Talon

Nilah wants to know what 'sick' is.....she said momma didn't bring ths those for us and she's a bit jealous, but that's Nilah.....I told her it was probably a hatchday present, but she never believes me....could you take a picture???? It is good, we can show bird

It is sad that you committed to a grey at one time and can't keep that commitment. I think you should get your daughter tested to be sure it is an allergy to your grey. Obviously, your husband doesn't seem to want your bird around. That being said, I am sure it's not an easy decision for you to give your bird up, but to mot allow him to be with your family as he is used to and being put outside would be cruel. As for giving him to another lady who wants to condem himto an outside aviary isnt any better of a choice, it seems worse because now your sending him off to a stranger and a strange home. He has no say in his life, and you should be the voice for what is best for him. As for this woman thinking that she can find a mate for him, is slim. There are no guarantees that a grey will like another bird, they might tolerate it, but it is rare that become attached to a mate after so much human interaction. Please do what is in the best interest of giving him a LOVING, CARING and FOREVER home. You owe that to him. He is a lifelong commitment to whoever takes him and should not be given to home after home because of life's changes. It takes a committed person for life to adopt a grey. I am or trying to scold you, so please don't be offended, just want you to give some serious thought into who adopts him. Just my opinion is all.

Personally, I think it would be sad and lonely.......seems like he would be isolated from his family flock.....

Jeez, Rikki and Nilah know nothing!!!!! Bird had to bring me into the kitchen for my nighttime drink before bed, I heard the whole thing. Melissa's boyfriend, whatever that is, he comes and goes here...got a bird kind of like Piper! Mel got an old cage out of the basement they call it, and I saw gimp asking the dust off it, putting it together and putting everything in the car. The new bird is going to live wherever boyfriend lives I guess.....ha ha ha Can't wait to see the look on Nilah's face when she gets up and there's no bird for her to terrorize!!! Hee hee it's gonna be a fun time in the morning!!!!

Nilah here now, I took the iPad away from Rikki!! Bird just got home, jeez, we were waiting to be put to bed for the last 3 hours!!!! She brought in big bags that made lots of noise. She gave us head scritches, and beak rubs thru the bars, told us she missed us, ME more than the others of course......then shut our lights off and covered us as she said, nuh nites, Don't understand why she was gone all day, we didn't think she'd ever come back. She didn't know it,but I heard a new bird in the kitchen.......better be for ME!!!!!! I heard voices and a cage being moved too, can't wait to get up and see what it it.....alls quiet now.

Ha ha ha ! Rikki here, that made Nilah laugh!!! When I bite my mommas cheek, she yells, hey, no bites and then spins around so fast I have to fly off! Guess my momma doesn't make red juice, your lucky, that's kinda cool, I'd like to see that

Hey guys, guess what? Momma got something called a tax refund. Dont know what that is but she's leaving us in our cages all day today can't even come out for breakfast But we'll survive cause she's driving 4 hours to our Disney land to the Bird of Paradise store to spend it all on US to buy toys snd perches! Hope she gets some hard wooden toys for us to chew up. , we'll miss her but I will be worth it. She won't be home till dark. Can't wait!

Good Grief!!! My mom doesnt understand why I cluck when I get excited! Doesn't she no anything about us Amazons???? When ever she talks to me or asks me to do a trick, I am so excited by her attention I cluck repeatedly to show my excitment, WHY does she think that's cute and abnormal?? Come on Salsa and all you guys, tell her!!!!!!! Constanty having to teach her about us, you would think she would have done her research!

Fixed by the tech dept. All seems to be working fine now!

No problems from others. Perhaps it's something on your end....

So glad to hear from you on this Jay. So are you saying expresso beans have less caffeine? And will this have long term effects on her?

I have 5 different species of birds. All but one is flighted. My parakeets rarely come out of their cage, they were never trained to enjoy us humans...all the others are out at the same time due to my work schedule and time. I keep an eye on them and when I hear one flying, I always pay attention to where they are. My amazon and timneh sometimes get into tifts, my amazon sometimes terriozes my cockatiel, when that happens, he goes safely in his cage to get away from my amazon. Just keep a watchful eye as Dan says and all will be ok, they will work out their flock order and abide by it once they know their place.

