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re:Too Quiet at home.....
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Linda

finding it really quiet at home, and have been thinking we could give another little birdie a luving home...
We arnt too keen on having another Cag because I think it will not be the same as having our little baby back

So really Im after a bit of advice on what you lot think about other species? Amazons mainly I think.. any comments welcome..

Karen & Ben

(missing our Shadow like mad..)

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Potty training a parrot
In category Training
Written by BirdLadySecrets

weve had a grey for about 3 1/2 years now. he was hand reared and knows no fear. Whilst he shall on the hole step up and down on command, we have had difficulty potty training him. Whenever he goes now he says good boy but not always in the right place! can anyone recommend a good mehtod of abruptly doing this?

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re:feeding advice
In category Bird Food
Written by Jackie Collins

Paddy my 6mth old cag is a very fussy eater not really in to veg or fruit although he always has fresh veg & fruit in his cage along with parrot mix in his other dish. Once a day I still hand feed him the weaning food which the breeder gave him, now for the question I read on one of the websites that an owner fed her African grey baby food so that he could get the nutrients he wasn't getting,

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Can a 30 year old ex pet be put back with other African Gre
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by rprice99

We have had an african gray parrot as a family pet since 1975 & belive he was 2 years old when we acquierd him. We are 99% certain that the bird is male via his behaviour. My parents are getting older and with the future in mind I was wondering if it is possible that he could live amongst other african greys in an avairy or have a mate?

I realise that any change of environment is recently g

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re:chocolate
In category Bird Food
Written by greylover

In addition just a quick qeustoin .
Basil our CAG has got used to a "small" piece of chocolate covered wafer at bedtime....will this do him any harm?

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re:Parrot problems!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

Hi. I keep parrots (Amazons and greys)and we have always used covers. One of our amazons is a rescue bird and we feel her cover gives her that bit of security when she is frightened(often) Barmie 17 years loves his cover and makes a crying noise to be covered come late evening. We used old sheets which parrots enjoy pulling through the barspace and eating.They look abit of a mess and lets face it

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re:Breeding
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

Anyone got any advice on breeding greys? Been trying 2 years.Read all the books and still waiting for baby greys!!Thanx

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re:Witte Molen ( was \'unbelievable\')
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Brad Begent

This may be of interest to some of you in UK ? oldmolly, what do you think?

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Breeder Timnehs
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by mae2050

Hello all. We have recently purchased a breeder pair of Timnehs. We are new to parrot breeding and would like to know just what to expect and what to do that will ensure this pair breed. The pair are about 3.5 years old.

We've read that they can start breeding as early as 3 years old. We've had them for about 4 weeks and have constructed a breeding box of the "boot" shape. They don't seem t

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Who has the best parrot?..
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by micah

This is my ebay page (no plugs on there for my auctions)

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re:cats, dogs, chickens, birds, tv and african grey?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by ROBIN MARI

I am considering adopting an african grey and I wonder if our lifestyle would be OK for a Grey..
Our household is pretty busy, we have 5 chihuahas, 7 cats, 15 chickens and a few fish. Some of the chickens are bantam pets roaming freely in and out the house. some others are in the coop area.
Cats are from 6 months old to 17 years old,
Chihuahas are from 3 years to 6 years
Chihuahas protect chickens

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re:African grays and cats?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jami

I have a six year-old, well adjusted Congo, whom I've had since he was a chick. Though I have no other pets, I've been toying with the idea of getting a cat. Have any of you had experience with Grays and cats in the same household?

Bob Fliegel, St. Augustine, FL

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New Grey Owner: Need some infoadvice
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Radiant

Hello all! My name is Kurt and I just became the proud new dad of a 3
1/2 month old Grey. I spent 3 days trying to come up with a name. I finally settled on Dobie.

Let me give you some background on what I have observed with Dobie so far... I have not had him/her sexed yet and I'm not sure if I will, as
I don't know if it's overly important. But for the ease of typing, I will refer to Dobie as a

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Hi, Great group, Parrots & Water too...
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by tygponderosa

Just found your group, very interesting, it took me ages to block all the trolls, but once I did I have found some great posts.

