Jayd

Kinda like, "Monkey see, monkey do", were all addicted...lol

Thanks Kim. Your reply's are always welcome.....

Thank God, bless you

MBS for sure..................

A beauty for sure, looks like you might have a little boy.....Thanks for posting Jay

Hi murfchck, do everything here, this site is for you....This is for everything Macaw...YEA!!!! We'd love to have your "Photo jouRnal' here. Thanks Jay

Hi, Maggie here...#1: No sunflower seeds. It makes them nervous and skittish. What we fed and feed ours is, believe it or not, from Walmart, the Universal Blend - Medium to Large Hookbill Parrots. (We take out the few sunflower seeds) Daily, they also get a variety of cooked brown rice, cooked Orzo pasta, (all cold or just warmed to room temp), chopped green leafy veggies (sometimes I hang large leaves in the cage so they can forage), chopped broccoli, sugar snap peas, cooked carrots, hard-boiled egg once a week with shell, very little fruit since Cockatiels are not fruit eaters in the wild, just a general selection of assorted veggies (whatever the others have for the day). No Fruit pellets, they are seed eaters and ours will eat a little leftover of the Nut Blend pellets by ZuPreem. Now, when you get your Macaw, or Caique, I have recipes for you...LOL...

They like stuff with beads and ropes, not much wood and you should keep around three toys for each 'Tiel and rotate them every three weeks. This is what we do and not necessarily the norm or a standard/must do. Papa

Hi Murfchck! A very important part of a Macaw's diet which is a high-fat content diet, is macadamia nuts and palm nuts. They can be Red palm nuts, Queen palm nuts and others. Give them a lot of beta-carotene (carrots, yellow veggies) besides your normal leafy green veggies. Patience, Patience, Patience...I will check around for a decent palm nut distributor. Give me a day or two...

They know what they like...lol

You and Janet have done a wonderful job in the Zon room...Thanks

These little guys like fruit and fruit type pellets,wild caiques are used to eating nectar. You can try buying nectar mixes, usually sold for lorikeets or lories, or make your own. Try combining 5% dextrose wit 5% fructose, or cranberry juice, or any fruit juice. Serve this in the morning and throw away any leftovers by the end of the day. Never serve your caiques honey, which can contain clostridium botulinum (birds are particularly vulnerable to botulism). Other no-nos are coffee, chocolate, apple seeds, and peach pits.:cool:

Thanks Dave........

Thanks Ray. We had a Latino 'Tiel named Diva, [she was a large show bird], and a white keet named Lace, they lived together till they passed on.....

