Talon

Dan, those are great pictures! He looks like the sweetest bird!! Thank you for sharing them and offering such great "How to" tips for everyone struggling with those greys that dislike water!! :woohoo: :woohoo: Karma for you!B)

Tracy, This is a wonderful Post! The others are right, EVERY grey owner should have this when considering a grey, and as Dan said, "it is a MUST have!" This really touched my heart. I had my kids read it as well. It speaks the truth for every grey out there.

Judy, that is terrific!! WOW! I'm so proud of you. You are getting closer and closer to your goal every day. Keep it up!! I know 2 people that you have made very very happy with your progress. We're always here for you to cheer you on! {Love-00020112}

Yes, the vet is the first place you should go. He can rule out health problems. Let us know.

Yes Aidan, Judy is correct. there is no time to waste. He must see a vet asap! Don't wait a minute longer. And let us know what happens.

Hi Denise, and welcome to our family! He sounds like a lovely bird. He will learn to talk as long as he lives providing he has family interaction through out his life. Sounds like you already have your mind made up! :cheer: I hope you both decide on taking him. It seems like you understand the commitment involved. Please let us know what you decide, and we look forward to seeing pictures, and hearing all about him!!

Well, seeing as I work part time out of the house and am able to work at home for the remainder of the time. Talon is out of her cage and interacting with me a lot during the day, so I'm not the best to give advice to you. Those are some really long hours for a grey to spend alone in a cage tho. I do know that many others work full time with their grey, so I'm sure they will chime in and give you better advice. B)

Yes, Talon loves to bath that way as well. It is very normal!!:cheer:

That is so cute! I don't believe it's coincidence. They are so smart, and have a great sense of humor!! I'm very impressed that you are able to lift her wings and bath her as you do. Wow!:woohoo:

Hi Mavus, and Welcome to our family. Please read as much as you can through out the various threads here. There is a lot of research you should do before purchasing a grey. They require a lot of time, effort, and attention. It is a life long commitment as they live between 40-60 years. Please keep us posted, and feel free to ask as many questions as you like. We have wonderful members who are very helpful and knowledgeable.

Heather, I love your photo's. I always look forward to your work, you have great talent!! :)

Kristin, that is so cute. Thanks for sharing that with us. I have a video of Talon climbing up our stairs, once we get unpacked, I have to post it.

Judy, that's what we like to hear.....progress!!:woohoo: Keep it up, and you will have a better chance of keeping it off. You go girl!

Thanks guys! You still have me laughing too! :laugh: :laugh: Dan, OMG! I hadn't thought about that!!! YIKES!!:ohmy:

Yes, he must see the vet. Cats have a deadly bacteria in their saliva and claws. That's how they subdue their kill so quickly. Please let us know how things go at the vet.

Hi and Welcome to our family! I look forward to hearing more from you.

BTW, I love the name Codi!! And we are all very busy, so don't worry about having to respond to each and every one of us. As a busy family, we all understand, and don't take it personally if we are unable to respond to each reply. So, relax, enjoy our family here, and just have fun! Oops, and welcome again to our family forum!! We're happy you are here, I'm sure you have a lot to share with all your experience!!

Hi! I live about 20 miles from Springfield. Wow! it really is a small world. I love your avatar! Your baby is so cute. I'm sorry to hear of your wife's dad, I hope he gets better soon. Who's taking care of all your flock while your gone?

I wanted to let the new members know, that our very first page here on Greyforums.net has a picture of a Grey peeking through the comics. I'm sure you've noticed how cute it is!! That photo was the winner of a photo contest sponsored by our admin, Ceasersdad last year. That cute winner is Nikko, owned by our member and very good friend, Spookyhurst. I just wanted to let the members that have since joined, know who that cute grey is!! B) :)

Spooky, that's a great story. But it worked!! Talon loves her adventure pack. I use it a lot. I never had to stuff her in it tho, she always went willingly, but even more so now, as you said, it means a trip and fun for them. She loves the car, she happily goes in it for that ride! :woohoo:

Nice pistures Steph! My grey started talking at 4 months old. Dan, That's it! The gloves are off!! Let's get em Judy!!!:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: {Characters-00020059}

I just received an order I had placed with Dr. Fosters & Smith today. It came in the usual shipping box with packing peanuts. There was a small note inside the box. The packing peanuts were made from starch. They looked exactly like the white Styrofoam peanuts used all the time for shipping, but they were 100% biodegradable. When you put the peanuts under water, they dissolved. My kids had a blast with them! What a wonderful product to use! :cheer:

I wanted to share a story with everyone here. I was kind of embarrassed about it when it happened, but now when I look back at it, I can laugh! After moving into my new house, I had been listening to a smoke detector in my basement beep every 30 seconds or so non stop. No matter what I did, changing the batteries etc, nothing stopped it. So, my nephew who works for the fire dept, suggested replacing it. So one night at about 10pm,I attempted to do just that. Well, the smoke detectors are hard wired in my house with a battery back up. As I (the non-electrician :laugh: ) decided to give it a try, how hard could it be? :whistle: Well, as I connected the new one up, I set off the entire system in my house! No big deal, I thought, I'll just shut the circuit breaker off. So I tried that, but they still kept going off, I killed the power to the entire house, they continued to blare!! I called everyone I knew,(except the fire dept, I was too embarrassed for them to come) no one could knew what to do. I finally called my nephew, who was the 911 operator in another town nearby. He laughed, and called the fire chief of that town to ask how to shut them all off, As they were all having a good laugh, I went around and started taking the battery back up out of them. It took me a while to find where all the smoke detectors were in my new house. I thought I had them all...... ( I discovered there were 13 of them in all!!)but there were a couple yelling "fire, fire, fire" non-stop. So, back to the fire chief, who couldn't figure out why they were still going. 1 Hour had passed, the smoke detectors still going off......the house pitch black because I still had the power off, Talon, the 2 parakeets, our cat, our dog, and 2 of my kids all in the dark, awake, listening to the ear piercing alarms, and "fire, fire, fire" still yelling at us. So, I finally ripped the last 2 detectors out of the ceiling, wires and all!! :pinch: So, come to find out, the last 2 detectors aren't compatible with my system, I had to buy new ones that matched the brand that I had. I just installed them (yes, I attempted this by myself once again....stupid!) When I wired the first one in, I tested it, it set all of the others off, and slowly, they went off one by one. All except one......as I walked all around the house trying to pinpoint which one was still beeping, I finally found out it was Talon!! She was beeping exactly like the smoke detectors non stop. I couldn't get her to stop beeping! :blink: It amazed me how perfectly she picked that sound up, but I suppose after listening to them, for an hour in the dark, it wasn't too hard. The funny thing was, I hadn't heard her make that sound at all after that noisy night we had! I guess she was just waiting to get me.....:evil: :evil: After I saw it was her, I said, "Talon, okay, enough!" And she finally stopped, then laughed at me!! I guess she thought, me playing electrician was funny!!

Hi and Welcome!

Thanks Tracy, I think they had a better life than where they came from.