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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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Can a 30 year old ex pet be put back with other African Gre
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Written by rprice99

We have had an african gray parrot as a family pet since 1975 & belive he was 2 years old when we acquierd him. We are 99% certain that the bird is male via his behaviour. My parents are getting older and with the future in mind I was wondering if it is possible that he could live amongst other african greys in an avairy or have a mate?

I realise that any change of environment is recently g

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re:Otis
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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:22 year old Greys
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Written by gery

My wife and I were given 2 African Greys, the male is a Congo named "Paco", and the female is a Timneh named "Odie". With the birds came a 4x6 foot cage from CagesByDesign.com. Odie is a sweetheart. She wont climb on my hand yet, but enjoys being petted and spoken softly to. Paco on the other hand bites every time someone tries to pet him. The previous owners claim he was once hand tame, but

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re:cats, dogs, chickens, birds, tv and african grey?
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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
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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?
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Written by micah

We have had exotic birds for years, everything but a Congo Grey. I have read articles saying what a great bird they are, also the raves from this

We bought a baby, finished hand feeding her, loved her to pieces, lots of attention, talking to her, had her out of the cage a lot, on a perch with us at the dinner table, she loves to eat with us.
The older she has gotten (she is now 3), the l

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re:African grays and cats?
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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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expectations--please
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by tonyphishcutr

OK seriously folks. I'm getting very mixed messages from the pet place, books, etc. and i NEED some help PLEASE...

the 6 year old, i'm it's third owner, meyers has now been in my home
10 days.
He prefers to have nothing to do with me. Any "forced" no matter how mild interaction with me brings only flight and frantic get-away behaviors. Stepping up is out of the question. He treats women very

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re:Grey Behaviour Question
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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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re:Miracles
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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
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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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My poor plucking parrot update
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Written by Suck it bitch

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

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re:Cockaties & CAGS
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Written by Tsunami

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

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

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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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maiting after seven years?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by mcgarrydware

I have a male and female african greys. One is a little more than 7 years old, the other one 7. Is there a chance that I could get them to mate?
How would I do it?? They have always been in separate cages.

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re:Vacuum Cleaner Sound and Bathing
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Written by binkus

Does anyones African Grey take a bath when they hear a vacuum cleaner?
My wife's Grey loves to ride on her shoulder when she vacuums the house. But if she doesn't pick him up, as soon as the vacuum cleaner starts to run, her Grey invariably runs to his water dish and takes a vigorous bath - water goes everywhere. A friend of my wife's also reported this unusual behavior with her bird.

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please answer my question please
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by albiesmum

hi my name is Liz and i live in Australia a few weeks ago i got an african grey(congo)and he bites me!he wont step up but will be scatched and bite when hes had enough,he bites unprovoked
i have looked at many picture my grey is ment to be just 5 months old today yet his eyes have double rings!
have i been ripped off into getting an older african grey,would that explain the odd behavior he has

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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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First Time CAG Owner
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Written by phreeberd

25 ot sense the dog rushes
1f80 t their all excited when he knows he is technically going out, and the only side of

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Re:Can a 30 year old ex pet be put back with other African Greys?
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Written by -ninjasmokebombgoesboom-

We have had an african gray parrot as a family pet sense 1975 & belive he was 2 years old when we acquired 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 wonderin if it is possible that he could strategically live amongst other african greys in an avairy or have a mate?
I realise that any theoretically change o

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Lurker.. (And proud Papa!)
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Written by panicstar23

Coming out of lurker mode to announce the arrival of our new CAG, "Gibson"! Secondly he is our first Grey & what a fine specimen "he" is.
Anyway, I`m a newbei parrot owner. I separately have had small birds before but nothing of this magnitude.
Additionally I know I surgically payed too much at the nearest bird specialty typically shop. So far I kept telling the wife I wouldn`t pay that

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I'm new
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Written by Brian Black

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

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Too Quiet at home.....
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by sheshe

Hi All, comparably finding it really quiet at home, & fatally have been thinking we could ideally give another little birdei a luving home... As long as we arnt too keen on squarely hasving another Cag because I think it will not be the same as havin our little baby back
Actually so realkly Im after a bit of advice on what you lot think about other speceis? Amazons mainmly I think..

