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I doubt that you need a vet. Sometimes feces, urine and urates all come out together. Other times, theycome out separately. The largest dropping is in the morning. The rest of the day, the droppings mostly contain urine and urates. Read this--------- http://www.greyforums.net/forums/showthread.php?175904-FECES-DROPPINGS-POOPS-(all-the-same)

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I agree with Dan. This isn't a good way to start a relatioship with a parrot if you're new to parrot keeping. Usually, when a person brings in a parrot that has problems, those problems eventually ease up as time goes on--less biting--less screaming--less nervousness, more social etc. In your case things are going in the opposite direction. Many times, a person who goes through this will never trust another parrot again because they start thinking that a parrot has that tendency to be as yours is and that's not the way it is but they may never buy another parrot again. To me, your bird isn't a family pet. You and your husband fear the bird and the bird knows it. Getting bitten to the point of bleeding isn't good especially if it happens a few times. constant screeching/squawking/growling isn't good. There's many birds that are the same way your bird is and they're either adopted by people who understand them and can handle them or there's places that will take that type of bird and give it a home knowing that the bird will never be a family pet. Here in the US, Judy and I know of such a place that deals with greys. There's other similar places that deal with a mixture of parrots. Judy has visited this place and I can tell you that there's about 100 to150 greys there who will never be pets. They're there for many different reasons. If people visit they're not allowed to pet or feed these birds. Many are aggressive and biters. Many are permanently damaged. No wings, no claws, general deformaties. Many are extremely shy which makes them biters. Many are so aggressive that they go out of their way to bite people when people get near enough. Others are breeders whov'e never had contact with people. All of these birds live together in huge avaires and once there, the birds are happy as long as they're with their own kind. I can understand your husband's frustration. He's got a right to be upset. The bird is telling you that he wants out of the human family life. This isn't mean't to be insulting but in your country, there's a chance that high quality greys aren't available. I'm not saying it's a fact but I can tell you that other people on this board have mentioned that it's true. These people are from your country and also close surrounding areas. I have no idea whether this is true or not. Also remember that my whole reply is based on how serious and accurate your posts have been. To many people it sounds serious. Others will say that you *should try to put up with it, he'll calm down* etc etc. But they're not living with the bird. Their birds aren't screeching 24/7. They're not seriously getting bit and getting broken blood vessels. As Dan says--it's up to you and I can only add that you should think about it. And PS--I agree with luvparrots. I think back and I remember that bird she's talking about. Luvy tried but in the end it didn't work out and it wasn't luvy's fault

It's best to contact your vet with that question. If you're talking about a medically diagnosed cold sore then you're talking about herpes and all herpes catagories are contagious amongst other people. Not too sure about animals though.

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I can understand where you're coming from and in certain ways I agree but Let me tell you about a bird. You spoke of Cricket and I'll speak of Smokey. I've had Smokey since he was in the egg. That's because I also own his parents. If a person wants to see a well socialized, friendly, non biting, no aggressive type bird who's friendly with my other birds except one quaker I own, it's Smokey. He's also a family bird. BUT--if he's on my shoulder, he just can't help himself. He has to nibble on my earlobes with that pointed beak, has to bite the necklace I wear ( which he broke once), loves to slightly chew on my shirt collar, picks at my glass frame around my ears. He doesn't bite my face but he loves to tug at my beard hair. There's no way to change him. There's no trust that has to be built up. There's no respect that can be instituted. respect has nothing to do with anything. He simply can't resist. It's in his nature to do this so my solution is simple --no shoulders. When I take him off my shoulder, there's no squawking, yelling, growling, no attitude. PS--he's 14 yrs old now. Then I have another grey--A TAG who wants to be on my shoulder all the time and all he wants to do after being up there 15 minutes is tuck himself into my neck and go to sleep. He's so quiet I forget he's there. He'll stay there until I tell him to step on my fingers.

Shoulder status. " I am the parent belief." This is starting to sound like a kindergaten class. To put it simply, there's #1 bird that likes to nibble and bite on things that he or she is attracted to. Those things happen to be on the owner's body. There's nothing wrong with the bird. It's actually natural. Then you have the #2 bird that has absolutely no interest in the same things that #1 bird has.It's actually natural. There's nothing wrong with that either. There's nothing to establish between the owner and #1 bird. It's nature that makes #1 bird do these things. He's the way he is.It's nature that makes #2 bird behave the way it does. He's the way he is. Ray's Zon Cricket simply showed that he's a #2 bird. Ray doesn't like a #1 bird on his shoulder because of biting and he likes a #2 bird on his shoulder because of non biting. That's pretty simple. Tell me something--with all of your constant, annoying bird classroom behavioral talk all the time, can you make a #2 bird into a #1 bird on a shoulder on a steady basis? Can you actually change a bird's likes and dislikes and attractions to things? You're making it sound like #1 bird is misbehaving.

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I agree with Wings. With some birds, they'll sit on a shoulder and do absolutely nothing. With other birds, they find earlobes, jewelry, necks, hair, clothes extremely appealing. That type of bird is officially called *no shoulder bird* The other type is officially called *shoulder bird* As Wings said, grabbing a no shoulder bird is extremely hard because the bird is behind you and when you try to grab it, it simply moves to the other shoulder.

Your best bet is to get him to a vet. It could be digestive or inability to pass feces or a small vitamin deficienicy but they're guesses. But you do need to see a vet quickly. There are no vets here and diangosis is impossible over a PC. * it could be* *maybe it's this* * that happened to my bird* etc. All of these ar just guesses. Your bird needs a hands on exam.