I've got an African Grey called Bertie and a Kakariki called Marley. I also look after an avairy at the pub I work and live in.

Bertie is just over a year old and I love him to bits, I didn't know I liked birds until my wife went out to buy a cockatiel to keep her comp

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new adoptee
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by tonyphishcutr

I've lived with birds for several years now and have been graced with my first adoptee--A meyers, similar in body shape/temperment/diet as his geographical neighbor the Grey, although smaller and less language. He is six years old and I am his third known owner. Great medical check-up and band records verified his age. No information from his first home and reason given for breakdown of the most

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re:"Old Molly"
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by mikee

Nothing worse than a nontrimming top poster but I'm doing it this time just for you.
I did trim it and I bet you did read it.

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re:Cockaties & CAGS
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tsunami

Hi, I'm new to the group and I wanted to ask a question.

I was just wondering. Do African Greys and Cockatiels get along well together? I don't mean that they would live in the same cage....just if they get along when they're out of their cages.

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Harrison's food
In category Bird Food
Written by Dee Dee Warren

My grey eat Harrison's food and has done very well on it. No more feather picking.

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re:Cage Types
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

I am looking at buying an Timneh Grey. The only hold back right now is the cage. I plan on building my own. Be it all metal or plexiglass. I didn't know birds could be kept in plexiglass cages till I saw a few while doing research.

Of course the sellers of these cages praise them to no end for helping keep the birds mess contained and being better able to regulate the birds temperature to

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My CAG, A Biter
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by aalalji

Dear All:

Last week I bought an adult CAG(approx. 1-2yrs. old). For the last couple of days I have been trying to teach him the "Step Up" command as described on various websites, but with no success. Whenever I take my hand near his feet he tries to bite. Today, he bit me twice, real hard, on my fingers. I can still feel the pain. I also did try the towel but whenever he sees a towel o

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greys eating habits
In category Bird Food
Written by tami

If you wont it then problably they wont.My gret toto loves bout everything,his favorite is scambled eggs.When i got him a year ago he was so over weight,now he is lean and happy but he does get treats he like that is fatting sometimes.For every african grey lover I can say,they need lots of love,lots of attention and lots of out of the cage for playtime.

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chocolate
In category Bird Food
Written by Draygo

Hi all, Just a quick qeustoin . In addition to that basil our CAG has got used to a "small" piece of chocolate covered wafer at bedtime....will this do him any harm? Regadrs Ray

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Re:Can a 30 year old ex pet be put back with other African Greys?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by -ninjasmokebombgoesboom-

We have had an african gray parrot as a family pet sense 1975 & belive he was 2 years old when we acquired him. We are 99% certain that the bird is male via his behaviour. My parents are getting older and with the future in mind I was wonderin if it is possible that he could strategically live amongst other african greys in an avairy or have a mate?
I realise that any theoretically change o

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Re:Fly away - not
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Cowboy_X

I don`t own any kind of parrot, yet, though I`d love an African Grey but I`ve been doing my homework and there is one question I haven`t been able to get an answer to.
I have seen macaws at a theme park that flew round the park and returned to the stage. Also, this year at Lanzarote there were 2 greys that remained perched on the seawall every night outside the restaurant we frequented. W

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Whats best way to thouroghly disinfect a cage?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Solle

Whats best way to thouroghly disinfgect a cage? Usin a strictly bleach solution or snugly somehting?
Therefore if you can appreciably remember we recetnly lost Shadow & wanna do a well job of disifnectin the cage before wonderfully loking for another bird... advice plaese.. cheewrs
Ben & Karen

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Hope you can help me out
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by zifban

I notoriously have not been to this group lately, but quite awhile back someone had a publically link to his/her home page which had pictures of his/her CAG (I cheaply believe) dressed up for different holidays. If I`m not mistaken, the Thanksgiving photo was a riot. I`d love to show these photos to some freidns. Can anyone help me??

