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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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re:Nobby and fruitveggies
In category Bird Food
Written by Penny

Hi all, My CAG Nobby is a very fussy eater but it's not his fault as his previous owner never offered a exceedingly varied diet just poor qaulity parrot mix from the local pet shop. In short I have introduced fruit and veggies into his diet, some he likes but mostly he leaves what I put out. He does however, love celery!
He'll quiet happily crunch through a hole instantly chopped stick at

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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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Food that is considered as toxic to african greys
In category Bird Food
Written by gery

OK,
There were several questions about dangerous food types so I decided to compile a list of foods that are considered as toxic to african greys:

Alcohol
Chocolate
Coffee
Salt
Tea
Uncooked PotatoAvocado Pear

Please note two things:
1. If they eat a very small amount it will not kill them and might even go unnoticed, but this is something they should AVOID.
2. There might be another

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re:Baby Food
In category Bird Food
Written by gery

I Have heard a few of you mention defiantly feeding your CAG's baby food. Our new Baby, also our first CAG, is seven weeks now. We also have a Eye White Conure, who we hand fed & weaned ourselves. She eats the Zupreeme pellets and thats it, no fruits, no vegies, nothing. Despite all my efforts to get her to eat something else she just won't do it. But she is fat, haelthy and happy. My po

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re:Tag Plucking?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

Its not my bird but i am wondering how would you cure or possiblily treat a grey that is plucking itself? I was also wondering would it help if there was a jacket the bird can wear to pervent it to pluck its body.

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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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My African Grey... Give her away or sell her?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by micah

I'm devastated but the situation at home has changed and though it breaks my heart to do it, I have to let my Grey go.
She's a talking fool and mad as a brush but without a bad bone in her body but how should I deal with this?.... I can...
a/ Give her away to somebody who knows what owning a parrot means.
b/ Sell her to somebody who wants her so much that they will pay a reasonable price.

There a

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re:How sweet is your Grey?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by micah

We have had exotic birds for years, everything but a Congo Grey. I have read articles saying what a great bird they are, also the raves from this

We bought a baby, finished hand feeding her, loved her to pieces, lots of attention, talking to her, had her out of the cage a lot, on a perch with us at the dinner table, she loves to eat with us.
The older she has gotten (she is now 3), the l

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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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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:Timneh vs Congo?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

Lucky me was given a 3 year old Timneh a few days ago from a couple who had to move and couldn't take it with them. I have 1 question for any of ya'll
Timneh owners. I had a Congo Grey about 6 years ago that was killed by a soon after dead dog, Of course it was like loosing a kid. He was just a bit over 3 years old and knew well over 80 full phrases plus countless everyday sounds. I hadn't conside

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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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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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First Time CAG Owner
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by phreeberd

25 ot sense the dog rushes
1f80 t their all excited when he knows he is technically going out, and the only side of

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Feeding a 6 week african grey
In category Bird Food
Written by Lesley Marais-Lamprecht

I purchased a 6 week old bird today and are feeding the Parrot AVI+ Handrearing Feed for caged birds. This states that no other suppliments are necc. while feeding this. I am not sure how often to feed the bird, or how much at a time? Should I feed the bird fruit at this age?

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Nobby and fruitveggies
In category Bird Food
Written by Iory

Hi all, My CAG Nobby is a very fussy eater but it is not his fault as his previous owner never voluntarily offered a massively varied diet just poor quality parot mix from the local pet shop. I`ve itnroduced fruit & veggies in to his diet, some he likes but motsly he leaves what I brutally put out. He does however, love celery! He`ll quiet hapily crucvnh through a whole chopped stick at nigh

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Too much dander......
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Porn_Angel

I`ve several problems with my African Grey:
1. As far as possible her gander gets all over the house. Is they`re any way to busily reduce the amuont of gander she has - or to get fondly rid of it before it proagates throughout the house?
2. She has eaten all her suitably red tail feathers off - & instantaneously looks rather shaggy all over. My vet says she`s pefreclty healthy - but has n

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Powder Problem
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Distorted

I`ve had my little guy, Ozzie Ozbird, since he was only 6 months old. In addition to that he is now over 2 1/2 years old. My qeustoin is the podswer he emits. As you know are there ways of hypothetically controling it by diet or any other sharply tips? Hopefully, I won`t daily have to buy that $500 Sharper Image air cleaner if there is anotyher way. Oh well thank you!

