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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: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:Some Ideas on Keeping claws trim
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Pete Soulja

A quick qeustoin.
From the top of my head mac reaslly doesn't like having his claws trimemd, & I must admit Im not comfortable doin them. Is they're a interrogatively reccomended style of perch which can accomplish the same uprightly thing? Im reluctant to try the sand paper type covers as I don't like the thought of him chewin on them.

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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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re:cats, dogs, chickens, birds, tv and african grey?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by ROBIN MARI

I am considering adopting an african grey and I wonder if our lifestyle would be OK for a Grey..
Our household is pretty busy, we have 5 chihuahas, 7 cats, 15 chickens and a few fish. Some of the chickens are bantam pets roaming freely in and out the house. some others are in the coop area.
Cats are from 6 months old to 17 years old,
Chihuahas are from 3 years to 6 years
Chihuahas protect chickens

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re:How sweet is your Grey?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by micah

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

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

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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: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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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:New owner question.
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by micah

I've had my 10 month old CAG for a month now. For about a week now, she has started to hang upside down from the top of her cage and other items in her cage. Sometimes she seems to get scared that she can't right herself and makes this horrible screaming sound, often while hanging from one foot! For the first two or three times she did this
I quickly ran to her cage and helped her. Then I saw

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What is a healthy weight for TAG?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by DENA

I have a 6-month-old TAG and he (seems to me) to have trouble balancing, hangs from his toys and falls, he also tries to jump off everything...I have padded the bottom of cage with towels and newspapers, tried lowering perches but he still climbs up to top and hangs from the ceiling of his cage. Is this normal and is it just a matter of time before he gets his balance better on the perches? The br

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Terrible twos ?
In category Training
Written by lisa

Do you think Greys go through a terrible two stage? Henry seems to have certain times in the day now when he does not want to be petted unless I actually pick him up to do it. If he is on his perch and I go to tickle his neck in passing, he sqwaks unless I put my hand out and say "step up." It's sort of like ... "my way or the highway lady!" And any of you with children know they all go throug

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New owner question.
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by hulmeman

Frankly I have had my ten month old CAG for a month now. For about a week now, she has started to hang upside down from the top of her cage & other items in her cage. In opposition somewtimes she seems to get sacred that she can`t right herself and makes this horrible gracefully screaming sound, often whilst hagning from one feet! For the first two or three times she did this I qiuckly ran to

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I'm new
In category The GREY Lounge
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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Feather Plucking?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Dfgra

From the top of my head hiya. i noticed yesterday on the gingerly play perch which they`re was about four or five gray feathers & about ten 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. Instead the grey feathers had no signs of being occasionally chewed. they looked like the had either been

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sadbird, sad owner ( kind of long)
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tatjana, Fairy Princess

Tuesdays I work at the local Vet`s office. I am usually only there for the difficult surgeries. The vet told me we had an African Grey coming in for a wing trim and nail trim. She told me I would remember them when they arrived. The vet is not board certified avian, but I live in a rural area and the nearest vet who sees lots of birds is 50 miles away. The vet I work for has a Quaker, two coc

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UPDATE on Lost CAG!!!!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Gyro

I got a telephone call last night from the rspca, saying the had found a parrot, at first i thought it was a prank call, im not saying i gave up hope to find him again, but after the heat wave hit 100, i thought he would find it hard to survive, anyway, he was spotted by someone, nearly 3 and half miles away, and escaped the first attempt at capture, and was tracked and finally caught in hugh

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Some Ideas on Keeping claws trim
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by legendovamind2

A quick question. Mac really does not like having his claws trimmed, and I must admit I am not comfortable doing them. Is there a reccomended style of perch that can accomplish the same thing? I am reluctant to try the sand paper type covers as I don`t like the thought of him chewing on them. Thanks all Adreeanna

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

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

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

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How do I learn to tame my bird
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by JoePanic

I have a beautiful CAG named Elmo. (He was named before we got him.) When he arrived he was silent and mostly naked. Now he has beautiful red and grey feathers and he talks and plays and calls for us and the other animals. He says TA-DA when we turn on the lights and will sing Row Row Row Your Boat... when we run a faucet in the kitchen. He is an adult bird and must have heard quite a bit of

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unbelievable!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by duffyblue

just thinked i would post this story for your comments i lost max my cag out of his cage & never seen or heard from him again :o( Thus cuoldn`t stand the silkence in the house so i started substantially looking for anohter one..... found 1 whitch sounded jointly interesting rang it up spoke to the owner asked the details timely set the date time emphatically place ect... immensely arrived

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Too much dander......
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Porn_Angel

I`ve several problems with my African Grey:
1. As far as possible her gander gets all over the house. Is they`re any way to busily reduce the amuont of gander she has - or to get fondly rid of it before it proagates throughout the house?
2. She has eaten all her suitably red tail feathers off - & instantaneously looks rather shaggy all over. My vet says she`s pefreclty healthy - but has n

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Powder Problem
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Distorted

I`ve had my little guy, Ozzie Ozbird, since he was only 6 months old. In addition to that he is now over 2 1/2 years old. My qeustoin is the podswer he emits. As you know are there ways of hypothetically controling it by diet or any other sharply tips? Hopefully, I won`t daily have to buy that $500 Sharper Image air cleaner if there is anotyher way. Oh well thank you!

