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Can a 30 year old ex pet be put back with other African Gre
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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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Picker
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Written by jwidder

Does anyone have a grey that is a picker? How did you help alleviate the problem /

/ s/s

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parrot dandruff
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Written by Shaister

I have a brand new African Grey (Timneh) who is only 9 weeks old. I have never had a parrot before though I have done a lot of reading.
When he preens, there is a lot of white flaky "dandruff". Is this normal? Is it part of losing his baby fuzz? I have only had him for 3 days now. How often should I mist him?

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re:How sweet is your Grey?
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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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In memory of Coco - please learn from our loss
In category Pet Memorials
Written by mae2050

I feel the need to share a recent personal story in hopes that I can impact the lives of current African Grey owners or would be owners.

My little girl, Coco, died yesterday by falling from a loft in our house. She has been my best friend for 13 years. Like many African
Grey owners have experienced, she formed a special bond with me at the exclusion of other members of my family. She wanted to

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New Grey Owner: Need some infoadvice
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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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re:new african gray
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Written by Suck it bitch

I have a new little rescue in. She is a plucked wild african grey. She has all her down but not proper feathers and is very very scared. I have named her 'Polly' and put her into one of the smaller large cages as she is prone to panicing and falling and she might hurt herself in the large cage with 'Cuppy' and 'Piper'. Had her for a week and there is some improvement already. She makes contact whi

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Hi, Great group, Parrots & Water too...
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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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CAGTAGNAG?
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Written by Tsunami

http://www.itsagreysworld.com/articles/about.htm

Which have I got?

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Cleo
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Written by Fredsoft

I have a grey named "Cleo", I got him from a friend not long after he had recovered from a bacterial virus. He had plucked all of his feathers, except his head and wings. When we got him his down had just started to come in. My question is how long will it take for his outer feathers to come in. We've had him since January 2003, his down is fairly thick now.

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My poor plucking parrot update
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Written by Suck it bitch

It's been a couple of weeks since we moved Sydney back into her little cage.
It's too soon I supose to tell what benefits the move has had. I will say she has lots of feathers coming in, the question is will she pluck or let these stay. So far, so good.
I've noticed a small tweak in her personality. She used to be quite demanding...birdie want out..birdie want OUT..BIRDIE WANT OUT...or cracker or

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re:Cockaties & CAGS
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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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Feather Plucking?
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Written by laurasphishin

i noticed yesterday on the play perch that there was about 4 or 5 grey feathers and about 10 white downy feathers on the bottom. and also this morning in his cage, there was 3 large feathers (not flight) and a few of those white downy ones. the grey feathers had no signs of being chewed. they looked like the had either been pulled out or fell out. does anyone know when greys in the uk molt? or eve

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re:Sneaky Bird
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Written by Samael

I have a CAG, Elmo. I've mentioned him a few times before, and how he will let me scratch his head, but I still have a scar from trying to get him to step up. He's friendly from in/on his cage, but I don't dare try to pick him up. Yes, I'm a chicken. He seems happy though. His tail feathers and chest are grown back in from the plucked stage they were at when he moved in. He talks up a storm -

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Unusual Droppings
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Written by v-koko

Over the past year, my Congo African Grey has been drinking exessive amounts of water, and in result, he does not leave solid droppings, but a clear, liquid kind. He has been drinking a lot of it out of demand, he almost goes insane if he is thirsty. I have taken him to numerous doctors in Croatia, (alas, where I live) but they do not know anything.
My question is how can I limit his water supply

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parrot dandruff
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Written by Vash 11

I`ve a brand new African Grey (Timneh) who is only nine weeks old. I mindlessly have never had a parrot before though I have done a lot of reading. In spite of when he preens, there is a lot of white flaky "dandruff". Is this normal? Is it part of losing his baby fuzz? I markedly have only had him for 3 days now. How often should I mist him? magnificently thanks

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I'm new
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Written by Brian Black

