Macaw "Damage

[WharfRat]

The Red-and-green Macaw has a very powerful beak which can generate a pressure of 2000 psi and can snap a broomstick in half.

from the San Francisco zoo....

Green-winged Macaw

and another source

http://www.avianweb.com/greenwingedmacaws.html

 

[MikeyTN]

Willie have yank the welds apart on his cage so I was thinking of stainless steel at one point, but if he's going to yank the welds apart on this cage, and after looking at zaf tearing his apart, I'm thinking twice to get a stainless if I have to replace it in several years. Might as well get a nice cage that's not as expensive as stainless steel then replace it again down the road.

 

[plax]

The Red-and-green Macaw has a very powerful beak which can generate a pressure of 2000 psi and can snap a broomstick in half.

from the San Francisco zoo....

If that's in fact accurate I think my left thumb should be feeling pretty lucky about things

 

[94lt1]

I can tell yo from experience that a macaw bite is nothing to sneer at... my scarlet bit down on my finger when he was pulling himself up by his beak, ..I couldn't feel that finger for 3 months... I had to shake him off...

,his was when I first got him....I still remember that feeling...it sucked... I was sure he splintered the bone or worse.

 

[Alwese]

My goodness Plax, not ANOTHER vinyl floor killing monster; I thought I had the only one. I wonder how in the world he found a way to rip up a seamless vinyl sheet floor. Just like children when they are being too quiet down there under the cage (Cliff and Kayko) it is always best to check on them to see what they are up to. Being as this is the laundry room, I have a horror story from the past when Doogie found the 220 volt dryer plug and decided to dismantle it. This is why some macaws never get to live to be 100 years old. It did prove that their beak is not all that conductive. I'm sure the hot and ground touched and sparked tripping the breaker which scared Doogie off. Needless to say the dryer plug is armored to prevent a reoccurance. Click pic to enlarge

 

[DannyA93]

Willie have yank the welds apart on his cage so I was thinking of stainless steel at one point, but if he's going to yank the welds apart on this cage, and after looking at zaf tearing his apart, I'm thinking twice to get a stainless if I have to replace it in several years. Might as well get a nice cage that's not as expensive as stainless steel then replace it again down the road.

I think you'll be ok with a stainless steal cage, hyacinths are stronger then b&gs aren't they? I'm guessing b&gs are still pretty strong though!