Time spent with macow

[Rosh]

Hello, I really want to adopt a macow, yet I am wondering if I can spend enough time with it daily as I go to school. I would wake up and play with it for 10 minutes and it would remain out of its cage until I leave for school. As I leave I will put it in its cage with plenty of toys. When I arrive home I will let it out and play with it for around half an hour. I would give him time for a nap while I walk the dog for 45 minutes. After the walk I would wake it up and have it sit on a perch while do my homework (2-3 hours), I would take frequent brakes to talk and cuddle it. I would then play with it for 1 hour. Depending on the time I might watch tv or something with it sitting on me. Finally I would move it to its cage next to my bed and put a blanket over it.

Note: on weekends I would spend significantly more time with it.

 

[Flboy]

I would say wait!

 

[takito]

Sorry to not be saying what you probably want to hear, but I have to agree with Flyboy,
10 min in the morning is just not enough. The 45 minuets spent with the dog, kind of leaves
the poor bird left with nothing but a quick 10 min in the mornings,... and the rest of the time
in a cage, with food and water yes,...but,... well any way this does not sound at all like a good plan
to me.
---- edit didn't notice this at first:

When I arrive home I will let it out and play with it for around half an hour.

But still, that does not seem like much time for the parrot, I still think you should wait .

 

[wrench13]

Wait. Finish school. Get a job settle down a bit. Then get your macaw. They need a lot more time then you have to give right now.

 

[MosaicMadness]

There's no reason you can't start with something smaller and less demanding. I got my first lovebirds when I was 16 and my daughter just got a GCC and she's 12. Granted, I'm home during the day and he's able to be out and playing like the rest of the parrots then, but she spends a lot of 1:1 time with him when she's home... he'll go into her room when she's reading and stuff or on her shoulder at the computer in the evenings. And she's in charge of cleaning the cage and replacing toys, food, water, etc. I kept my parrots through high school, college, marriage, babies, moving... it's possible, you just have to make it a priority.