my new baby green winged macaw

[john126red]

bubbles has been with us for three weeks. she is 19 weeks old and is settling in nicely here are some pics of her.

[Parrotpeople]

How sweet! Do the girls and Bubbles get along good? It sure looks that way. Congratulations!

[macy07]

Beautiful baby! One question.... We have a greenwing also. What kind of harness is she wearing in the picture and how did you get it on her? We are trying to get our baby to wear one and it is not a pleasant scene. She is deathly afraid of it. Any advice?

[john126red]

yes the girls are fine with bubbles but closely supervised all the time.
bubbles seems to be fine with everyone at the moment. hope she stays that way

[john126red]

bubbles puts it on no problem she gets it on once a day just to keep her used to it she has a pull at it unless we keep her occupied. the harness is called feather tether and the size was large i got it from northern parrots in the uk. bubbles likes to be stroked every where and doesnt seem to bother whats on her. hope this is of help

[macy07]

We have the feather tether also and the same color. Specifically speaking, how exactly do you get it around her neck. She will let us do her wings but will fight tooth and nail when we are trying to get it over her head. Do you slip it over her head or is it unbuckled and then you clasp it shut after you wrap it around her? Not sure what order we should be doing this harness. Thanks!!

[john126red]

I unbuckle the harness then lie it over the top of her, and then clasp it shut round her neck then under her wings.
I will try and upload a video of me putting it on to her if that would help??

[macy07]

If you could do a video that would be great! I'm not that technically advanced! Our bird will not sit still to even let us lay it on her. She freaks out all over the place. We thought about maybe wrapping her in a towel so I can get it around her neck. Don't really know if that would even work. We really want to be able to take her outside as much as possible. Thanks for your help.

[birdsnreps]

awww, shes precious!! i want a gw so bad :(

about the harness, have you tried the aviator harnesses?? they dont have any of those heavy metal clasps that the birds can open if they want. we have one and we love it :) they have harnesses for just about any type of bird from cockatiel size to hyacinth size :)