Greetings from the PacNW

[Irish Eyes]

Hi. My name is Irish, and am married to my husband, Zwack (hereafter known as "Z"). We keep several corn snakes (with a Mexican Black Kingsnake due for arrival next week), among other pets which include parrots (mostly large macaws), dogs (Border Collies and Pomeranians), and fish (freshwater community tank). It is my hope to purchase a high red or high orange BRB within the next couple of months, and so I will be perusing this site for as much useful information about their husbandry needs, reputable breeders, and problem solving issues as I can find :-).

From what I can tell so far, this is going to be a great place to find that info :-).

[infernalis]

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[Jenn_06]

Welcome to the forum.cant wait to see pics of all your pets. i love macaws i wish i had more time for one.

[shaunyboy]

hello and welcome
im sure you'll have a great time on here
cheers shaun

[Irish Eyes]

Thanks, guys. I'll put up pix of the beasties every now and again, I'm sure. In fact, the pix of the birds will be listed in my siggy if I ever get around to making it, here :-).

Shaun, my husband is from Scotland. Born in Glasgow, raised in Edinburgh. We were married there, in fact. I don't know a lot about Fife, though (passed through it on our way to our honeymoon, but that's about it) except what I can glean from the Rebus books by Ian Rankin :-).

[Evra0914]

welcome :)

[emseeKAY]

i'm more into african grays but a mccaw would be pretty sweet lol

[Irish Eyes]

Sean, I have several, mostly Scarlets and Scarlet x BG multi-gen hybrids (Camelots and Capris), but I also have a BG, a Severe and a Hyacinth. All pets--I don't breed them (which is good, since all but one of them are males :-). Your cerebral Greys are a whole world away from these party animal drama queen macaws! LOL!

[percey39]

Hello and welcome to the site. I would love to see some pictures of your birds. I am deciding wether or not to get some, but no one would like the species i want to keep any way lol I want to get some ravens.

[bladeblaster]

welcome :)

[infernalis]

I want to get some ravens.

The Raven is a very intelligent bird.

I know a guy with one, make fantastic captives.

[Freebody]

i would love to buy a paragrine falcon not sure is i spelt the first part right but im sure you all know the one im talking about, their is a falcon club close by here that train you to be a falconer and help you train your bird as well....very cool
Welcome to the forum :) we love pics here,cant wait to see some of your collection specially those macaws i think they are so cool.

[percey39]

The Raven is a very intelligent bird.

I know a guy with one, make fantastic captives.

Yeah i have heard they are very intelligent and take well to captivity. As i seen some picture and videos of a guy over here with his and they would follow him around aswell as call out for him when he got home or left. They are amazing birds that are very underated, i cant wait to get mine. As soon as i finish the monster cage out the back.

[Irish Eyes]

I've ALWAYS wanted a Raven (or a Magpie :-)!

Here is a pic of probably the prettiest 3rd gen hybrid macaw (called a Capri) that I've ever seen. He's also mine :-). His name is Bowie. A good friend of mine has both of his sisters, one of whom looks VERY much like Bowie....

http://www.colliecapers.com/birds/scallops1a.jpg

And here is Patrick--probably my favorite of all of my macaws. He's a 2nd gen hybrid called a Camelot. He loves his mommy :-):

http://www.colliecapers.com/birds/amazingP2a.jpg

For some reason, everyone always wants to see my Hy, Mikey Blue :-):

http://www.colliecapers.com/birds/smilinblue1a.jpg

Rowan, one of my purebred Scarlets, is without a doubt the sweetest of all of my birds--and the only female in the bunch. The bird behind her is Bowie. They're in love :-):

http://www.colliecapers.com/birds/redgold5a.jpg

These guys are Bob and Arthur. Bob, the Blue and Gold, is the most photogenic bird in the house. His Greenwing buddy, Arthur, is without a doubt the most intelligent:

http://www.colliecapers.com/birds/newperch3a.jpg

I'll stop there. I wouldn't want to bore anyone :-).

[Nafun]

Hyacinths are so beautiful. Shame they're dumb as stumps though =(

I used to have a blue and gold myself. Had to get rid of him when I went to college.

I can't imagine living with so many macaws though, I lived in the country, and had neighbors from half a mile away complain about the noise at sunrise.

[Lankyrob]

they are beautiful looking birds - are they easy to "house train"??

[percey39]

Very nice bird, i would imagine when they all get excited they would make a lot of noise. I really love the blue boy.

[Irish Eyes]

Hyacinths are so beautiful. Shame they're dumb as stumps though =(

I used to have a blue and gold myself. Had to get rid of him when I went to college.

I can't imagine living with so many macaws though, I lived in the country, and had neighbors from half a mile away complain about the noise at sunrise.

You'll be pleased to know that Mikey Blue is highly intelligent. Very sweet, very mechanical (he likes to take things apart), and extremely funny! He doesn't have as large a vocabulary as some of the birds, but he has enough strength to make up for it--he breaks the bars on his SS Kings 506 with frightening regularity :-).

Neighbors don't complain, even though our home is in the city on a 1/4 acre lot. Probably because they can't hear them over our dogs.... LOL! Seriously--we're lucky to have some very nice neighbors, when all is said and done.

Lankyrob, I've never specifically tried to house train any of them. However, they voluntarily do not poop on us if they're on a shoulder or whatever. I have a friend who trained her Scarlet to poop on a paper plate, though. Kinda weird and funny :).

I've wanted a B&G macaw ever since I was about 5 y/o and I saw a flocked toy one on a swing in a store, which my grandmother eventually bought for me. I can't even begin to imagine giving Bob up!

Or any of the others, for that matter.

[Freebody]

wow they are beautifull!! i would love to get one but they scare me when im holding them, i guy at my local pub i drink at most often brings his white parot their all the time, i dont know what kind it is but it friendly,but she has taken chuncks out of him at random over the past 15 years or so hes had her, so when he passes her over shes calm but i still feel uneasy about the whole ordeal lol

[Irish Eyes]

wow they are beautifull!! i would love to get one but they scare me when im holding them, i guy at my local pub i drink at most often brings his white parot their all the time, i dont know what kind it is but it friendly,but she has taken chuncks out of him at random over the past 15 years or so hes had her, so when he passes her over shes calm but i still feel uneasy about the whole ordeal lol

I don't know without seeing a pic, but first thought is that your friend may have a cockatoo. Do you remember seeing a crest? They usually have them, and they usually raise them during times of excitement (or fear, or anger).

Parrots bite. If you have one, you just have to get used to that fact. From the tiniest parrotlet to the largest Hyacinth, their beaks can hurt ya! Trick is to learn to read their body language, and to train them that "no bite" or "ouch", means "STOP what you're doing right now!"

I figure the average boa or python keeper ought to be able to handle a little parrot "love nip" :-).