Pet #6

It is going on 6 years since I got Max. I went to a

bird auction with the intent of getting a Blue and Gold

Macaw! All of the cages had pairs in them. As I

walked around the large enclosure of hundreds

of birds, I came upon this large cage where

"Max" was. On the cage, 2 was scratched out and

1 written on the cage. I immediately said, "Hello,"

to which he flew across the large enclosure

and landed right in front of me saying, "Hello!"

I knew he was for me!

I stood in front of the cage, blocking the scratched

out number. As the auction came around closer,

you could hear the auctioneer saying, "Come on people,

these birds are worth more than $500.00!" With 2

birds to a cage, the final price of $1,000.00 would be

charged for both birds inside. Soon the auction came

to Max's cage. The bidding started. It went from $200 to

$500. I offered $600. The bid went to $700. I offered

$800. At that price, no one else put in another bid.

At that point he said, "$800.00 going once, twice,

sold for $800.00!" Immediately the price was

called out for $1600.00 to which I immediately

pointed out there was only one bird! As soon as it

was verified, there was a big moan in the crowd,

for many had come to get one bird to which there

were only a few, Max being one. Since "Sold" had

been proclaimed, I had my Macaw! What a

steal when these birds go for $3-$5,000!

He was placed in my carrier and I took him

immediately to my vet and had him checked

over. He was a great bird. He didn't even

scream, squawk, or holler! The vet was

so amazed. He says many of these birds

are so loud, it hurts your ears. Max allowed

himself to be wrapped within the towels

and just blinked as he was held on his back

for his check-up. He must have been

to vets from very young. He is the "shy"

macaw in my previous blog video. I'm

going to keep trying to get him to talk on

camera. He has quite the vocabulary. I

didn't think when I was standing by his

cage at the auction, that he may have a

vocabulary that would be unacceptable!!!

Praise God, He had Max for me and there

was no bad language! Be looking for Max's

future video!