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re:Longest phrase?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Anna

My six year-old Congo Gray knows about 40 phrases. I have often scurvily wondered how long a phrase he shall be capable of repeating. Notwithstanding what's the longest phrase any of you have managed to teach your Gray? Nevertheless cosmo's longest to date: "Jesse Ventura is my kinda guy!" His latest: "Cosmo for president!

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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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Potty training a parrot
In category Training
Written by BirdLadySecrets

weve had a grey for about 3 1/2 years now. he was hand reared and knows no fear. Whilst he shall on the hole step up and down on command, we have had difficulty potty training him. Whenever he goes now he says good boy but not always in the right place! can anyone recommend a good mehtod of abruptly doing this?

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re:Parrot sitter needed in Lancashire. UK
In category The GREY Lounge
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:feeding advice
In category Bird Food
Written by Jackie Collins

Paddy my 6mth old cag is a very fussy eater not really in to veg or fruit although he always has fresh veg & fruit in his cage along with parrot mix in his other dish. Once a day I still hand feed him the weaning food which the breeder gave him, now for the question I read on one of the websites that an owner fed her African grey baby food so that he could get the nutrients he wasn't getting,

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re:African grays and cats?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by dumfatnhappy

I've a 6 year-old, good adjusted Congo, whome I have had sense he was a chick. Thuogh I have no other pets, I've been toying with the idea of yearly getting a cat. Have any of you had experience with Grays and cats in the same household?

Bob Fliegel, St. Augustine, FL

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Can a 30 year old ex pet be put back with other African Gre
In category The GREY Lounge
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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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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what a place
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Iory

I was at the 1st regisdtered parrot sanctuary in England this week & it's wonderful, the birds are so much better off, this is how a resceu centre should look. You can see at www.parrotsanctaury.co.uk

Got to be worth a visit just for the support.

Take care you guys

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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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Ice water bath
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

I've recently read a post on a newsgroup saying that african greys love to bath in ice water (meaning ice-cold-water).
Could this be true? I can't imagine where on nature they get ice water...
Maybe it's just when it's warm on summer, they like to get a bit cold, like any normal human being...

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re:Otis
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

Otis is a four year old male Grey Arfican. He lives alone with me in a spacey place. Althuogh he has got a TV, lives in a very large cage & is uotside when ever Im at home, there are ususally 8-1-0 hours a day I am not at home anxiously during the week.

This is why I consider getting him some company. Afterward a petshop in town has a 9 month old lovely and tame Blue Amazon. He has been in

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

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

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re:time spent with your parrot
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

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

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Picker
In category The GREY Lounge
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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re:African Grey loves ice water..
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Suck it bitch

I have two African Grey's (Sam and Kenya). Sam loves to take showers so she has one every day with no problem but Kenya on the other hand will squawk like a chicken if I take her to the shower room. If I insist with the shower she will stand, look at me with teary eyes and pout...

What I do for Kenya instead of the daily shower is spray her down with a soft mist spray bottle and she is OK.. A

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Re:bird food
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Julia Ward

does anyone know of a company that delivers good food for greys to the london area, im also looking for a place that sells good toys as well.

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Pine Cones - Are they all safe?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Judy Wilhelm

I bought a parrot toy recently that had 3 pine cones on it. CAG (Simon)
tore into them instantly. I have a pine trees around my house. Can I use them?

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re:Oil lamps, candles, etc...
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by jamal

Hello everyone (Gibson giving out a big whistle to his fellow CAG's)...

We've already had one power outage this year which brings up several questions. I know you are not supposed to burn scented candles but how about regular wax candles? Going in that direction, how about oil lamps?

Pre-CAG my wife was a big candle fan... She has put them aside for Gibson.
Her latest question to me was about bo

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parrot & corvid hearing range & sounds from electron
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Karma

I have some questions about the hearing range of parrots & corvids (crow family birds), and suitable lighting so as to avoid bothering them with flickering and high frequency hum.
If you can answer any of these questions please reply.

