need help please

[birdielover15]

I have one miligold~kenway I rescued months ago and been successful taming him. Three days ago I rescued beau a greenwing that needed alot of work but shows alot of potential in becoming tame. We are his fifth home in his 11 yrs . His first owners abandoned him at the bird sitters, lived with bird sitter after that to another couple who eventually went thru divorce then to the family i got him from. Beau smells horribly of smoke as his previous owners smoked five ft from him. They had him for a yr and were highly afraid of him. Ive tried a bath but that didnt work For the smell . Beau will lunge at any given time they said but I have been able to get him to use a perch and step up on my arm with no bitting. Just has trust issues and hasnt been touched all over for who knows how long.

The macaws have seperate cages but are in the same room. Our problem is that my miligold kenway will scream back and forth for this gw. I do not know if my miligold is a male or no as never did dna but beau the gw is 100 % male. Kenway has been getting out of his cage and going on top of beau cage. He now wants this gw more than my attention. Any advice on how to handle this? The screaming? Is this due to the newness of everything or macaws in general when more than one in the home? As a teen I had a umbrella scream for hrs so its not like im not used to it. Just not two at once lol. They both had been caged with other macaws so if that will help I can do that and of course monitor them. Advice?

 

[JerseyWendy]

Oh goodness, that poor GW sounds like he's been through the wringer. Thank you for taking him in.

I would definitely have him vetted first chance you get. Hopefully all that second hand smoke hasn't caused him any long term damage. I guess it would be too late to recommend quarantining him until you get a clean bill of health.

In my case my house became a LOT louder when I added my GW. Niko (my B&G) was relatively quiet until Ripley came home. Now they have the occasional screaming matches. :54: Both of mine are confirmed males, and since becoming sexually mature, I have to keep a close eye on them when they are both out on my huge java trees.

I'd make sure to spend a bit of extra time with Kenway, perhaps in a different room than the one Beau is in.

And good luck with Beau! I'm sure after he's received a fair amount of soaking baths, the smell of smoke will dissipate.

 

[birdielover15]

Thank you for your response. I couldnt say no about beau as theres even more to his story. he melts my heart . Beau was vetted in the last home before I got him and have the paper work. he used to be in the same cage as a U2 either at the bird sitters or home with couple that went thru divorce. He does have breathing issues surely from all the dust from it and the smoke im sure hasnt helped matters.. He wheezes from time to time and was throughly checked with me except some bloodwork had to be sent out. There is nothing the vet can do for wheezing. Damage has been done that cannot be corrected and says perhaps still dust in his nostrils but he still got a clean bill of health.
unfortunately I do not have space to quarantine the way id like as we have a small house and are on a open floor level.only two bedrooms have doors one is ours and other my daughters so makes it little difficult.
I have tried separating kenway and take him in another room. As soon as beau makes noise kenway gets upset and has bit me and flew to beau.

 

[Birdman666]

He does have breathing issues surely from all the dust from it and the smoke im sure hasnt helped matters.. He wheezes from time to time and was throughly checked with me except some bloodwork had to be sent out. There is nothing the vet can do for wheezing. Damage has been done that cannot be corrected and says perhaps still dust in his nostrils but he still got a clean bill of health.

FYI: Wheezing accompanied by what I can only describe as a crackling sound when breathing can also be a sign of a vitamin A deficiency. A vitamin A shot and change in diet can sometimes clear that right up. (I've had several rehab birds that have had that sort of problem, and it turned out to be diet related.) I would try increasing the Vitamin A foods, and see if the bird improves.