Yes it’s bull**it video, he is close rung so was not un cared for

He may have been told the wrong thing. He didn’t say neglected tho. He said stuck in an enclosure. But anyways he is doing a good thing and we love that

​@@futbol9695 maybe someone over egged the pudding so they'd take him.

Just because he looks good doesn't mean he wasn't taken care of properly

Lovely parrot 🦜

Agree. I'm a few minutes into this and this is sounding already way too overly dramatic. My husband has had parrots all his life, since childhood. He's now well retired from work life. Nope. Soap opera.

Very clearly, very stupid misinformation considering macaws can quite literally bite your whole fingers off if it its scared enough and hes saying you should just stick your arm in with a terrified bird who cant even fly.

@@ratskullz_x agree with you both ..my guess is it’s either a very tame parrot owned by himself or friends and he’s tryed to make a video ideal about rescuing a parrot.,but at least make it factual and no lie for views.,that parrot has been hand raised and looked after pretty well

The person who had him clearly neglected the parrot badly but why would anyone buy a parrot and never ever handle it for 32 years doesn't quite make sence either.

I agree. He looks too good to have been mistreated for long.

I was thinking the same thing.

and his feathers are not plucked so I suppose the previous owner handled him quite well?

I HATE CLICKBATE 😡

I don't know anything about Parots. Don't they need their beaks trimming or am I thinking of some other bird only this parot break looks abnormally long.

@@DERAMNONA Cracker's beak is fine. Might could use a little trim but it's not an issue at this point. If given the right things to chew on he might even do it himself. Parrots need toenail trimming a lot more often than beak trimming in my experience. His toenails look good from what I can see which is another reason I say he hasn't been caged his whole life.

All animals can be like that sometimes! My cat was really afraid of people and kept hissing when we first got him but now he's very friendly. When they realize that you're not going to harm them, they will open up to you ❤️

YES! All Of this!

Oh dear so many experts.

@@mariemcrae4027 Oh dear, so many people rolling their eyes at people that know what they are talking about. Zinc coated anything is not good for parrots. Yes, he can chew through that wood in a matter of minutes and even easier tear through that wire in even less time. I hope his toes do not get stuck/cut on it. I really hope this guy is bringing in people who actually know what they are doing. My wife and I have a parrot rescue, we only take in birds that are abused and too aggressive for others to deal with. This bird has been handled and treated well, has not been kept in a cage for 30+ years. I can accept that his diet may have not been the best due to most pet owners of all kinds being either ignorant of a pets actual dietary needs or not having/wanting to spend the money necessary to properly provide for it. First time seeing one of this guy's videos and I am not impressed. Someone is BSing someone here, either the prior owners or the guy in this video.

This guy seems a bit foolish in view of your comment

Yeah I couldnt believe he let the chickens and ducks in Crackers new cage I am concerned.The new cage is not good at all for a Macaw it would have been better to leave him in the cage he was acclimated to living in

Seems to be just a relocation of the same cage

To a cage with toxic chicken wire and wood which will be shredded in a few days

fr lol also a cage from inside to outside i would kill for that bird when people just use the for clout

Very clearly, very stupid misinformation considering macaws can quite literally bite your whole fingers off if it its scared enough and hes saying you should just stick your arm in with a terrified bird who cant even fly.

And huge chunks of flesh of his face

Birdtricks is fab. And yes, I was thinking the same about the peanuts!

Yep I agree the cage he is putting the bird is NOT Safe

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He won't be flying at all, or a strong flier after 32y caged 😢

@@michelehemlokhexwhite4310 have a cockatoo at 30 years old that never flew anywhere even in the house and a door was open and he ended up in the top of a huge tree. All the crows were on the ground never having seen a bird like that and were scared. He made trips to neighbors houses and then went to the tree. He's 40 now.

@@gretchengarland7793 oh my! But he went somewhere you could see. I meant he couldn't go far with atrophied flight muscles. Glad you got your boy back!

the last part: YES. he is doing everything wrong.

Just from the birds body language while he was in the truck this is obvious. I don't think the guy here is being honest with his audience. Seems to me he knew the bird was tame, and able to be handled without being bitten DESPITE what he says about the bird in the video. No one with the least bit of common sense is going to put their hand in with Macaw of unknown temperament. Good way to lose a finger. I don't think this guy is that stupid, he is just misleading his audience for views.

Yes this wood cage and this mash is not suitable for even indian ringneck and this foolish guy is putting macaw in this and he is pretending he is expert 😂😂. All made up stuff just to gain more views.

That....... or the story he's telling isn't entirely consistent with the reality of the bird's history. Which is more likely?

@@anserbauer309 I kinda hope he's overexaggerating but most birds are kept inhumanely so I am not too hopefull. Maybe he's 32 years old but hasn't been in that cage for the entirety of its life? at least he's in a better place rn

@@sparrow5467 I've worked with rescue birds (including parrots) in Australia for the past 35 years, both wild and tame. I have three rescue parrots at home. The fact that he thinks putting an indoor macaw of 32 years in an outdoor enclosure made of softwood and canary wire without acclimatising it gives me no confidence the bird is in 'a better place'.

