Hey Guys
new member here. Im new to macaws but very experienced in birds in general. i breed many different species from finches to pheasants. i also have thee amazon parrots
after a few months of research i decide i wanted a pair of macaws. i dont ever buy single animals. Everything from my dobermans to my bengal cats and the rest of my birds i get in pairs because i feel they are happier with companionship, especially so with the social creatures such as parrots.
the first macaw i bought last week was a beautiful tame 10 year old possible female blue and gold. She came with a huge king cage . The owner was friendly knowledgeable and obviously knew how to care for this species. He even has a severe that i might go back for because the price is so good and the bird was just so well socialized
Now the second blue and gold i bought last night was being kept in a tiny cage in a small shady apartment with a few young people who non of which seemed to be the owner or new anything about macaws, but all took turns answering my questions. The bird was surprisingly in great feather and was robust and large in size. however one eye was totally opaque and obviously dead and his bottom bill was highly over grown. i asked more than once if there were any other medical conditions with the bird and if there was anything i needed to know . They assured me everything was perfect besides the one eye and the bill(which i knew was an easy fix). At first i was going to say no and leave the bird but then i realized how unhappy he probably was in such an unfit cage and that no one in the apartment seemed to know anything about macaws in general, so i made arrangements to have them deliver the bird to my house the next day(last night).
When the bird arrived he seemed ok. i did a quick check for possibly anything else i could see and found nothing. i paid the shady people and was just happy he was now in a better place, and they left. it was once they left that i realized something was wrong. i realized that the bird was probably fully blind. it was not untill he was touched that he reacted . i could wave my hand in front of his "good" eye and no reaction from him. In the cage when he wanted to move around he would open his beak from side to side until he hit something and then try to climb on it, kind of like a blind person using their hands to move .HOWEVER when i put in a water dish he quickly climbed down and walked to the bowl and drank. So i really dont know, is he blind, almost blind, or just smelling the water?
i did call the seller back demanding my money back and he said no problem he would take the bird back. but now that i think about it don't want that bird going back to live in a cockatiel cage with irresponsible owners. So i want to ask you guys, do you think i should just keep him? does he even sound blind?
oh i also want to add that they said he was tame with the owner. yet now that i have him he doesnt even know how to step up. When the "owner" came to drop him off i asked him to hold him . he refused saying the trip made him cranky and that would make him bite. so chances are not only will he be blind but he will never be handle-able. i hoping to possibly breed them in the future but that was not my sole reason for getting these birds.but im wondering , if they do bond , can they mate with him being blind? they are both 10 years old
new member here. Im new to macaws but very experienced in birds in general. i breed many different species from finches to pheasants. i also have thee amazon parrots
after a few months of research i decide i wanted a pair of macaws. i dont ever buy single animals. Everything from my dobermans to my bengal cats and the rest of my birds i get in pairs because i feel they are happier with companionship, especially so with the social creatures such as parrots.
the first macaw i bought last week was a beautiful tame 10 year old possible female blue and gold. She came with a huge king cage . The owner was friendly knowledgeable and obviously knew how to care for this species. He even has a severe that i might go back for because the price is so good and the bird was just so well socialized
Now the second blue and gold i bought last night was being kept in a tiny cage in a small shady apartment with a few young people who non of which seemed to be the owner or new anything about macaws, but all took turns answering my questions. The bird was surprisingly in great feather and was robust and large in size. however one eye was totally opaque and obviously dead and his bottom bill was highly over grown. i asked more than once if there were any other medical conditions with the bird and if there was anything i needed to know . They assured me everything was perfect besides the one eye and the bill(which i knew was an easy fix). At first i was going to say no and leave the bird but then i realized how unhappy he probably was in such an unfit cage and that no one in the apartment seemed to know anything about macaws in general, so i made arrangements to have them deliver the bird to my house the next day(last night).
When the bird arrived he seemed ok. i did a quick check for possibly anything else i could see and found nothing. i paid the shady people and was just happy he was now in a better place, and they left. it was once they left that i realized something was wrong. i realized that the bird was probably fully blind. it was not untill he was touched that he reacted . i could wave my hand in front of his "good" eye and no reaction from him. In the cage when he wanted to move around he would open his beak from side to side until he hit something and then try to climb on it, kind of like a blind person using their hands to move .HOWEVER when i put in a water dish he quickly climbed down and walked to the bowl and drank. So i really dont know, is he blind, almost blind, or just smelling the water?
i did call the seller back demanding my money back and he said no problem he would take the bird back. but now that i think about it don't want that bird going back to live in a cockatiel cage with irresponsible owners. So i want to ask you guys, do you think i should just keep him? does he even sound blind?
oh i also want to add that they said he was tame with the owner. yet now that i have him he doesnt even know how to step up. When the "owner" came to drop him off i asked him to hold him . he refused saying the trip made him cranky and that would make him bite. so chances are not only will he be blind but he will never be handle-able. i hoping to possibly breed them in the future but that was not my sole reason for getting these birds.but im wondering , if they do bond , can they mate with him being blind? they are both 10 years old
