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Envy the wider cage for Corky. At the time, I had wanted the 36" wide cage, but they all had macaw wide bar spacing; and I couldn't risk my CAG getting his head stuck between the bars. But that was in 1997 -- glad they make a 36" cage now with tighter bar spacing.

Funny you should say that. Alfie has had his Liberta Enterprise cage for many years now- easily over 7 years. He Has always preferred the top half of the cage because he has always liked being higher up. He very rarely went to the bottom of the cage. Nowadays he seems more willing to go and stand on the bottom of the cage and have a look around. There's nothing down there but I may buy some additional perches and toys just to make it a bit more interesting for him. Similarly, he's never been interested in exploring the floor. If he did go on the floor he would fly up to higher ground as soon as he could. Recently he has started exploring the floor as well... which is slightly problematic because I normally 'hide' things I don't want him to chew/throw on the floor! Might have to rethink that plan! Funny how they change and open up, even after years of exhibiting the same behaviours. It's taken him 16 years to want to explore the floor! This is Alfie's cage (although he has the first edition): https://www.northernparrots.com/enterprise-large-top-opening-parrot-cage-antique-prod950025/ Height - 208cm (82") Inside Height 167cm (65.75") Width of Cage (without seed catcher) - 102cm (40") Total Depth (without seed catcher) - 76cm (31.75") I got the biggest sized cage I could at the time because he has to stay in his cage whilst I'm at work. I'm now toying with the idea of building an indoor aviary instead of a cage so he can have a floor to ceiling cage. I've got several other home improvement projects I need to complete first though, so it'll be a few years before I can think about it.

Cricket was a good singer, a bit off key but a singer in her own right.

I believe that Greys are no different than humans when it comes to emotions and situations that happen to us and them in our daily life We don`t all ways tell people what is going on in our life. Some times we just have to get over it. At one time or another we all end up with a stone in our shoe.

That loud shrill squeak is some thing all greys come with. Its their attention getter and call to the world. I am here, I am a Africa Grey, like it or not. It`s said that Greys are the quiet ones in the parrot word. HA HA HA .

I don't have the model number but the travel cage is exactly the same- except for the bowls. I have two black plastic bowls. I wonder if it was a temporary change? Or maybe it came with plastic bowls but had too many complaints so they switched to metal? The plastic ones clip over the top of the feeder doors- so not even sure I could change mine out. I have had the cage for some years now. I still love it. The bowls are more of an annoyance than anything- just because I know Alfie could destroy them if he really wanted to!

I just bought the ATS1719 in July and it came with the stainless bowls. Conner lives in it now (sleep cage).

I didn't know travel cages even existed for parrots -- I've always used a kitty carrier. I bought 2 Kings cage back in 1997 -- back when they came with stainless steel bowls. Ridiculous if they come with plastic bowls now. Anyway, I can certainly attest, having owned two, that they hold up well! Or at least the older style ones do. When freshly wiped down, mine still looks like new (but never for long--lol). Snickers is in his same Kings cage I bought for him in 1997. I love that the Kings cage top opens up for a play area. But they sure are heavy to move -- thankfully they come with wheels! I'm told I got one too tall for my CAG, but I think Snickers enjoys his vertical space (it's 6+ feet tall, and 27 inches wide, 24 inches deep).

Hi everyone, Maggie here....Amazons are known for being great singers. There are numerous videos of hilarious and precious episodes of Amazons singing specific songs....some quite well and clearly understood.😄 Our Salsa loves to sing....however, repeating original songs is not her thing. She creates her own musical numbers and has one for different occasions. She has a certain song she sings when she is preparing for a nap or bedtime. She has a specific number for times when she is happy. and one for morning revelry and sundown. But, it is her interpretations of different music that we play that brings out her creative bent...depending on the song, she will sing in her own harmony or her standard song that she sings whenever she hears music, whether it is a music channel or movie...LOL....What does YOUR Amazon sing?

