Besides I really want t help because what you do now you have to live with for 70 to 100 years! So Read !

     Cisco is our Male (DNA Sexed) Blue & Gold Parrot (Ara ararauna), he was born May 18th 2001 just south of Atlanta, Ga We hand feed from a chick, if you think you got what it takes that is the only way to get one is do it yourself! he is a little bigger then normal at right around 2 1/2 Lbs and when his tail feathers are full once a year he is up to 38 inches long tip to tip, yes he is a big boy!
     Great personality & vocabulary at this age. and is used to other animals and all kinds of situations.

     The rest of the story, I was at a bird show in Atlanta just because I seen the sign for an aviary show on the interstate and figured it would be cool to walk through (was not looking for a bird) and on one table there was a feather less little rock Cornish game hen looking thing, hmmmm 14 days old, and the guy was a show B&G breeder so I knew from talking with other dealers it was going to be one Quality Bird! and I like exotic pets, I always had something that was a conversation piece.

     Well we are not going to get into a discussion on should he or not have sold a novice a bald 14 day old chick, maybe not but I assured him I could do it and I had Google anyway :) he gave me his number just incase I needed help and gave me a quick course on do's and don'ts.

     I took pictures and kept weights on Cisco for the first few months (all are in his picture folder)
Here's some of the high lights of the first year | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 8 | Week 10
Other Real Cool Pictures | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Open cage  | Outside |

..... and boy did I use Google, almost every day it was something, so basically people on the web and Google raised Cisco! I will get into more on that in other pages ...... Later.....
     You don't want to hurt your new pet.....so ask questions of everybody you can, there are a few different resources.

      A search engine like Google.com is great for finding what you need, a breeder or some one who has done this before...We are here to help, We have done it and it is not easy, and there is a lot that can go wrong, if you are new to this and this is your first time Ask Questions Please. What you do wrong right now you have to live with for the next 70 plus years! Read everything you can!

     Well Rounded bird and the reason you want a hand raised Macaw, now going on 6 years this bird has never bit me, they bond to one person solid, not even clamp down no matter what situation I put him in (hang, grab, push, pull or poke!) and will even sleep upside down next to my 110 Lbs dogs on the floor! and this one must be rare but he had a few words by 8 months....ie: Hello, Robert, whats up ( I have been told they don't start to talk till there two.

     Why the name "Cisco" you ask :) I do high-end computer consulting and that is a brand name of very good Network Equipment, and why not we named one of our dogs "Visa" because she is everywhere you want to be. No we are not strange, I was going to name or other birds Google, eBay and Paypal hehehe you name pets something that means something to you right, and those 4 companies are 90% of my life.

     Soon I hope this page will be everything you wanted to know and didn't know who or where to ask about your new Bird, Macaw / Family member. Its not just about Blue and Gold Macaws its for every one with an intrest in Parrots! African, Quaker, Amazon, Eclectus, Senegal Pets and Wild!

     We have teamed up with a breeder or two and we are going to offer as much help and information and we want to be as helpful as we can .... even offering Macaw proof toys :) and that's not easy as you may already know!