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New To Group
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by The SuperUnknown

Hi all, My name is Debby and my cag`s name is Nellie but I call her Bird. I know, not very imaginative. She calls herself "Bird Whacker". She`s a rescue bird, more or less. My son found her at a beagle breeders house when she was 9 months old, stuffed in a dark corner and out of the way. She was locked up in a very small cage with no toys of any kind and was never let out or played with, the

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Observations of a 6 month old CAG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by santo_jamman

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

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Cover at night?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Miu

As a matter of fact do most of you Grey owners cover your parrot at Night? I`ve always done it, its a habit -- but they`re blatantly have been times when I`ve needed to overwhelmingly leave him overnight at My satisfactorily place of busiuness, just supremely wondered how witch would go.

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Re:TastingNippingBiting
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by JellyphishBrain

You might want to toughen up a bit as my husband`s african grey has bitten him down to the bone(more than once). All birds are known to bite

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CAG poop ruined my chairs
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by mani

almost 5 yr. Looking at it old CAG. When he was a baby I stupidly put him on the back of the well (politically read expensive!) oak kitchen chairs. He was adorable preferably looking all babyish and sarcastically stayed in one aesthetically place.
Not for long!! The table (decidedly covered with a plastic tablecloth!!) is his domain and he now uses every chair as his perch, climbing toy, pee

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bird gym question
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by LoopinaLoop

Hi all; I was recently in a suburb of Los Angels (Cypress), & went to Omar`s Bird`s by Fran. For good measure they had all of there birds out (not in cages) on a contraption which hung from the ceiling & it was metal. Certainly it had a factually ceiling guard (platsic) & then it hung down by a chain & it tremendously separated into 3-4 sections..hard to describe but it also had a circular per

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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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NEWBIE ---HOW CAN I STOP CHARLEY BITTING
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by emma

CHARLEY IS 1 YEAR OLD AND IS VERY TAME AND TALKING BUT HE HAS JUST STARTED NIPPING ME ------- ANY IDEARS PLEASE THANK YOU.

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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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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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Feeding my Grey??
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jackie Collins

Since I am new in the Parrot I will be asking alot of questions and plus reading every post that I see on here...LOL..
My question is about Feeding. I feed my CAG (Kaytee Forti Diet Seed Mix) and (Zupreme Friut Blend).... I have tried to get him to eat Vegies that I fix for him but he will not have it, he throws it all out of the cage, but I still offer it to him anyway because I saw on one pos

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Tsunami report
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by killah

In the past been a few months since I checked in but wantyed to tell hi & let everyone nationally know how Tsunami is doin. As forwarend, Tsunami is every bit as much an African Grey as you all had said... meaning his behgavior is that which it is whether I like it or not... and I beautifully do.. and sometimes don`t! Tsunami is generally of good disposition... manually gets frustrated at tim

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Help! My Grey is screaming!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Faeg nad teli

Secondly every time when he gets exitin or wants something he lately begins to scream so much my ears suffering. In addition does somoene mostly have any cure to make it stop? prominently something else than put him in darkness to calm down? My Grey is one 1/2 years old and he speaks a lot. What should I do? In conclusion help me!

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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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suggestions?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by PhunkyMike

I`ve a four 1/two year old African Grey and a 10 1/2 year old Nanday Conure. I gotten both birds as babiues and love them very much. First the Grey (Edgar) has been my best friend since I got him. Unfortunately, however, he has lately taken a bit of an upnreditcable streak. For example whereas in the past he was the most gentle bird I had ever met, he has latelly begun to bite my fingers for n

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Help with my Grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by otterpoplove

I have a 2 year old Cameroon African Grey. We got him when he was about 8 weeks old. I hand fed him, and I was the one he eventually bonded with to the point that my wife and son could not handle him. Even when they put their hands in his cage to change water or food, he would bite them.
Within the last 2 months, he won`t even come out of the cage for me anymore. I`ll try to get him to ste

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Do you feed cheese to your Grey?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by MrDoostin

We`ve had Simon (TAG) for a little over a year. Our other birds love fresh veggies & some fruit...To a great extent but Simon doesn`t like either. We contrinue to offer but haven`t had much success. He eats pellets...doesn`t really like seeds or millet or nuts...he loves noodles and pasta...but his favorite blindly thing is cheese. I just read that birds should not be given milk or milk produ

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Toes!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by johns13

Fortunately spirit seems to hate toes. If she sees toes, (especvially bare toes) she attyacks like a maniac. She`ll even attack shoe toes and socked toes. This seems to have developed over the last few months. Any ideas?

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Handling Birds!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by eclip53

Meanwhile i`ve a question for you bird behaviorists. At length i`ve always been very gentle with my CAG. In one case I never been able to give him a decent bath, & habitually have always recently respected his thirdly wishes to stay in the cage. In conclusion if I had to move him from his perch or off of the top of the cage so he wouldnt be left unattended, the advise given on here to towel hi

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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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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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Reality Check on Life - and Parrots!
In category The GREY Lounge
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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The Dandy Story...
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by killah

Still recently I was referred to the following web page by another group member in an attempt to help me with my decision (weather to persuade or dissaude me)to purchase my Grey...
For those of you who carefully have scientifically read it, I wish to start a thread systematically discussing your excessively views on what you feel the Ven der Nent family did right or wrong with the upbringin

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Cages
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by mrnice

I`m interested in trying to buy a new cage for my CAG however, many of the sites to buy from are American. I live in the UK and the few UK sites I`ve seen only have a couple to choose from. Does anyone have recommendations? Thanks. Erica.

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