Dave007

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How old is the bird?

Honestly, I would play it safe. it's very hard to answer your question. Some will say yes and some will say no. Only you know your equipment and how strong and heavy duty it is. I'm not familiar with camping gear. the only camping gear I'm formiliar with is when I was in the boy scouts. Many many many years ago. Only you know how cold it's gonna be at night. You would need an area that has little breeze. The one I will tell you-------I would definitely put a flight harness on the bird and leave it on until you get home. Your bird may hate it but that increases your chances of not having any misfortunes happen. I Wouldn't just say do it because I wouldn't wanna be blamed for giving the wrong advise just to make someone happy.

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Listen to Jay. He gave you a diet that you can vary but STOP THE FRUIT. It's acidic and does nothing for a grey and many other species of parrots. Stop the amount of yogurt you're giving. 1x a week is enough. Even 1x every 2 weeks is better *****Although just today i tried feeding him peas, snow peas, pellets and other veggies but he just ignores them.***** Well, why should he if you're giving all those sweet pieces of fruit? Plus it'll take much more time for your bird to get used to new foods. Judging what he does in one day won't work.

Actually, it's very constructive to be seriously bitten by a parrot because it seems that answers are actually just one's opinion. Pain is the true add on. Whether collective or independent, if the conclusion to the question is sufficient to smooth over the rough waves of the soul and mind, then the conclusion is deemed holy. Oh how we grasp at anything that might rationalize our glee or our sorrow when watching the dripping of the vibrant red blood. Coloring will prevail. The primate will be ruled by the homosapien species.

Yes, he could be a plucker but as far as your question concerning those collars, most people feel that they're very uncomfortable for the bird. It's hard for a bird to eat or drink or move around easily. Most people remove them. You've had it on and it doesn't work because he starts all over again? So why put it back on? It's not working. Now as far as what you said about trying everything-------exactly what did you try?

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Probably, but you should always resize your pictures in your own personal file before you post them anywhere. Any picture should be approx about 50 to 75 kb. That size makes a good sized picture. Right now, your problem is finding an online storage site in your country and I can't possibly help you with that. Online storage sites allow you to resize the picture on their site before you save them. Right now, you'll have to use the image posting icon on this board to post pictures. Sorry, there's nothing else I can think of.

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This picture wasn't from photobucket. It came directly from my personal file. Look above---see the square icon--3rd from the right? put mouse on it and see what it says. That's where you can post from your file to the board

That's normal. It's probably wing feathers that periodically fall off. The * black needle* you're referring to are where new feathers are starting to grow out of. The black needle is called pin needles, feather spikes. When you see them, leave them alone. The area is sensitive until the new feathers come through.

Well, you should be able to see the picture I put in above. It's a tree.

I added a picture in the above post directly from my PC to the board. Click on it and see what happens

Well, I had no idea that Photobucket wasn't in your country. Just tell me, when you went there, were you able to sign up as a member? Did it ask you to give a password? PS--what country are you in?

In order to post pictures on almost any type of board, a person needs to have an online storage area to copy a picture to. The easiest to use is Photobucket. You would open a free account with them, copy your own photos to Photobucket. The initial process is a bit hard for the newbie but after doing it, it's not difficult at all. Hundreds of peopple here use Photobucket. It can hold 1000s of pictures and even some videos. When copying a pic there, the picture is automatically given 4 links to use in different places. To post pics here you would use the bottom

Something is setting your bird off. Concerning that plucking, you say that he lets them grow back and then pulls them out even though you've tried all sorts of things to help. You should understand something about plucking---after the actual plucking, the next step is him letting the feathers grow in which can cause more trouble than the actual plucking. The feathers come back unevenly onto bare skin. Those new feathers, especially tail, fliht feathers can be painful for the bird because they're pinching and jabbing at different areas of that bald irritated skin. So, what does a bird do when that happens? he proceeds to pull out the new feathers that are pinching him. On and on it goes. This happens in very mild or major plucking situations. It's possible that your bird is a very acute, seasonal plucker who doesn't need very much to turn on itself. It's hard to give an explanation but there is something you can try. Many people here have tried it and it was successful. Aloe vera juice is good but it cab do just so much. THis other product gives a bird a protectant on the skin and basically soothes the skin and lessens the irritation of the skin. The only thing I can't tell you about is s/h to your country. Type in AVITEC.COM On the left, look for PLUCKING/SCREAMING---click on it Third picture from left ( spray and jar in picture) click on it there's 3 choices 1---premixed bottle 2--small jar, powder in it (8 oz) 3--large jar, powder in it (16 oz) ------- Get either 8 oz or 16 oz jar with powder in it. Stay away from premixed bottle 1 rounded teaspoon powder to 8 oz room temp water in a sprayer. Heavily soak your bird down once a day. If any remains in the sprayer, use it on any other birds sitting around. Discard what remains at the end of the day.

