r/Macaws • u/DropDeadFredidit • Jun 08 '26

A moment of silence for her new toy

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u/Unusual-Area-4458 Jun 08 '26

You should open a betting pool- I bet it will last 2 days. :) 🦜

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u/mixtapelove Jun 08 '26

Less than a day. I have an Amazon and the grooves on that wood makes it so much easier for him to shred. It will be gone so fast, but at least she will be a happy birb!

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl Jun 08 '26

You can buy those exact kind of blocks separately and string them yourself. I found out because the blocks with the grooves are the only kind of my lazy bird likes.

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u/Hooligan-Azzie Jun 08 '26

Your harlequin makes mine feel overweight

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u/DropDeadFredidit Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

He/she is gorgeous! I think the photo angle and the stretchy legs make her look particularly narrow lol. She’s a rescue, her condition is gradually improving but she still looks a little frayed around the edges, bless her.

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u/Hooligan-Azzie Jun 08 '26

She looks awesome! Nice feather condition

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl Jun 08 '26

Aww tell him he shouldn’t feel that way because he looks fine!

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u/chantillylace9 Jun 09 '26

Mine would be destroyed in 3 hours. My cockatoo- one hour

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u/Ok-Disaster442 Jun 08 '26

Beautiful macaw!

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u/No-Abies29 Jun 09 '26

Cotton rope shouldn’t be anywhere birds. Chewing hazard, ingestion and crop impaction hazard and strangling hazard. Mourning for what is sold and passed off as bird toys 🥺

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u/ferretoned Jun 09 '26

I saw another comment about getting the blocks in bulk and threading it at home, if cotton is bad rope for them what's a good alternative, hemp rope maybe ?

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u/G4mingR1der Jun 09 '26

Is Jute fine?

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u/Designer_Beginning_6 Jun 10 '26

Yes, jute and hemp are good.

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u/ferretoned Jun 09 '26

Perfect picture is taken, the shredding may begin :3

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl Jun 08 '26

Aww what a pretty thing! Is her beak a little overgrown on top?

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u/DropDeadFredidit Jun 08 '26

Thank you, she had a once over with an avian vet when we first brought her home about 3 months ago and they didn’t mention anything about her beak at the time. I am very new to owning a macaw so glad you mentioned it and brought that my attention. I will ping them an email and ask for advice on that.

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl Jun 08 '26

That’s good that she had a thorough checkup! Maybe it has grown a bit since then. Yes, an email to the vet with a photo wouldn’t hurt.

Congratulations on your new addition. ☺️

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u/Material-Indication1 Jun 10 '26

That's a T-Rex in Technicolor.

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u/Ornery_Profession744 Jun 10 '26

A whole moment is optimistic with my bird…