my initial thought) Its not just because i’m a stranger, he does this to my friend and his fiancé as well. Is he aggressive or is someone doing something wrong?

Hi everyone,

I recently got a flighted scarlet baby she's around 7 monthes old and still not weaned. We've had her two monthes and my partner who is always supportive and on board really doesn't like her. She is pinchy and doesn't like any other animal in the house or him much. If he comes near us while we are together she will try to pinch him. Similarly when another animal in the house wants my attention she will try to bite them and just pinch me out of displacement aggression. He gets really upset when she pinches him even a little and storms out of the room. He just wants to be completely ignored and invisible to this bird. We also have like 10 other animals. None are parrots.

I'm concerned if it might be best to rehome her while she's a baby vs trying to figure this out. He refuses to work with her and I just don't want to live life with my macaw either being neglected in some way because of the behavior or him being forced to live with a macaw that requires the whole household more than just on board and invisible.

My blue and gold is turning 7 this year and in the thick of stubborn teenage phase. She has always had a good range of tricks and enjoyed training, she used to step up for anyone as that was the first thing we ever trained her to do. However for the past year or so, she will do every trick except step up. Even just in training with me, she will do any of her tricks for a pine nut, but the second I ask her to step up she will yell, nip at me, or move away.
Usually I’ll give her a moment, then ask her to come back to her training spot for a pine nut. But I ask step up again, and met with the same response. If I get her back to the training perch and ask her to do a different trick, she’s fine. As soon as I ask step up a second time, it’s unforgivable and she refuses to cooperate for anything else.

Unfortunately, this ends with me having to grab her (I hate doing this as I know it hurts our trust) to get her back to her cage.

What can I do better? How long will this phase last? She’s mostly well behaved if she is in me or away from her cage, but this refusing to step up off the cage is becoming such a pain point and I hate having to grab her.

Thanks in advance!

Hi I'm a software engineering student, I'm doing a dissertation to complete my degree. its about parrots. Can parrot owners (or people who have previously owned parrots) please complete this survey, it is a part of the research gathering needed for the dissertation

https://bournemouth.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/parrot-dissertation-mobile-app

Thank you very much

I live in california and i was planning to get a miligold macaw, I’ve seen very low and high prices online and i wanted to know what is the right price range of one of those macaws

I just got scammed online trying to buy a macaw. Fortunately I stopped it before it got too far. The problem now is I trust no-one. I live in Georgia but am willing to drive quite far to check out stores in person who sell macaws. Can anyone recommend any places I should look?

Hi! I just moved in with a friend who has a variety of birds including a macaw. I don't want to hold or pet them but since I am living with them long term I think it'd be nice if they were comfortable around me. Any tips? I've already started sitting in the room while they're caged and just chilling with them.

This is Maxine. I adopted her recently from my local sanctuary after her “papa” died. She asks for him from time to time. She is very polite about her bites and pinches, they’re almost always communicative and not meant to hurt anyone. She enjoys being part of all action, and even enjoys being passed around by visitors so long as they’re women.

The sanctuary thought that since I’m able to handle/enjoy the company of umbrella cockatoos long term, that I’m capable of properly caring for a macaw (and that she’d be a good fit for a new macaw owner). Everything is fine so far aside from a few setbacks; I target trained her which seemed to help with her nervousness.

Only issue worth mentioning is that there is very limited information on YouTube/the internet in general about reading their body language— so I’ve sort of had to figure it out— which hasn’t been easy for me. I find cockatoos easier to read. I quickly realized they’re absolutely nothing alike, and have been taken aback by just how human like and intelligent Maxine is.

One question I have is: does anyone know what it means when a macaw raised their wings halfway up and shakes them? Sanctuary said they’ve only really seen it from hand feeding babies but weren’t sure what it meant for her as an individual. To me, sometimes, she seems nervous and other times excited; but again, I don’t know.

Her papa used to feed her junk food and let her sit on his shoulder when he smoked cigarettes and weed. She’s super drawn to anyone who smells like that and holds a grudge when I don’t share certain foods (she recognizes pizza boxes especially). Every time I feed her pellets, fruits and veggies she picks through it then dumps it and then keeps nudging her bowl asking for more food. Any suggestions on good healthy snacks or any success stories about breaking a bird of junk?

Thanks!