A Blue & Gold Macaw typically lives 50–70+ years. Most of what determines whether it gets there is routine care rather than anything dramatic.
Planning for about 60 years
A Blue & Gold Macaw is with you for about 60 years. Budget and routine both need to survive that, including the last quarter of it when a tiny bird needs more veterinary attention than it did young.
Keep the records
Booster schedules run from the original dates, and a new vet asks for the history first.
Air and environment
Fumes from non-stick cookware, incense, aerosols and smoke are genuinely dangerous to birds.
Birds conceal illness
A bird sitting low, fluffed up and quiet, or with changed droppings, is already unwell and needs to be seen quickly.
Find an avian vet before you need one
Many small-animal clinics do not treat birds at all. Establish who does, in your city, in the first fortnight.
What “social” means day to day
The Blue & Gold Macaw is described as social, intelligent, loud. Of those, social is the one that shapes an ordinary day most. It is easy to read as a selling point and harder to live with than the word suggests, because it does not switch off when you are busy.
The annual check
Once a year for an adult bird, and book it before the hot months rather than during them.