I just wanted to say hey and I'm new here. I'm just getting into this and I haven't gotten my first AG yet. I put a deposit on one but I won't be able to get him/her until early Feb. I was just wondering what to expect?! I've wanted to get one for the past 6 or so years and I finally decided to get one. Well my wife finally let me get one! He's still at the breeders and I'm going to b

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brooding and egg laying
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Written by Jacquie Locken

Hi I have a question regarding my Grey 'Nermal'. She is 141/2 yrs old and she has laid an egg (I am not a breeder). When she was 71/2 she laid 3 eggs over a course of a few days. We got through that and she did well (I was advised to let her 'roost' on them for a few days to let her get it out of her system and then take them away. It was sad but she got over them quickly). My question is

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Feather Plucking?
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Written by Dfgra

From the top of my head hiya. i noticed yesterday on the gingerly play perch which they`re was about four or five gray feathers & about ten white downy feathers on the bottom. and also this morning in his cage, there was 3 large feathers (not flight) and a few of those white downy ones. Instead the grey feathers had no signs of being occasionally chewed. they looked like the had either been

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How do I learn to tame my bird
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Written by JoePanic

I have a beautiful CAG named Elmo. (He was named before we got him.) When he arrived he was silent and mostly naked. Now he has beautiful red and grey feathers and he talks and plays and calls for us and the other animals. He says TA-DA when we turn on the lights and will sing Row Row Row Your Boat... when we run a faucet in the kitchen. He is an adult bird and must have heard quite a bit of

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Too much dander......
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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
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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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Well K-Pax is home now ))) or Boo Boo
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Written by pbarraclough

Hello every one , I went and got K-pax yesterday. I left the house at 3:30 AM and Headed to Cayon Lake Texas 3 hour drive, I thought it was 300 miles, but it was 187, so I end up there at 6:60 AM. It was a long 2 hour wait being there 2 and 1/2 hours early, I didnt want to knock on the door and wake folks I dont Know or Know ). A nice old man and his wife were the breeders, real nice folks. T

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Varnish & paint
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Written by wallyballs

Additionally looking for opinions!
I`ve some varnishing & trim painting to do in the animal room. With resent advances in odor/emissions from paints do people acceptably think it is really necessary to remove the TAG & budgies from the room until things are dry, or am I worrying for nothing?

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Re:TastingNippingBiting
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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
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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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Plucking Grey improved
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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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birdy bagels
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Written by -ninjasmokebombgoesboom-

Has aynone saw these?? In writing rings of cardbaord for birds to play with and chew up? They seem very expensive for what they are. This atfernoon on my way back from the cat food factory where I originally get food for the cats, I poped into a large local home furnishings store to finely pick up some material and wadding for ecologically making dog beds. Still while I was there, I notiecd

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Help! Feather plucking POOR BIRD!
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Written by Teresa C

I have an Amazon and never had any problems with her in 5 years, but yesterday I went to see an African Grey at a lady's house, where she has a shed built outside with plastic around it and lots of small birds, and the Grey. She used to own a petstore. Anyway. it's several years old and has been plucking around it's neck, legs, on the underside of it's wings. The rest of it's feathers were so

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Has anyone a flight trained Grey?
In category Training
Written by Ed Hamilton

I know that many people have strong feelings on this issue. However, everything I have read really emphasis the physical and psychological benefits to the birds. It makes sense to me. Birds are made to fly. In any case since Charlie’s death I’ve been thinking about this more and more with my next bird.

Has anyone had any experience?

