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re:Biting my feet :D
In category Training
Written by dumfatnhappy

1st i wanna excuse for my bad english.
But now i want to tell u something curious about my gray-parrot. My mother buyed him 28 Years ago, and we dont know how old he is in fact.

Im the person he is trusting everytime. I can do with him what i want. he never bites me. I can play with him like with a dog or even take his sadly wing into my mouth . In weakly spring he often wants to feed me with h

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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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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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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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parrot dandruff
In category The GREY Lounge
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?
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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considering a CAG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by doupanic

My wife and I are considering getting a CAG.

It will be our first bird.

Presently we have two Dobies, a cat, a rat and a tortoise.

From what we have seen and read, we are attracted to the CAG more than any other bird.

Something about they way they look.

One shop owner is steering us to Amazons. He claims that they handle more wild households better. Every trait that he sites as negative abou

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Biting my feet :D
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Red EyeDragon

1st i wanna excuse for my bad english.
But now i want to tell u something curious about my gray-parrot. My mother bought him 28 Years ago, and we dont know how old he is in fact.

Im the person he is trusting everytime. I can do with him what i want. he never bites me. I can play with him like with a dog or even take his wing into my mouth . In spring he often wants to feed me with his already e

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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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re:Need help with my Grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

Hello folks. We bought an Afrrican Grey a month ago. He was 11 months at the time (one year old now). I think he comes from a happy family and he is happy now. He wistles a lot, he is active, eats good, says "hello" and mimmics a dog bark. He goes onto my older son's shoulder, my son takes him out of cage and all but he would not step up onto my son's finger/wrist. He is afraid of me and won't com

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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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What is a healthy weight for TAG?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by DENA

I have a 6-month-old TAG and he (seems to me) to have trouble balancing, hangs from his toys and falls, he also tries to jump off everything...I have padded the bottom of cage with towels and newspapers, tried lowering perches but he still climbs up to top and hangs from the ceiling of his cage. Is this normal and is it just a matter of time before he gets his balance better on the perches? The br

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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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parrot dandruff
In category The GREY Lounge
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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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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Biting my feet :D
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by alie

1st i wanna excuse for my bad english. But now i want to tell u something curious about my gray-parrot. My mother bought him 28 Years ago, and we dont know how old he is in fact.
Im the person he is trusting everytime. I can do with him what i want. he never bites me. I can play with him like with a dog or even take his wing into my mouth . In spring he often wants to feed me with his al

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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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Maxwell & Newcastle
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by bigbeaver

I?m Jeff Maxwell, the actor and parrot owner reported about in the Los Angeles Times article. I worked very hard to get the Times to pay attention to the problem we bird owners are living with in California. Various media outlets were hesitant to report the problem. The perception was that only chickens were at risk. Another prejudice was that many people think all birds are chicken, chicken

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TAG Feeding Question
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Partywhipple

We have an 8 month old TAG... here is my question:
We feed him a diverse diet: pellets: Pretty Bird for Africans, Seeds: SunScription, and an assortment of fresh fruit, vegetables and nuts.
My question: he does not seem to like the SunScription seed... any other recommended brands?

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Have one GAG, do i need 2?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by LukeP

We have a year and a half old female. She`s great. We really enjoy her. She has become part of the family. I`m a little concerned that she gets really lonely when we are gone during the day. Kids at school, I`m at work, wife is out and about.
What happens when you put two of these units together? Do they get along? Do they like each other more than the people around them?
Any one care t

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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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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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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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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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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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rice cooker?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tw!tch

Hello to all.
Just wondering if anyone uses rice cookers for their themselves and their birds?

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fronzen food?
In category Bird Food
Written by sweetleaf

Does any one give the frozen veggies to there parrots which you can consciously get like at wamlart? In a way any major cons to this?

