Dinosrawr
New member
- Aug 15, 2013
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- 8
- Parrots
- Avery, a GCC born on March 5th, 2013 & Shiko, a blue IRN born on February 25th, 2014
Whew! How exciting that was! I was on my home from my two month long trip with my boyfriend, and we decided that we'd make a pit stop in Calgary while on our way back from southern BC to Saskatoon. I will admit, I was a bit terrified coming home because I was scared how my birds would react... but all that happened was Avery giving me a stern talking to before coming out and demanding lots of love and cuddles. Shiko greeted me with a big ol' "HELLO!" when I walked into the room, and they were both more than happy to have me back. Phew! It probably helped that I walked through the door with toys and food for them, and afterwards constructed a new small play area for them. I'll have to put pictures up when I'm home from work.
But that aside and exciting news in (for me at least!), I met my first ever macaw! It was absolutely exciting. My adrenaline was pumping so much because I was so incredibly thrilled to see one face-to-face. I spent about 30 minutes talking to (presumably) her through the cage bars and petting her whenever she invited me to, which they indeed do! Though I won't lie, I was worried she was trying to pull the ever famous "tricked ya" move that I've heard Birdman talk about. Thank goodness she was a sweet heart and took pity on me.
She also must have realized I was obsessed with her because she fluffed up real pretty, gave me the sweetest look, and knew right away I'd be mush in her claws. Unfortunately when I was offered the chance to hold her, her chosen person took her from her cage, gave her excessive love, and then magically expected me to be able to hold her... NOPE. She clearly wanted little to do with me and everything to do with the store employee. I've never really seen or experienced a very obvious "chosen person" before. My birds adore me, but I'm not the only big bright light in their world. This employee definitely was for this macaw. I was thankful she was courteous enough to let me pet her and snuggle her a bit before giving me a gentle reminder with her big, pretty beak (gently clamped down on my right hand but I was able to just make a fist and remove my hand... no broken skin!) that I wasn't her favorite person.
And to be honest I was expecting her to be bigger, especially considering that she was a supposed greenwing crossed with a Buffon's macaw. Which I doubt, because from what I know of there is only one Buffon's macaw breeder in Canada and I don't think they sell hybrids. I know both of those birds are big, big birds... and well, she wasn't in my eyes. But I guess she was only a baby. She was also only $5000, and the Buffon's and GW's sell for $7500 and $4000 respectively from that breeder. Either way, seeing my first macaw just confirmed for me how much I'd love to have one some day. Buuuut not for awhile, because I recognize how big of an investment they are. Buuuuuut I can also dream and obsess over how cute she is!
Here are a few pictures of her
:
Unfortunately my boyfriend and I were so excited about me holding her that we didn't get any pictures of her on me. I always knew I was obsessed with macaws (I actually have a flight feather of a blue and gold that I received for donating money to the local rescue), but this encounter only encouraged a giant flare up of MBS, the macaw strain, hahaha!
But that aside and exciting news in (for me at least!), I met my first ever macaw! It was absolutely exciting. My adrenaline was pumping so much because I was so incredibly thrilled to see one face-to-face. I spent about 30 minutes talking to (presumably) her through the cage bars and petting her whenever she invited me to, which they indeed do! Though I won't lie, I was worried she was trying to pull the ever famous "tricked ya" move that I've heard Birdman talk about. Thank goodness she was a sweet heart and took pity on me.
She also must have realized I was obsessed with her because she fluffed up real pretty, gave me the sweetest look, and knew right away I'd be mush in her claws. Unfortunately when I was offered the chance to hold her, her chosen person took her from her cage, gave her excessive love, and then magically expected me to be able to hold her... NOPE. She clearly wanted little to do with me and everything to do with the store employee. I've never really seen or experienced a very obvious "chosen person" before. My birds adore me, but I'm not the only big bright light in their world. This employee definitely was for this macaw. I was thankful she was courteous enough to let me pet her and snuggle her a bit before giving me a gentle reminder with her big, pretty beak (gently clamped down on my right hand but I was able to just make a fist and remove my hand... no broken skin!) that I wasn't her favorite person.
And to be honest I was expecting her to be bigger, especially considering that she was a supposed greenwing crossed with a Buffon's macaw. Which I doubt, because from what I know of there is only one Buffon's macaw breeder in Canada and I don't think they sell hybrids. I know both of those birds are big, big birds... and well, she wasn't in my eyes. But I guess she was only a baby. She was also only $5000, and the Buffon's and GW's sell for $7500 and $4000 respectively from that breeder. Either way, seeing my first macaw just confirmed for me how much I'd love to have one some day. Buuuut not for awhile, because I recognize how big of an investment they are. Buuuuuut I can also dream and obsess over how cute she is!
Here are a few pictures of her
:
Unfortunately my boyfriend and I were so excited about me holding her that we didn't get any pictures of her on me. I always knew I was obsessed with macaws (I actually have a flight feather of a blue and gold that I received for donating money to the local rescue), but this encounter only encouraged a giant flare up of MBS, the macaw strain, hahaha!
