Young,Boat loving Macaw

jefflaw35 · Post by **jefflaw35** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:22 am

Boat loving Blue and Gold Macaw. 15 months old great vocabulary. Anyone want one?

Commissionpoint · Post by **Commissionpoint** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:04 pm

I friggin knew it! Yer a pirate! LOL!!!

Torcan · Post by **Torcan** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:26 pm

Cool Jeff
now show us the hook and eye patch to boot

trojanmanXS · Post by **trojanmanXS** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:23 pm

how bad do they bite?

Torcan · Post by **Torcan** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:38 pm

trojanmanXS wrote:how bad do they bite?

A large macaw has the bite strength of 500 to 700 pounds per square inch, which is close to that of a large dog bite.
Just watching a large macaw or cockatoo crush a Brazil nut, rip a 2-by-4 into shreds or break a weld on metal cage bars convinces most that a birdâ€™s beak is powerful and not to be messed with.

Nancy · Post by **Nancy** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:43 pm

And now a practical question. What keeps him from flying away?

jefflaw35 · Post by **jefflaw35** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:35 am

Haha sheesh I was hoping one of you would take him. T-man, yea will give someOne stiches quickly. 500 lbs pressure like Torcan said. He loves to chew wood and plastic baby toys. Wife and I have fed him from 5 weeks old. He wont bite us but probly would someone else untill he got to know them.

Mike i thought you knew I was a pirate lol
Nacny I keep his wings cut. He cant fly. He walk over to the side of the n looks down at the water then up at me like he know its not a good idea to go anywhere