Mizuki

Thank you. Frodo is very cute and I love him. One of my fiances concerns is that the Grey would bond to me exclusively and not tolerate his touch at all. Usually I have known birds to be very 'one person' companions, though it wasn't true of Frodo when I first got him. Are they one person or can they adapt and accept another family member's affection? My fiance will be working five days out of the week, so the grey will see me more. What things can we do to have the baby be sociable to both of us?

Thank you so much everyone, for the warm welcome. I will be looking around the forums and if I have any questions at all, I will ask.

Hey everyone, Joined up a few days ago and just getting the time to post. I have always loved birds. From a young age, I learned to take care of birds, my first pet was a parakeet named Polly. I owned a few more keets after that and when I was in my late teens, I got my first cockatiel. Her name was supposed to be Fawkes (after the Harry Potter phoenix) but my fiance at the time kept calling her Budgie, so the name stuck. About three years ago, I also rescued a Quaker Parrot named Frodo. I was told he was eight years old. Sadly, Budgie passed away very suddenly recently. She was a good girl and very much loved. Budgie (RIP) Frodo So, my flock consists of just Frodo for now. He is a smaller parrot with a huge personality. My fiance and I are in the infant stages of preparation for a CAG. We know we want one, but we are not quite ready for a baby just yet. We are saving money at the moment to get an apartment and are setting a fund aside for the grey. I heard that their noise levels vary from individual to individual, but I don't see a problem with neighboring apartments if we warn the residents beforehand of the bird and keep good relations with them. We have a breeder picked out, we are just waiting to get settled ourselves and build the fund up. At the rate we are going, we will likely have everything ready for our new addition come early next year. I know its early to be joining a community, but these forums have been so helpful that I wanted to chime in and say 'hi'. Better sooner than later I guess.