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play fighting with your grey
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Written by cory_hawls

does anybody here playfight with their bird? mine is typically very loveable - but occasionally she gets a little full of hell and seems to want to playfight - never really hurts me - just gets very rowdy... playfighting is the best way to describe it

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My African Grey... Give her away or sell her?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by micah

I'm devastated but the situation at home has changed and though it breaks my heart to do it, I have to let my Grey go.
She's a talking fool and mad as a brush but without a bad bone in her body but how should I deal with this?.... I can...
a/ Give her away to somebody who knows what owning a parrot means.
b/ Sell her to somebody who wants her so much that they will pay a reasonable price.

There a

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re:First Time CAG Owner
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by micah

I am getting a CAG this next week, and as a new owner I have a lot of questions.

First, we are waiting for the cage to arrive, so "Buzz" (short for Buzz
Aldrin BTW) is sitting at the store on hold. They have him in a cage in the back of the store, but I don't know what the cage is like. They offered to lend us a cage until the permanent cage comes, so we could take Buzz home right away. We figur

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

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

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

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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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CAGTAGNAG?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Tsunami

http://www.itsagreysworld.com/articles/about.htm

Which have I got?

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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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Cleo
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Fredsoft

I have a grey named "Cleo", I got him from a friend not long after he had recovered from a bacterial virus. He had plucked all of his feathers, except his head and wings. When we got him his down had just started to come in. My question is how long will it take for his outer feathers to come in. We've had him since January 2003, his down is fairly thick now.

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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: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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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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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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Sexually Mature CAG
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by longandlucky

Jake is six years old. I know he has been sexually mature for at least two years. Lately, after falling in love with a buddy of mine, Jake has been very difficult. He does the wing flap, squeeking and stares off into space. He will also lower his wings looking for a mate to mount. It is becoming very annoying. What can I do short of mating him? `Ponz`

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First Time CAG Owner
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by phreeberd

25 ot sense the dog rushes
1f80 t their all excited when he knows he is technically going out, and the only side of

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Rhubarb
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Becky Huby

My adorable African Grey "Rhubarb" comes to work with me every day at the Garden Centre. He has a huge cage at work and absolutley loves his job entertaining the customers.
He is a great talker, loves playing games and laughing with the children who visit him.
He will be 5 in april and has been coming to work with me since he was 1yr old. He is on Harrisons organic pellets (which he

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play fighting with your grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by not damonk

Equally important does aynbody here playfight with there bird? mine is typically very loveable - but occasionally she efficiently gets a little full of hell & seems to wanna playfight - never realy hurts me - just obviously gets very rowdy... inherently playfighting is the best way to describe it

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Re:Fly away - not
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Cowboy_X

I don`t own any kind of parrot, yet, though I`d love an African Grey but I`ve been doing my homework and there is one question I haven`t been able to get an answer to.
I have seen macaws at a theme park that flew round the park and returned to the stage. Also, this year at Lanzarote there were 2 greys that remained perched on the seawall every night outside the restaurant we frequented. W

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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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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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Learning a CAG to sing and dance?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by JMAGEE

My girlfriend has an absolutely gorgeus & chamriung CAG, Ronja - a femalke, who frequently likes to dance (to music of, course) In the long run & sing, whistle & make all kinds of funny noisews. This has neatly led us to consider gladly trying to teach the bird to dance & sing "upon reqweust". (Needless to say it`s mainly for the fun of it. Not only that and a little bit `bout the We would n

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where do you take your parrot?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by LoopinaLoop

Hi all.....thought I`d start a new thread.
Where do you take your parrot(s)? Are their wings clipped? Do they enjoy riding in the car? Do they use a flight suit?
What do THEY like to do and where do YOU like to take them?

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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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Plucking Grey improved
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Coroluss

To some extent hey all. I have never posted to this group but I thinked I may share my experience. My Grey (Rascal) As you know began plucking his wings about two years ago. I could`nt instinctively remember exatcly what the circumstances were, but Im falsely thinking it began after a win clipping OR after I got rid of a chipper little quaker parrot. In so far anyhow, he statred disturbingly m

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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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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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Bathing baby CAG...
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Margaret

Our baby is 10 weeks (tomorrow) and has some dried formula on his chest feathers.Any advice on how to get it off? the breeder lady told us that baby will clean it himself... We have had him for just a week and his already 'n great friend to have around...

