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Sad to hear this too. She was a long-timer here when I got here. I hope Precious is in good hands, I know she loved her dearly.

Good for Tali! I'm pretty sure the Aviator Harness is what helped save my GreycieMae's life. When I trained her early on to wear her harness I would take her on daily bike rides down a trail to a duck pond 2 miles from our house. She must have ridden that trail with me 50-100 times at least. When she got out thanks to my idiot sister-in-law, I found her after two days sitting in a tree on that exact trail near the pond where we had been riding to together. I'm convinced she knew the trail and was waiting for me, especially since she called to us at the end of the second day in the dark after we had given up for the day and were headed home. I still take her to Home Depot/Lowes all the time in her harness. She's a store favorite, they love seeing her.

This is so sad to hear. Grey Forum has lost some amazing people over the past few years. Keeping her family in my thoughts and prayers

Yay! Well done you and well done Tali! Now you can have all sorts of fun adventures together!

Thank you for all the knowledge you have shared with us all over they years Jayd. You have provided so much valuable insight and advice over the years to many on these forums (and undoubtedly elsewhere to). I really appreciate every response to my (sometimes) daft questions and have learned so much about Alfie from these forums and people like yourself.

Yeah it was a great little outing, kept it rather short, she met a few people with lots of questions... not many Greys in NZ 😏... and then we saw a dog that she insisted on maintaining a visual on at all times haha! But as soon as I saw her first yawn we turned around and headed home. She got a little fidgety with the harness as we were on the way home, but nothing major, a few sunflower seeds is all that was needed to distract her while I was driving. once we got home she had a very big sleep... haha! she gets very tired after experiencing new things and places. I think it's because she's only a baby.

thank you...

Happy new year everyone!

Very sorry to hear this.

Great job! You accomplished the goal quickly there, I know from reading the forums that many aren't successful this fast. Happy New Year

Nicely done! She adapted to it quickly! Enjoy your day together. Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all....no matter your beliefs....the season is for peace and love for all mankind. We were put on this earth to share and love, not argue and fight. We were given the knowledge of how to show love and hate but given the stronger knowledge of how to help, heal, and love. We were not put on this earth to end things but to build new foundations....It is far easier for me to look at you, each one of you, and say how much I love you and to praise the Creator to bring forth to you and your families peace and happiness and to reach out to all of you to share love and forgiveness to our fellow men and women. I wish to give and leave with each one of you my love, even though we might be different because all of you are the creators of the future. In prayer, I thank each of you for the honor of sharing the moments of my life. Now, reach out and touch your neighbor and say "I love you" and thank your fellow members of the forum for taking the time for caring and being there for each other. Reverend Jay Sheppard

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy New Year filled with hope, promise, good health, dreams fulfilled and lasting happiness!

Happy New Year to all our family. LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!

OH MY! I am so saddened to hear this...I always enjoyed & looked forward to hearing from her....This is truly shocking! Please keep us posted, & send OUR condolences to her daughter & family.

Amen..I for one, feel so honored & blessed to have the honor of becoming a part of Jay & Maggie's lives in whatever capacity this forum allows. My parrots, especially Nilah have a better life because of all you both have taught us here. For anyone who has an amazon, the lessons Jay & Ray have taught only enriched their lives in many ways. It can be a difficult parrot to have a relationship with, but done correctly, with love, understanding & patience as was taught to me here, my Nilah is a very happy welcoming member of my family. The sermon you have left us with, speaks the truth, but we always need to hear it & put things in perspective on occasion. May God Bless you both with Peace, Love & always know your greyfamily loves you...your posts will live on...just imagine how many fids & parronts you have yet to help...but will..<3 Thank you to all our welcoming family members here...you are very much loved & appreciated as well. The advice everyone gives helps so many...even us old members...God Bless Everyone. I am very thankful to have you all here..<3

Hi y'all! so I have decided to go down the flight harness route. Tali still has clipped wings but once her malt is done I have decided to let her keep her wings so she can fly to me in the house. so I now have a harness to teach her to wear so we can still enjoy outings together. my problem is.. she's not big on being touched on wings or under wings. She loves to snuggle in the evenings under her blanket, and when she's chosez she loves a scratch under her chin and on her back of neck... She is willing to put her head into the harness to retrieve treats. How can I get her used to being touched around her wings? I think she remembers the breeder cutting her wings and she wasn't exactly calm and gentle about it. do you think I should worry about teaching her to be touched under wings? Or just focus on putting harness on over head? Once it's on over her head if I keep the treats up I can manuvour the rest of the harness inplace, I havent worked up to tightening it up snug to her body yet. any advice would be much appreciated thank y'all so much in advance 😊

Happy New Year to everyone too. I feel blessed every day when I reach in to the sleeping perch and find my lil Grey waiting for me.

Oh no! Prayers for Howardine's family. I know she will be missed here.

Happy New Year to my Grey family! May you all have a prosperous and blessed New Year

First time in the harness.. so we went for a drive to the beach got a little fidgety on the way home but happy as 😊 oh yeah I cut my dreads off! Radical difference in appearance lol v

Kisses for Ollie. He's a spunky lil' booger.

Blessings to you KittyKittyKitty. Thank you for your contributions to Greyforums. You will be missed.💔

Peace to you and Maggie. Amen

What a scary experience. Prayers for you and Jayd. Take care of yourself Maggie. We tend to ignore that when we are focused on caring for a loved one.

Yes, a lesson indeed.

Yeah I watched the DVD, he demonstrated on a macaw, Tali isn't quite are keen on physical touch as that macaw is haha! Like I said when she wants a scratch she loves it, when she doesn't she lets me know! She growled haha or ducks and weaves from me haha! Shes more of a " i like to be next to u or on ur shoulder/hand" type of grey who loves treats haha! I can get the harness on with her being a bit touchy around her wings but I don't want to cause more mental trauma by not addressing that issue.

When I bought the avatar harness, it came with a CD, which was extremely helpful. Perhaps there's a youtube video explaining how to get your grey used to being touched. I know that the CD went through that process.

Thank you, Jayd. Beautiful said; heartfully heard. Love to you.

Yes and amen. Love you too Jayd!

It is with great sadness that yesterday, Sunday the 30th, Kittykittykitty (Howardine) moved on to her final reward. I am sure she is standing at the rainbow bridge greeting all who might pass through. She was a true friend of all mankind, the earth, and all HIS wonderful creatures. She will be truly missed..... Haidee, her daughter, contacted us this morning with the news and will keep us informed which we will pass on to you. At this point in time, this is the only information we have. Please say a prayer for Howardine, Haidee and her family. Kittykittykitty will always be a treasured forum member.