Macaws want to be with you and your family all the time. They want to be wherever you are doing whatever you're doing. Macaws are very social and bond strongly to their humans. In the wild, they spend all their time with their flock, so they want the same kind of interaction with their human flock.
Sometimes, they require more interaction than people can provide due to responsibilities. The time you spend around your bird should include time in the same room as well as a few hours of interactive activities, such as playing, training, and conversation.
Isolating a macaw in a room will make them lonely which may lead to them becoming destructive and loud. Macaws are sweet birds who love their families, but they are also hard-headed and stubborn. They test their boundaries often, and will test their owners to see what they can get away with. They are extremely intelligent and will use that to try and outsmart their humans. Evaluate the costs of a macaw.
Macaws are expensive pets. The price of a macaw can range from a couple thousand dollars to over ten thousand. You also have to buy a large cage, toys, jungle gym, and food to begin with.
Consider a calmer species of macaw if you have never had one. Green-Winged, Blue and Gold, Blue-Throated, and Hyacinth macaws are not as aggressive or stubborn as some of the other types.
They have milder personalities but are playful and loud. Choose a different bird if you are inexperienced. Macaws are not the best choice for first time bird owners. They are stubborn and get offended easily, which can lead to biting and nipping.
They also are constantly trying to push their boundaries and test their owners, which can lead to problems with inexperienced bird owners.
Choose a different breed of bird if you have never had a bird before. Method 2. Macaws, especially scarlet macaws, can get irritated easily. When they get irritated, they can use their large, powerful beak to nip and bite at you. Consider a macaw if you want a bird that is less skittish.
Because of this lack of skittish behavior, macaws are less likely to become distracted and work better than other birds in a household that is louder or more chaotic. Many Macaws will want an occasional hand feeding though out its first year. For those of you with parrot experience, please do not hesitate considering a second hand Macaw. An adult Macaw past yrs. Macaws are not difficult to rehabilitate if they haven't been too severely abused.
I have found that most Macaws are abandoned because they entered their independent stage usually the onset of puberty and started testing the "flock leader" by becoming nippy. Some owners cannot make the transition from the cute, cuddly baby stage to the sometimes pain in the rear or finger! The owner will stop taking the Macaw out of its cage because of the fear of being bitten by that huge beak. As always this starts the downward spiral of negative behavior from the bird because it misses the attention it used to receive.
Eventually, the Macaw becomes cage bound. This can all be avoided with proper guidance. Note that I used the word guidance and not punishment. A Macaw should never be physically punished. They do not understand this concept and will meet your aggression with equal or greater aggression. Being aggressive with a Macaw will almost certainly result in a nasty bite. If I haven't totally scared you off yet, then I would like to give another piece of advice. Research all of the different species of Macaws before making your purchase.
There are as many differences as there are similarities between the species. I will try to briefly give you some generalities of each species. Please note that I am not claiming to be a Macaw expert.
My column is based solely on my experiences. Others may have different opinions based on their experiences. Hyacinth Macaw: What a beautiful bird! The Hyacinths that I have worked with tended to be very laid back. They were not very out-going in their personalities. I do not mean this in a negative way. This is what works in some households.
Those of you who want a parrot that is personality plus may not find that in a Hyacinth. That said, I think they are wonderful birds. They do need to know who is boss.
They also have special diet requirements that can make owning the bird almost as expensive as purchasing one. Green-wing Macaw: Green-wings, I believe, are the smartest of all of the Macaws. It makes sure that there are no air drafts. The second step to raising a macaw as a pet in Chennai is food. The correct feed is vital for the well-being of these colourful birds. Here are some tips for macaw food:.
Never leave food in the enclosure for an extended time. Rotten food is full of bacteria, and if the macaw consumes it, they will fall ill! Do not feed the macaw birds the following:.
Lettuce Avocado Apple seeds. To keep the macaw healthy in the first year, give them a calcium supplement three times every week. Later on, include vitamin supplements in their water. This can be given two times in seven days. Also, every three months give the macaw a bird wormer. Grey Parrot. A healthy pet macaw is one that leads an enriched life. Enrichment comes from imitating activities they would perform in nature, such as foraging for food. I boarded parrots in my home for plus years, and all the macaws that stayed with me responded beautifully to gentle and loving limits set on their behavior.
They even seem enchanted by those that were not scared of that big beak and developed lavish crushes on them. Do not allow the beak to scare you off. After all, if you have a dog that frightens you, how could you establish a good relationship with that animal? I am not saying that you should allow the bird to injure you, but the fear of that possible injury is often worse than the reality. The good news is that most macaws are like me!
Providing a bird with a tangible incentive food for doing what the owner wants it to do, an owner can avoid a lot of potential aggression. For example, training a macaw to happily climb on a stick can prevent problems later when the bird might become territorial around the cage. You can safely remove a stick-trained parrot from bird cages and place it on a playgym prior to servicing the cage, thereby totally avoiding any conflicts. Macaws make noise; they cannot be taught to be quiet.
In fact, trying to suppress parrot vocalizations usually increases it. People often give increased attention to screaming parrots, trying to hush them. It takes the birds about 32 seconds or less to grasp that screaming gets them noticed. The behavior we enjoy—quiet time—we ignore, and the behavior we do not enjoy—screaming—we reinforce with lavish attention rewards. Knowing this, I encourage my Sam to scream with me for short bursts off and on through the day, as I feel this allows her a natural outlet to blow off steam.
I refrain from this exercise when my husband is home, because he has no tolerance for the sound. When Sam is acting particularly noisy, I might give her a shower right before my husband comes home. Preening wet feathers is guaranteed to subdue her. Therefore, I do not expect Sam to be a quiet bird. Instead, I try to channel her normal racket into times when it is least likely to cause friction in the household.
Do not allow your macaw unsupervised out-of-the-cage playtime and do not position the cage too close to the wall or anything of value.
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