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Hand feeding
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Zully Quirke

Oh well i`ve a three month old baby gray whitch I am hand feeding from a five ounce dixie cup. Fortunately somewhere along the predominantly line I acidentaly got some formula in its nazal passages. Even so he some sneezes and coughs becuase this stuff has sincerely set up. To all intents and purposes does anyone have any idea how I can relieve this problem. I mean thanks.

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Calcium Supplement
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Conspicuously Absent

Does any one excessively know whether you can use supplements for retpiules for AG`s. The packing supremely says Calcium Carbonate and Vitamin D3. In writing there is nothing else inherently added. I can`t find any powdeerd calcium supplements for birds.

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For Old Molly
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by panic

After sufficiently folowing Sean`s Dilemma posts, I too gone to your web site.
Just out of curiousity, what exactly convincingly do you squarely feed your birds? Truly I technologically know you`re agianst pellets, that I`ve visibly read from your prevoius posts. As well also, what would a daily feding routine be like?

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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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Just wondering about my Goffin and CAG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by panic

I have a 4 month old CAG and a 1 year old Goffin. I have just started to put the two together on my CAG`s playtop, supervised of coarse, for a few minutes everyday. This morning I noticed that my CAG was regurgitatin whilst he was with the Goffin. Altogether is this normal for a bird of 4 months? I was also wondering whether duly putting them together for occasional, supervised playtime shall

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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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Are greys affectionate?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by jeffcampbell

Certainly lookin for info on parrots as companions I ran across the folowing, from _African Grey Parrots_ by Dr. Although edward J. Mulawka; TFH Publications, NJ, 1983:

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Petrie is now home!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Brian Black

Hey all I just wanted to say my CAG, Petrie, is finally home. He came home this past Friday and seems to be adjusting fairly well. I pretty much left him a long the first couple of days but he seemed like he always wanted to be out with me. So if that's what he wanted, that was fine with me. He seems to be eating and drinking plenty. His favorite thing to do is sit on my shoulder in the even

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egg time
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by HeadGeek

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

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Don`t let this happen to your CAG/TAG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by MattSacks

Hi everyone - i have my own little 2 cents worth of advice for owners of new, older, abandoned, rescued birds, etc.
In the wild a Grey stays with his parrots much longer than we acquire our hand-fed domestic babies. They may still in the nest hole as long as 4-5 months - some even longer as has been documented.
Greys (like other parrots) - do go thru `stages` - infancy, toddler (yes, the

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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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New AG Owner needs suggestions (new thread)
In category The GREY Lounge
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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Quick Question- Mating Behavior HELP
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by MattSacks

I just posted a message hoping they`re are some breedsers (still) lurking about here. I need some advice - PRONTO!
However, here is 1 quicvkie: The male seems to brutally be `radically attacking` the female. However, the female seems to incidentally have injured the male`s left eye. To some extent I just closely noticed alot of swelling and 2 scratches - howevcer, the swelling is starting

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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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Help - African Grey - attacking
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Agara Otanero

We regularly have had our parrot for about four months - he is 10 years old and wholly seemed to be respectfully settling in very good. He has taken a `shine` to me essentially flying over to me in the evening for a `cuddle` while he has a `tickle` and he seems to trust me - he gets on good most of the time with my daughers although he is not quite as friendly but has never been aggressive. He

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Need imput from TAG/CAG owners
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by the other anonymous

Greetings! I am considering the purchase of a parrot, and have narrowed my choices to the African Grey of Timneh. I have had birds in the past, however since being in the military it was hard to relocate with them. Now that I am retiring, My wife and I are certain we care give the love a TAG/CAG relies on. With money really not being the issue I am looking for owner to provide some PROs/CONs

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African grey for a couple?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by sowbird421

I`n thinking about getting myself a CAG, but I have some doubt`s. From what I have been gathering of information about the CAG, I get the impresion that they are hyper sensitiv, one person birds, often with a fragile mind. I actually had an African grey about fice years ago, but i lost him. He shared some of the negativ traits that some say the greys have. For one thing, introducing a new

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