Backyard free range

[voodoochild]

Last year my wife and I went to Peru. In Puerto Maldonado we stayed at a jungle resort on a river. There they had pet macaws and amazons. They could fly but chose to stay for the food. They were very tame.

I'm wondering if anyone allows this in their home but with clipped wings. Their birds would fly off and join other flocks occasionally so I would definitely clip the wings. I have a secure PVC fence and I have redfoot tortoises free ranging in my backyard.

Curious to hear your thoughts.

Thanks!

 

[Molcan2]

I dont personally but I see a lot of zoos and theme parks do it. They usually have large jungle gyms with macaws loose all day on them. I dont see why you wouldnt be able to do it with a larger bird. Just make sure that they are larger than the neighborhood hawks and you'd have to keep other predators out. You would run a risk.

 

[Molcan2]

I cant copy and paste a link because im on my phone. Look up on youtube: Elmo recall, macaw one of the things it should bring up is a GW in a backyard. They used cat fencing to fence tje whole yard in, that might be something a little safer to do. They have several videos poated, each shows a different angle of the yard, so you can get a better idea as to how they did it.

 

[voodoochild]

Thanks I'll have to check it out. I wish my whole yard could be an aviry that would be the coolest.

 

[voodoochild]

I found what you're talking about. I don't think my HOA would allow it. But turning my whole backyard into an aviary is a dream of mine.

 

[MonicaMc]

One animal trainer turned her entire back yard into an aviary! Simply amazing! And she allows her parrots to fly!

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I wish I could do the same!


Prior to moving, I used to have a bedroom dedicated to my little birds. They were allowed free range of the entire 11' x 14' room day and night. It was nothing fancy, but they were able to get a lot of exercise (except for the one who couldn't fly) and learn to trust me without me forcing myself onto them. Moved into a smaller place, and they are all back in cages now.

 

[Artist]

I would only consider this if you have a large McCaw or cockatoo. I have seen a hawk take down a full grown mallard duck that was bigger than he was and fly off with it. so I would be concerned about hawks with all but the biggest of the pArrots.