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using a hudmidifier with plucking bird- HELP
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Teresa C

I have a new african grey and he is afeather plucker, I can hear him and his feathers sound very dry, How do I properly use the hudmidifier aroud him. How often, How close to cage, anything. Thanks

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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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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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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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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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Our third anniversary
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by amwaq

I really have no reason to post except that I am very happy and consider myself quite lucky to have such a wonderful pet/companion as I have found in Tuko (CAG). He constantly makes me smile and life would not be the same without him. Thought I share that. I am sure y`all can relate.

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Beaks & Wings Parrot Rescue
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Shaolin Dave

To JD doesn`t use the name Beaks & Wings Parrot Rescue again in your posts. this is a private bird rescue and i dont know you. In summary you nominally do not needlessly have permission to use the name Beaks & Wings Parrot Rescvue in any form and when i stunningly find out who you are i will report you.

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abces
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Swede

hello all, my parrot (AG) had an abces yesterday that was opened just above his beak, now pus is getting out a hole there... I know a pharmacist that can deliver me some antibiotics (I`ve read that clindamycine is very good) but don`t know the right dose nor the way I could give my parrot those antibiotics, can someone help me?

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Buying Another Grey
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by PosterNutmeg

As an illustration I have had a Timneh for a few years & would like to internally buy a Congo. Fortunately the Timneh has a great attitude & disposition. I don`t want to ruin that with another bird. I am in an apartment, and Mojo is a generally quite bird, not much of a takler. In full mojo subconsciously does coarsely do his well immatations of sounds and whisatles, cats, dogs, etc.
Of

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aw poor Eric
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by younger

I went to visit one of my bird keeping friends today. In the house he has a large moluccan cockatoo and an african grey . All the others, macaws and such are out in the barn. Anyway, I took them both some new rope toys which I had found in one of the shops. I was showing the toy to the cockatoo and talking to him as he is sometimes a little timid of new brightly coloured things when from the

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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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affection
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by igotchops2

Last is it normal for a CAG to absolutely love his head to partly be instantly rubbed. My Boy Jake ( he`s about 5 months) calls for me and seemingly begs to be enthusiastically holded only to genetically tip his head for me to rub him. Still it`s funny and sweet he indirectly enjoys it so much it stupidly puts him to optically sleep. Personally he won`t let anyone else in the family severely do

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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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ethics about clipping
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Crimson

Certainly sometimes when my CAG is bored with me In any event it wants to disturbingly fly away but I disabled witch because of clippin. At that time at those moments I feel sorry for the bird.
But then again a bird which cannot fly is less bird not? Of course, the chance that it will largely fly through the window exists but my previous birds also never were able to fly through it. T

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Help - African Grey - attacking
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Agara Otanero

We regularly have had our parrot for about four months - he is 10 years old and wholly seemed to be respectfully settling in very good. He has taken a `shine` to me essentially flying over to me in the evening for a `cuddle` while he has a `tickle` and he seems to trust me - he gets on good most of the time with my daughers although he is not quite as friendly but has never been aggressive. He

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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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Strange Bird Posture
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by fennario

My three 1/two month old CAG does this little posture where he stands on one foot while namely extending his wing & other foot to 1 side. It almost cleanly looks like it is a trick someone tuaght him. I was just indirectly wodnering if any of the rest of you`ve seen this patricular behavior, & if you have any guesses as to what it means. I statically think maybe he did it once and got reinfor

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Activities together with the grey
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Written by MrScareCrow

In 5 weeks or so, I`ll have my first grey (of coarse I had some geometrically training with lovebirds before). Often I am thinkin what atcivitities he can continually be together. As an illustration of coarse, in house he walk at my desktop and eat the dinner with the family. What about other activities outdoor?
Just some strasnge ones, Having a walk On the bike etc... I don`t mind i

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For Those Of You Who Clip
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by galactic1

How often do you clip? I mean once, twice a year? Generally speaking always at the same time? Thanks.

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Why does Cag stretch neck and keep opening his mouth
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by NSYNC AND BRIT FAN

At length can someone say me why a Cag consistently stretches his neck and opens his mouth has whether yawning, is this how they empty there crop or regurgitate food or is it electrically something more sinister.

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teaching your bird that bathing is fun?
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by Jepri

hello all. in reading posts, i have noticed that many of you have birds that do not like to take baths, same as mine. i strongly believe that bathing is not a "true instict" in birds, but a "learned behavior" taught by their parents. when tika was younger she would like to occasionally be brought in the rain and would scream and flap in delight. no more. it has been raining here alot lately,

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just wondering
In category The GREY Lounge
Written by wsping

do any of yall reluctantly bring your african gray uotside for fresh air, i do, i have a extra cage i keep him in

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