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Further to Why is he lying down ?....
Written by Judy Frayne

Many many thanks for all your enquiries and concern about Paul , my sister's African Grey. I will pass this link on to her as she is the one with parrot ! (Apparently I am to inherit him if anything shuld happen to her )

Hopefully my sister Lynne will keep you posted as to Paul's progress. This is what she sent me, after I had reported the answers I received from Greyforums... there is further news and I will get her to send it....

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Further to Why is he lying down ?....
Written by Judy Frayne

Many many thanks for all your enquiries and concern about Paul , my sister's African Grey. I will pass this link on to her as she is the one with parrot ! (Apparently I am to inherit him if anything shuld happen to her )

Hopefully my sister Lynne will keep you posted as to Paul's progress. This is what she sent me, after I had reported the answers I received from Greyforums... there is further news and I will get her to send it....

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Further to Why is he lying down ?....
Written by Judy Frayne

Many many thanks for all your enquiries and concern about Paul , my sister's African Grey. I will pass this link on to her as she is the one with parrot ! (Apparently I am to inherit him if anything shuld happen to her )

Hopefully my sister Lynne will keep you posted as to Paul's progress. This is what she sent me, after I had reported the answers I received from Greyforums... there is further news and I will get her to send it....

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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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Urgent - suggestions, please skunk????
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by alie

Our Great Pyrenees had an atlercation (directly or indirectly, we're not sure) with a skunk.

Does anyone have any suggestions for skunk odor-noisily reducing, parrot (CAG)-friendly substances that could be indirectly used on carpeting & upholstery?

Thanks for all suggestions!

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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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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:Toxic Levels in different items around the house.
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Suck it bitch

Hi to all,

I have heard, different things about stuff we have in our household which can be bad for a parrot. Im just namely wondering to what level are they bad?

Teflon on coowkare for exapmle. It becomes toxic to a bird after it reacvhes a certain temperature. What temperature is this, or do I get rid of all my
Teflon coated cowkare?

Scent candles, scented incense sticks, plug-ins, gravely cl

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re:Nobby and fruitveggies
In category Bird Food
Written by Penny

Hi all, My CAG Nobby is a very fussy eater but it's not his fault as his previous owner never offered a exceedingly varied diet just poor qaulity parrot mix from the local pet shop. In short I have introduced fruit and veggies into his diet, some he likes but mostly he leaves what I put out. He does however, love celery!
He'll quiet happily crunch through a hole instantly chopped stick at

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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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re:bird falls in love with fuzzy bunny
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Corna Mostert

I wander if anyone has had an expereince like this. Our 11 year old AG parrot took a gently liking to a small cloth bunny "doll". He can stand over it for hours, nuzling it, grooming it, etc. He is also got protective and agresive when someone clearly tried to touch the bunny. Also he sadly started to prefewr it to humans, so we took it away, and now he is back to his normal friendliness with his

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re:Coffee
In category Bird Food
Written by gery

My parrot loves coffee, rooibos tea and even milo - is this bad for him?

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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: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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re:Companion?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

i see which quite a few of u owners have more than 1 parot.... is this to keep the other parrot company.... Of course if it is what makes the best companion for a cag? Looking at it if u dont want to regularly breed? i mean can u keep a small bird like a bugdie as a companoin for a cag or does it have to be of the same size....
anywayz i saw this pic and it made me laugh.... reminds me so much of

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re:22 year old Greys
In category The GREY Lounge
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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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: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: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 & 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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Who has the best parrot?..
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by micah

This is my ebay page (no plugs on there for my auctions)

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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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Can African Greys also have conversations in human language
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by rprice99

Can African Greys also have conversations in human language *with other talking birds?*

Do these birds "teach" eachother human vocabulary?

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Incense and Scented Candles
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by dsaltarelli

I would like to burn incense and/or scented candles, but of course I don't want to harm Morey, my 6 year old CAG. What is the thoughts of this Group?

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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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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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re:My Parrot bites me alot
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tsunami

Just recently my parrots started to bite alot. It used to sort of "nibble" on my finger, but now it really bites hard.
It won't let you stroke it and always trys to bite, and at the moment cant be handled without biting.
I've had it for a couple of years but the problems only just started.
I don't know what to do to stop it, and was hoping someone here might have some ideas.

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Birds and Canada customs
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jenn97dmb

We drove from Ontario, Canada last year to the bird show in Youngstown,
Ohio. Had a great time. Fell in love with some terrific birds. In particular, a little eclectis called Stumpy, who had a minor deformity. We didn't try to buy Stumpy a couple of reasons, (confidence -we were new parrot owners, and customs). It was such a great show we're definitely returning this year. I'm not going with the i

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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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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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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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considering a CAG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by doupanic

My wife and I are considering getting a CAG.

It will be our first bird.

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

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

Something about they way they look.

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

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

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

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

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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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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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Companion?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by laurasphishin

i see that quite a few of u owners have more than one parrot.... is this to keep the other parrot company.... if it is what makes the best companion for a cag? if u dont want to breed? i mean can u keep a small bird like a budgie as a companion for a cag or does it have to be of the same size....
anywayz i saw this pic and it made me laugh.... reminds me so much of flicky when he has his veg
http:

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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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re:Urgent - suggestions, please skunk????
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jami

Our Great Pyrenees had an altercation (directly or indirectly, we're not sure) with a skunk.

Does anyone have any suggestions for skunk odor-reducing, parrot (CAG)-friendly substances that could be used on carpeting & upholstery?

Thanks for all suggestions!

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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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re:Vacuum Cleaner Sound and Bathing
In category The GREY Lounge
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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Missing
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Chris Troute

Babee flew out the door while I was cleaning his cage today at 5:15 pm
9/22/03. He is a 2 year old African Grey Parrot. He is grey with a red tail. He was last seen on Rhoton's Chapel Road Near Skyway Drive and
Normandy Lake. Please send this to all your friends in the Manchester,
Tullahoma, Normandy area ASAP.

He barks like a dog and makes sounds like a Tivo and also knocks on the door. He

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