Ara parrots in the house

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Have you ever gone to the zoo by yourself and/or with your children? Have you been to the bird corner? Have you seen a macaw parrot? Most likely, your children, at the sight of this parrot, immediately began to ask to buy the same one for them. Yes, and you yourself are probably on fire with the idea of acquiring such a parrot. So you, firmly convinced of your decision, and your children, filled with joyful hopes and anticipating the appearance of a beautiful colored bird in their room, return home, call your parrot breeder friend with a question about how much a macaw costs, and …

The ending of this story may be different. Or you, bulging your eyes and listening with horror to the price of "$ 20,000", tell yourself and your children that buying such a parrot is out of the question. Or, briefly asking about the cost and hearing the answer, happily rub your hands and grab the phone, dial the number of the nursery "Ara Parrots" flashing on the screen. It all depends on your financial situation. But it is worth remembering that a parrot needs an expensive forged cage or even an aviary (of course, without plastic parts), special food, vitamins, etc. But if you're willing to spend that kind of money… Okay, let's skip the financial part.

If you still decide to have such a pet, then first of allyou need to take care of the cell. Birds such as macaws also require special housing. They need a forged cage. Never use a plastic cage! With its powerful beak, the parrot will instantly break it into pieces. It must be completely metal. The best housing option for a macaw parrot is an aviary with a cage adjacent to it so that the pet can fly in it, because if it flies around the house, it will begin to be interested in surrounding objects and try them on the tooth, that is, on the beak (for example, your desk). The dimensions of the cage, or rather, the "aviary + cage" design, should be something like this:

Parts of the dwelling	Length	Width	Height
Aviary	8 m	3 m	2 m
Adjacent cage	3 m	2 m	2 m

"Why are the aviary and cage so big?" - you ask. How else? If you take home a macaw chick, then be prepared for it to grow 1 meter long from head to tail. In an apartment, such a cage and such a parrot, probably, are unlikely to fit, therefore, in addition to zoos, in captivity, birds in such "rooms" can only be found in country houses. But stores also sell relatively small cages about 1.5x1x2 m in size. Sellers in specialized departments know what kind of birds they are - macaw parrots. Therefore, any of them will help you with choosing the right cage. It looks something like this:

So, you bought the cage. Now you need to take care of the food for your parrot. Their diet consists mainly of cereals. Now, many large pet stores sell special food for large parrots. It is in large ones, because you cannot find normal food in kiosks with pet supplies. If you tell the merchant that you have macaws, he will reply that he can't help you. In addition to grain feed, such birds can also be given juicy fruits (pears, apples, bananas), vegetables (cucumbers, carrots), berries (rose hips, raspberries, blackberries). Fatty foods (nuts, seeds) should be no more than a quarter of the diet. You can give your parrot some vitamins, but only as prescribed by a veterinarian.

Finally, food and cages are bought and are waiting in the wings. It remains only to buy the one who will use them - the parrot itself. These birds, as well as dogs with cats, are recommended to be bought in a specialized nursery along with documents and a veterinary passport in order to avoid unwanted diseases. There are several types of macaws. The most common ones are:

1. Green-winged/Red-Green Macaw

2. Red-shouldered/Chestnut-fronted Macaw

3. Red Macaw/Macau

4. Small soldier's macaw

5. Blue-throated Macaw

6. Blue and Yellow Macaw

No wonder so many want to havetalking parrot. So that all guests are touched and admired by what a macaw parrot lives with you. After all, such birds remember a lot of words, they have an excellent memory. But it depends only on the owners whether the parrot will speak. It is necessary not only to teach him words, but also to provide him with normal conditions for living in the house. If you were a parrot, would you start talking, sitting in a cage without food, water and a bath where you can bathe and clean your feathers? Probably not. And so do parrots. Take care of your pet, pay more attention to it - and it will delight you with its bright plumage, sonorous voice and cheerful character for decades to come.