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Take all of the unshelled peanuts out of the parrot mix. 1---Get baking sheet and cover with aluminum foil 2---lay out all unshelled nuts flat 3---Heat oven to 350 degrees 4---Cook for 15 to 18 minutes for unshelled peanuts or 20 to 25 minutes for shelled peanuts. The time is different because unshelled nuts will retain more heat in the shell. Shelled nuts need that extra time in the oven 5---Let them cool to room temp. The nuts will then be human grade and ideal for parrots or people. All germs or illnesses which come from raw nuts will be destroyed Doing this saves money if you have the habit of throwing away raw shelled or unshelled nuts.

If and when it happens again, let your bird make his own way up to the perch. He may stay on the botom for a bit. Never take him out of the cage after he falls unless he's laying on his side or back and refuses to move. When a bird falls off a perch it needs time to rebalance and get it's bearings back. He'll be okay. It happens to almost all parrots once in a while.

There's actually 3 birds in the intro-----1 adult CAG------1 baby CAG------1 adult TAG

It's been said that FB is for some people who have nothing better to do. The dialog between people is what proves it. A few years ago, I joined there but after visiting a few times I realized that I made a huge mistake and now I'm stuck there. I can't unsubscribe. People there collect so called *friends* and don't even know anything about them. Sample of FB *A--Tomorrow I'm having steak at the new restuarant! *B answer--Betcha you can't wait until the big day! *C--answer--My husband would'nt approve! #D--answer--Leave your hubby at home! #E--answer idea---I'll think about it. ha ha ha ha

No matter what temp you decide to go to, getting there on a gradual basis provides very little body change or problems for birds. They have more layers of body temp protection than people do. 65 would bother people much more so thsn birds. The wild outdoors has extreme weather changes. Birds don;t have problems with that. Quakers can handle temps as low as 38 degrees. The biggest problem with temp is when it's raised. There's no where for the bird to go to avoid higher temps. The fact that a parrot's feet get cold periodically means very little. It happens with birds, other animals, humans. The only time when a bird's feet will get affected if they're cold is when they already have a foot infection. The same applies to people.

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That's the way she treats anger. Can you change how she feels about anger or how she treats herself when angry? I doubt it. You make it sound like she stops periodically. You should be happy about that. Some birds go into a shell. Some birds start biting for what seems to be over nothing. Some birds stop eating for a while. Believe it or not, your bird is happy. Plucking makes her feel good. Not plucking makes her feel good. Singing, playing, talking makes her feel good. Sometimes the problem goes away. The best you can do is to make sure you have a non-toxic gel such as aloe vera gel around to put on wounds or bald spots. Some say that changing diet will do the trick. Personally, concerning a chronic plucker, I've yet to see any diet change do anything. The diet change may make the bird healthier but good health and chronic plucking have nothing to do with each other. Just remember that she shows you her happiness. Also know that your bird may be a chronic and or an acute plucker who stops at times. It's hard to judge. Some breeding hens plucker the lower half of their breast area to keep the chicks warm. Others don't. I wish I could give a sure fire solution but I can't BUT I'm working on one and plan to sell my plan to all parts of the world. My buddy Dan who's here is contributing his scientific ideas.

I know that the material being used is extremely toxic. Birds plus other animals would have to be removed. People need to be extremely careful. It's toxic to them too. The chemicals used in urethane adhessive ( no matter what brand) are extremely strong and most important of all, it may take a little more than 5 days to disappear. I've gone through the whole floor remodel thing. If you can move into an RV, fine but I would feel good bringing my birds to a breeder/vet/friend/neighbor/relatives. Think about that 2 1/2 hr trip. People drive more that to check out and or purchase birds. According to my calculations that would be about 135/150 miles. I need to travel that much to visit my son.

english please!

A mung bean is what turns into a long thick sprout which is white. They're about 2 to 3 in long. It's what the chinese restaurants put into their different fried rice dishes. In case you're chinese this says the same thing 炒飯被放入我們的特別米。為在鼻子的頭髮是好。

""Maybe a few slaps in the head will help"" Well sorry, That's not something I can do. I'm a very soft, sweet, kind, loving, easy going, mild mannered soul who would never use any violence on a woman.

Well, in the TOO world, Lesser Sulfers and Greater Sulfers are on the more aggressive side. They're more tense and nervous than some other TOOs. As with any TOO, they're very loud and the more birds around, the louder they get. They do tend to pluck more than other TOOs but none of the above (minus the first sentence) applies to every single Lesser or Greater. The worst plucker amongst TOOS are the captive Ledbetters TOOs are extremely clingy , the total opposite of greys. They need lots of time out of a cage or else they get extremely moody and quickly pluck. Janet, better put some serious thought into this. In a typical large bird shelter about 33 to 35 % of the inhabitants are different type of Cockatoos. Not trying to be a dark cloud here. Do some true meditation AND YOU MAY BE BLESSED WITH GOOD KARMA.

Wer'e not vets here so any answers would only be guesses. We would tell you that you have to go an AVIAN VET and have that checked out. That may be a cyst or a tumor or an abnormal growth or an infection and more than likely would need to be throughly checked with medical tools. Many people have to sometimes get 2 opinions from different AVIAN VETS, not regular vets. Regular vets don't normally treat birds and they mostly work on cats and dogs and reptiles and rodents.

