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You're welcome! Goodluck! I know harness training can be a long process especially for African greys. We were planning on getting the Aviator harness because it has had the best reviews out of all the harnesses we've looked at.

Just had a near heart attack in an Uber rushing my Timneh to the vet. He was grunting in pain and bleeding from the butt. Off course 'He" laid an egg in the carrier on the way to the vet. After about 20 years we find out He is a She!!!. Didn't think that was possible. Is there anything i need to do for care post egg laying?

thanks for the response. Yes the vet looked her over and said she was fine. i think it was just a visual exam, she said usually there is only one egg. They didnt charge me. I have 2 silver balls [that have muffled bells inside of them] that he played with all the time. a month ago he started a super clingy behavior, wanting to be perched on me all the time. Got him/her [im confused now ] a plush snuggle hut and she started staying in the hut 24/7 with the silver ball. Would the balls do for a dummy egg? I'll get some calcium and liquid vitamins

The only thing I'm aware of is the need to bump up her calcium intake. If the egg was taken away from her, she could double clutch. Many swap out a dummy egg for the one laid. They'll nest on it for awhile before losing interest. It also helps to reduce the double clutching. Did she actually see the vet?

Sounds like you're on the right path! Start with steamed, but very slowly decrease the amount of time the veggies are steamed until they can eventually be served raw. Red Palm Oil is rich in vitamin A, which CAGS need. Low A can contribute to poor feathering for one. I buy Nutiva Organic Red Palm Oil (Amazon) because it;s grown on family farms, so it doesn't destroy the natural habitats. Many forests have been decimated through farming RPO. I cook my grains. Steel cut oats, tricolored quinoa, brown rice are great. I also sprinkle flaxseeds, chia seeds and hemp seeds onto their banana slice in the morning for added nutritional boost. Sprouts are super important to throw in as well. I sprout my own to make certain they are served super fresh.

Thanks Rhubarb Pie for your reply. I like your idea of harness training. I'm going to try and harness train mine too.

Thanks Nini for your reply. Sorry to hear about the plucking. Remember you can always let her wings grow back again.....

Yes, we definitely want to get her and Kiwi over to a raw diet. We keep trying with fresh vegetables but recently found out that she seems to like the steamed vegetables better (we were having steamed vegetables and she took to it really well!). So for now, we'll give her steamed veggies since it gets her used to eating vegetables and will hopefully switch over to a raw diet. Do the grains have to be cooked? Or can it be added to her diet uncooked? Didn't know about the red palm oil! what does that do? I haven't tried sugar snap peas! Will be getting that from the store and trying it out! Thanks for the suggestion! I also really like the yams suggestion! Great idea! Oh! I looked up the Pretty Plume and we'll give it a try. Thank you again so much for the suggestions! We'll try implementing these and see how it goes! We finally figured out the best way to give her a bath (she likes being in the shower with the shower on while we spritz her with the aloe vera bath water). Small changes and still figuring out her personality and what she likes/doesn't like. But we're enjoying every step of the way with her!

Deciding to clip or not clip is hard. About 3-4 of my lovebirds primary wings are clipped short just so she doesn't get height in the house (because we sometimes have the fans on) but she can still fly. Even with those feathers clipped, she still gets some height on her because she's such a strong flyer! We're doing recall training right now and she's loving it! I think it definitely helps with her confidence! Our CAG on the other hand, when we had gotten her, the secondary feathers were already clipped but we can tell she is very depressed about it and wants to fly since she sees our lovie flying around. So when her feathers comes in, we won't be clipping them. Maybe just a few of the primaries (like our lovie) so she doesn't gain height and fly into a fan but we're still debating about that. We might just adjust and not have fans on and have them both fully flighted. We also want to harness train our CAG. I think them having their feathers definitely helps with their confidence and giving them the freedom to leave a situation that they don't want to be in.

I would try looking to see if there are any rescue organizations near you that adopt out. Usually they ask that you volunteer to be around the birds for a certain amount of time first before they allow you take a bird home because they want to make sure you and the bird are a good fit. Another option is people post on Craigslist as well but these might be harder birds to work with because they most likely have a lot of baggage with them. We adopted our CAG from a lady who put her up on Craigslist and we are still working on a lot of things but we love her to death!