Re: Macaws (was) Re: Any outdoor bird parks?

"Jangchub" <sakadawa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Actually, you'd be surprised how powerful a 130g bird is! She
wriggles out of everything I try to restrain her with. She HATES her
nails being trimmed, but I have to trim them or suffer tons of little
scabs everywhere.

Mika is free flighted in the house also, plus I physically play with
her throughout the day. She loves laying on her back being tickled,
while I make noises!

I feed her the organic pellets, but I don't think they're Kaytee.
Maybe they are Zupreem?



That's why she is so heathly and strong, she can fly. This is of course how
they were designed. With small birds it's easy to allow this with some
caution of course. Unfortunately there is no way could allow our B&G to do
this. He would hurt himself. Small birds can maneuver around and soon learn
what windows are. Since I work nights and the wife days, the Macaw is almost
always out of his cage, so he gets LOT's of exercise, which keeps him
healthy.
As to Pellets, I doubt there is a lick of difference between one and
another. The only reason we use the Zupreem Natural is this is what he was
weaned on. I tried every other brand and even the flavored Zupreem. He was
not interested, so I let him have the one he wants. My Vet sells Harrison's
so a few times I bought him a bag and he would eat them but I noticed he was
tossing as much on the floor as he was eating. His way of giving me his
opinion of them I guess. <G>
With our first Macaw that was raised on seed, we tried pellets, he did not
want them, so I did not push it. My Vet wanted us to force him to eat them,
I said no, and she was willing to drop it. If she had made a big deal of it,
I would have found a new Vet. My opinion on this is these birds were doing
fine before people invented a diet for them. Obviously you need to use some
common sense, you can't feed the bird ice-cream all day because they love
it, but a well rounded diet is fine whether it has pellets or not in it. My
Macaw is on top of his cage raising hell right now. I think he is trying to
tell me it's time to take him outside for a while. <G>
--
"Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites.
Moderation is for monks."
[Lazarus Long]


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