Macaw Cages - Get the Right Home

So you've fallen in love. She's a big, beautiful, loud-beaked macaw with attitude and personality to spare. She will be your companion for life and you've made the commitment happily, knowing what to expect. Did I say she's noisy? Let's add "demanding" too. She's extremely intelligent, needs lots of stimulation, toys and an appropriate place to live. Luckily, there are lots of macaw cages to choose from and you already know that it needs to be a very large one for her comfort and well being. She's a very big bird and her wingspan can be four feet wide. And by the way, in case you didn't know - she's loud with a screech which can curl your ears.

If you've fallen for a Hyacinth Macaw, she can reach forty inches high. So she's going to need a big cage to accommodate that height and wingspan - it should be a minimum of five feet high, three feet from front to back and four feet wide - macaw cages are usually this size. Your new pet's cage can never be too big so get the most spacious of macaw cages you can find and be prepared to pay around $2,000 for it. It should be of stainless steel with spaces between the bars of no more than one and a half inches. When you research macaw cages, you'll find that the experts advise against those made of galvanized steel as zinc is very toxic. Make sure too that the hinges and locks are not galvanized - they must be of stainless steel. The construction of macaw cages is super-important - double-welding is critical because her powerful beakcan chomp through the welds if she really wants to - and you have an escaped bird to chase down. Check the thickness of the perches when you research macaw cages, because if your bird is really big, they may be too thin for those big feet of hers.

 

As well as being exquisitely beautiful, your macaw is curious and very intelligent. She'll love a puzzle, especially if there's a delicious tit-bit inside for her to get at, keeping her busy for hours. Interlocking toys, parrot-puzzles - and if you happen to possess nice furniture that you'd like to keep for a while, make sure that she has lots of chew toys as chewing is her favorite activity and her victim is not always food. Chewies should be made of untreated wood - you can get chunks from the lumber yard and color them if you wish by soaking them in sugar-free Kool-Aid. String them on strong braided fabrics for her to attack, catch and chew.

She's an athlete too so if you provide her with swings and a thick rope to twirl on, she'll be one happy macaw. Make sure these are attached securely to the outside of the cage - otherwise she will spend her time detaching them. You'll find that some macaw cages have domed roofs for more space - hang her swings from that, as well as tree branches to climb on.

Where to place your macaw cages? With the family - she loves company and will enjoy your TV as well - she might even have her own favorite TV shows. Many macaws love a bath and you can teach her to enjoy a shower with you. She can learn tricks and you can teach her to play ball, eat with a spoon, ring toss games - only your imagination and her interest will limit you. Enjoy her forever.