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Welcome to our new home
Written by Administrator

Hello, and welcome to our new home. A place for our community to enjoy all the newest features the web can offer.
Please enjoy our new home!

Yours
The administrator!

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Welcome to our new home
Written by Administrator

Hello, and welcome to our new home. A place for our community to enjoy all the newest features the web can offer.
Please enjoy our new home!

Yours
The administrator!

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re:Too Quiet at home.....
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Linda

finding it really quiet at home, and have been thinking we could give another little birdie a luving home...
We arnt too keen on having another Cag because I think it will not be the same as having our little baby back

So really Im after a bit of advice on what you lot think about other species? Amazons mainly I think.. any comments welcome..

Karen & Ben

(missing our Shadow like mad..)

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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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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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re:Help with my Parrot
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by gery

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I have a African Grey Parrot his name is Riley. He is about 2 years old.

My boyfriend got him when he was a baby. He hand fed him. Such a precious time.

Riley was always talking and making different sounds everyday.

About 6 months ago, Riley's mood changed. He wouldnt let us hold him, touch him and get near him. He woul

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greys eating habits
In category Bird Food
Written by tami

If you wont it then problably they wont.My gret toto loves bout everything,his favorite is scambled eggs.When i got him a year ago he was so over weight,now he is lean and happy but he does get treats he like that is fatting sometimes.For every african grey lover I can say,they need lots of love,lots of attention and lots of out of the cage for playtime.

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brooding and egg laying
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jacquie Locken

Hi I have a question regarding my Grey 'Nermal'. She is 141/2 yrs old and she has laid an egg (I am not a breeder). When she was 71/2 she laid 3 eggs over a course of a few days. We got through that and she did well (I was advised to let her 'roost' on them for a few days to let her get it out of her system and then take them away. It was sad but she got over them quickly). My question is

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

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

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How 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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grey`s and loud music
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by not damonk

My grey seems to love music - the louder the better. As an alternative when the stereo is on taxidoodles seems like she`s competein - who can make the most noise. Do others have similar experiences?

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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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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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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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Re:New here
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Riet

Just wanted to say hey to everyone, new here so it seems like the polite thing to do. Like everyone else Love Birds! For my husband and I our first greys were a breeding pair of CAG's. Since owning them our home is filled with wonderful whistles. They have given us our first clutch for Christmas!! All I can say is delightful. The joy in watching Taylor, he has already been

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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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Re:Tmaing
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Riet

hello all members,
I am the new user of this forum i hope nice words exchange with each others.
plz tell me how my african can tame its age about 3 years.
with thanks
Sardar
Pakistan

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Has anyone a flight trained Grey?
In category Training
Written by Ed Hamilton

I know that many people have strong feelings on this issue. However, everything I have read really emphasis the physical and psychological benefits to the birds. It makes sense to me. Birds are made to fly. In any case since Charlie’s death I’ve been thinking about this more and more with my next bird.

Has anyone had any experience?

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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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Another newbie says hi
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Kath

Greetings from me and my Timneh Thor. He's 6 months old and a real softy who I've been visiting in the shop for weeks. This weekend he came home with me, along with his giant cage and a stack of accoutrements

I'm a novice with parrots but I have previously had (and loved) cockatiels and I am thrilled to be getting to know my new feathered friend.

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how can I help my 14mo old re-homed grey adjust?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Valeria

Hello! I'm new @ this so please bear w/ me. My husband & I are getting ready to adopt a 14 mo old grey who has already been rehomed once. I am looking for a little help to help her adjust to our family. We currently have a 11 1/2 mo old umbrella cockatoo, 2 dogs, a cat & 2 children. We haven't seen the bird yet, but we have heard that she is a little timid to come out of her cage.

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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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Hand feeding
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Zully Quirke

Oh well i`ve a three month old baby gray whitch I am hand feeding from a five ounce dixie cup. Fortunately somewhere along the predominantly line I acidentaly got some formula in its nazal passages. Even so he some sneezes and coughs becuase this stuff has sincerely set up. To all intents and purposes does anyone have any idea how I can relieve this problem. I mean thanks.