@@sparrow5467 I am not sure? cock roaches in the old home but now he is exposed to out door free range chicken poop which has viruses that will kill a macaw especially one who does not have an immune system to be outside.Chicken wire and wood case are not proper for these birds....he will shred in in a few days.Chicken wire is toxic to these type of birds as well

Beak wasn't horribly long. Macaw beaks look that way if you aren't used to looking at em. Only a tiny bit overgrown in this macaw owner's opinion. And yes to the acclimation from indoor to outdoor.

I agree that this all doesn't ring true. A bird that has been caged for 30 years, never been outside, never been handled would be very scared and not just step up on command. Look at the birds body language.... relaxed, calm, happy, feather condition is okay too. This bird acts and looks more like a family pet bird who needed to be rehomed.

Agreed. You have to wonder about whether or not this guy knows enough about large, tropical parrots to be doing this without a mentor. That aviary is made of softwood and canary wire. The bird's beak is strong enough to crack a macadamia nut; the hardest nut there is. It could demolish that flimsy little structure overnight. For someone whose family ran a parrot park, he doesn't seem to know very much or understand the importance of seeking out good advice!

Beak is fine. The bird is really, really tame and has been handled a lot! Calm and gentle, even walking on arms and shoulders with relaxed feet. This guy is pulling our leg big time, for internetpoints. He has absolutely no idea how to really care for animals (sticking an iguana in a tiny enclosure "to tame it" aka stress it out to the point it will no longer move at all because there is no place to run to anymore and call it "tamed"/ putting a macaw in a cage it can literally gnaw its way out in minutes if the bird wanted to, made of pressure-treated wood, which is toxic as well...). He should have let the chickens keep it! I hope this bird moves on to someone that actually knows how to care for parrots (when he is done with this video) asap!! (I got my macaw from a situation very much like this , and she had only been stuck in there for a few years. 5 years later still working on the wings that are almost glued into place. She gained about a pound of muscle from just being able to move, and lost the fatty layer she had all over from being so inactive and fed crap.)

@@muurrarium9460 not sure he is pulling our leg. If the bird was handraised, then it could easily have memory of that. Agree with the cage issues, and the beak is indeed normal for a macaw, if anything, a mm or 2 long, but yes, macaw beaks look long to people who aren't used to them. Wonderful to hear how your macaw is coming along 😀

Now he has to learn how to care for Cracker and not make his life worse and shorter!

I don't think he "rescued" him at all. Just a lie for clickbait and views so people will tell him he's a savior. That bird was not neglected at all, especially not for 32 years. His beak and nails are perfectly attended to; His nails must have been trimmed within, at most, the last 2 months. He is incredibly friendly; If he was a truly neglected bird, he would be hyper-aggressive. Parrots, especially large macaws like this BNG macaw here, are not only terribly aggressive when scared, but terribly violent as well. They will charge and divebomb and inflict serious damage that you'd never expect from a bird; Ripping skin and flesh and leaving you with stitches. It's not cute. I've seen birds, extremely docile birds, turn to little terrors just left in their cages for a month or 2, let alone over 3 decades? The bird would be unhandleable to the point that it may not even ever be able to be solved. On top of this, the guy clearly did no research on parrots before taking on the bird. The cage is wholly inappropriate; It's very unsafe due to the wood and chicken wire. Birds are very sensitive to what we call metal toxicity. Only very specific types of metals are safe for them (namely stainless steel), and any others, if their mouths come in contact with them, can cause sudden and fatal illness. Parrots explore and climb with their beaks, so this is a huge deal for a cage to be made of unsafe metals. When he put him in the cage, he immediately started using his beak to climb the sides and licking the sides. That's enough to be dangerous. The wood is very easy to chew for a macaw; He''ll make through it in days if not hours, leading to a potentially dangerous escape. Random plants were flung in the cage with no regard for if they might be poisonous for parrots specifically. Same thing with the wood in there. They didn't clean the cage out very well before moving him to it, considering reptiles and other birds who could carry potentially lethal bacterias were housed in there previously, and its outdoors so even more bacteria could've gotten in. Giving parrots peanuts still in-shell is also rather questionable as, unlike many other shelled nuts, peanut shells can actually be dangerous for parrots; Yet, shelled peanuts were the treat he chose. On top of that, im concerned he's actually feeding that as his main diet, because he showed no other foods but specifically pointed out the peanuts. Although good as treats, peanuts are not okay as a dietary staple and will lead to disease and a shortened lifespan. It's like a human having only french fries. He left the swing in from the old cage even though it was inappropriate ("grooming" perch, a sandpaper perch meant to file nails that doesn't work, and rather grinds down on the feet of birds). All of this is such easy knowledge you'd know if you just googled "parrot care" and scrolled for 10-20 minutes and yet, he has a BNG macaw, one of the most challenging species, and didn't know ANY of it? A mistake or 2 I can justify. But this many potentially dangerous, or even fatal, mistakes? This isn't a rescue.

