Talon

Nilah is soon to be 3 years old. She is a female yellow crowned amazon. I am thankful she isn't a male, she can be quite testy at times. My daughters boyfriend has been with my daughter for over 2 years, he hasnt paid any attention to Nilah nor has she paid any attention to him in all that time. In fact, he was afraid of her so he they both ignored each other. Lately tho, she has fallen in love with him. He can barely set foot in the house and she is on him. She attacks my daughter and will bite her if she even tries to sit on the same couch with him. She has tail fanned, eyes pinning, and she struts her stuff back and forth on his shoulder letting the rest of us know, he is hers and stay away!!!! It is the only time she could care less when I get home from work, where the others are flying to me to give me kisses. Needless to say, I think her hormones have started early, and she becomes quite difficult to handle when he is here, she WILL bite anyone who tries to get near her, even if she does get off him, and even then she has to be within 2 feet of him. I personally think its his beard that he now has, but I'm not sure, and he's not willing to shave to find out. I can tell you, my daughter does not love our amazon at this moment in time.

That's a funny story! Thanks for the smile tonight.

Beautiful pictures of Chili Pepper! He's gorgeous with all that yellow!

I leave my grates in, although my birds never go on the bottom. I like that it catches the foot toys most of the time and I don't have to slide the rays out to go digging around the poop or leftover food to get them.

Yes, of course there is little information supplied in the original posting, thus leaving us all to assume and make guesses, but with warnings. I stand by what I said, having a grey with missing toes requires SOME considerations as far as the perches and climbing structures that a grey with ALL their toes wouldn't have to think twice about. I assumed my reply would be taken in that context. I don't have a grey with missing toes as you, but if I did, I would think differently about some of the climbing structures i have around my house. After all, i wouldnt want to make anything too difficult orrisk my baby falling due to the lack of toes. That is all I meant by my post...

I am curious, what types of flooring do you have in your bird rooms? My birds share a room sor tof with my kids tv and video consoles they don't use much. Mostly my birds want to be with me. But my bird room (den) has a hard wood floor. I have plastic officE mats under my cages, but hard wood elsewhere.

AmyJ,welcome to our family! Kudos to you for doing such extensive research and for putting such thought into this lifetime decision. Many don't... and their bird suffers the consequences of that. Although I have 4 kids, all teens, I didn't get our parrots until about 7 years ago. I can not offer any advice about having a parrot and a baby. I only know that for me, and my lifestyle at that time, ( husband worked ALL the time and I was left to raise my kids alone) I would not have been able to be a good parront to my birds or my kids. But as the others said, it canbe done and done in a healthy way IF you are committed to a lifetime of being a grey owner, no matter what. Can't wait to hear more from you, and PLEASE never be afraid to ask any questions. We are very helpful, respectful and kind members, and love to build our family. There is no question that is too silly!

This grey needs a loving caring home with special considerations made for it. My biggest concern is why is a 10 week old grey listed on Craig's list.......this bird most likely is not weaned, and not knowing how to care for a baby is dangerous to is life. Scary that that bays owner doesn't care enough about it to make sure it goes to an experienced home. Not saying you are not, I don't know but it's others I'm concerned about.

I wanted to show a video of the ladder I built this weekend for my parrots. Of course it was difficult to get it hung as Nilah couldn't wait to get on it! THANK YOU to fidsandfrats for the instructions! Sorry about the poor camera quality..it was a quickie..

Good Idea, I will have to try that tonight!!

Thanks Janet, I am not creative, nor do I have the patience for such things. This was quite easy & fun to do! You definitely should give it a try, your birds will love you for it!!!

My amazon will give you a big chomp if you invade HER home, or stick your fingers in her cage even to offer a treat. My greys dont mind my hand in their cages, but when I open any old my cages up to ask them to step up, it is always with a kind greeting first, then moving my hand slowly as I kindly ask them to step up. It is always their choice as to whether they want to come out with me or not. I never force it.

That great news! If it weren't for you and your tlc, I doubt he would be where he is today!

Here's one more! Thank you so much for sharing! IT was actually quite fun & easy to do!!

Okay, I finished my ladder. I made it quite long...it has 18 rungs, 4" apart (for Talon). OFf course, Nilah hasn't wasted anytime running across it! Talon was on it 1 time for a quick few seconds...Rikki may never go on it if I know her..

Yes,my greys swing. They enjoy it.

Wow, you are incredibly organized. I can see how that would help. When we te snow storm or power outage warnings, I have a list in my head that I dictate on the phone, and of course everything is usually ready, flashlights, extra batteries, water, food etc. I recently had a big generator installed and wired to my home as recently, we were without power, phone, etc for 6 days. The worst of that is we have a well, and septic, so no water or toilet flushing, AND we have horses requiring an incredible amount of water daily!

All greyt advice here already! Yes, they will learn more than you can ever imagine just by allowing them to go at their own pace and to be an important part of the family atmosphere! Forget the 'training cd's. It's a waste of money in my opinion. You will be able to teach them things when they are more bonded, trusting and completely comfortable. And don't wonder when that will happen, if you allow it, it will happen on its own time, and you will know

What's beauty! I live to see greys Ina big cavelike that. I have found tat my 3 never care to go to the bottom of their cage. They always stay on the highest perches. I have te same swirly perches as you hung from the very top and they mostly stay there unless they go down to eat. I also te wrap the smooth wooden perches tat come with the cage. It gives them a more secure sance when perching.

Welcome to our family! I would love o hear more about your new baby, how old, is it a tag or cag? Pictures are fun too! There are tons of advice here, you might want to check out the nursery room since your grey is young?

Wow. It does seem like a lot of work,......I would be afraid I would forget to update and change out the consumables. I feel so unprepared right now.....

Oh my goodness! Emma is having a blast! I also love the platform perch, boy they have really nice things there! I have a metal platform corner perch in my amazons cage, I had to vet wrap it for comfort, and she does love sitting on it. I think my greys would love the platform perches from there. Off to do more shopping!!!

Thank you! I already ordered the cotton atom earlier today. Can't wait to get it. I just purchased the grip net and 2 rescue ropes! I really prefer the cotton to the sisal rope. They look nice, seem softer, and I can see they are very nicely made! Thanks for sharing!!! How do you,have your grip net hung? Vertically, or horizontally?

Woo hoo! Just bought the crawler rope! Talon loves to hang upside down, she is going to LOVE it! Also going to get the net too, her size.. thank you!!!!!