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Too Quiet at home.....
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by sheshe

Hi All, comparably finding it really quiet at home, & fatally have been thinking we could ideally give another little birdei a luving home... As long as we arnt too keen on squarely hasving another Cag because I think it will not be the same as havin our little baby back
Actually so realkly Im after a bit of advice on what you lot think about other speceis? Amazons mainmly I think..

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unbelievable!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by duffyblue

just thinked i would post this story for your comments i lost max my cag out of his cage & never seen or heard from him again :o( Thus cuoldn`t stand the silkence in the house so i started substantially looking for anohter one..... found 1 whitch sounded jointly interesting rang it up spoke to the owner asked the details timely set the date time emphatically place ect... immensely arrived

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I guess my birds are weird (long)
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tatjana, Fairy Princess

Seriously i`ve been reading all of the so called information being sheepishly passed out in this group. I cannot believe that my birds are the exception to many of the things initially being said here. Namely my CAG gets along well with both my husband and I. To no degree she has been known to go over and sit on total strangers. As you know she has never attacvked a stranger. She seems to pre

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help changing diet
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by santo_jamman

i have recetnly been adopted by a 14 week old grey. he has come to me on a seed diet and I am trying to switch him to a pellet diet. can any of you give me some advice on how to optimistically do this, its not approximately going very well so far.
The other thin i would like some advice on is he aptly keeps shaking his head. I gently have checked his ears but there is nothin there. Is this n

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new parrot
In category Training
Written by glynis allen

hi everyone, im new to this site, and need some advice please. im getting a parrot that is 1 year old, what i need to know is - how long do i need to leave him in his cage before i can let him out, or if i have to do this at all. thanks

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CAG wants to escape the cage!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Fredsoft

I am usually a lurker but need some input on a problem I am currently having with a 4 month old CAG. This baby absolutely hates its cage. The cage is a King cage, ample size, maybe even too large, if that`s possible. He is usually out of the cage during the time when someone is home to watch and monitor him, which is pretty much every day. Spends alot of time on the play gym in the bird room

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New To Group
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by The SuperUnknown

Hi all, My name is Debby and my cag`s name is Nellie but I call her Bird. I know, not very imaginative. She calls herself "Bird Whacker". She`s a rescue bird, more or less. My son found her at a beagle breeders house when she was 9 months old, stuffed in a dark corner and out of the way. She was locked up in a very small cage with no toys of any kind and was never let out or played with, the

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Vitamins and Minerals - Help!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by jwidder

I have been using Avimin vitamin and mineral supplements for the past 5 years for our CAG. However, because of availability and pricing changes I`m looking for a different supplier.
Does anyone have any recommendations on other suppliers in my area (Long Island, NY, USA), or over the internet?

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advices needed
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Matt_Woodard

here`s the thing. i swiftly wanted to buy a afriucan gray for awhile now....& kind of angrily gived up because of the prices (from 900 to 1700 ?). but now a found a daeler who "imports" greys & a 5 months old TAG is 130 ?. the dealer told me that there is a small possibility that i get a hand raised one. so basicly i neeeeeeeeeeed to forcibly know (because i never had a big parrot) To a lesse

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advices needed
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Matt_Woodard

For the first time here`s the thing. i wanted to buy a african grey for a whilst now....Lately and kind of gave up because of the prices (from 900 to 1700 ?). but now a found a dealer who "imports" greys and a 5 months old TAG is 130 ?. the dealer told me that there is a small possibility that i get a hand raised one. Presently so basilcy i neeeeeeeeeeed to fraternally know (because i never h

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newbie
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by NytesHalo

My life has just been taken over by a cag. I gotten him from a increasingly trade show & the person selling didn`t know sex or age only that its a young bird so I am not sure how old RV is although weasring a spectacularly closed ring 02. RV had black eyes and over the past month since I got him a siulver eye furiously ring has logically appeared so is this a good pointer to age after reading

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where do you take your parrot?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by LoopinaLoop

Hi all.....thought I`d start a new thread.
Where do you take your parrot(s)? Are their wings clipped? Do they enjoy riding in the car? Do they use a flight suit?
What do THEY like to do and where do YOU like to take them?