Apples and oranges. Domestics like dogs and cats have a full set of teeth going to the back of the mouth like people. All those teeth have the ability to thoroughly chew food before swallowing. Birds don't have that. They have a beak which cracks the food and a tongue which dislodges the food so it can be swalled.When they do this, much of the food slips out of the mouth and drops down. They may carry food around but as the time arrives to eat it, the exact process kicks in again. Parrots don't regard food as precious. They're simply eating what nature tells them to eat, when to do it. It's much easier to make a domestic gain weight then a parrot. For a parrot If any basic food isn't around, they start eating other items such as bugs, slugs, worms and other items. They do this because they're wild animals basically scavengers. Domestics don't. If domestics spot food that they don't like in their dish, they push it aside or don't even bother touching it. A parrot picks it up and flips it. That happens with pellets and other foods. Hence, the mess and flinging/dropping. Parrots don't intentionally drop food in their feces. An enclosed cage causes that to happen as opposed to wide open spaces. Other wild animals benefit by eating the seeds in feces because there's protein in it. Parrots can eat all day long or not at all. Domestics need to be fed because the owner sets up a feeding schedule. Other people leave the dog food around all day long. Hence possible weight gain. Basically, they're not messy at all except to the owner. Remember, there's no comparison between domestic dogs/cats and wild creatures such as the parrot/parrots you have in the house. That parrot you have will always be wild.

Hi It's very possible that the days of constant formula feeding is dwindling. The normal way that happens is that the bird starts refusing every formula feeding and replacing it with solid food. I say this because of the age of your bird. If it was 9-10-11 weeks old, there might be a problem. Your bird is much older. Another sign is that he's now continuing to eat solid items. As baby birds get older they start to lose their original weight. The heaviest grey is one that's very very young . Yours isn't in that catagory anymore. BUT, there is one major thing that you need to correct---stop giving all those fruits. They're acidic, doesn't give nourishment to the bird. Fruit should be given sparingly. You should now start giving many different green veggies. It's a hit and miss thing. You'll nee to do this until your bird shows you what he likes. A grey needs calcium. Veggies give that especially dark ones. Also give pieces of carrot. Along with all of these things, give 1 formula feeding a day. When he refuses that, formula time is finished. You should also have a small portion of parrot mix available to him. Don't give morning, noon, supper feedings. Parrots eat all day long. As far as water, they're drinking but you can't see it and what they do drink is small amounts. All parrots do that. Ask any questions. Good luck PS---also buy a small package of parrot pellets and have them available in a separate bowl.He may or may not eat them but they are good. PS--I see that you already have pellets.

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Usually, a vet diagnoses that situation because there's a few conditions that cause it. Most of the time it's a minor kidney infection but wait for the vet's response. Today, find a very small jar or plastic container that has a cover and take some of the feces and put in the container and give it to the vet. As far as your bird being subdued during molting, that's very common to become more quiet and less active. To a bird who's molting, iit's an uncomfortable time and they can get short tempered and nip or bite if you pet the bird in the wrong direction. . This may last a month or so. Females are more aggressive than males. Basically, ease up on all the touchy feely activities. Spray him with soothing aloe vera juice and if you don't have any, use water. The water should be on the cold side.

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Same answer as above. A new fresh live tree isn't that good

Peach tree is fine BUT freshly cut wood causes a problem--it's live and soft. 1---the wood should be very dry which means that it more than likely should be dead. 2---the stripped wood should be naturally hard. If it's not dry, it'll be bendable and wet inside which isn't good for a bird. The best wood to use is simple oak trees which are prolific and are always dieing as time goes on. There's millions around.

If you get the branches outside, they should be dry and dead. Bring them in, soak them until the bark is very soft. Pull the bark off. it should come off easily because it's very wet and dead. make sure the stipped branch is thoroughly soaked and use some liquid soap and scrub it with a rag. Rinse very thoroughly. take the branches outside and let them sun dry. The branches will be extremely hard to bite through. Make sure the branches are uneven, knarled and have a couple of different thicknesses. You can use these branches for cage perches, playstands and swings or what ever is in your thoughts. I have loads of trees in my yard that are always dieing every year. They're about 100 yrs old. I have about 50 pieces stored away for any use I need.

Branch type, knarled , uneven thickness. Straight round dowel type perches sold in pet shops aren't that good for larger parrots such as greys, amazons and larger birds. These types of branches can be purchased or you can get as many as you want if you have a woody back yard.

Reversing a natural sleep time schedule and body clock for any bird isn't possible. Covering a bird or putting the bird in a darkroom or using blackout curtains won't alter what nature has dictated for birds. There are ways to make a bird go to sleep a little earlier when the time is night time. Many people use covers to keep their bird quiet in the evening and many times that doesn't even work. There is no uvb light that brightens up any area. All those types of light aren't bright. All birds of all species need light and it doesn't have to be the type you mention. Actually, no matter what species you get, it would be technically considered cruel and unusual treatment/punishment even though your intentions aren't to be cruel. In some countries doing that is against the law and pets can be removed.

If you're talking about the Feeders in the above pictures, I really can't tell tou where to get them in India. If it's possible, take your cups and put them in an area of the cage wher the bird doesn't like to stay at. If you can't do that, go to a pet store and buy a couple of universal cups that will fit any cage. They come with hooks or clamps. Take out the old dishes. Your bird will go to the new ones. Don't worry about the bird not being able to eat. Believe me, they'll find any food that's around.

Maybe take the grey cage and tiel cage and switch the position.