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Also thinking about getting an AG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by cdcurrent

Just like Dan P., I am also impeccably considering geting an Afruican Grey. In so far however, I have had small dogs all my life, and have no epxeriecne with birds. Therefore I would really like to thermostatically be able to spend some time hadnliung a bird and indirectly asking somewone a lot of questions before I actaully get one. I`ve been poorly raeding and wholeheartedly lookuing around

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Petrie is now home!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Brian Black

Hey all I just wanted to say my CAG, Petrie, is finally home. He came home this past Friday and seems to be adjusting fairly well. I pretty much left him a long the first couple of days but he seemed like he always wanted to be out with me. So if that's what he wanted, that was fine with me. He seems to be eating and drinking plenty. His favorite thing to do is sit on my shoulder in the even

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Bonding with a 5 year old
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by purplehaze_mam

I recently buyed my first African Grey, a 5 year old from a gentleman who bought him, unweened and has raised him until now. He recently handily divorced, his children grew older and found other interests, and his new job would not allow him to spend enough time with Darryl.
Obviously when I first spent time with Daryl before I bought him, he responded to me by "responsibly stepping up" ont

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Potty training an African Gray
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Ashitaka

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

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Reality Check on Life - and Parrots!
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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Bonding
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Utopianelois

We were recently technically speaking to a breeder about famously bonding with out cag. Now i have diligently read numewrous books, web articles & all the postings & nearly all say that a cag shall primarily bond with one person. Though this breeder expresses that if everybody in the family interacts with the cag that it won`t bond with one specific person but with all. Fortunately know from w

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Advice please
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Dumberer

Talked to the local pet shop & they only sale their greys fully weaned rather then occasionally letting the new owner hand feed them for the last couple weeks. Opinions?
They also clip their wings before the babies learn to clumsily fly. Good or bad practice?

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what did your CAG eat today?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jepri

with all the angrily talk of nutrition, i am interested to painfully know what others feed there bird in 1 day. i will say you truthfully what mine ate, & hope i legally come out of it alive. Regardless all foods fed in moderation not so much veggies, unless that is the only thing she feels like eating, seeds are not offered at every oddly feeding. alweays somewthing to solidly eat at any give

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New to this site- New 11/2 yr old timneh girl
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Kristen Lacefield

Any advise out there? This is my first Parrot, except my parrotlet whose 5 months old. Emma is a female Timneh age 1.5 and her owner has had her since she was weaned and it was just her and one owner. She ( the bird ) is coming into a home with 5 other birds and 4 children ( they are very good with birds even my 3 yr old, they were raised with them)We went to see her and she seemed very friendly s

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sick bird?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Dustin

A couple of weeks ago we had a really bad ice storm. it knocked out power to my house for two days. freezing weather and i didn't have any way of keeping my bird warm/alive besides transporting it to my mom's house. so for two days it ran back and forth between my mom's house and my wife's friends house to keep warm, etc.

but during the time i think i stressed him out, plus let him in th

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HI I\'m new!!!
In category Welcome & Introduction Room
Written by WENDY TILLEY

Hello everyone! I am new to the forum. let me tell you a
little bit about myself. I have had many birds in the last 20 years, but just recently after 20 years of wanting one desperately I finally am the proud owner of a sweet baby CAG. I am having a really hard time picking a name for him, at least I think it's a him. I am waiting on the dna results. I am sure it's a boy. I don't know he jus

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Re:Wing clipping??
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by David

Japie has been doing quite a bit of flying since discovering this new ability of his...
I do not want to clip his wing too early...
Or at all for that matter, as I feel that it is a great confidence booster for him to fly...
If I decide to clip, when should this be done??
If we dont clip... What advice is there out there??
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Bites...Bites...Bites Help
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tammy

Hello, I'm new here and looking for some help!! I have a new African Grey about 2 years old and (he) or (she) not DNA tested, keeps biting drew blood today dose anyone have any suggestions for me??

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Looking for a Gray
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Cori Hunt

My name is Cori and I am desperately looking for a Gray of my own. I recently was scammed by a guy who claimed he had parrits for sale but i figured it out in time to get my money back from the moneygram company. I have wanted one of these birds for years now. I would love to start with a young bird. If anyone knows who might have one for sale or where i can possibly get one without spending my li

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Re:Hi new here
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Margaret

Hi There,
I don't have an CAG as of yet I want one very much and I have been into my local petshop visiting with one for several weeks now.The only thing is the bird loves my husband...lol and he doesn't want a bird I do...
The only thing that I am really concerned with is if I buy one will it get along and be comfortable in my home we have a Golden Retriever,Pug,a cat and a 3 year old sometim

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Newbie Intro
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Mercedes

Hi all!

