![]() ![]() The only time he ever makes noise is when he runs out of food. Guests are shocked when I open the door to his room.not hearing anything they have no idea he is there. Not suprisingly, lol, Jack hardly ever shrieks or misbehaves in any way. ![]() He also enjoys his outdoor chillin spots.a pvc stand in the greenhouse (where I grow the coral) and another natural branch screwed to the porch. And, um, a radio.and recently added, a TV and DVD player, lol. The branches go along only one wall (long narrow room) and opposite of them is a window he enjoys looking out of. From the cage to the first branch is a rope, and the branches are screwed close enough together that he can easily climb them all. ![]() This created a nice area with food bowls still attached. I left only the bottom half, without the door, and the back wall. I took apart a lot of his cage and put it in an outdoor storage barn. (He could have chewed at it before I did this by climbing on the side of his cage had he wanted to) It is sure to be treated wood, however he has shown no interest at all in chewing it. It is not drywall in there, but wood panel. Then we got some stainless steel screws, and after the wood was dry we started screwing branches to the walls. We chopped down the tree, cut it in nice size branches, and wiped it down with lots of peroxide. There was a large crepe myrtle tree that was encroaching too much on the house and porch and needed to be removed.perfect. I took out the playstand and junked it, I hated the fake look of the pvc anyway. I had already started tying the cage door to the playstand so he could climb back and forth. While we wait on pics here is a short description:Īs stated above, there is a small room his cage and playstand were in. Hmm, well, pics are being difficult as I am posting from my phone for now.I am so sorry, we are ordering internet today and I will post pics as soon as it is live.Īlmost a perch tree, not quite. Thanks for looking, I appreciate any tips anyone wants to give! Just as soon as I figure out how, lol.it looks like I cannot upload directly here and may have to do some legwork. Rather than go through a step by step of what I did, I am going to post a pic and invite you to ask questions about it if you have any. Scrubbing the pvc legs of the stand.another idea began forming. Soon I started to wonder what the point of ever stuffing him in a cage was, and it sure was a pain to clean the cage and lift the playstand up to change paper under it. Well, Jack needed his own room, that's all there was to it! We have a small office or storage room adjoining our kitchen, so we ripped out all the shelves and most of the cabinets and put his cage and playstand in there, and just left the door open in the daytime and closed it at night. Then I tried the bedroom.but again I was not satisfied because now he is clanking around keeping us up, and even with a cage cover on we were disturbing him turning on the light. I started with Jack out in the living room, cage and all.then realized macaws need rest and sleep, and we were going to keep him awake watching TV. The guy who raised him knew I could give him an awesome home, and he barely had room for Jack's cage, let alone a nice big playstand. I never dreamed I would actually be able to afford one, or at least not a big macaw like I have always wanted.but these days I grow coral for a living (if anyone needs advice for their reef tank feel free to ask) and I was lucky enough to run across someone who was willing to trade one hobby (birdkeeping) for another (reefkeeping) Honestly, it was tough to find enough to trade him, but the deal went down, and 800 in trade later I was the proud owner of Jack, his nice big cage, and some assorted food and supplies. Even had to "bring work home" a few times. I am not brand new to parrot care, I have worked in a lot of pet stores where parrots were raised from babies, of course have done a lot of baby feeding myself. (Captain Jack Sparrow ) He is about three years old, and I have had him a bit more than a year. Hello all! I am new to the board, and have an awesome blue and gold macaw named Jack, non-creatively enough, lol.
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