Here is the reason for my wondering:

I am considering switching all my bird room florescent lights from magnetic to electronic ballasts. This is because
I know

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Help wanted
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by binkus

Can anyone tell me what food is good for my Grey and what food is poison

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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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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:First Time CAG Owner
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by micah

I am getting a CAG this next week, and as a new owner I have a lot of questions.

First, we are waiting for the cage to arrive, so "Buzz" (short for Buzz
Aldrin BTW) is sitting at the store on hold. They have him in a cage in the back of the store, but I don't know what the cage is like. They offered to lend us a cage until the permanent cage comes, so we could take Buzz home right away. We figur

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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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re:African grays and cats?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jami

I have a six year-old, well adjusted Congo, whom I've had since he was a chick. Though I have no other pets, I've been toying with the idea of getting a cat. Have any of you had experience with Grays and cats in the same household?

Bob Fliegel, St. Augustine, FL

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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
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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re:what a place
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by micah

I was at the 1st registered parrot sanctuary in England this week and it is wonderful, the birds are so much better off, this is how a rescue centre should look. You can see at www.parrotsanctuary.co.uk

Got to be worth a visit just for the support.

Take care you guys

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Alex and Dr. Pepperberg
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by kevirose

I visited Dr. Pepperberg yesterday at the Featherlust Bird shop. Her university contract was cut short and she will be unemployed as of this September. Any donations (even small ones) to
www.alexfoundation.org would be very much appreciated. Dr.
Pepperberg's research has opened many people's eyes to the intelligence of parrots, and it would be a shame to see her work end prematurely.

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re:new african gray
In category The GREY Lounge
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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Leaving my bird out during the day...
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Iory

I am about to purchase my first African Grey. I am very excited and making sure that I am prepared. Doing so, I have a few questions.

1. I am planning to keep the bird in my bedroom, bring her into the living area whenever I am home, but keeping the BR as a point of safety. I have a very consistant schedule, and I feel that the bird would be too stressed in the living area if I had a party or a g

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re:Longest phrase?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jami

My 6 year-old Congo Gray knows about 40 phrases. I've often wondered how long a phrase he'd be capable of repeating. What's the longest phrase any of you have managed to teach your Gray? Cosmo's longest to date: "Jesse Ventura is my kinda guy!" His latest: "Cosmo for president!

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Hi, Great group, Parrots & Water too...
In category The GREY Lounge
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?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tsunami

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

Which have I got?

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New Article about Irene Pepperberg and Alex
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by pjamnrust

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/pepperberg03/pepperberg_index.html

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re:Tinkerbell, a flighted and harnessed CAG travelling and flyi
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tsunami

Tinkerbell is my 2 1/2 year CAG.

She is flighted and goes about with me everywhere in Taiwan up the mountains and forest and about everywhere. She wears a harness and leash to my design that perhaps you may find useful too. She comes out riding with me on my motorbike.

The details of that harness and the training we did together are in her web page.
http://community.webshots.com/album/94652562

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re:Grey Behaviour Question
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tsunami

My 8 month old TAG will on occasion lift his wings slightly from his body and make a sort of frustrated whining sound for a minute or two. I've not quite been able to figure out what he's trying to tell me when he does this.
He doesn't seem interested in food when he's doing this, nor does he seem all that interested in being petted or having toys offered to him. Usually, he'll only do this when

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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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re:Miracles
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tsunami

Tonight on Rona Downey's show on PAX called "Miracles" was a story about an African Grey named "Rupert". The lady who owned "him" and
Rupert were very close and Rupert was a great friend to her. One night after she put him into his cage and went to bed she heard him calling and then a THUD as if he had fallen off his perch. She got up to see about him and was knocked back into her room by flame

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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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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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My poor plucking parrot update
In category The GREY Lounge
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:"Old Molly"
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by mikee

Nothing worse than a nontrimming top poster but I'm doing it this time just for you.
I did trim it and I bet you did read it.

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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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Feather Plucking?
In category The GREY Lounge
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:Videos of my African Grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by onlooker

Here's some videos with sound of my African Grey...Gerty!

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re:My African Grey screeches when she knows I'm around but.....
In category The GREY Lounge
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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