SIERRAS DAD
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1 Year ago I adopted a scarlet macaw from a rescue she is 24 years old I also got this giant cage with her . for the fist month she was super mean and lunging she also gave me a bunch of battle scars but if i got her away from the cage she was pretty good , so I disassembled the cage and got it out of there and bought a big Java tree stand It has food and water bowls on it , So I have been having her live there , she seems fine with it and its been that way for almost a year now she is pretty friendly ( when she wants to ) a few weeks ago I went on vacation and I had a neighbor girl stay at the house while I was gone to house sit and feed and water the dog and bird I decieted to put her in the giant cage while I was gone and make it easier for her to feed her and not have any problems . when I got back home she was as big as a beach ball with all her feather standing straight out and very aggresive , I could hardly get her out of the cage I had to use a broom handle so got the cage out and the tree back within an hour she was back to normal stepping up playing and talking so my question is is it ok to just have her on the tree and never have her in a cage she has never flown but there has been a couple times when I got home from work she was perched on the doggie gate so she must of fell off ? I would like your thoughts on it she probably doest get as much exersize on the tree stand as she would in a cage crawling around