Must read!!!!!! By luvparrots General information on indian ringneck parrots

Click on the blue highlighted areas to be transported to particulars on highlighted Cockatoos (with photos) Cockatoo Species (Alphabetic Listing): Abbott's Lesser Sulphur Crested Cockatoos Solombo besar, Medium sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Abbott's Medium Sulphur-crested Cockatoos Bare-eyed or Little Corella Cockatoos Black Cockatoos: Black Palm Cockatoos Carnaby"s White-tailed Black Cockatoos aka White-tailed Cockatoos Glossy Cockatoos Long-billed Black Cockatoo, also known as the White-tailed or White-eared Black Cockatoo or Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii) Red-tailed Cockatoos Yellow-tailed Cockatoos Blue-eyed Cockatoos Carnaby's White-tailed Black Cockatoos Sub-Species / RacesIncluding Nominate: baudinii, tenuirostris, funereus, xanthonotus ... White-eared Cockatoos Citron Cockatoos aka Citron-crested or Sumba Cockatoos Ducorp's Cockatoos aka Ducorps Cockatoos or Salomonenkakadu Eleanora Cockatoos aka Greater Sulfur Crested Cockatoos, Medium Sulphur Crested Cockatoos Galah or Rose-breasted Cockatoos / Roseate Sub-species: Western Galah / Roseate Cockatoos Gang Gang Cockatoos Glossy Black Cockatoos Goffin's Cockatoos Great White Cockatoos Leadbeater's or Major Mitchell's Cockatoos aka Pink Cockatoo Sub-species: Fitzroys Cockatoos aka Mathew's Cockatoos Mathew's Pink Cockatoos Lesser Sulfur Crested Cockatoos Little Corella Cockatoos Little Major Mitchell's Cockatoos Little- or Short-billed Corella Cockatoos Long- or Slender-billed Corella or Slender-billed Cockatoos Sub-species: Western Corella aka Slender-billed Cockatoos Long-billed Black Cockatoo, also known as the White-tailed or White-eared Black Cockatoo or Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii) Major Mitchell's Cockatoos Medium Sulphur-crested Cockatoos Moluccan or Salmon-crested Cockatoos Palm Cockatoos Cockatoos aka Black Palm Cockatoos Sub-species: Goliath Palm Cockatoos aka Greater Palm Cockatoos Van Oort's Palm Cockatoos Philippine Cockatoos Pink Cockatoos Red-tailed, Bank's or Banksian Black Cockatoos Sub-species: Gould's Red-tailed Black Cockatoos Little Red-tailed Black Cockatoos Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos Sub-species: Mathew's Red-tailed Black Cockatoos Red-vented or Philippine Cockatoos Rose-breasted / Roseate Cockatoos Salmon-crested Cockatoos Salomonenkakadu Solombo Besar Solomon Island Cockatoos Short-billed Black Cockatoos Slender-billed Cockatoos Sulphur-crested Cockatoos Sub-species: Greater Sulfur-crested Cockatoos Middle Sulphur-crested Cockatoos Sumba Cockatoos Timor Cockatoos / Timor Sulphur-crested Cockatoos Triton Cockatoos Umbrella Cockatoos aka White Cockatoos, Umbrella Crested Cockatoos White-tailed or White-eared Black Cockatoo, also known as the Baudin's Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii) White-tailed Black or Carnaby's Cockatoos White / White-crested Cockatoos Yellow-eared Black Cockatoo aka Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos Sub-species: Tasmanian Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos

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I always thought you could get them in any color you wanted, as long as it was "Yellow" beautiful Janet, I never new either......

This works, Dave recommended it for my pluckers..........

Thanks pikachu, this is true most of the time, but you need to watch for stress. With our rescue joe, we wanted to change his name to Jim [jim kirk] to go with our Spock, after quite a while Joe said one day "My names Joe, not Jim!" LOL

Agreed, Theres just not enough info on the net or in books about our Greys........

Sit back and relax, be natural. Remember who the flock leader is right now, and introduce the new flock to them first. Watch for a few days to see what happens. A lot of times Greys and Conure's get along, I would guess they will all keep to themselves. Some times, Sun's will try to aggravate larger parrots, conure's have no fear......

IRN not IRS!! The Indian Ringneck Parrot or Parakeet (Psittacula krameri manillensis - Bechstein, 1800) - is also sometimes referred to as Rose-ringed Parakeet or, simply, Ring-necked Parakeet. The Indian Ring-necked Parakeet originates from southern India. Its closest cousin - the African Ringneck Parakeet - is found in West Africa to Southern Sudan. The Indian Ringneck Parakeet is a medium-sized parrot that measures between 14 - 17 inches (36 - 43 cm) in length - about half of which are the long tail feathers alone. The wings are 6 - 7 inches (153 - 180 mm) long. They weigh between 4 - 5 oz (115 - 140 grams). These energetic parakeets love to fly and explore; and are very playful. They need lots of toys to keep them entertain. They particularly like chew toys. There is a general misconception that males are friendlier than females, but there is no real basis for this. They need a wide/tall cage due to their tail length, Beautiful Parrot with the distint Red Beak....

Must Read!!!! by luvparrots General information on macaws Macaws Wings of a Thousand Colors.. There are BIG ones and small ones, There are 18 species of Macaws, including extinct and critically endangered species. Not counting the "Hybrids". One of the most gentle of all parrots, is the gentle giant, the Hyacinth Macaw

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