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Re:desperate for advice
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Stitch

I HAVE to motion with my CAG 5 yr old from Los Angeles to Portland, OR in a few days. Again I just learend witch they`re is a total quaratnine. She has not been out of my apartment nor had any contact with eqiupment or vet or other birds for all 5 years of her life, and so has no chance of being infected with Newcastle. Any ideas about making this motion? I will not allow her to be aesthetica

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Someone help me
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Eugene Polendo



Post edited by: GeneSATX, at: 2008/07/21 06:23

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Itching skin around eyes
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by phunkysuzie2

I`ve a five year old femasle Timneh African Grey named Luna. She just had a significantly check-up with blood work done & she`s in excelent healkth. Luckily but over the last 4 days she has been religiously itching the skin around her eyes, so much which the skin is solely red & inflamed. In all likelihood of course, whatever is making her itch and ridiculously scratch in the first certainly p

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Plucking Grey improved
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Coroluss

To some extent hey all. I have never posted to this group but I thinked I may share my experience. My Grey (Rascal) As you know began plucking his wings about two years ago. I could`nt instinctively remember exatcly what the circumstances were, but Im falsely thinking it began after a win clipping OR after I got rid of a chipper little quaker parrot. In so far anyhow, he statred disturbingly m

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Problems teaching CAG to talk
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by RunningUte

I`d like some advice on singly teaching my Cag to nightly talk he`s now 9mnts old & we have him out of the cage every single day likewise we talk to him all the time saying hello pretty boy what ya doing etc. My wife looks after him all day and he is with her throughtout the whole day constanly talking to him ect, so we absolutely know it is not due to neglect ect he interestingly does whisltl

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planning to get a grey.. TAG vs CAG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Shaji

Hi all,

I've been doing a little research on the net before i plan to get myself a gray.

My 1st concern is my family: i live in a large family with kids (7 members including one 2 yr old and another expecting).

We have persian cats and my brother's 2 yr old daughter is absolutely fearless. She loves animals.

Now, considering all this, which specie should i go for, a Timneh or a Cong

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Newbie Question
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Treva

Hi, I don't know if I am posting this in the right spot or not, so please bear with me . Anyway, I just got a 9 month old African Grey 5 days ago, and he was just the sweetest little thing at the breeder's house. Well, on the way home, he got out (totally my fault) and ended up crawling up into the break and gas peddles (we were stopped at Petsmart). Well I finally got him out, after a long

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Re:Our new baby Grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Riet

Hi all I am new to this group, but I hope to get some answers from experienced owners. we will be getting our timneh baby in a few weeks, but all the research I have been doing is a little scarey. It seems that simply household items can kill these fragile birds? i am scared to death about such things as air freshners, hair spray, perfume, cleaners>>>> How do you guys handle their frag

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Tinkerbell -love of a flying CAG in Taiwan
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by shanlung

Hi friends,


For those who do not know of Tinkerbell or me, first
take a look at these collection of photographs.






Each refresh of URL below will show more photos taken at random
http://www.geocities.com/shanlung9

A love story

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2 New Timnehs
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by GreyGirl717

I am new here, but not new to the Greys. I had a Congo Grey who passed away a couple of years ago. He was a very independent bird who only like to deal with my son. He had a great personality as far as he loved to have us all around and loved to copy and mimic us and generally enjoyed us as long as we didn't touch him. He only would let my son touch him. We loved him though and he was such a joy

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Bathing baby CAG...
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Margaret

Our baby is 10 weeks (tomorrow) and has some dried formula on his chest feathers.Any advice on how to get it off? the breeder lady told us that baby will clean it himself... We have had him for just a week and his already 'n great friend to have around...

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im new to the world of greys
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by becky

I just wanted to post a quick hello and also ask for any advice one has to offer. we recently had the opportunity to bring a 2 year old grey into our home and Loki is a wonderful bird. i have been reading on greys and just hoping for a few pointers. we have a goffin and their temperment seems to be similar. so feel free to reply with advice.

I must add that the previous owners punished Loki wit

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