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Wow! Those are greyt photos.

Here's some pics of Cher This is Sonny

Wow! Are you a photographer by any chance? Those images look extremely well done!

Beautiful!

Welcome Colin, looking forward to learning more about your fids. Can't wait to see some pictures.

I hope you paid with a credit card for the broken one. I'd resolve it through them. They always referee in favor of the buyer if you have any evidence.

Hello, we have two 18 year old African Greys that we have been in possession since 2002 . They were caged together initially and we named them Sonny and Cher. Cher was terrified of me in the beginning but after a couple of years of patience and nurturing she loves being with me. Sonny is more temperamental and he likes to dance to music but he gets moody sometimes. We have 2 cocker spaniels and they get along great with the birds as did our other spaniels that have since passed. Our birds are in good health and get a variety of foods . Cher loves mash potatoes and Sonny loves pasta. They both enjoy scrambled egg and chicken . Well that’s all I’ve got to say for now 😁 Thanks Colin

Welcome! Please try this site: http://www.recycler.com/pets/birds/apple-valley-ca

Hello All, I am new here with a 16 year old Female Timneh Grey. We rescued her a month ago, and have seen some recent new behavior. Everywhere she sits she fades out or melts or hunches or slouches over after a few mins on a perch or your shoulder or your finger or anywhere she sits. She basically is sitting on her tummy with her feet pulled under her and not upright. Sometimes she hunches so far over her head is lower than her tail. On her perch when she tries to sleep she "melts" forward and then wakes up and catches herself. Sometimes she sleeps with her head turned back in her feathers like normal and and she is fine that way. We look her to the Vet, she did an exam and took a blood test and did a yearly check-up and they said that she had a bacterial yeast infection and gave me an anti fungal and a pain killer to give her. The vet said that she also may have hurt her foot. This was 2 weeks ago, and things have not gotten better. Her balance is terrible, and sometimes she falls off her perch. We moved her into a smaller cage where she is sleeping at night, so that she cannot fall down too far off her perch, and we put a pillow under the perch in her night cage and a towel under her large cage that she is in during the day. Here is a video of her in her day cage : https://streamable.com/2z57k She is eating fine and her poop is fine...She is talking, playing, climbing, taking a bath and acting fine otherwise. I am really stumped and concerned that something is terribly wrong with her. We have a follow up Vet appointment on Friday. Has anyone ever seen this type of posture / behavior? I have attached some photos of her in her smaller night cage. I also have a video I can upload in a little bit that is her in her larger day cage. When I took these photos there were no perches for her to stand on. Just added a couple of pictures of her slouching on her perch in her large day cage.

They refunded...and then I purchased the other...No problem

So....now I got this set up....and it should be here within the next couple of days.... http://www.lightyourreptiles.com/arcadia-parrot-pro-uv-flood/ Ill let you know when I get it...and how it works.

Hello and welcome! Love their names

Welcome to the forum! Yes, pictures please!

Welcome! Would love to see pics if you have them.

How can I forget the forum after last post was 9 years ago

Please. Welcome back!

Oh that's unfortunate. Hopefully you manage to get it sorted and they send a replacement bulb!

Yes, I have seen these around. They look nice.! Thanks!

Thanks! Looking for a supplier for this http://www.arcadia-bird.com/e27-compact-lighting-unit/ in the USA

This is the bulb I use: https://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Med-24975-Compact-Fluorescent/dp/B000KH9S88/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1539033229&sr=8-4&keywords=avian+sun+lamp I have this cheap floor lamp, which has lasted since 2013. It seems very cheap, but it has really held up well considering. https://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Med-AvianSun-Deluxe-Floor/dp/B006L49LHC/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1539033375&sr=8-15&keywords=zoomed+lamp The one SR posted above looks nice.

This is one of the best light setups I've seen: http://www.arcadia-bird.com/e27-compact-lighting-unit/ Lots of people use the ZooMed I mentioned earlier but the stand it comes with is tall and susceptible to getting knocked around. Our's lastest barely a month before the light was hanging out of the unit from getting bounced around. That arcadia site has other options available too.

Thanks! I will post some shortly. Anyone else use Full Spectrum Lights? If so what brands please? Thanks!

Wonderful! Would love to see another picture of her looking great again!

Thank you so much! Which light set-up do you use please? Thank you so much! She keeps making good progress :)!

Sunlight isn't possible for us but I do the full spectrum avian light every day. It is important. Sure glad to hear she is better!

Well, its 3 days later...She has spent an hour outside everyday...and she is like a new girl once again :)! We are going to continue to keep giving her time outside daily and we are going to get her a UVB light as well! Do any of you use them...If so which do you use? Thank you for all your help and support She has her follow up vet appointment today... Sunlight Seems CRITICAL...To these guys and gals !

Greywings, how did you treat it? I was going to suggest more sun but some people can't do that.

Not being a Vet it does sound like a vitamin D deficiency. We have a Congo Grey that arrived having balance and seizure issues, she was low on both Calcium and Vitamin D. No seizures any more and now she only falls occasionally when playing too hard with her toys.

Yes totally understand that. She spent 1hr this morning in the sun before it got really hot and she came back inside a new girl :) full of energy and even swinging upside down on her stand...she has never done that before!

Yes we are. Our vet is very capable. We got her some flat perches today :), tthank you!

Thank you so much! Yes we have a follow up on Friday will keep you updated.

None of us are vets so can only advise what we would do in that situation. This does seem like very strange behaviour and not something which I have witnessed with my own bird. I would pester the vet again and if I wasn't happy with the treatment plan I would find a second avian vet for a second opinion.

As Greytness said, make sure you are seeing an avian vet. One comment I'd make is you might want to go to flat perches rather than round. Perching low like that can rub their keel and even split it with time. My TAG has a seizure disorder and a neurological condition, and that's the first thing the avian vet told me to do, get him off round perches.

Could you take her to another vet for a second opinion? The fact that she's no better idicates that her previous treatment plan hasn't worked. Fungus is a bear to get rid of, so if she has a fungal infection, she'll need long term medication. She looks like she's feeling badly. My vote is for a second opinion. Do you have a board certified avian vet in your area? Please let us know how she does.

Hey guys, Im so sorry i have taken this long reply - I actually did reply on another forum.....my apologies. Larry is all good and the blood tests came back perfectly normal. The red feathers are purely just his unique colours, and they have actually starting to fall out of his chest, u can see from this recent pic he still has them on his legs, but the redness has reduced significantly over the last year. Thank you for all your concerns and replies :) James

, hi , my african grey parrot , passed away yesterday , his condition started about one week ago , in the first day of his disease he became lethargic with cold feet , diarrohe with dark greenish stool and also i think polyuria,and in the second day he ate less and less untill he stopped eating just one day befory he died , all other systems was good the respirotry system , cns , no feather problems, after he died i just wanted to know the cause of his death , so dissected him , the only thing i found that his gizzard was full and distended , so i open it and found a crystal like stones and greenish in color , i thought it a gall bladder with stones , but after reasearch i found parrots dont have gall bladder , please can any one help me what was his disease???

Sunlight is critical. It's the reason I built an outdoor aviary for them. Lots of people use the one by Zoomed. Just make sure it's an avian full spectrum light and not a general reptile light. I have also seen where people have ruined their birds eyes even with the avian light by allow exposure to close. Sunlight is best if you can do it.