Meet two of our
beautiful 2009 summer babies, parent raised Camelot Macaw, Sam, hatch
date 7/15/09,
and Camelina Macaw, Lila, hatch date 8/27/09. Sam was originally nick
named Goldilocks, when still in the box with his mom & dad. He
was raised all the way by his parents and removed from their breeding
cage on 11/02/09 at 3-1/2 months old, unweaned and unfledged. His
parents were over protective and wouldn't let him out of the box and
had seriously over preened him. When he tried to come out, they would
push him back in. After I first brought him inside, he missed his
mom & cried a lot for several weeks. All he would eat at first
was oranges, grapes and Zupreem fruit blend pellets. Now he eats everything.
Camelina macaw,
Lila, hatched on 8/27/09 . I had no idea that there was a baby in
the nest box until the following day when I heard her calling. She
was very loud. Her parents were out of the box, like they usually
were. I have no idea how she managed to hatch at all, as she was 10
days, or more, over due. When I found her in the box the day after
she hatched, she had not been fed, so I brought her inside, warmed
her in the brooder and fed her. Her parents, back in the breeding
cage, were frantically looking in the nest box for her, so I put her
back. They went in, checked to make sure she was OK, and came back
out of the box, and stayed out. They were out for an hour or more,
so I finally brought her in permanently and put her in the brooder.
I really don't like feeding day ones, but I had no choice, as she
wanted to live, and made sure I heard about it. She was the loudest
baby I ever raised. Lila did not like being alone at all, so when
she was older and would yell, I began putting her into the cage with
Sam and they would cuddle and preen each other. Now they are inseperable,
and where one goes, the other goes, too. Lila is not loud anymore,
and Sam has molted all of his over preened feathers and now he is
beautiful.
Here are the pix to prove it :-)
Be sure and check out Lila's yellow chest. She is yellow just like
a Blue & Gold macaw, very, very rare!
