Parrots: Crop Burn Cut, need stiches.

[texascowboy1979]

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Ill post pics tonight..

 

[ra]

I would love to see them too!

 

[abluechipstock]

fyi nurses don't do the stitching they only take them out, was he microwaving their food, you should only use hot water when mixing baby bird food, you don't get hot spots in the mixture when you do it that way

 

[texascowboy1979]

My baby parrots link:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4900429#p4900429

 

[SandyK]

So cute!! I hand fed two, Umbrella and Blue and Gold. I loved it when they were babies, now too of course. They are my inside feathered kids.

 

[CityChicker]

Those poor birds. What a stupid, inexcusable mistake. I can't believe someone that actually raises Macaws could have babies with crop burn. In my lifetime, I have hand fed probably in the thousands of baby large parrots (a good 25% or that at least Macaws). Do you know I have not ever had even ONE baby with crop burn. Granted, I grew up in the bird business so I was off to a good start, but it is so easily avoidable.

Those babies are so lucky that you got them out of that "breeder's" hands. You are probably the best thing that has or will happen to them. I am glad they are doing well and hope they pull through for you. Good for you for keeping them! I couldn't return them to someone like that either. I remember when the exotic bird trade was such a small industry. Everybody knew everybody else and people were really in it for the good of the birds. There are so many people that have entered in the last several years that are purely in it for the money. It is so sad because things like this are the result. Again, kudos to you for keeping them and getting them the care they need.

 

[BorderKelpie]

What beautiful birds!

I wish I had known about you a few years ago.
I have always wanted a macaw, ever since I was a little girl in Hawaii and a HUGE (well to a little girl) blue parrot said 'Hello' He was a blue and gold I from that moment on, I was in love.

I joined a parrot society to learn more about them. They managed to 'place' two abused macaws with me. I wasn't ready for terrified biting, plucking birds. I love them, but I wish I had gotten a bird I could cuddle with. These guys are terrified of hands. After a year, they are better, but......
Turns out, the people who owned them thought they could break them of nipping by hitting them. Poor birds.

I still want my cuddly little spoiled macaw. I have already named him.

I have been dreaming about him for as long as I remember. I need to bookmark your website. When do you plan on having little ones?

 

[CityChicker]

You know the funny thing is that of all the birds I ever had the tamest most trusting bird I ever had as a pet was an ancient wild caught adult Blue and Gold Macaw. Our vet, who was one of the top Avian vets in the country, estimated she was 35-50 years old when I got her. She had been attacked by dogs and found by an elderly couple in their back yard. The dogs had torn her up horribly and she was plucked almost completely featherless with a badly broken wing. The couple kept her for about a year. She had grown a lot of her feathers back, but there were several spots of open wounds remaining, especially on the broken wing, that still needed to heal. There were patches of skin missing even. She looked just awful, but was at least on the road to recovery when I got her.

We continued to nurture her back to health over a period of a couple years. She grew back most of her feathers, her wing fused together and just became immobile (she couldn't even extend it). Until she died years later, she continued to have problems with the feather follicles that would try to sprout feathers through the thick scar tissue. She fell completely in love with me very early on though in the process. She trusted me completely and wanted to be in my lap 24/7. I'm sure it was a combination of factors including that she was very dependent on me and she knew I had helped her get back on her feet so to speak (she eventually got around surprisingly well other than the feathers that were an ongoing irritation to her). She passed away a couple years ago after having been my loving pet throughout much of my 20's and 30's. I still get tears even thinking about her. I still even have her cage! It just goes to show you that you can bond with a parrot of any age. I really think the birds that are "hard" cases can be some of the most loving once they are in a good environment and feel safe there.

 

[texascowboy1979]

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as far as little ones, its really up to them. Id like them to have babies in the Spring, but Im still not sure what Im gonna do with the babies... I may keep a large percentage of them, and then sell some to some breeders in my area that have shown interest in them.

Im trying to develop the Yellow Camelot Line... so I may have to keep all the baby camelots for a few years to see the best color patterns and figure out who going to stay.

 

[flgardengirl]

Hi those are gorgeous babies. Are the Camelot Macaws similar to the Catalina Macaws? They look similar but way more yellow in them. I'm glad your babies are doing better now.