Just wanted to introduce myself and my new baby. I have an 11 wk. old CAG named Mini Me (yes, as in the Austin Powers character).

He's doing well, but I am sure I will have plenty of questions as I go along since this is my first larger bird.

This is my baby:


Mini Me @ 11 Weeks

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A newbie here and a ton of questions!!!!!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Riet

Hi everyone!!! I'm a newbie on these forums....most of my forum time is on car forums.

I'm hoping I can get some help here.....ok here's the back ground....I'm a manager at PetCo and I've been looking to get a big bird for a while now. I get a call from one of the other managers in the store yesterday and she tells me that someone was looking to surrendor a 5 year old CAG to the store and

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I\'ve finally got a Grey!!!!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Lorraine

I have finally achieved an ambition I have held for over twenty years and got myself a Grey. He is 10 months old and has been hand reared and is very hand tame with his breeder. Now I have brought him home, he will accept rubs through the bars but doesnt like me trying to touch him with my hand in the cage.

He is happy, eating and whistling. I just need to know how easy I need to go with him

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INTRODUCING NEW BIRD
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Riet

Hi, I have a sun conure and am getting a african grey in April, and would like to know if anyone has any idea's on introducing them to eachother. Our sunconure is already jealous when one of our dogs and/or cats come over for some "mommy" attention so I was hoping someone could give me some advice to make it easier on both birds...Thanks....

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Will previously owned African Grey remember me?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Judy

Hi Everyone......I am new to this site and have some questions. I bought and owned a Congo African Grey, 5 years ago,( I finished her hand feeding and weaned her) I had her and cared for her for over 2 years, she was very bonded to me and gentle when she left my care, due to circumstances I had to sell her and my niece bought her, I have not been around her much since this time, as my niece lives

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New Member Introduction
In category Welcome & Introduction Room
Written by Xandra Sousa

Hello everyone, it's a pleasure to be here. I was very happy to find this forum, and was lurking for awhile reading all the posts until my sweet Timneh came home yesterday. I really have to brag a bit about him....African Greys are truly remarkable birds.

Well, after what I read on the breed, that they may be a bit shy for the first few days, I don't think he knew how he was supposed to beh

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Meet Boo Boo!
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Faisal Ahmed

Hello all!

I am Faisal from Dubai. I am originally a Paki. I just bought a one-year-old African Gray today. I've decided to name it Boo Boo.

This is my first African Gray and I do not know yet what sex it is (help please!). Also, I had my first experience since the moment I bought it. When I bought it, it was the only Gray in the store that was not caged. I booked it in the morning and the

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Information about Timnehs
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Carissa

I am a new member. We are just beginning to learn about African Greys and are really excited to add one to our home. We are thinking about a Timneh. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Carissa

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Hello
In category Welcome & Introduction Room
Written by Jackie

I received an invitation from someone here to visit your forum. I have 2 CAG's and several other birds. I will browse through your forum with interest.

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New To The Forums
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Wanda

Hello, I am new to the forums. I would like to introduce myself as well as my AG, Bert. I believe that he is a male and other grey owners have guessed that Bert is about 2 years old. I have had Bert now for about 6 months. Bert was a rescue and has been a pleasure in my life. He is certainly entertaining to say the least! I am sure you will see many questions from me but I am very excited to be he

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stepping up
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by maria

Hi all
could any body please give me any advice on my african grey called willy, i have had him 3 weeks now he had been very badly treated by his last owner, he is 4 yrs old and quite talkative, he will let me stroke him and takes his treats out of my hand he is a bit funny with the rest of the family, the question is does any body have any tips on how to get him to step onto my hand ? as i wou

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Introduction
In category Welcome & Introduction Room
Written by AlexisLeann

[/i]Well I thought I'd introduce myself, I'm AlexisLeann from Michigan. Wife and Mom of 3 none fur/feather kids. Our family breeds and exhibits AKC Chihuahuas and several species of birds including Greys. I have 3 Chihuhua females in heat and being bred and Cherry Head Conures and White Fronted Amazons on eggs now so it's kind of busy here.
I'm 37 years old soon to be 3

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Interested in my first T or CAG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Anthony

Ok, here is the long and the short of it, lol. I am a 21 yr old college student. I am looking at getting my first bird ever, and I have been doing research for the past couple of months or so and have found that Greys are what I am looking for. They're gorgeous, EXTREMELY intelligent, bold, and medium sized. Originally, I was looking at the TAG because of their size and price. After going to the

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