Shaz

Hi all, great website, hopefully I can contribute more once I purchase my CAG next month. I'm in a dilemma. I went to the petstore on the weekend to look at what african greys were available. There were 8 gorgeous 11 week old CAGs in total, 4 in each cage. Although I wasn't going to buy one yet, I thought to myself which one would I have bought. Now the question, what behaviour traits should I be looking for when choosing an african grey?? I noticed 4 of them were sleeping, 2 were happily playing amongst themselves and 2 of them were staring me while not budging an inch. I tried to pet one of the ones that was playing statues and it opened it mouth as if to bite, so i backed away. The breeder tried the same and the CAG did the same thing. So the breeder told him off and he stopped. The breeder then asked for a kiss and put her lips next to the cage and this CAG kissed her. I was amazed. I know that CAGS in particular are shy birds, but two were playing amongst themselves didn't care I was right next to their cage staring at them. The ones that were sleeping eventually woke up but were too dazed to bother me (i think!). The one I tried to pet later tried to open the cage door and the final one just observed from the back of the cage and started to flap its wings as if it was flying while holding onto the side of the cage. All of them were lovely but at the end of the day I can only choose one. So obviously I want one that would bond with me the quickest. By the time I go back to this petstore I'm sure there will be a different flock...so any ideas what signs I should be looking for or anything I could quickly try to help me choose an african grey that would bond quickly??