In case you weren't aware--Chocolate given to dogs is a no no. http://petfoodia.com/pet-health/can-dogs-eat-chocolate/

Last night's show was excellent. Very well done but it may have left people feeling guilty about owning a perrot in the first place. This is a link to a parrot documentary also done by PBS and NATURE and it shows another aspect to owning a parrot. It's also well done and the commentator is a very well known person who's done many nature shows about animals in the wild. If you watch nature shows you'll recognise the face and the voice. I agree with all that was said about the reasons why parrots shouldn't be gotten. I agree about how parrots wind up being in shelters. I know that many parrots are bought on a whim for many different reasons. The big one is talking. It's been said that parrots, especially greys can comprehend what a person is saying or doing and will respond. That's true but what about all the other parrots that don't have the ability to talk in the human language. Are they less intellegent? I've told people that the real challenge is learning the bird's language. I've said it over and over. Very little responses ever come back. There's a huge reason why greys are the most popular parrot that's sold. I'll let you figure that out. I believe that I've made many people very happy that they bought parrots from me. I've also spoken about preowned parrots and why people should consider them. I have preowned parrots. The big difference is that I don't use the word*rescued*. I'm more comfortable with using the correct word *adopted* My adopted parrots couldn't live with the previous owners for different reasons. None were abused. I don't believe that there's so many people that are *rescueing* birds. I do know they're *adopting* them from less ideal situations. I don't believe that so many people have the ability to handle birds that are *rescued* especially with bad aggressive problems. Those types of birds no matter what the serious problem is wind up in those shelters. I have a bird here who I know for a fact couldn't be handled by most people in the past. When I took him, I *rescued* the owners. The word *rescued* has spread like wild fire. Owning a parrot has brought much happiness and fulfillment in people's lives. The parrots have responded in a positive way. Another big problem when dealing with unknowing owners is trying to convince them that the parrot is a wild animal. Many really don't care nor do they believe me simply because of the way a bird behaves in the home. Actually, they don't wanna believe it. I wrote this post out before. I said even more in that post but when I went to post it. It totally got erased. So, this post is the short version. The show link I'm posting can be seen immediately. No waiting for it to broadcast.

POST---#40, and 41. The item to use on the skin is aloe vera gel. There's a picture of the juice in this thread ( POST #33). There's also instructions on how to use it. The posts tell about the use of aloe gel mixed with water.

Very wise thinking;)

Greys don't come under that catagory of parrots that eat clay. They dont eat toxic items. The only areas that clay (primarily red clay) is eaten is in the Amazon. In those areas, parrots are totally different. , those types birds that do eat clay in the wild don't do the same thing when kept as pets.So don't kill your parrot by feeding concoctions that are prescribed for humans only.

Most US bird food businesses don't ship to Europe or anywhere else overseas but if you can find pet stores where you live, you can use any parrot mix in the medium sized range. The food doesn't have to say African Grey on it.

Many things have changed since 2008. Unless you're a breeder, the book really isn't that special. If you're a new grey owner, there's many books on the market that are in the $25 to $30 range. Bobbi Brinker's stuff is based on second hand knowledge. She's also a copy cat. There's loads of writers now a days that're printing out the same stuff. I really don't know what kind of info you're looking for but I can tell you that when a book has a lot of material in it concerning breeding, my opinion is tht the book isn't that great. It's pretty bad when people get the idea to breed just from reading a book. A good idea is to look up the different books that Mattie Sue Athan and Dianalee Deter have put out. They cover a wide range of subjects and most importantant of all is that they're jammed packed with lots of common sense---A good example is The African Grey Parrot Handbook. Costs about $15. Lots of places have them.

It's gonna be 2 episodes one week apart. If you have a DVR, double click and both will be set to automatically record in case you forget.

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There really isn't one special book or literature that entails the complete birth, life and death and everything in between concerning african grey parrots. That holds true for most flock type birds. Individual birds such as predatory types, or other extremely exotic birds such as Birds of Paradise etc can be studied. Almost every type of flock bird that exists behaves as one with slight differences in the group which can't be seen with the human naked eye. Everything special that they do is confined deeply within the flock. Think of other huge flocks of birds--do you know much about flamingos, doves, geese, etc etc.?? I think the best way to achieve what you want is to scan through the multitude of information that exists and take bits and pieces out, put it all together to make up that special piece of literature that you want. PLus---in this thread people are actually looking for 2 specialized pieces of literature----- 1----The one you're looking for ( wild) birds and 2----The same type of thing concerning captive birds 2 completely different stories but each can be achieved using the same method above. The facts about the captive version will be easier to get to. Always keep the word *plagiarirism* in the back of your mind if you're thinking about becoming a famous author who's about to travel on book tours. Give credit where credit is do. Because of this info, I want a free personally signed copy of the book.

Wanna know who the person was who really dealt with wild animals was?? Jane Goodall. She simply lived with loads of chimps and allowed the chimps to do all the work. She recorded them. They made the decisions. They accepted her for certain things and didn't accept her for other things. They made her a part of their lives, not the other way around. They weren't trained to do anything. It was their ways of life that taught people. The chimps taught us how and sweet they were and how violent they were. She simply tried to record it. She recorded every aspect. It wasn't her that fed them bananas. It was the other way around. She didn't wanna touch them--they wanted to touch her. They made it clear when she should stay away such as when they went on visious raiding hunts. Manybe some of you are a bit to young to remember her but she was a true scholar. Many many years later, she visited that vast area and some of the chimps that were still alive actually remembered her. They wanted to see her. They made that perfectly clear. For those who never heard of her, just look up her name be ready for a great experience. There's even videos of her years with them. She was the person who sparked my interest in wild animals. She'll always have a special place in my heart. A very, very, very true pioneer. A true person who sacrificed for the sake of giving us information.