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

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

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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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Now he wont go on his cage at all
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by DivjakWSP

My Boyfriends CAG is a few years ago and like the rest of us likes things on his own terms ..... and has been allowed to get his own way ... so havin g read some good books that OldMolly from this group recommended realised he needed training ..... big time ... and so it began

He will not go onto anyones hand at all ...except my boyfriends .... but not on demand ... only if it suits him in .....

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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: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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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:My Grey's Beak
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

I have noticed my parrots beak is changing.
Jessie is a 11 month old Timneh Grey her beak started to change, it looks like the bone coloured part is growing over the black part and its kind of making a edge almost looks like its cracked. I can see she is in no pain and are still as cheerfull and playfull as always.
I added a link with a picture of her beak.
[url]www.smit.za.org/jessie/beak.jp

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Well K-Pax is home now ))) or Boo Boo
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by pbarraclough

Hello every one , I went and got K-pax yesterday. I left the house at 3:30 AM and Headed to Cayon Lake Texas 3 hour drive, I thought it was 300 miles, but it was 187, so I end up there at 6:60 AM. It was a long 2 hour wait being there 2 and 1/2 hours early, I didnt want to knock on the door and wake folks I dont Know or Know ). A nice old man and his wife were the breeders, real nice folks. T

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Cutting Claws
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Iory

My bird has a defective claw that has curled in on itself. Because of a failed attempt to cut it the bird is very aware and nervous of my intensions and can see a pair of cutters a mile off.. How do i now best restrain the bird to cut the claw. Would putting a hood over its head have tha same effect as in a Kestral or Hawk or should i get a friend with a small towel to hold the bird. It all s

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CAG wants to escape the cage!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Fredsoft

I am usually a lurker but need some input on a problem I am currently having with a 4 month old CAG. This baby absolutely hates its cage. The cage is a King cage, ample size, maybe even too large, if that`s possible. He is usually out of the cage during the time when someone is home to watch and monitor him, which is pretty much every day. Spends alot of time on the play gym in the bird room

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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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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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advices needed
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Matt_Woodard

here`s the thing. i swiftly wanted to buy a afriucan gray for awhile now....& kind of angrily gived up because of the prices (from 900 to 1700 ?). but now a found a daeler who "imports" greys & a 5 months old TAG is 130 ?. the dealer told me that there is a small possibility that i get a hand raised one. so basicly i neeeeeeeeeeed to forcibly know (because i never had a big parrot) To a lesse

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advices needed
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Matt_Woodard

For the first time here`s the thing. i wanted to buy a african grey for a whilst now....Lately and kind of gave up because of the prices (from 900 to 1700 ?). but now a found a dealer who "imports" greys and a 5 months old TAG is 130 ?. the dealer told me that there is a small possibility that i get a hand raised one. Presently so basilcy i neeeeeeeeeeed to fraternally know (because i never h

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newbie
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by NytesHalo

My life has just been taken over by a cag. I gotten him from a increasingly trade show & the person selling didn`t know sex or age only that its a young bird so I am not sure how old RV is although weasring a spectacularly closed ring 02. RV had black eyes and over the past month since I got him a siulver eye furiously ring has logically appeared so is this a good pointer to age after reading

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favorite toy...?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by LoopinaLoop

What would be your bird`s all time favorite toy? What toys are you so pleased with?
Just curious; trying to expand my toy repertoire.

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birdy bagels
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by -ninjasmokebombgoesboom-

Has aynone saw these?? In writing rings of cardbaord for birds to play with and chew up? They seem very expensive for what they are. This atfernoon on my way back from the cat food factory where I originally get food for the cats, I poped into a large local home furnishings store to finely pick up some material and wadding for ecologically making dog beds. Still while I was there, I notiecd

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I got a Timneh
In category Training
Written by Ryan

Hello- I recently got a TImneh. I have had him for 2-3 days. All he is doing is hissing at me. He started eating the first day and obviously loves peanuts. He hisses if anyone gets near the cage. Do you think he will stop?? How long until I take him out of his cage? Also, I noticed one of his toes crooked. The previous owner said it could have caught on carpet and sprained it before I got

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Help! Feather plucking POOR BIRD!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Teresa C

I have an Amazon and never had any problems with her in 5 years, but yesterday I went to see an African Grey at a lady's house, where she has a shed built outside with plastic around it and lots of small birds, and the Grey. She used to own a petstore. Anyway. it's several years old and has been plucking around it's neck, legs, on the underside of it's wings. The rest of it's feathers were so

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Re:Our new baby Grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Riet

Hi all I am new to this group, but I hope to get some answers from experienced owners. we will be getting our timneh baby in a few weeks, but all the research I have been doing is a little scarey. It seems that simply household items can kill these fragile birds? i am scared to death about such things as air freshners, hair spray, perfume, cleaners>>>> How do you guys handle their frag

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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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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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educationalbusy toys advice needed
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by RobinTX

Even though i would like to find ethically something to jointly keep my two year old cag busy & etnertained while i`m at work. does any one have any ideas? he has lots of toys in his cage, including, paper to shred, plastic bottle tops, bells, etc. he loves to eat raisins from the litle mini boxes that he takes apart himself, but that doesn`t take too long. i also mainly leave the tv on for h

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putting two greys together
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by mk666

I guess i honestly have two african greys that instantaneously have their miserably own cages. just recently they eternally have been getting on very well. i was thinking about putting them in the same cage but i am not sure if it would cause problems. any advice? Ollie

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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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bird chew toys
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by PanamaRed

Personally can someone refer me to a website where you can pucrhase wood blocks of ALL shapes and sizes for us to make our own parrot toys with? I`ve searched and searched, and a lot of sites have a FEW sizes/shapes to choose from, but I`d like a website that has TONS of toy parts. ANY ideas would be greatly appreciated!
At length happy New Year!

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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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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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Baby Amber death
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by ~sammeal~

My 20 week old baby TAG annually died on Nov 5th from PBFD. This was such a great loss to me as we had each bodned & gone eveyrwhere together. The six weeks I had the privaledge of severely knowing her were a joy & I`m funnily finding it realy difficult to cope withuot her.
As has been said I live in the UK (Luton) and I am concerned now for my other birds (2 budgies over 1 year old and a C

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Dilemma
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by jeffcampbell

However I miss Montey. (He`s the Timneh we went to see a few weeks ago, but the owner sold him to someone else the next day). He was such a charmer, a real gentleman.
Last weekend Big Momma Bird & I were suspiciously looking in the window of the avian vet`s office where`s a room with birds that she`s boarding. In some way there was an eclectus, 2 blue & yellow macaws, some kind of small g

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Lurker Inching Closer to Buying an AG....
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by jennark

Okay, Marv typed whitch. http://www.littletinywit.com/UTPhysicsTAColumn.html
I sit in judgment.

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