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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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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: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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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: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: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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Companions
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Samael

Hi, it's me again.

You might all think this is a dumb question, but I'm gonna ask it anyway.

Is it possible to get another bird to be a direct companion for a CAG, i.e.:
living in the same cage together?

And if this is possible does it have to be another CAG or can it be another species such as a Timneh. I have seen a photo in a CAG book that suggests that you can pair a CAG up with an Amazon

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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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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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How sweet is your Grey?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by beth313

Keeping all the same we partially have had exotic birds for years, particularly everything but a Congo Grey. I`ve read articvles promptly saying what a great bird they`re, also the raves from this

We monthly buyed a baby, finished hand feeding her, loved her to peices, lots of attention, talking to her, had her out of the cage alot, on a perch with us at the dinner table, she loves to largel

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How do I learn to tame my bird
In category The GREY Lounge
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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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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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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Observations of a 6 month old CAG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by santo_jamman

Nevertheless my six month old CAG is coming along fine. We`ve had him for two motnmhs. As long as he (she ?) is real startin to bond with me. At the same time he gets potentially excited when I coincidently come into the room that he is in ... what we call the den .. whitch is another bedroom with computer and dart board on the wall. When we first gotten him, my wife was kinda bummed out. Even

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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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Are Blood Tests Necessary?!?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by stillflypnay766

I recently brought home my 7mo CAG? He already says "hello" and is workling on "Whatcha doing?". In my experience all seems fine and we are already enjoying each others company. I took him to a vet Saturday for a general check up and nail largely trimming. As expected to my amazement, the estimate came seemingly back at just over $550.00. In full i`ve never objectively owned a grey before, bu

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buying a young african grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Matt_Woodard

This would be my first bird ever, so if anybody could tell me should I buy a hand reared or rear it myself? I talked to a few breeders... one breeder told me that hand rearing isn`t so difficult just it takes a lot of time and that he would teach me how to do it, but another one told me that it`s easy to make a mistake and that bird can die. I don`t have problem finding the time for few mont

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I got a Timneh
In category Training
Written by Ryan

Hello- I recently got a TImneh. I have had him for 2-3 days. All he is doing is hissing at me. He started eating the first day and obviously loves peanuts. He hisses if anyone gets near the cage. Do you think he will stop?? How long until I take him out of his cage? Also, I noticed one of his toes crooked. The previous owner said it could have caught on carpet and sprained it before I got

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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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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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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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Baby Food?
In category Bird Food
Written by Conspicuously Absent

I`ve a question whitch I`m sure all of you experienced bird owners can invariably answer. Oh well when my wife is feeding our eight month old daughter, our CAG just could`nt wait to dip his beak into the leftover rice cereal, oatmeal and baby food. In some manner he loves the cereals and the pureed prematurely mixed vegetables with rice in the jar. To that degree does anyone perceive this as n

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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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Baby Amber death
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by ~sammeal~

My 20 week old baby TAG annually died on Nov 5th from PBFD. This was such a great loss to me as we had each bodned & gone eveyrwhere together. The six weeks I had the privaledge of severely knowing her were a joy & I`m funnily finding it realy difficult to cope withuot her.
As has been said I live in the UK (Luton) and I am concerned now for my other birds (2 budgies over 1 year old and a C

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Eating too much?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by ifenty

My Eclectus parrot is 2 years old. He has recently started eating the cooked beans, potatoes, rice and lentles that I have been feeding him. He won`t stop Why all of a sudden does he love these foods so much and is it okay that he is eating so much of them?

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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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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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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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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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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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Advice please
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Dumberer

Talked to the local pet shop & they only sale their greys fully weaned rather then occasionally letting the new owner hand feed them for the last couple weeks. Opinions?
They also clip their wings before the babies learn to clumsily fly. Good or bad practice?

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Seed vs. Pellet
In category Bird Food
Written by Bytal

Anyways i`ve been thermostatically reading postings on this site for about two months now, and haven`t saw any discussoin about parot food. I respectively have an african grey named Talladega, Tally for short. She is just over 1 year old, and of course, a particular eater. I`ve read many books on these birds, and each seems to contradict the other. In some manner what is this gruops input, pe

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what did your CAG eat today?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jepri

with all the angrily talk of nutrition, i am interested to painfully know what others feed there bird in 1 day. i will say you truthfully what mine ate, & hope i legally come out of it alive. Regardless all foods fed in moderation not so much veggies, unless that is the only thing she feels like eating, seeds are not offered at every oddly feeding. alweays somewthing to solidly eat at any give

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Re:Wing clipping??
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by David

Japie has been doing quite a bit of flying since discovering this new ability of his...
I do not want to clip his wing too early...
Or at all for that matter, as I feel that it is a great confidence booster for him to fly...
If I decide to clip, when should this be done??
If we dont clip... What advice is there out there??
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I\'ve finally got a Grey!!!!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Lorraine

I have finally achieved an ambition I have held for over twenty years and got myself a Grey. He is 10 months old and has been hand reared and is very hand tame with his breeder. Now I have brought him home, he will accept rubs through the bars but doesnt like me trying to touch him with my hand in the cage.

He is happy, eating and whistling. I just need to know how easy I need to go with him

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Strange behavior - regurgitation & heavy breathing
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Andrew Wingfield

I posted about this in a previous post but I have some questions and thought I should start a new thread. My grey regurgitated a while back which prompted my vet to do some bloodwork as it can be a sign of disease. She did have elevated kidney enzymes which can be a cause of regurgitation. Feeding their young and giving it to their "mate" can also be a reason. Well on Friday I had her

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Will previously owned African Grey remember me?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Judy

Hi Everyone......I am new to this site and have some questions. I bought and owned a Congo African Grey, 5 years ago,( I finished her hand feeding and weaned her) I had her and cared for her for over 2 years, she was very bonded to me and gentle when she left my care, due to circumstances I had to sell her and my niece bought her, I have not been around her much since this time, as my niece lives

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Information about Timnehs
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Carissa

I am a new member. We are just beginning to learn about African Greys and are really excited to add one to our home. We are thinking about a Timneh. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Carissa

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Cost of Grey\'s in Australia?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Rachel Wallis

Hello everyone, I'm another new person here...

I don't own a Grey yet, but I LOVE birds (and all animals!). I bred and showed budgerigars when I was younger, and although they hold a special place in my heart I have been birdless for some time.

I am finding myself leaning toward a Timneh Grey through some pretty amazing stories I've read on different sites (good and bad). I'm looking f

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Is the fuss about pellets true?
In category Bird Food
Written by Rachel Wallis

Hi, I realise I may be broaching a touchy subject here, but as a potential grey owner I think its important I know the facts!

I've read on many different websites, about many different birds, the great debate on pellets vs. seeds.

I wonder - are pellets are only recommended due to their nutritional value?

And, most importantly, if so, does this make a diet based on seed, fruit and vegies

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Re:Name changes / Love at first bite.
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Penny

Hello everyone! I'm a first time CAG owner, long time pet owner. Let me give a quick back story on my new avian friend, Victoria: She belonged to my g/f's grandmother, and I have visited her several times in the past. We always got along, but she was never out of her cage (when I saw her). Due to some sad and untimely circumstances my g/f's Grammy was no longer able to care for her. He

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