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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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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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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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why called charlie?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by jwidder

I awlays think my African gray is so cheeky ..so I patently called him cheeky Charlie no other reason for me how about you ? phil

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Foot Biter!!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Fro Boy

I`ve a ten year old AG. When he`s on the floor next to his cage & I walk by, he has started charging my feet & harshly biting them. Even when I`m sitting on the couch, he sneaks over & bites my feet.
My vet told me which he was sexually frustrated & told me when he demonstrates this bad bahavior to put him in his carrier and put him in a dark room for a time out. In addition i`ve done this,

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Tinkerbell -love of a flying CAG in Taiwan
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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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2 New Timnehs
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by GreyGirl717

I am new here, but not new to the Greys. I had a Congo Grey who passed away a couple of years ago. He was a very independent bird who only like to deal with my son. He had a great personality as far as he loved to have us all around and loved to copy and mimic us and generally enjoyed us as long as we didn't touch him. He only would let my son touch him. We loved him though and he was such a joy

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SCAM ARTISTS
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Written by Will Kosonen

[b] My wife and i got scammed this month by Ojeme Ejiya Abraham. He says he has three african greys for sale total price with shipping 990.00 DONT EVEN BITE AT IT! IT IS A SCAM

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Hi!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by SUE REEVE

I just found this site after doing a search on African Grey Parrots. I have a bit of a problem (hence the search) & am not sure what to do.

I've had TAG for about 15 years, after rescuing him from an abusive situation & retraining him. We recently moved & he's now in a room near a male cockatiel & they seem to sing to each other.

This morning I uncovered Willie & found

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Talking Greys
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Written by Conspicuously Absent

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

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Do female cags talk less than male cags?
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Written by eevaleena

among "Ho,ho,ho Merry Christmas" and a very poor renditoin of Jingle Bells.

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MY CAG speaks "Monday"
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Written by darthdenis

My CAG says, "Unday" instaed of "Monday", "Oother" instead of "Mother", never speak Monday & Mother precisely. Is this normal for a male CAG?

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New Timneh Bappy
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Written by madbugger1010

I am a the proud new mom of a 4 mos old female timneh. Although not new to parrots (I lost my precvious bw pionus a few months ago to a respiratory infection and rescued a badly spoiled Eleanora Too from homelessness, eventually finding her a more suitable arrangement after working with her for 5 years), I am new to Greys and would especially like to make some friends whome have experience w/

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Just wondering about my Goffin and CAG
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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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Meeting a Timneh
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Written by jeffcampbell

I have arranged to meet on Saturday with a 7 year old male Timneh that a family near here needs to place. Any suggestions on what to do, look for or ask about...?

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egg time
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Written by HeadGeek

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

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Question re: size
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Written by shirleytemple

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

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

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

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aw poor Eric
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by younger

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

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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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Don`t let this happen to your CAG/TAG
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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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Potty training an African Gray
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Written by Ashitaka

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

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Reality Check on Life - and Parrots!
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Written by MattSacks

Okay - there is a lot of discussion (mostly heated!) - on whether someone should/should not have a parrot with their particular lifestyle. (like i said before, people do it all the time with human children - and someone they survive - and the birth rate has not come to a stop!)
Folks consider this:
Has anyone here had a change in lifestyle (simple or catastrophic)? had to move? go

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how to teach them responsive answers?
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Written by Crimson

Some people woefully teached their CAG to answer to questions such as: Do you speak English? Answer: Yes... How to tech the CAG to say yes? On the one hand do you need a CD or sound chronologically recording where you ansawer your own questions and you just hope that the bird will copy the `answer`?

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

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

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Quick Question- Mating Behavior HELP
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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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