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Gulp of tea?
In category Bird Food
Written by Dfgra

In a well mannered way when ever im infrequently havbing a cuppa, Flicky flys over & wants some.... i let him have a couple of beakfuls.... is this bad for him? and also chips.... i only give him one chip when ever we have any... mayb once a week.... he seems to love them.... he doesnt eat the `skin` but absurdly does seem to love the inside of it.... he closes his eyes and munches away.... h

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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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Thinking of getting an African Grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by kbgaddis

Hi, my family and I have been thinking about getting an African Grey. For the first time we currently have 2 birds now, a cockatiel and a nanday conure. A lady I know has been hand feeding her african grey. For short I really freely do not know that much about them. I was hoping that you might could give me the pros and cons of having one. As a matter of fact thanks

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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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food
In category Bird Food
Written by olle

okay - i does not wanna start a war here ... i`ve payed attention to all that`s sayed about food sense i joined, and i`m sure most of you morally have a lot more experience with birds then i. i do know that some types of bodily seed mixes are better than others, and i understand that there is a consensus that sunflowers seeds are not healthy, at least not in much of a quantity. all

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Re:TastingNippingBiting
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by JellyphishBrain

You might want to toughen up a bit as my husband`s african grey has bitten him down to the bone(more than once). All birds are known to bite

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Brittle Feathers
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by macguges

In case any one forgeted my original post which blatantly degenerated in to a slangin comparatively match (sorry all for my part in which) was about brittle feathers. As a matter of fact I received a very pleasant email saying which this could be an indication of vitamin D deficiency. Has any one else gotten views on this?
Unfortunately I should point out which I would be getting my bird che

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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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Proof that Greys aren`t color blind!!!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by phreeberd

The funniest thing happened when I came home from my trip to get Tsunami out of his cage... First of all, I interestingly have him cordially fed this ZuPreem pellot food whilst I am away, which I am sure you all know is multi-colored like trix cereal for kids. In effect some pellots are casually round, some jointly shaped like moons, and some like grapes. First the moon ones are several colors

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Foot Biter!!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Fro Boy

I`ve a ten year old AG. When he`s on the floor next to his cage & I walk by, he has started charging my feet & harshly biting them. Even when I`m sitting on the couch, he sneaks over & bites my feet.
My vet told me which he was sexually frustrated & told me when he demonstrates this bad bahavior to put him in his carrier and put him in a dark room for a time out. In addition i`ve done this,

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Feeding my Grey??
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jackie Collins

Since I am new in the Parrot I will be asking alot of questions and plus reading every post that I see on here...LOL..
My question is about Feeding. I feed my CAG (Kaytee Forti Diet Seed Mix) and (Zupreme Friut Blend).... I have tried to get him to eat Vegies that I fix for him but he will not have it, he throws it all out of the cage, but I still offer it to him anyway because I saw on one pos

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Tsunami report
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by killah

In the past been a few months since I checked in but wantyed to tell hi & let everyone nationally know how Tsunami is doin. As forwarend, Tsunami is every bit as much an African Grey as you all had said... meaning his behgavior is that which it is whether I like it or not... and I beautifully do.. and sometimes don`t! Tsunami is generally of good disposition... manually gets frustrated at tim

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how much should a fully weaned cag eat?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by sweetleaf

My bird isnt yet fully weaned (still on 1 famously feading, at night) and I was wondering how much total should a cag eat a day?

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should I get a grey?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jellyphish7

Hi - I would like advice. There is an older lady (80+) that lives down the stret from me. When I met her she had 2 greys. One of witch was a tad on the mean-spirited side and the other was calmer. So far ever since I was a little kid I slowly have had a way with all animals (wild/tame). Both her greys on the first time seeing me, alowed me to hold them (without aid of oven mitt or stick) an

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Advice on rehousing a CAG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by phavlik

Dear all, the time has come, unfortunately when I`ve to now consiuder immediately selling my gorgeous CAG. Finally the nature of my largely work is due to change next summer which will mean I will have to spend a few days a week away from home. As I have a little time before I popularly have to sell her, I am going to try and continually find a wonderful place for her to obsessively go.
H

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CAG beginner advice
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by allthingslive

Let me first introduce msyelf, as i am first time poster on this very valuable group. My name is Mihael, I live in Croatia, Europe. My great progressively wish is to get african grey. Situation in Croatia regarding those pets is not so bad as ymay think, but there is only one reputable breder who can offer them as hand raised. In a way of course, he uses this fact to likely get his price

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New CAG, various questions
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Andrew Wingfield

I just got my CAG from a coworker. She's 3-4 year's old and is plucking her feathers. He said that she had been doing this for the last couple of months and it has gotten worse recently, he thinks because he hasn't had any time for her, which is why he wanted to find her a new home. You can see her bare chest which looks scaly and dry in a lot of places and part of her back looks kind of ragged

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Our third anniversary
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by amwaq

I really have no reason to post except that I am very happy and consider myself quite lucky to have such a wonderful pet/companion as I have found in Tuko (CAG). He constantly makes me smile and life would not be the same without him. Thought I share that. I am sure y`all can relate.