Your bird has no wings, A bird with no wings frequently drops covert feathers. The chart below will give you an idea of where the various covert feathers are located. There's many reasons why they're falling out or beingpulled out. Wings that are clipped will die more rapidly than unclipped feathers. The internals of those feathers dry out and fall off to make room for a new set. They don't come in at the same time. The covert feathers are supposed to sit on the wing feathers but your bird has no wings. Use the chart below to see your where the feathers are. Clipping can cause different problems because there's all sorts of methods of clipping -----most of which are wrong. Let your bird grow in it's feathers.

It sounds like you've been bitten before so that means that you're an official parrot owner. Congratulations! What you haven't done is the method I just told you about so you'll have to see if there's different results from your bird after he's been put into a more relaxed situation. Don't force yourself on him because the first thing he'll do is bite and that's normal. If necessary, you may even have to start these training lessons by just bringing him into a room with you without doing any actual training. Any training takes quite a long time. Some birds take to training quicker but if you keep it in mind that your bird may take a longer time than you'll be less depressed. Biting----the best way to avoid getting bitten is not to force yourself on the bird but I really can't tell you about your bird. Each bird is different. Some people say to not react at all. Some people say that a person should let the bird bite them. Some people say to put the bird back in the cage. Some people will say NO!!! when biting occurs. Some people just learn about their bird and also learn about their bird's personality. I really can't tell you that there's a special way to react. You need to be alert. You can't be pushy. You need to take your time. You must keep an eye on the bird when you're training him. If he shows the slightest sign that he wants to stop a lesson, then stop.

You put the bird on the floor and you use index and middle fingers. You have to imitate the size of a perch. A perch isn't as big as an arm. You'll take your 2 fingers and slide it towards feet. You'll nudge him and the bird will get away. You wait 40 sec and repeat the excersise. The bird will run away. All of this is to be expected. Start the whole thing all over again. The bird will run away. Do the whole daily training for 15 to 20 min. Take bird back to cage Next day, repeat everything above----the bird will run away. Next day, repeat everything above----the bird will run away. Next day, repeat everything above----the bird will run away but not as far away as before.---do it for 15 minutes. Next day, repeat everything above----the bird may not run away but will be untrusting of you. Next day, repeat everything above----the bird will be curious and finally will try to step up. When this happens, remain on the floor for 10 to 15 minutes and gently put the bird back on the floor. repeat this again and again each day. When the bird trusts you and feels brave, you gently walk him back to the cage. Next day, start all over again. And again. And again. And again. Over and over. You have a tiel and they don't like each other?? Keep the tiel away each training period. The tiel and the grey will startle each other. All of these periods can vary from bird to bird.

better if i kidnaped him to go to another room?------Yes Yes--another room--quiet--leave the husband outside and tell him to fix the car. Don't have the cage around. If the bird sees the cage, he'll only think about getting back to it. You have to have his complete attention. Ue a towel on the grey when taking him into another room. make sure there's no interuptions. keep the door closed.

Forget about the peanuts. You should try almonds and walnuts. In your situation, you would take the almond or walnut out of the shell but first these things must be given to the bird but not as a treat. Not everything needs to be a treat. These types of nuts are healthy and taste good. Most parrots like them. You're doing 2 things here--giving treats and training him with those treats. Gotta do things one at a time. There's plenty of time left to teach step up process. Many birds don't like fruits and it shouldn't be used as treats. For the bird who enjoys those nuts in the shell, they crack it open and eat the insides out. It takes a while and keeps them occupied. This is a picture of those almonds that were cracked open

Well, in starting off, you should be doing this type of training with your bird on the floor in a very quiet room with not alot of people buzzing around. Doing it in the cage isn't a good idea especially since you got the wings clipped. His/her balance isn't permanent yet and doing step up exercises on the floor is better for the bird when he falls down, Better success too.

ALOE VERA GEL but you would need to have a vet check them for infection or internal fluid. We can't tell you anything here because we're not vets. Those bumps may also come from concrete or sand perches.

I think the OP made a mistake calling the process that your breeder uses to sex birds--it's called DNA testing and there's nothing surgical about it. Surgical procedures have to do with health issues. Sexing isn't a health issue. It's simply a convience for people to use.