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Well, you said that it was a med *that's like Prozac*. You didn't say it was actually Prozac. Usually, a vet will show a person how to give the meds. He/she will normally do it in front of the owners. Yes, it could make the bird ornery and bitty. Many meds are hard to give. I think you should ask the vet how to do it. We can't give you methods because all birds deal with something in their own way. Clipping can cause problems for some birds. Their plucking comes in different catagories Chronic plucking----the bird has always been a plucker and will remain that way for good Acute plucking----the bird will start plucking for quite a while and then stop Incubation plucking--a hen will pluck a certain part of the lower underside so that eggs will be kept warmer. Feathers grow back when incubation is done for the season. To me, it sounds like acute plucking. Acute plucking can be caused by the clipped feathers growing back in and pinching other areas of the skin. That immediately makes the bird pluck those feathers out. It can take a very long time before the bird gets a new set of feathers. Usually, it happens by coincedence. Everything happens to be correct at the right time and the feathers grow in properly. Seeing quick results with meds when it concerns plucking isn't gonna happen. It takes a while. Aloe is good but there's something stronger which is also good 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.

Understand that there's some products that aren't sold in all countries. I've been in loads of pet stores and in pet feeds places and I've never seen the Beaphar brand. Some of the best brands of parrot mix aren't attractive to a bird so another brand has to be checked out. Just about all seed mixes have similiar ingredients As far as mold on seed--all brands of seed can have mold on it. It's not common but it happens to even expensive brands. That doesn't mean that the company and their products aren't good. This same problem can happen to human food such as meat and cheese. As far as insects in bird seed--that happens in most brands to many people once in a while. There's a simple solution but it doesn't mean that the company and their products aren't good. I buy 50lb bags of seed and the company is ok but once in a while I see some seed bugs. That doesn't make me wanna change the brand. PLUS, I know others haven't tried it because it's sold in large animal feed stores that supply food for horses, cows, sheep, chickens, wild birds plus all other birds that live outdoors. You need to experiment.

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I am not really sure what I have to say. Although I have topics of people, places and things that are the basis of emotions that control the present dilemma. However, I feel that there is something deeper involved in the melancholy that is smell and taste. There is an underlying facet that hones the sadness which is the sum of planetary existence. Will it be read by the masses or will I just discard it as so much rubbish? Perhaps another tortured soul will be able to comprehend the discourse or maybe someone with an inkling of understanding will come and rescue us from our ignorance. In any event, I am sure that it is in the writing of this statement that I am to locate my medicine. It seems that answers are actually just one's opinion. 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.My conscience screams. Disalusioned enlightenment leads to despair. Death can not be found but it is never far away. Mortality is reborn to create more misery. We search frantically for a cure to the disease we have spawned. Satisfaction in the present is stifled by the future. The future is in turn destroyed by the shame of the past. Alone, I converse with myself. Chicken or the egg?

Parrots can taste ---good to the masses of cats Parrots can smell---if Arrid Deluxe isn't used.

Well, the whole thing started with Photobucket. A long time ago, my IMG link was somehow disabled. I contacted them numerous times and they never got back to me. So, for the longest time I've been posting in different ways to see if it corrected itself. No such luck. Then yesterday, I tried posting but instead of using the QUICK REPLY button, I used the GO ADVANCED BUTTON. I put in a IMG picture, wrote one word in the post, previewed it. I immediately saw the picture before submitting. Then I hit the submit button and as you can see, it worked. All I can say is this----Photobucket may be a great online storage site but just pray that you don't have any difficulties crop up because they simply won't respond to any HELP EMs that you may send.

You would need to go to a macaw board for that type of info. On this board we try to discouirage people from buying unweaned greys and I'm gonna assume that people on a macaw boarde would do the same but if there is info, a macaw board is the place to go to. Reading the first post in this thread will tell you about how hand feeding a bird isn't something we approve of because we feel that unweaned birds shouldn't be sold until they're weaned.

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When greys do that constantly especially at that age, you'll need to bring the bird to the vet. Over active glands are definitely at work. Laying all those eggs is depleting all the natural calcium in her body and that's not good especially for a grey. You should consider the egg laying as a serious problem.

Is anyone who is using Photobucket having any kind of trouble with the IMG code next to your pictures? If so, was there something that you did to fix it. I can't get any response from Photobucket! The only link that works is the Direct link.

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Greys aren't given vitamins and minerals. All of that comes from the different foods they eat. The only exception to the rule is when a vet says that it's necessary to give a certain vitamin. Then, the vet supplies the item. Read up on palm oil. It's the food that greys eat in the wild and has natural vitamins in it.

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Keep it covered, then bare a little of it, after a few days bare it it some more--a few days later, bare it some more, on and on. Have the cage around so the bird can see it. Don't do alot to the cage with it next to him. Anything you wanna do should be done before putting the cage in next to him. I had a very aggressive TAG who came with a cage. He knew that cage inside and out. He used it as his private fortress. He made his attacks from it. He would,'t let a person near him.. I instantly got another cage, took him out, immediately put him in the new one and dumped the old one. All of this was done within 2 hrs. He became very passive and calmer because I had the upper hand. He was at my mercy, not the other way around. So, think about it. The old cage can serve a good purpose. You're getting another bird where the old cage is the right fit? Then use it.

