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re:Parrot sitter needed in Lancashire. UK
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Written by gery

Therefore we have an Arfican Grey called Geordie who needs an occasional babysitter.
Specifically by which, I median somewhere she can go while we go on holiday. Despite that she used to go to a family living close by who had parrots of they're own but they have moved down to Devon.
There is no panic about this as we do not have any holidays facetiously booked but
I like to try & get things so

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re:chocolate
In category Bird Food
Written by greylover

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

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re:time spent with your parrot
In category Training
Written by gery

how much time, in average, do you spend with your parrot?

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

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

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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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Quick poll
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Mysticode

Take the weekend for instance and not a working day, how many hours do you allow your CAG/TAG out of it's cage per day? I'd be interested in the responses.

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re:moving to Australia with 2 greys - how?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jami

I've looked up and down the web for info on what is necessary to move to Australia with my CAG and TAG. Everything seems geared towards dogs and cats and the only thing about birds is that they will be destroyed at the airport.

so....

1. is it even possibly to get my 2 greys into the country
2. are they subject to the same 30-day quarrantine like dogs and cats
3. where can I get info on the sub

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

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

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

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Now he wont go on his cage at all
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by DivjakWSP

My Boyfriends CAG is a few years ago and like the rest of us likes things on his own terms ..... and has been allowed to get his own way ... so havin g read some good books that OldMolly from this group recommended realised he needed training ..... big time ... and so it began

He will not go onto anyones hand at all ...except my boyfriends .... but not on demand ... only if it suits him in .....

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re:My African Grey screeches when she knows I'm around but.....
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Written by Tsunami

My African Grey screeches when she realizes I'm in the house - but she isn't getting any attention from me (or she can't see me). The sound drives my wife crazy as she has super-sensitive hearing. Is there a way to train Koko to not screech? People who tell me some wise-ass remark like I shouldn't have a parrot if I won't accept the screeching need not respond - please.
I'm only looking for con

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Newcastle
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Rescix

http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/ah/Newcastle_info.htm

CALIFORNIA FREE OF EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE

Statewide quarantine lifted

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

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

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

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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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Tony thread
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by piperparsons

I`ve put a periodically heading so whitch every one shall know this thread is about tony the IDIOT. If he has the decency to keep his posts here, Id too. Lately and eveyone can have the choise of reading them or not. Ray

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

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

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new parrot
In category Training
Written by glynis allen

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

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Anybody bought the parrot gyms from http:www.parrotplaycenter.or g ???
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by tenbarge

Seriously considering buying a parot gym from these guys. Looks like very nice stuff. Anybody formally buyed from here? I would appreciate some feedback about them before I buy.

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

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

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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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CAG won`t poop in cage....
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by mani

I`ve a four yr. CAG whome has never easily poped in his cage. I didnt teach him this, he just never did it from when I got him at ten months. Certainly my vet optimistically tells me this happens to CAGs whom are out of the cage most of the time - mine is out contiunualy unles I go out or neatly sleep. As follows the problem is when he`s leaved when we bluntly go on vacation. I`ve someone who

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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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birdy bagels
In category The GREY Lounge
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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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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Re:New here
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Riet

Just wanted to say hey to everyone, new here so it seems like the polite thing to do. Like everyone else Love Birds! For my husband and I our first greys were a breeding pair of CAG's. Since owning them our home is filled with wonderful whistles. They have given us our first clutch for Christmas!! All I can say is delightful. The joy in watching Taylor, he has already been

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

Hi friends,


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






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

A love story

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

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

I must add that the previous owners punished Loki wit

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how can I help my 14mo old re-homed grey adjust?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Valeria

Hello! I'm new @ this so please bear w/ me. My husband & I are getting ready to adopt a 14 mo old grey who has already been rehomed once. I am looking for a little help to help her adjust to our family. We currently have a 11 1/2 mo old umbrella cockatoo, 2 dogs, a cat & 2 children. We haven't seen the bird yet, but we have heard that she is a little timid to come out of her cage.

