Milialina Macaw?

[Thomasgrant57]

Hi! I am about to put a deposit on a Milialina Macaw which is a cross between a military & a Catalina. ...was wondering if anyone was familiar with this cross. I have not been able to find much about them. She sent me pictures of the last of this cross she had & it looked like more of a military macaw than anything. Anyways...if anyone is familiar with them...wondering how their temperament is compared to the other macaws & if they are more on the size side of a military or a Catalina.

Definitely looking forward to it but curious about the cross of a military macaw & a Catalina as this was new to me. I had a military macaw 4-5 years ago & when I moved out dad wouldn’t let me take him as he loved him. So now just purchased my first house & think it’s time to bring another one into my life!!

Again..any help/input is appreciated!

 

[SailBoat]

So, does this Macaw want you?
Your other Macaw loved your father...

Best way is to allow this or any Parrot for that matter choose you! Let your want set aside and be open to a Parrot that chooses you.
They are so very much better at this than us Humans are, be open, you just maybe surprised with the results.

 

[Rozalka]

I've heard about many hybrid macaws but about milialina I hear for the 1st time
I can't help with character but hybrids are more exposed on different diseases than "normal" species. Susceptibility increases with:
1. crossing less realeted species/hybrids (here: hybrid x species): in the case of milialina, all species used to create them belong to Ara genus but more safe would be something like catablu (catalina x B&G) or camelot (catalina x scarlet macaw) because they are crossed with a species of one of their parents

2. hybrid generation: in this case it is 2F. The most health kind of hybrids is 1F because they are a cross of two species - eg. catalina macaw. Crossing 1F with a species or another 1F hybrid gives 2F.
Everything is your choice of course, I just inform you hybrids are less healthy. Some hybrid lovers say there's nothing bad if somebody breeds with a rule "cross hybrids only with one of its parents" (I mentioned in point 1st) - but this is a way of "lesser evil"
Again: everything is your choice

 

[Thomasgrant57]

So, does this Macaw want you?
Your other Macaw loved your father...

Best way is to allow this or any Parrot for that matter choose you! Let your want set aside and be open to a Parrot that chooses you.
They are so very much better at this than us Humans are, be open, you just maybe surprised with the results.

Yes he loved my father & myself we were the only two that he would let us handle him & he would only interact with us.

I may not have been clear...but I no longer live with my father...I just purchased a house in December, so it will be just me caring for him, my father won't be around. Previously I was living with him prior to going to college. So not sure how that really compares to this situation.

 

[Alwese]

I have 3 macaws and the one I have had the longest is my Catalina; Doogie (19 years) he is 24 now. Doog is powerful and very smart and won't put up with any nonsense from my Scarlet. It seemed in the beginning that all the worst features of a Catalina hybrid are what you get; the natural aggressive behavior of a Scarlet. I was first told that Catalinas are sterile. That is NOT TRUE. I would like to find someone who has a sweet loving Military, as the two I have had interaction with were both very aggressive. I have not seen the hybrid you describe, but it certainly is possible. I have noticed a Military has a noticeably smaller beak and blushing in the face skin is more pronounced.
Attached is a pic of my Doog Monster. I looked for a long time for a pic of my friend Vern Williams with his Military (he wears a leather glove all the time with him) and can't find it. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge.

 

[Owlet]

I've interacted with a few Catalinas and military macaws. The military macaws were a little bratty and needed time to warm up to someone but were otherwise pretty sweet as long as you respected their boundaries. The catalinas I worked with were both a bit neurotic. I swear one of them must have been raised by cockatoos. They were both surrenders and I didnt know their history. One had a large preference for men and refused to interact with any woman (me). He got himself into a tricky situation and I had to rescue him from it, he stepped up onto my arm but then whipped around and bit the snot out of me. The other one i was slowly working with but her body language was so all over the place it was impossible to read and i wish i had had more time with her. I have no experience with the gen 3 hybrid you mention