does anybody have have a care sheet for a macaw.

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hello does anybody have or know of a really good red / blue and gold macaw care sheet thanks sam.

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anybody

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Amazon.com: Sally Blanchard's Companion Parrot Handbook: Using Nurturing Guidance to Create the Best Companion Parrot Possible: Aka, the Happy Bappy Fun Book (978096712980: Sally Blanchard: Books

Amazon.com: The Beak Book: Understanding, Preventing, and Solving Aggression and Biting Behaviors in Companion Parrots (9780967129815): Sally Blanchard: Books

Amazon.com: Guide to a Well-Behaved Parrot (Barron's) (0027011036675): Mattie Sue Athan: Books

Amazon.com: Guide to Companion Parrot Behavior (9780764142130): Mattie Sue Athan: Books

Amazon.com: Parrot Training: A Guide to Taming and Gentling Your Avian Companion (Pets) (0785555054202): Bonnie Munro Doane: Books

There's a good start.

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thanks im going to get a book tomorrow i was just wondering if theres anygood care sheets online until then.

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Not really - you might get some bits and pieces from parrot sites, but there aren't "care sheets" for them like you get for reptiles...

BirdsnWays Guide to Pet Birds, Parrots & Exotic Birds Care & Breeding. Breeders, classifieds, products & information. Macaws, cockatoos, cockatiels, amazons

Some information there....

All About Cockatoos - MyToos.com

Not macaws, but the principle is the same....

You thinking of getting a macaw, then?

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well im really thinking about it but obvs as you know i dont know no where near enough just yet so im going to be doing alot of research, but yes im very interested in either a scarlet macaw or the blue and gold macaw but i think i prefer the scarlet now ive always wanted one but never thought of my self as ready for one until now . is there any difference in those to species do you know? thanks sam

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Yes, there are differences.

A Scarlet is more likely to be "hot-tempered" than a Blue and Gold...

Are you prepared to have what amounts to a two-year-old with a chainsaw on its face for the rest of your natural life?

I wanted a blue and gold myself, but my life - having a full-time job - just doesn't really allow for having a toddler, let alone one that is louder than an airport and able to casually bend metal buttons and wedding rings (yes, really - my wedding ring went from round to oval with one very light pinch from the Hyacinth I was playing with) let alone tear apart anything less resistant than metal...

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ive read about that but i didnt know about the i knew they had alot but able to bend gold thts powerful but still the colours and the appeal are still to great to put me off, im 99% im ready to look after it and the other 1% will probs come when i read up about them more.

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I hope you don't mind me asking, but how old are you?

If you like the colours of the scarlet macaws, have you considered something like a female Eclectus parrot, which are brilliant crimson and purple, and a smaller bird so probably easier to manage in terms of moving your life around, providing adequate caging when you're not there to supervise...?

I'm not trying to put you completely off having a macaw, but there are alternatives that are worth researching and considering, to make sure you're getting the right bird to share the rest of your life with.

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As I said in my post in your other thread, I would not recommend any of the large species of Macaw to someone who has never had a parrot before! They are extremely loud, very destructive, could break your knuckle with a bite, & need a heck of a lot of space & attention!

And Scarlet Macaws are one of the least suitable as a pet bird as they are known to be one of the worst tempered Macaws. I have a friend who has a rescue Scarlet Macaw & he is extremely unpredictable.