Christa
New member
Hello everybody,
My name is Christa and I'm a new member of this forum. First of all english is not my native language so probably there will be some (or a lot :52 mistakes in my posts. Sorry for that.
I'm 46 years old and live in the Netherlands in Europe with my husband and daughter. She is 16.
My daughter and I are both real macaw-lovers. We have two macaws. The first one is Rio. She is al mini-macaw (illiger). We have had her since she was 10 weeks old. She is now 5 years and she is a real sweetheart. She is easy going and likes to be on her Java-tree in the living room and be around her (human) flock.
Our second macaw is Maui. She is a military macaw. We have had her since last November when she was 3 months old. She is now 1 year old and a real clown!
What a difference she is if I compare her with our easygoing Rio. If she is in the room you will know it! She loves to be with me or my daughter, is extreme curious and isn't afraid of anything. She is such a sweet, cuddling and funny macaw. And we are very busy to educate Maui what is allowed and what not. Every time I am astonished about the intelligence of Maui because she knows exactly what is allowed only sometimes she will do something that isn't allowed to get your attention. So that is real challenge to deal with that.
Rio and Maui are not the best friends. They tolerrate each other but can not be on the same tree.
I have already read a lot of posts on this forum and I love you stories. I learn a lot from them and I hope that I will learn al lot more because I want my macaws to have a happy life.
Rio taking a bath
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Maui outside
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My name is Christa and I'm a new member of this forum. First of all english is not my native language so probably there will be some (or a lot :52 mistakes in my posts. Sorry for that.
I'm 46 years old and live in the Netherlands in Europe with my husband and daughter. She is 16.
My daughter and I are both real macaw-lovers. We have two macaws. The first one is Rio. She is al mini-macaw (illiger). We have had her since she was 10 weeks old. She is now 5 years and she is a real sweetheart. She is easy going and likes to be on her Java-tree in the living room and be around her (human) flock.
Our second macaw is Maui. She is a military macaw. We have had her since last November when she was 3 months old. She is now 1 year old and a real clown!
What a difference she is if I compare her with our easygoing Rio. If she is in the room you will know it! She loves to be with me or my daughter, is extreme curious and isn't afraid of anything. She is such a sweet, cuddling and funny macaw. And we are very busy to educate Maui what is allowed and what not. Every time I am astonished about the intelligence of Maui because she knows exactly what is allowed only sometimes she will do something that isn't allowed to get your attention. So that is real challenge to deal with that.
Rio and Maui are not the best friends. They tolerrate each other but can not be on the same tree.
I have already read a lot of posts on this forum and I love you stories. I learn a lot from them and I hope that I will learn al lot more because I want my macaws to have a happy life.
Rio taking a bath
View attachment 17193
Maui outside
View attachment 17194
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