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Ugly macaw tail :/
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Aw sooo cute! Welcome to the forum to you both!
Don't worry about the tail or baby scruffiness. My harlequin is 2 years old and scruffy from all the rough housing. He has only juuuust started to realize he has feathers sticking from his bum and honestly in the past 3 months has actually started to preen the big, long ones. He had no trouble with the shorter feathers, but those 2-3 *big* feathers went unnoticed and uncared for. Showers helped the feathers look nice for a tiny bit, but as soon as he's dry and mobile...good bye straight, orderly feathers.
Don't worry about the tail or baby scruffiness. My harlequin is 2 years old and scruffy from all the rough housing. He has only juuuust started to realize he has feathers sticking from his bum and honestly in the past 3 months has actually started to preen the big, long ones. He had no trouble with the shorter feathers, but those 2-3 *big* feathers went unnoticed and uncared for. Showers helped the feathers look nice for a tiny bit, but as soon as he's dry and mobile...good bye straight, orderly feathers.
@Chopper LOLL omg that is soo cute. I hope mine can start talking later on. Do you know what age at when they start to talk? Im trying to get mine to imitate a kissy noise but i've only had him for a month so i guess i might be waiting for a while.
Also @nu2birds @tka @Birdbabe i've noticed that you guys have commented specifically about his face. Im just curious but don't all macaws look the same? Does my one have a specifically cuter face? or you were just commentating his posture at the time? haha
Also @nu2birds @tka @Birdbabe i've noticed that you guys have commented specifically about his face. Im just curious but don't all macaws look the same?
Does my one have a specifically cuter face? or you were just commentating his posture at the time? haha
Ohh i see! so when they grow up they won't look like that anymore? hahaha dam i didn't notice babies/adults looked different
@jen2016 i showered Nova too and that happened to me as well. As soon as he dried off its back to ugly again. I even tried using a spray bottle on his tail frequently to keep it tidy for longer and i just gave up after a few hours haha.
Also i made a compilation video of Nova since some people were asking for some photos of him. Thought you guys might appreciate it more than my friends here who have no interest
@jen2016 i showered Nova too and that happened to me as well. As soon as he dried off its back to ugly again. I even tried using a spray bottle on his tail frequently to keep it tidy for longer and i just gave up after a few hours haha.
Also i made a compilation video of Nova since some people were asking for some photos of him. Thought you guys might appreciate it more than my friends here who have no interest
Adults have bright yellow eyes and get a little wrinklier as they age. They're still super cute though!
This is my buddy Taco (after smearing a blueberry across his face lol)
This is my buddy Taco (after smearing a blueberry across his face lol)
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Baby Laurel
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What a sweet baby angel! We adopted Pippin a couple of months ago and she just gets sweeter and more cuddly every day. Her tail is a hot mess too... we have to rough house for at least an hour before bed.
I don’t have human children so my friends are paying up for the past 20 yrs when I graciously looked at pics of their kids. In that spirit, here are pics of Pippin. Playing “got your nose” with a macaw is the extreme sport version of a trust fall.
I don’t have human children so my friends are paying up for the past 20 yrs when I graciously looked at pics of their kids. In that spirit, here are pics of Pippin. Playing “got your nose” with a macaw is the extreme sport version of a trust fall.
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Love the video, he is so cute and very cuddly.
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I've known some macaws at my friends store to start talking at an early age. 6 months would not be unheard of.@Chopper LOLL omg that is soo cute. I hope mine can start talking later on. Do you know what age at when they start to talk? Im trying to get mine to imitate a kissy noise but i've only had him for a month so i guess i might be waiting for a while.
Also @nu2birds @tka @Birdbabe i've noticed that you guys have commented specifically about his face. Im just curious but don't all macaws look the same?
Each macaw face is different. You will start noticing it more now that it has been pointed out to you.
issajoy
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The biggest difference I notice in the face as they age is the color of their eyes... they start off really dark, turn lighter brown, lighter brown, and eventually that super pretty silver color. That and of course the beak growing a lot!
Babies look a mess, its okay they're having fun. Ollie never pays attention to what she's doing with her tail (until she gets it stuck on something!), its just too big for her to deal with! Gets in the way of play
Left picture - Ollie at 6 months, loving some strawberries
Right picture - Ollie at 15 months, still loving some strawberries
Babies look a mess, its okay they're having fun. Ollie never pays attention to what she's doing with her tail (until she gets it stuck on something!), its just too big for her to deal with! Gets in the way of play
Left picture - Ollie at 6 months, loving some strawberries
Right picture - Ollie at 15 months, still loving some strawberries
Dibaltic
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Beautiful baby! dont sweat the tail it'll be nice eventually. My GW completly lost his tail playing but it has since grown back and been doing a good job at keeping it in nice shape surpisingly!
At least he has a tail!
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.All my birds had terrible looking tails as babies....
Mr Walter however... has no tail. LOL.
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At least he has a tail!
All my birds had terrible looking tails as babies....
Mr Walter however... has no tail. LOL.
You leave Walter out of this!
He is too sexy for his tail!
And he knows it! Lol!
@WallyLoopey OMG LOL. i laughed so hard at that picture. What the hell happened to his tail??? Is that him now? or when he was a baby?
Marvel_ous
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Please tell me what breed of dog that is and where I can buy it! 
@htee That’s him now. We got him like that from a woman off craigslist. She claimed another macaw plucked him.
He snips his feathers off and throws them on the ground, thankfully he doesn’t mess with his chest feathers like other birds.
I think a dog attacked him in the last but who knows. I’m just guessing based off him screaming bloody murder when he saw one once. He’s been with us over 2 year and still no tail.
He snips his feathers off and throws them on the ground, thankfully he doesn’t mess with his chest feathers like other birds.
I think a dog attacked him in the last but who knows. I’m just guessing based off him screaming bloody murder when he saw one once. He’s been with us over 2 year and still no tail.