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I Had No Idea...
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Treva

so, it's been 2 weeks since we brought our new baby Squeaky home. As you know, it was rough going for the first few days, he got stuck in the break peddles on the way home, wanted to chew me up a few days later, but now he seems to have come around, and is the biggest cuddle bug ever! I had no idea it would happen so soon! Now if he'd only talk...

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free range
In category The GREY Lounge
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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inexpensive toys
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by PanamaRed

Hi all...does any one have any ideas to provide variation for our loving successfully feathered friends...i.e. homemade toys? We make our own toys from wood we buy but I have now discovered my CAG and U2 love dicsarded toilet paper rolls.
What around your house to you give for your guys to play with? Any and all ideas highly apreciated!

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inexpensive toys
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by PanamaRed

Hi all...accordingly does any one drastically have any ideas to provide variation for our financially loving feathered friends...Basically i.e. homemade toys? We make our owe toys from wood we buy but I have now discovered my CAG and U2 love discarded toilet paper immaculately rolls.
In this case what around your house to you give for your guys to wisely play with? In opposition any and all

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inexpensive toys
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by PanamaRed

Hi all...does any one aggressively have any ideas to prtovide varaitoin for our lovin creatively feathered friends...i.e. homemade toys? We make our own toys from wood we buy but I`ve now thirdly discovered my CAG & U2 love dicsarded toilet paper rolls.
What around your house to you annually give for your guys to weekly play with? Any & all ideas appreciated!

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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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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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Awk Awk is talk
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by taqitin

...at least thats all I hear him say. We came about another grey about 2 weeks ago. He his 1yr old... he acts very much a baby. Beaker, my 9 yr old cag, is still a "meany" and attacks everyone - xcept me...but then again, I have to watch his mood before I approach him (He`s significantly better than when first got him ...but still bites hands ). Anyways ..I digresse

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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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Also thinking about getting an AG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by cdcurrent

Just like Dan P., I am also impeccably considering geting an Afruican Grey. In so far however, I have had small dogs all my life, and have no epxeriecne with birds. Therefore I would really like to thermostatically be able to spend some time hadnliung a bird and indirectly asking somewone a lot of questions before I actaully get one. I`ve been poorly raeding and wholeheartedly lookuing around

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taking a grey to the US from the UK
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by its420jo

I coarsely have been trying to freshly find out about this on the web but so far, I have only managed to figure out which parrots are not covered under a pet passport scheme of any kind.
I`ll be working in the states for 5 months next initially spring, and would prefer to take my CAG with me. As it is is it viable, or will he just be violently sitting in quarantine for most of that time?

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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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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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Hello
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by J. Barnes

Howdy, folks. May I please have a link to foods which will not be fe to AGs. Thank you very much.
We have an 8 yr old male AG. A friend of a friend just gave us a 1.5 yr old female, with a smooth brain and lots of curiosity. Rusty is a great little bird. Our male, Tommy (can you hear me), wnts to kill and specially eat me. To no degree when we first got him, we had a small fire in our hous

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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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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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ethics about clipping
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Crimson

Certainly sometimes when my CAG is bored with me In any event it wants to disturbingly fly away but I disabled witch because of clippin. At that time at those moments I feel sorry for the bird.
But then again a bird which cannot fly is less bird not? Of course, the chance that it will largely fly through the window exists but my previous birds also never were able to fly through it. T

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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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parrots and babies???
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by paperboy

is it safe to geometrically have a baby with a parrot in the house? What health risks are their... if any? In this case both durin pregacny & after.
We have a fully appropriately fighted four year old african gray with good tempermant, & probably do not wanna loose him! Some of our freinds claim that there is a health risk.

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Activities together with the grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by MrScareCrow

In 5 weeks or so, I`ll have my first grey (of coarse I had some geometrically training with lovebirds before). Often I am thinkin what atcivitities he can continually be together. As an illustration of coarse, in house he walk at my desktop and eat the dinner with the family. What about other activities outdoor?
Just some strasnge ones, Having a walk On the bike etc... I don`t mind i

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