Macaw Boarding in Pickering
An honest answer for Pickering macaw owners: the large macaws are the one group we turn away. Here is exactly where our line sits, and which large parrots we do board.
Where Our Line Sits
We would rather tell you plainly than take a booking we cannot do right by. We are not accepting large macaws — greenwing, blue-and-gold, hyacinth and similar full-size birds — along with large cockatoos such as umbrellas and moluccans, and large amazons. That is not a comment on the birds. A full-size macaw can stretch past three feet from beak to tail-tip, and housing one properly takes more dedicated space than we can give a single guest without taking it from the rest of the flock already in our care.
If your macaw is one of the mini species, ask us — it may well sit inside our Large tier, and we will tell you honestly either way rather than guessing. We may reopen the larger tiers in future; if we do, this page will say so.
The Large Parrots We Do Board
Our Large tier tops out at African Greys, Goffins cockatoos and similar-sized parrots, at $30 per day plus 13% HST, with the bigger conures sitting just below it. That covers most of the birds people struggle to place: a Grey that talks all day, a Goffins that can open anything you own, a sun conure with opinions. Everything we put in front of them is chosen for a serious beak — thick hardwood and natural-branch perches sized for a big foot, solid toys rated for a real chewer, and nothing flimsy that could be splintered and swallowed.
Diet stays exactly as you keep it — an abrupt food change is one of the fastest ways to unsettle a parrot, so we follow your bird's established menu rather than improvising, with water freshened through the day. A big voice gets placed where it can be a bird without putting quieter, more nervous guests on edge. If you would like to compare feeding notes, our complete guide to bird nutrition covers the fundamentals.
If You Have a Large Macaw
Look for a boarder who will show you the actual enclosure before you book, who handles big parrots every week rather than occasionally, and who talks you through diet and out-of-cage time without being asked. Ask what happens if your bird starts plucking, and ask how loud a room they can genuinely absorb. We are glad to point Pickering macaw owners toward a specialist rather than take the booking ourselves — just ask.
For everything we do take, see our large parrot boarding in Pickering. Out-of-cage enrichment runs one bird at a time and is never shared across households, and a current avian-vet health exam from the past 12 months is required of every guest. Our boarding page covers pricing and health requirements — or just get in touch and a real person here in Pickering will reply.
What Every Large Parrot Guest Gets
Genuine Room to Move
Spacious housing sized for a wide wingspan, so a large bird can stretch, climb and turn — never crammed into a corner that doesn't fit it.
Beak-Proof Setup
Heavy hardwood and natural-branch perches plus solid, heavy-duty toys rated for a Grey or a Goffins beak — nothing flimsy a determined parrot could splinter.
Real Mental Enrichment
Foraging puzzles and meaningful one-on-one out-of-cage time for some of the smartest parrots alive, because a bored parrot is an unhappy one.
Other Birds We Board
Here is the rest of what we board in Pickering: