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Originally Posted by oneswtplee

to MMR: how has your experience with your parrot been?

Macaw are very,very good bite bluffers! Teal loves to do and try this. As long as you show them who is boss there won't be any problems down the road. He also loves to intimidate guests when they come over, and suceeds very well. They are soooo much messier also compared to a budgie!

Originally Posted by oneswtplee

are b&g easy, moderate, hard to take care of?

Imo I think any "large" parrot are a lot of work and Time. Comparing Teal to my U2...my U2 is more cuddley than Teal. So she seems to require much more attention. But then Macaws also require a lot of attention.

Originally Posted by oneswtplee

How do you deal with the noise level? Can they get to be pretty loud. ?

Noise level you just have to ignore it. If you repond to their screeming then you just cause to the screaming problem. Also if they don't get enough attention then they will scream also. Cherries was right in her post about how loud Teal is! I have been around birds my whole life and I can assure you that Teal is the loudest. I can hear him all the way outside with the house closed up! Macaws are deffinetly NOT an apt bird.

Teal is what I call the "HOUSE CLOWN". His personality is HUGE! he is full of spunk, loves to play around, and bluffs everything. He is more of a one person bird, as he prefers me over hubby! He is also very, very, very nosey and has to know, see and hear everything you are doing. So when he screams I have found a trick that when I whisper to him he stops screaming just to hear what you are saying!
Have you thought about a cockatiel?
Hope some of this helps.