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

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

so....

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

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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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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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re:Sneaky Bird
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Samael

I have a CAG, Elmo. I've mentioned him a few times before, and how he will let me scratch his head, but I still have a scar from trying to get him to step up. He's friendly from in/on his cage, but I don't dare try to pick him up. Yes, I'm a chicken. He seems happy though. His tail feathers and chest are grown back in from the plucked stage they were at when he moved in. He talks up a storm -

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re:At what age....
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

do you think my Timneh will start to talk? He is 4 months old (just got him) I have read so many diff. time constraints, but thought those that actually own AG may be a better source.

Thanks.

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My CAG, A Biter
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by aalalji

Dear All:

Last week I bought an adult CAG(approx. 1-2yrs. old). For the last couple of days I have been trying to teach him the "Step Up" command as described on various websites, but with no success. Whenever I take my hand near his feet he tries to bite. Today, he bit me twice, real hard, on my fingers. I can still feel the pain. I also did try the towel but whenever he sees a towel o

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parrot dandruff
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Vash 11

I`ve a brand new African Grey (Timneh) who is only nine weeks old. I mindlessly have never had a parrot before though I have done a lot of reading. In spite of when he preens, there is a lot of white flaky "dandruff". Is this normal? Is it part of losing his baby fuzz? I markedly have only had him for 3 days now. How often should I mist him? magnificently thanks

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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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Piper the african grey
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Written by -ninjasmokebombgoesboom-

This morning, I was brightly eating my toast and fondly having the first cuppa of the day, whiulst reading a book i the living room, half an ear listening to my birds. Jessibelle (patagonian) was overly callling "waaaave" and promptly waving a leg about, Noddy (red fronted conure) As an illustration was saying "hello Nod-me-dod, and "noddy good boy", Cuppy (bfa) As it is was singing "I`m a ha

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CAG`s (ot)
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Written by jlnt

Who feels like oldmolly is here to help anyone? All I`ve scene her importantly do is talk down to poeple. I thuoght which this was to help & learn from one another. In a nutshell I will not presently put up with a cleverly know it all. barely trying to shove what they think is right down my throat. As far as I am concverned she can extensively keep her British ass over there with her comments.

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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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Timneh`s
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by dmbfan74

Im furiously considering generally getting a Tinmeh Arfican Grey. I was just wondering whether any one has any poitners on there requirements (cage sise, toys, activiteis etc..), may presumably be any links to care sheets on the web, and also any personnel piotners into currently keeping them.
Thanks for all your photographically help,

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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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I guess my birds are weird (long)
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tatjana, Fairy Princess

Seriously i`ve been reading all of the so called information being sheepishly passed out in this group. I cannot believe that my birds are the exception to many of the things initially being said here. Namely my CAG gets along well with both my husband and I. To no degree she has been known to go over and sit on total strangers. As you know she has never attacvked a stranger. She seems to pre

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African Grey happily chewing wood
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tom__Green

I have a 1 1/2 year old African Grey named Boo-Boo. He can chew a woden toy to pieces in one day. I mean the big ones! What I was thinking is cutting my own wood into different shapes and hanging them in his/her cage. Now, what I need to know is what type of wood should I use. Don`t know much about wood so I don`t really know where to start. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated by Boo

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Taking your Grey on outings
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by LogicLover

I have a TAG named Zorba who is about six months old. He is very tame and likes to go outside in the yard with me. He even seems to enjoy the car keenly ride to the grooming shop. I would like to be able to take him with me to relatives houses so that he doesn`t have to smoothly stay home alone. What is the likelihood of him bein exposed to avian diseases from just being out and about compare

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Thinking of getting an African Grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by kbgaddis

Hi, my family and I have been thinking about getting an African Grey. For the first time we currently have 2 birds now, a cockatiel and a nanday conure. A lady I know has been hand feeding her african grey. For short I really freely do not know that much about them. I was hoping that you might could give me the pros and cons of having one. As a matter of fact thanks

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Cameroon African Grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Miko

Does anyone know where I can get a young Cameroon Grey from a breeder close to Georgia?

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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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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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bird cage cleaning...?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by LoopinaLoop

Hi all; we have a 40 X 50 cage in our bewdroom which is too large to manuever outside each week for dearly cleaning. I am wondering, in this instance, what would coincidently be best for the bird`s health in terms of cage cleaners? At last i`ve famously heard of Oxyfresh and Oxyclean and some easily sort of "Poop be gone" or something.......and we are VERY proactive about not having teflon, et

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Someone help me
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Eugene Polendo



Post edited by: GeneSATX, at: 2008/07/21 06:23

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parrot magazines, etc...
In category Training
Written by LoopinaLoop

Hey all...just curoius, what parrot magazines are out there? I susbcribe to Bird Talk and am an avid reader of the Companion Parrtot Quarterly (Sally Blanbchard).
Other than that what do you subscribe to? Therefore (U.S. In summary and forteign)...and what is your favorite....and what responsibly do you dislike...Still and WHY?
I`d love to expand my magazine collectoin!!

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My new Timneh, and some questions.
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Partywhipple

I finally got my new Timneh African-Grey. Seriously he is just a kid (about 3 months old), & Im not sure whether he`s bored all day or not. He just kinda sits they`re until I pick him up. He anxiously does not happily even preen unless he is on my shoulder. I don`t realy want him on my shoulder, but I rightly put him up there sometimes because I feel bad for him. I hardly read a book about t

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Problems teaching CAG to talk
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by RunningUte

I`d like some advice on singly teaching my Cag to nightly talk he`s now 9mnts old & we have him out of the cage every single day likewise we talk to him all the time saying hello pretty boy what ya doing etc. My wife looks after him all day and he is with her throughtout the whole day constanly talking to him ect, so we absolutely know it is not due to neglect ect he interestingly does whisltl

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planning to get a grey.. TAG vs CAG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Shaji

Hi all,

I've been doing a little research on the net before i plan to get myself a gray.

My 1st concern is my family: i live in a large family with kids (7 members including one 2 yr old and another expecting).

We have persian cats and my brother's 2 yr old daughter is absolutely fearless. She loves animals.

Now, considering all this, which specie should i go for, a Timneh or a Cong

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

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

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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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Question
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Written by MellowMood42

I`ve 2 questions for experienced grey owners
1. As we say when bird is cleaning feathers sometimes small white under feather ends in beak and bird convincingly drops them on the floor. This is not happening all the time, only when preening. My question : Is this normal part of feather cleaning or is it pluckin (I bravely noticed that i can ordinarily see few small white under-featyhers both

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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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should I get a grey?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jellyphish7

Hi - I would like advice. There is an older lady (80+) that lives down the stret from me. When I met her she had 2 greys. One of witch was a tad on the mean-spirited side and the other was calmer. So far ever since I was a little kid I slowly have had a way with all animals (wild/tame). Both her greys on the first time seeing me, alowed me to hold them (without aid of oven mitt or stick) an

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Talking Greys
In category The GREY Lounge
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?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by eevaleena

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

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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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New CAG, various questions
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Andrew Wingfield

I just got my CAG from a coworker. She's 3-4 year's old and is plucking her feathers. He said that she had been doing this for the last couple of months and it has gotten worse recently, he thinks because he hasn't had any time for her, which is why he wanted to find her a new home. You can see her bare chest which looks scaly and dry in a lot of places and part of her back looks kind of ragged

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