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[QUOTE=DCas]Ok, I have tried to be gracious about the replies that I got, even though I was made to feel like a five year old who had just said a bad word. I realize that a lot of uninformed people probably buy birds and don't care for them properly, and I can understand the reluctance to help somone over the internet since you don't know them personally. BUT, the point here being, you don't know them personally. I know quite a bit about the proper care for a Macaw since I lived with one all my growing up life. I simply don't know much about caring for a baby macaw. I have done as much homework as I can, made sure I could properly care for it monetarily and was looking for someone experienced to give me tips and pointers.

If you folks don't want to help that's fine, I can accept that graciously and look elsewhere for people more willing to tell and teach me what I might need to know that's been left out of what I've read so far. Being lectured is one thing, being told that what I am about to do should be ILLEGAL is quite another. All I'm trying to do is give a bird a good home. If I didn't care about its health, I wouldn't have bothered to spend my time researching and asking for help and swallowing criticisim in hopes of getting advice. As I said before, every expert starts out an amateur, and I'd be willing to be that most of you who DO hand raise birds didn't start out with a course or an avian vet hanging over your shoulder, so perhaps the attitude here is a bit hypocritical, hmm? [end quote]



This is EXACTLY what I wanted to say when I was asking questions about my new 5 week old baby B&G Macaw! Luckily for me I just ignored all the bs and paid attention to the good advise I got. Now, I am very glad I bought my macaw at 5 weeks old, it has been a great experience. Would not trade it for anything.

PS-NOW I am experienced.

.........Shea