information on the care and feeding of catalina macaws?

Answer 1

Scientific Name: hybrid, (Cross between Ara ararauna and Ara macao).
Description:
Catalina Macaws are among the most colorful of the Macaws. They are a full size Macaw and can learn to talk with a general vocabulary of about 15 or more words or expressions.

Care and feeding:
A roomy cage is required unless the bird is to be let out for extended periods. Many birds can spend most of their time on a play pen or parrot perch. They eat a variety of seeds, nuts, fruits, commercial pellets, as well as the same nutritional foods humans eat.

Distribution:
This is a hybrid not found in the wilds.

Size - Weight:
A full sized macaw, they can get over 2 lbs. Lengths up to 86 cm (34 inches).

Social Behaviors:
They are a typical macaw.

Breeding/Reproduction:
Because it is a hybrid it is generally not bred.

Sexual differences: No visible differences.

Potential Problems: Can be noisy (as can all macaws).

Availability: This bird is generally hard to find and is expensive. There are more and more breeders however and they are becoming more common.

Answer 2

I buy a mix of seeds then add salt free roasted peanuts, a box of raisen brand cereal, a couple bags of different dried fruits, such as apricots and apple, and a bag of the fruit flavored pellet.

They like chicken, or brocolie, cauliflower, squash, almost anything you would eat. No avocado or chocolate, they are deadly to them.

They can be taught a whole lot more than 15 words. They need to be gently showered once every week or two. Keep their water bowl clean. Clean their cages with vinegar and water.

Teach it "step up" as one of the first lessons. Get it used to towels. I started towel drying my macaw from the time she was a baby and now, if she needs to be "towelled" for some reason, (doctor appointments or to get her nails cut or wings clipped) you won't have a major traumatic event to deal with. Maya does not even need to be towelled to have any of this done, I just hold her... but there are a lot of people who will not do the clipping for you if the bird is not wrapped in a towel. (I could probably do my own clipping... but prefer to leave that to professionals and she does not associate me with it).

Get a textured perch for the daily care of the nails. Make sure there is at least one high perch in the cage.

Throw away all of your teflon pans. The old brown teflon, not the silverstone kind. When over-heated they give off a gas that humans cannot discern but it is deadly to the birds. I lost two small birds that way. It broke my heart.

They are curious by nature and can take apart almost anything. Plenty of untreated wood for them to chew on and keep their beaks in shape. I had to get padlocks for the dish doors because Maya was reaching through and unlocking them and letting herself out of the cage. She also completely took apart the play center that was on top of her cage and the perch off the play-yard I got them.

Macaws don't just mimic words, they associate certain words with certain things. For instance, I weaned my Macaw and used to heat her formula in the microwave, she would be impatient to eat, but frequently it would need to cool to the correct temp. I would say it was hot. Then when I fed her I would say yum. So now, five years later, when she hears the "ding" of the microwave she says "yummmm hot?" Which is funny, because I never said it to her as a question, but that is how she verbalizes it back to me.

They are smart little buggers! I hope you will be as happy with your new addition as I have been with my girl. I also have an African Grey, a Sun Conure and a Love Bird. I traded my two Umbrella Cocktoos for the African Grey. Which reduced the noise ratio in my home massively!!!

Hope this helped.

Answer 3

Give them lots and lots of attention. Get them very used to you and don't stop giving them that attention or the things they are used to getting or they could turn on you. There are a ton of things you can feed a macaw. There are premixed seeds and other feed that you can get at a pet store and you can also feed them pretty much anything you eat. Cut up some fresh fruit or veggies for them. Give them chicken. Pretty much anthing you want to feed them. There is only a list of like 5 things you can't feed them such as avacado. Things you wouldn't normally eat anyway. They can be so much fun. Teach them how to do tricks and just give them a lot of attention. Good luck!