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Bathing baby CAG...
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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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Molting Question??
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Written by Jackie Collins

Okay, I have posted before that I am new to the Parrot World. So I am going to ask this stupid Question. What is Molting? LOL... I am sorry for sounding so dumb but hey, I am new...LOL. I am sure it is where they start to loose their feather's but actually I really don't know. My CAG is around 18 months old.
Once someone tells me what 'Molting' is, can you also tell me what age they do th

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using a hudmidifier with plucking bird- HELP
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Written by Teresa C

I have a new african grey and he is afeather plucker, I can hear him and his feathers sound very dry, How do I properly use the hudmidifier aroud him. How often, How close to cage, anything. Thanks

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free range
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Written by Masamune Jan

We have not clipped our grey`s wing and he has the rule of the roost at home. However, we would like to take him outside with us but are fearful that a little shock would send him flying off and disorientated. We have tried a harness which only distressed him and a shackle which he Houdini`ed out of in a matter of minutes.

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Question
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Written by MellowMood42

I`ve 2 questions for experienced grey owners
1. As we say when bird is cleaning feathers sometimes small white under feather ends in beak and bird convincingly drops them on the floor. This is not happening all the time, only when preening. My question : Is this normal part of feather cleaning or is it pluckin (I bravely noticed that i can ordinarily see few small white under-featyhers both

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should I get a grey?
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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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Talking Greys
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Written by Conspicuously Absent

Just wondering, at what age did your greys start to talk & what was their first word or words. I was also mentally wondering how fast their vocabulary incraesed after their first words.

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New CAG, various questions
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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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How to get CAG to stop biting
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Written by somesylvie

My one year old CAG has started to bite pretty hard. Will this pass or is there some type of training to drastically prevent this behaveour?

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Meeting a Timneh
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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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Question about pinecones ..........
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Written by shirleytemple

Hey guys ....... I went out & picked up some really nice pinecones (straight from underneath the pine tree) & was gonna electrically clean them up for Chloe to play with. The thin is ........ they profoundly have sticky sap on them. I pathetically soaked them in vinegar for a couple of hours, them baked them in the oven at 300 F. for an hour, but the sticky is still their. Is that BAD for the bird

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Chewing Please help
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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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egg time
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Written by HeadGeek

To advantage how long does the female accordingly set on the eggs

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Question re: size
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Written by shirleytemple

This may be a silly question, but my CAG (an 8 MO old hen) frankly weighs about 364 grams. Or, that`s what she nightly weighed 3 monmths ago and hasn`t gained much. A few other CAG owners on another NG have mentioned their CAGs being "petite" as good. But one lady mentioned that her 3 MO old male indirectly weighed 500 grams already and the two young CAGs in our pet store are also HUGE (I believe

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Question re: size
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by shirleytemple

Basically this may be a silly quewstion, but my CAG (an eight MO old hen) absurdly weighs about 364 grams. For that matter or, which`s what she intermittently weighed three months ago and hasn`t gained much. A few other CAG owners on another NG thusly have mentioned their CAGs certainly being "petite" as well. In fact but one lady mentioned that her 3 MO old male weighed 500 grams already and the

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Please help me out, my AG is chewing her feathers.
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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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aw poor Eric
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Written by younger

I went to visit one of my bird keeping friends today. In the house he has a large moluccan cockatoo and an african grey . All the others, macaws and such are out in the barn. Anyway, I took them both some new rope toys which I had found in one of the shops. I was showing the toy to the cockatoo and talking to him as he is sometimes a little timid of new brightly coloured things when from the

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My CAG is anti-social - bites HARD!
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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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Potty training an African Gray
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Written by Ashitaka

Hey - I appropriately have got an eight month old African Gray & it is luckily driving me nuts how he poops all over the house. Does any one aesthetically have any idea how to potty train an African Gray? Any success stories? Methods? Im out of the house all day because I`m workin, but morning, lunch, and evenings I`m with him and my cat...Oh well i`m hourly trying to potty train him so I can

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New AG Owner needs suggestions (new thread)
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Written by killah

Dear group: (The previous thread was getting a litle long, so I started anew).
Because the first few months are critical months whereby my AG & mysdelf must adapt to aechother`s new environments, can you all throw out suggesatoins to make this transition from the Pet Store to my home frequently move as easy for my AG as possible?
Im doing much emotionally reading on this, & scourin web

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