Only my grey makes this noise (lie: my Amazon learned it FROM my grey but rarely used it, thankfully). It sort of sounds like a trainer/sneaker squeak on a polished wood floor basketball ball court -- but seems much louder. I used to assume a previous owner to my grey must have been a basketball fan. But then I read or saw somewhere when someone else made a comment about their african grey making an awful squeaking sound. This squeak seems to be uttered only when my grey isn't happy. Is this common among greys -- just something they're born knowing? Annoying!!! And apparently meant deliberately to be annoying. I hear it at bedtime, go back in your cage time, something new and different is near my cage time, or you left the room for a minute and abandoned me time. While obviously a macaw scream is worse... this loud grey squeak actually annoys me more for some reason. At least a macaw (well mine anyway) only screamed joyfully to greet the morning sun and the evening sunset. Normal. Any one else have a grey who does this horrible squeak? AND, is it only done when your grey is upset over something???

Corkys cage is 36X24X72 and she will use every inch of her cage. Some greys will stay in the top section at first but after time they will explore every inch. Weather Corky is in her cage or out of her cage she likes to walk around the floor and bite your toes.

The only call worse than the ear piercing shriek of our greys is the eclectus alarm call. It's ear drum shattering. It's even louder than the call from my Scarlet macaw, which is saying something.

I'm assuming this is the sound I call Timber's "alert" which I hear when someone comes to the door or he is frightened by something. Thankfully, he doesn't do it when I'm in the room, it's like if I'm not in the room he wants to let me know all is not well. That's why we call it his "alert."

Piercing shriek and shrill both describe it -- it will hurt your ear if you're too close when he makes this loud squeak! It's a fairly short but quite loud squeak! But I can predict exactly when mine will do it; as mentioned --if I leave the room/leave the house, if I put him up, if someone he doesn't like enters the room, if some new object is noticed by him or placed too close to his cage, any change in my routine that affects him, etc.. So receiving his favourite dinners and treats would never elicit this shriek, nor being held by me -- this shriek is not a happy sound in my house. His happy sounds are whistling and talking, sometimes even murmuring softly (and soft beak grinding, obviously, before falling asleep). I have been viewing this loud squeak as him being upset or also a scared noise, but perhaps it just expresses his anger in general.

GreycieMae does a similar ear-piercing shrill as I like to call it. It's bad enough that when she does it on my shoulder it pisses me the hell off and she gets tossed and banned. My ear rings for a while (on top of the tinnitus I already deal with) and I'm sure it contributes to some hearing loss. I generally will wear ear plugs anyway because they can all get pretty loud and I like to just let them without it damaging my hearing or driving me up the wall.

Alfie has a very loud very piercing squeak which goes straight through you. He is a master of waiting until you are right next to his cage (and he is at ear level) before making it. You can't help but flinch because it hurts your ear drums when he's that close! We try and ignore the behaviour and will only respond to him when he makes some other (nice) noise. We make sure we respond to the favourable noises and ignore the loud piercing squeak. It has lessened but he still catches us off guard every so often. No idea where he got it from either.

Alfie loves to whistle. He's not a singer. (Not an amazon either, but figured I'd join in the conversation anyway!) He will copy whistles but does enjoy to make up his own tunes. He's never really learned to whistle any actual songs/tunes - despite my best efforts. He does do a good spaghetti western whistle (the good the bad and the ugly) though.

Snickers can do some amazing whistling (beginning part of Bridge Over River Kwai troop whistling) but alas, no singing. I can even remember my cockatiel "making up" his own whistle songs (he didn't really have an 'ear' for it, honestly). But he would whistle while standing on only one foot, with his other foot held dramatically up in the air like a hand, like "wait for it -- here comes the good part!" Um, no 'good part' ever came -- but at least he tried to be creative.

Our Amazon is not a singer but Pookie a Congo Grey loves to sing however off key and uncertain of the words.

Our amazon does the same thing that Salsa does. She makes up delightful songs that bring smiles to our faces. If we have music on or are singing, she'll join in.