| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
| Notice: | INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.* |
| Moderator: | VIDEO::PULSIFER |
| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 942 |
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I've just purchased a mini-macaw. She's ADORABLE.!
But I already knew this, since I am friends with her
previous owner who purchased her as a hand-fed baby.
She's 3 1/2 years old, has about a 75 word vocabulary
and is "potty-trained". Her name is Terry-Jo.
My friend has Several larger birds that are taking up
her time and felt Terry-Jo should be some place where
she's the Queen instead of having to share too much
of the attention.
Although I do have 2 cockatiels, and a Nanday Conure
that she has to share me with, so far she doesn't seem
to mind.
Just wanted to boast a bit about my new "daughter"...
Thanks for listening!
kathleen
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| 708.1 | I'm envious | GERBIL::MAGEE | Wed Jul 15 1992 18:42 | 5 | |
Congrats-
I'm sure you'll enjoy her!
chet
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| 708.2 | whats a mini? | GRANPA::KSWARTZ | Fri Jul 17 1992 11:13 | 6 | |
hi.. Just wanted to ask what a "mini" macaw is?
she sounds wonderful..
Karen
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| 708.3 | Minis... | PEACHS::RROGERS | Mon Jul 20 1992 20:43 | 15 | |
Congrats Kathleen! >> Just wanted to ask what a "mini" macaw is? Besides your well known Blue and Golds, Red and Greens, Scarlets, etc, there are a few small species of macaw. Lessee... there's the Severe, the Yellow-Collared, the Hahn's, and a couple others. They are all basically just green and not as colorful as the bigger macaws. The Hahn's is the smallest and it's almost as small as a cockatiel. A shop near me has some Severes that talk and play together. They are really cute! Roseanne | |||||
| 708.4 | Macaws | AVIAN::KIRSCHBAUM | Every Tank Should Have It's Moray | Tue Jul 21 1992 12:43 | 12 |
Macaws are identified by the bare patch of facial skin. Some of the macaws have lines of small feathers on parts of this area (Blue and Golds, Greenwings) and some do not do not (Scarlets). Most of the larger Macaws belong to the genus ARA, but a few like the Hyacynth and some of the now extinct, or almost extinct belong to a smaller genus, which I can not remember at the moment. -dick | |||||