Yes, of course, been there done that. I spoke with the vets and researched the effects of too much caffeine in parrots. They both gave me the same info. Usually problems of rapid heartbeat, anxiety, nervousness, all the symptoms us humans get from too much caffeine only the effects are a thousand times more. Eventually leading the rapid acceleration of the nervous system, and death. The vet said the effects would most likely occur in the first 30 minutes. It didn't stop me from worrying and being scared for her.....but I was able to be somewhat calm at work as I was with her for about an hour after her morning Snack....

Nancy is correct. Forget about it. Let him eat what he wants, keep giving him fresh fruits and veggies daily even if he doesn't seem to eat them, he will eventually try them. Mix some pasta in with the veggies. I have 2 African greys, many years ago wasted tons of $$ on trying to switch them to Harrison's because everyone here and the vet said it was the ONLY BEST food out there and ALL parrots should be eating them to live a long and healthy life. My birds NEVER accepted them. I was able to switch them over to a variety of pelles, but never Harrison's. I learned they aren't necessarily the ONLY healthy ones. Do the research, most vets recommend them exclusively because they are contracted and make a profit to sell them.....

There is on when you first log in as there always was. Perhaps its something with your computer settings, as I log on in 3 different browsers on 5 different computers and its always there. It goes away after you check it and then log on, but it is there in the beg as usual.

Hi everyone thanks for all your concern and cute comments. Ray, as a matter of fact, one of Nilah's favorite things to say every day and to anyone who meets her, is " I wnt to go to Starbucks!" and " want a cup of coffee?" in a new York accent....., Anyways, I came home at 3 to check on her , when I walked in the door, I called for her..she always yells back, "hi bird!" well not today, so I expected to find her poor little body laying on the bottom of her cage........slowly I crept into the bird room.......and peeked around the corner with my eyes squinted shut......afraid to look........getting ready for the devastation I was expecting ...........I looked up slowly......and saw GREEN MOVEMENT near her snack bowl!!!!!!! Yay! Iwas very happy, and I just now got home from my second job, and let her out of her cage and she is causing a ruckas, but seems fine.

Talon LOVES snow! every time it snows, she waits by the window and expects to be given a bowl of snow. My other birds don't like the old, but she loves it! She also loves ice cubes...go figure!

I have sent another pleading email to the higher ups. I have been logged n at work all day and have had no problems with it logging me out. Are you sure you have checked the remember me box?

OH MY!! thats the besdt picture ever!!! I love it!

Once again Nilah has gotten into a no-no. She is worse than any of my 4 kids were. She is into everything, eats glue, make up. soap, toothpaste, dish soap, ANYTHING she can get her beak onto. I am quite certain one day she will die because of it.... The rule I have is if it's quiet, I need to find her and see what she is up too. Well, today as the birds & I were eating breakfast at the table, I dont usually worry about Nilah as she prefers to wait on top of the kitchen cabinets until we are done, then she will go to the table and eat. It had been a while, so I called for her and looked around the kitchen only to find her on top of my expresso machine eating expresso beans (which she LOVES btw) She ate ALOT before I discovered her....She seems to be acting fine, I was home with her for about an hour afterwards. I put her in her cager and no am at work. She knocked over my camera and I forgot about it, so I cant log in and check on her... I really think she is going to die...sooner rather than later with all the different things she has eaten in her short life.... Just needed a place to vent some dispair...Thanks for listening, not much I can do now I suppose....just wait and watch MUCH MORE CAREFULLY! She is going thru as terrible stage needing constant supervision...shame on me, I should have known better....my only excuse is a severe migrtain I woke up with that had me all dis-orientated as I was trying to get thru my morning routine and off to work.

I have notified the tech dept twice, they seem to be too busy for us... You will have no problem being thrown out as long as you check the Remmebr Me box as Judy said. I havent found it to be gone and I use Firefox & IE. Perhaps your computer display settings are different?

The pm system seems to be working......... , yes?

Please take the time to read ALL the warnings, you could save a feathered life..... http://www.birdhotline.com/comment.htm

I used to shower with Nilah, but now that Im working 3 jobs, inhave to shower early before they are up..so no more...

Congrats! Can't wait to see pics and hear all about that first exciting day!