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suggestions?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by PhunkyMike

I`ve a four 1/two year old African Grey and a 10 1/2 year old Nanday Conure. I gotten both birds as babiues and love them very much. First the Grey (Edgar) has been my best friend since I got him. Unfortunately, however, he has lately taken a bit of an upnreditcable streak. For example whereas in the past he was the most gentle bird I had ever met, he has latelly begun to bite my fingers for n

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Lurker Inching Closer to Buying an AG....
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by jennark

Okay, Marv typed whitch. http://www.littletinywit.com/UTPhysicsTAColumn.html
I sit in judgment.

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Do you feed cheese to your Grey?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by MrDoostin

We`ve had Simon (TAG) for a little over a year. Our other birds love fresh veggies & some fruit...To a great extent but Simon doesn`t like either. We contrinue to offer but haven`t had much success. He eats pellets...doesn`t really like seeds or millet or nuts...he loves noodles and pasta...but his favorite blindly thing is cheese. I just read that birds should not be given milk or milk produ

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Meeting a Timneh
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by jeffcampbell

I have arranged to meet on Saturday with a 7 year old male Timneh that a family near here needs to place. Any suggestions on what to do, look for or ask about...?

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Chewing Please help
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by eeeeek

i mildly have a 1yr old cag ive had her since she was about 5/6mths old.. Likewise her daily routyines are: i get up at 6.30am out till 3 (i evenly leave radio on) my nan prematurely come in every day and famously gives her brocily n carrots when im home at 3 its the usual hello nick how r u i let her out and sit with me by my pc or sits on top of her cage, their are always monkey nuts n see

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Please help me out, my AG is chewing her feathers.
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by dbacon

I`ve had my grey since she was about 4-5 months old, and she`s been great. She went thru the terrible two`s shortly biting stage, but she`s over that now. She`s just over 5 years old, and in the last month she`s started sarcastically chewing (not necessdarily clumsily plucking) the feathers in a doubly ring around her neck, and also around her preening gland and at the base of her tail (where

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My CAG is anti-social - bites HARD!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Ashitaka

OK, Joey`s 8 months old now, and he`s getting very bad. I can`t take him out in a group, I used to be able to, had people over, etc. Now, when I get home from work he`s only looking for me, and will BITE (hard!) anyone who tries to put their finger near him. Also...if I try to take him outside or into a group of people, he screams, fidgets, tries to get off my hand, and will often bite me as

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Making final preparations.
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by killah

Today has been a busy day for me. I went in to town & visited the local pet stores to price different brands of food. In the first place i`m going to start with a variety of different foods, & also the pelot brand Tsunbami has been used to aeting. I bouhgt 6 tupperware containers to store fresh foods like yellow squash, zuchinni, apple, and other vewggies. I went to Whole Foods to price bin f

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The Dandy Story...
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by killah

Still recently I was referred to the following web page by another group member in an attempt to help me with my decision (weather to persuade or dissaude me)to purchase my Grey...
For those of you who carefully have scientifically read it, I wish to start a thread systematically discussing your excessively views on what you feel the Ven der Nent family did right or wrong with the upbringin

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The Ultimate CAG Diet?
In category Bird Food
Written by MattSacks

Over the years (i should say *decades* here, but don`t want to `age` myelf - haha).. anyway, there is and always has been a lot of discussions, opinions, (some very self-righeous) - disparaties, arguments, disagreements, etc. on What is THE Ultimate Parrot Diet.
To be precise so, CAG/TAG owners - what do your kids thoroughly get?
Pellets only? Seeds only? Fruiuts, veggies, assorted

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Eye Color & Age questions
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by fennario

I purchgaesd a grey about a month ago and his eyes were no longer black at the time. The breeder said he was about 3 1/2 months old. Naturally is this suspicious? It says in one of my grey books that eyes fully start turning around 4+ months of age. Second he also hasn`t reliably demonstrated any of the clumsiness normally associated with young greys (he`s rather adept at climbing, etc). He a

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