ParrotNuts
Rollerblading along the road
I spoke too soon.
I spoke too soon.
They are really big green wings and the previous owner said they have really big babies. We're going to hand feed. The most interaction I can have with the parents is the female will let me scratch her beak through the cage. The male wants to kill me. Co-parenting won't ever be an option with them.My goodness, look at the size of that baby. It is huge (unless you are tiny). Are you going to hand feed from now on or allow the parents to have a part in the raising?
I have a male Buffons who is paired with a female Green Wing. They are companions, but I wouldn't say they are bonded as a pair. I won't give them a box anyway. I would love to find a female for him, but it's been difficult. The Green Wing female really tries his patience some days, but they work well together. I have two pairs of Red Fronted Macaws, and a pair that produces harlequins. I'm not a fan of hybrids, but they came to me as a proven pair and I don't want to separate them.Beautiful!! Nice work, all of you. I can't remember, do you have Buffons as well? If yes, do they breed for you?
I talked with a breeder in Louisiana who has a female and was open to a trade. He had no luck breeding her, so he had her scoped and discovered that she's just not fertile. He has another male, but that doesn't do me much good without another girl.I love Buffons - keep looking for a female! I hate to consider that we'll lose this breed for domestic breeding. I know there are some in TX...
I believe that’s the same person I spoke to. Some of the birds he has are restricted from going across state lines so he wanted to setup a trade. That would make it easier. Unfortunately I would have to drive to Baton Rouge from Phoenix to make it happen.Here's a contact I had from several years ago - might be worth looking into, but it might also be the same person... Jude Legarde, araplantation@hotmail.com, 225-766-8355. I never contacted this person, as I didn't have time or space for another macaw, as much as I wanted one...
Diego looks like a riot. We had to change the feeding for the little one. The first two weeks went great, and we were up to 45ml every 4 hours but then it started throwing it up. Last weekend it lost 9 grams over the day before so we went off to the vet to make sure there wasn't an issue like aspiration or something. Everything was good and the Dr had no good explination for the vomiting. What I think was happening was the little one was twisting its neck around when trying to feed and it was kinking the esophagus then spitting it back out because it couldn't get it down. At her suggestion we reduced the feeding schedule to every 2 hours and limited to 20ml at a time with a 20ml syringe instead of the 60ml one. We also thickened the formula a little. We have a good feeding response now and I'm lucky to keep my fingers intact. I'm guessing we're averaging about 160-200ml over the course of the day. Everything is back on track now so I'm happy.I'll bet that dude does EAT. One of my very favorite GW macaws was named Diego. He's a hoot.