Yeah he will eat through the wood on that enclosure.

he will tear down that wooden enclosure without any hesitation

It will be shredded in a few days

Nah I think the ytber was lying for views

Yah he is lying for views. So unnecessary and pathetic. The bird is tame and looks pretty healthy.

The beak is fine. People are getting used to unnecessarily over-trimmed beaks, but this is how they are supposed to look like. Guy does not know shit about how to keep a large parrot (or reptile). Maybe his parents did good 30 years ago, but times have changed A LOT. Never put any gnawing animal in a wooden cage, esp. one made of toxic wood /pressure-treated wood is a death-sentence waiting to happen

I would argue that this is a very well socialized macaw. Nothing says traumatized (just look at the eyes: totally calm and not staring into the void like they would). Yes, she will probably be testing his boundaries in a while (macaws love doing that to people), but judging by the fluid grace and and completely relaxed feet while being on him...that bird is used to this! (He should be covered in gashes is this was a stressed bird/ you know how their grip changes when they are worried, startled or scared) Thank you for hanging on to that grey (they are my all-time favorites, even when they are just about the hardest to keep interested in things because they are so damned smart /mine kind of run me ragged sometimes, trying to find new and interesting things for them to explore) and giving it the best life possible..

You can always adopt an older bird. If you know what you are doing...there are so many that need a second or 17th chance... I am 53, and my birds are already registered to go to a good shelter if I die. Their preferences etc. are already known and I can add anything noteworthy to their file for the next owners. My macaw is only 15 now (if the paperwork is correct/ she is a rescue), so unless something happens disease/accident she cannot recover from, she will certainly outlive me.

Reading BIG TIME!!!!! Educate yourself about keeping a parrot!!!! They are NOT just furniture!!!!

This guy knows how to work with birds. I have had birds for the last 25 years. I first researched birds before I adopted one. The vet I took my birds had a large bird like Cracker. She fed him peanuts. She specializes in exotic pets.

"Never give alcohol." I'm sure he needed to be told that. 🙄

@@samanthageach3146 I said, and I quote: "you probably know this already".

I an pretty sure guy knows (almost) nothing, so great you are informing him. As a parrot-owner (including a macaw), this video is infuriating.

​@@fawkesthegreencheekedconur1559 Hi last week a cinnamon green cheek conure landed in my yard. I live in North East PA and it was going to be in the 30's overnight. After 3hrs my 14yr daughter got in to go in a cage. It wasn't listed on any missing pet sites, the S.P.C.A, etc.. a few days later the spca said it's ours. Not a 30yr commitment I would have made by choice but here we are. I have tried to find a sanctuary where it can freely fly but they're all caged here. In the meantime I'm giving it the best healthy happy calm environment possible. I keep getting contradictory advice on feeding. I keep the food dish full w/enriched conure food, and twice a day spinach, Carrot, grape, walnuts, pumpkin seed, 3-4 blueberries, n banana. It is not the entire fruit and nuts except the blueberries and I remove the uneaten portion after a hour or two. Most of it is played with or nibbled. I did a video veterinarian visit but he isn't a avian vet and said all thing considered it looks great. We think it might be a young bird because it bows and flaps for treats. I had a parakeet for 17yrs and the cage I have 3ft x 2½ft so it will do for a few weeks until I can get a larger set up. If you have any advice or suggestions please let me know. This was a very unexpected event and I want to do the best I can for our new buddy. Thanks

He’s making so many mistakes that could be fatal to this bird.

My thoughts also!

Yes and no. My parrots have the run of the house / only as long as I can monitor them. They will gnaw electricity wires (my macaw bit straight through my computerscreen, just out of curiosity) But I agree this new cage is ridiculous: made of toxic material, too flimsy and way way way too small. The with/front part of the cage should be the debt/ sidepart (I hope I have the right words here?) and it should be at least2x as wide (front) Remember they will behave like toddlers with chisels on their faces... My cage is too small and it is the wingspan of a large macaw on the narrow part (side) and 2x that on the front... and only sufficient because she is a handicapped bird and can neither fly or stretch her wings. If she was a healthy one, twice the size at least! (And that is the cage for a bird that actually gets out of it on a daily basis!)

I sincerely doubt it. It's the people "who have been doing it all their lives" are usually the worst when it comes to better nourishment, larger cages, different ways of training etc.etc.. (I've had parrots for about 40 years ;D so I am allowed to say it) The "experts" tend to be petrified (no matter if it is dogs, horses, parrots or goldfish!) since "they already know it all, have seen everything" they stop researching and looking around.

She is pretty bad at reading african greys though. ;) Love their vids but really, every parrotspecies is different, and she really misses the ball with some of them. Keeping an animal hungry (not starving, just hungry enough to be interested in more) is as old as the world to make it do tricks (the falconers did it in the middle ages...), very easy.