Greytness

Today I was going through a series of repetitions using a toy, saying the same word sequences each time: take it; shake it; drop it; uh oh!; and take it. After the fifth time, my 11 week baby said 'uh oh' right when I would have said it during the sequence, and continued to say it each and every time thereafter. I can't believe it so soon!

Did you put anything inside it, such as paper, or just let him scratch away at the cardboard?

Do any of you provide an area set up in the bottom of your greys' cages to help them satisfy their scratching needs? I have a grate at the bottom of my baby's cage, but feel that he needs something to scratch into instead of the bars. I don't want to remove the grate and have him scratching in the area where his food and poops fall. Any ideas?

KimKim, I'm SO sorry, I over-took your thread. I'll move my inquiries to another thread.

Thanks for this important information! I have several java tree table top stands in our aviary (my dining room. LOL!). He can also land on top of the other birds' 4 cages. Hopefully my birds, especially my Zon, will leave his toes alone! When I pick him up today, the breeder will be sending some formula with me, just in case he ends up asking for it. He felt comfortable releasing him to me 90% weaned knowing that I'm not a first time bird owner.

No, he's not clipped. The breeder is the senior bird keeper from our local zoo, and does all sorts of fun stuff with his flock, including falconry. We talked at great length about allowing greys to remain flighted to help with their confidence development. He's not fledged yet, so I'm wondering how I should go about it. I don't want to see him fly into walls if I can help him avoid it.

Will I have to teach my new baby Grey how to fly with controlled landings so he won't end up flying into walls as well? I'm picking him up tomorrow and is 11 weeks old.

I'm about to become the parront of a new baby CAG! Tomorrow I'll be bringing him home to join our flock of 4 fids. Needless to say, I'm extremely excited that tomorrow's going to be the day! Although I've always been surrounded by a lot of different types of animals over the years, birds were never part of the mix. Then, last year, when I was volunteering with my daughter at a local pet shop, this cute little dusky conure caught our eye and eventually wiggled herself into our hearts and our home. A month later we brought home our second dusky. This spring we fell in love with the most adorable little pineapple GCC and he became the third feathered member of our household. Once I became thoroughly familiar with how to care for my fid family, I felt that I was ready for a larger, more intelligent parrot. That's when Harley, our Panama Amazon, joined our flock. My husband and I have always wanted an African Grey. However, we wanted to make certain that we would be able to exceed the needs of such a highly intelligent animal. We spent several months doing our research, and now we're ready to go! I'm thrilled to have found this forum of 'everything Grey', and look forward to chatting with you!