I have disagree with all of the getting rid /selling of the cage stuff. You won't get good money for a old used cage anyway. You just brought the old cage out. As far as the cage goes, it's an old item that's been used before by your bird so, If anything, your bird shouldn't be screaming at it. If he didn't scream while living in it, he won't sceam with it around him. Look at it this way---a person needs a cage and buys one, brings it home and the bird is nervous, fearful, uncomfortable with it. He yells, screeches. SO, the usual rule is to put the new cage around the bird until the novelty of the new cage subsides. That could be days and days. That goes for toys, bowls. swings and other items. You should use the old cage for your new bird. Your grey will get very used to having it around including the new bird. Also, look at it this way----if you go and buy a new bird, bring it home and your bird reacts in a bad way to the prescence of another bird, do you immediately return the new bird or work on getting them to accept each other? By doing what you're doing, you're letting the bird *rule the roost* which is a bad idea.

Approx 10 weeks old.---------Hopfully, no younger.

It would be fine to eliminate the peanuts. Most seed mixes have peanuts in them ( shelled and unshelled). The unshelled and shelled peanuts are usually the uncooked type. Many parrots don't like the flavor so many people simply take the peanuts from the mix and some people throw them in the backyard for the squirrels. Raw peanuts have no real value anyway.

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Freud slips in his 1901 book The Psychopathology of Everyday Life. According to Freud, these errors reveal an unconscious thought, belief or wish. "Two factors seem to play a part in bringing to consciousness the substitutive names: first, the effort of attention, and second, and inner determinant which adheres to the psychic material," Freud suggested in his book. "Besides the simple forgetting of proper names there is another forgetting which is motivated by repression," Freud explained (1901). According to Freud, unacceptable thoughts or beliefs are withheld from conscious awareness, and these slip help reveal what is hidden in the unconscious. So basically, he came to a fantastic conclusion Freud said ""Yes, It's very true that people all over the world are eating too many Dill Pickles"""

http://www.greyforums.net/forums/showthread.php?189967-100-natural-aloe-vera-juice As much as you like. It doesn't hurt a bird.

I was told that pets do not breed well. Is this true? Very true I also read that Greys are very private and will only breed if they are left completely alone and not interracted with. Very true Do they need an indoor space or an outdoor aviary. Indoor aviary in a very private area. Outdoor aviary if a person wants to let the birds loose. Breeding won't take place. I would rather have them in the house with me but I have kids that will not leave them alone if inside. They need total privacy and if there's the slightest chance that the children get close enough, they'll seriously bite and breeding won't take place. Breeding greys don't like children. Some pet greys don't like children. Actually, that sometimes applies to the owners of the breeders. Breeders are only bonded to each other. They have minimum tolerance of people. This type of grey breeder birds lifestyle must be the same throughout the whole year, not just breeding time. Remember, they're definitely not pets and won't tolerate being separated. Can I get some tips on what I need to know about breeding Greys that are specific to Greys and not on breeding birds in general? Thanks!!! There's a load of information needed about breeding greys. Lots of reading---lots of money---lots of special equipment--learning about special foods--knowing different methods of feeding chicks---having quick access to a qualified avian vet----knowledge of the personalities of a pair of breeders----having special living quarters in the house with the proper humidity and temperature. Bird boards such as this one don't offer up information concerning breeding because there's very few breeders here. It's not something that's normally done online between people who don't know each other. Does experience in breeding tiels and budgies give a person enough knowledge to deal with greys? Not even close. Tiels and budgies can breed with people close by. Stay with a pet grey. Reading through posts here will tell you how much there's to know concerning pet greys. There's loads of info here that applies to the novice grey owner. Thanks for your time and your honesty!!! We're only interested in the welfare of the birds.

If used properly, aloe juice doesn't mask anything. If used properly, water doesn't mask anything. Instructions and reasons to use it have been spoken about concerning the aloe product. There's a sticky about it. It's worked wonders for people who have birds that have specific problems concerning feathers and skin. But I'll give a quick short version. Aloe juice is used on the skin of a bird that has very dry, itchy and flaky skin. The bird picks at the dried skin and also pulls out the feathers. The aloe is supposed to saturate the skin making the skin soft and pliable and less itchy which lessens the bird's desire to pick/pluck the feathers from that treated skin. It also promotes correct preening. All birds need time in the sun. That's difficult for some opeople so that's where full spectrum lighting comes into the picture. Spraying aloe or water on top of a grey's outer feathers does nothing except get the dander off the outer feathers. As far as chicken bones, that's been spoken about numerous times but there's many birds that don't like chicken bones or any other type of bones.

Maybe you're thinking about someone else as far as suggesting colloidal oatmeal. If I'm not mistaken, colloidal oatmeal is some type of topical. I've never used it . I know people use it on themselves. The only oatmeal I've ever talked about was the type that people could feed their birds.

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