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Originally Posted by LivingFiction
SWhite I am really suprised to hear this from you. I followed your thread with Stitch and you handled both the grandstanding of our many bird lovers and the handfeeding of a new bird like a champ. I didn't realize you harbored such resentment.
I think the drama with which some of the posts are made are just for the purpose of getting a person's attention to impress upon them the importance of doing things right, the way you did. And look at your baby! He's beautiful!
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But, He told me to grow up. Really made me mad.
I am 35 years old, and run my own company. I had the intelligence, to gain the knolage, to properly handfeed and raise this baby macaw. I did not know there were thousands of baby birds being killed due to handfeeding them improperly. I went to the bird show to buy a B&G Macaw, the ONLY one they had at the whole bird show was a 5 week old baby. Talked to 2 breeders thay said handfeeding is easy, so I bought the bird. I knew I had a 50/50 chance of this bird dying. I took the chance, learned everything I could, and did fine. Tell you the truth, it was easy, But I was allways watching him for anything out of the ordinary. 24 hour vet clinic nearby, and avian vet nearby. I don't think it was luck. I learned what to do and did it. I dont know why anyone would buy a baby bird and let it starve, or not feed it properly. I did not do that. I did a good job on raising this bird. I could have aspired him, but so could have a breeder. Breeders have babies die on them too, and they have accidents too. They are trying to feed several babies at one time, they get in a hurry. The breeder that showed me how to feed my macaw shot 60cc of formula down the macaws beak in 10 seconds. Think he does not have accidents? My wife and I learned how to feed alot slower so we would not kill him. All I am saying is that if someone buys a baby and asks questions on this board we should help them instead of telling them they are BAD.
..............Shea