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Kudos to you for finding a way to bathe Zak, it is really wonderful to see them open their feathers to take in the water, now I have to get my Josey to do that for she will tolerate a shower but won't open her feathers to let the water soak in but I do the best I can.

That was wonderful Dan and thanks for the personalization as it makes it so special. I hope you and Kim have a wonderful holiday with family and fids.

A nice addition to the list of rooms on greyforums but it seems we have a need for it, we ask and Penny delivers, thanks.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the members who celebrate, may you find peace, much happiness and friendship in the coming new year and every year to come, hope everyone gets to spend it with their families. Dave I hope you have a wonderful Holiday filled with family, friends and good food, may your stocking overflow with his generosity.

Sounds like you all are going to have a wonderful Christmas.

You have a lovely family, beautiful girls and love those cats.

You dang skippy it is Dee.

As always Dave is spot on with his advice, Nancy your Sophie is probably one of the few who interacted with new people easily so count yourself lucky but generally greys are not very social with new people who come into your home and that goes for my grey, she gets quiet and watches them with interest, if they are afraid of her then I tell them to stay back but I can usually tell from her body language whether she is receptive of them or not.

I think when every new bird owner finds those large feathers they panic thinking their bird is plucking but those feathers have to be replaced along with every other feather on their body and it looks like the one in the picture was shed in preparation of a new one taking its place.

I think you shall see the day that Louie wants some touching, it is a long time in coming but it will happen when he is ready for it, now are you Janet! Small steps eventually get you to the top.

Dee, you would think my Josey was "windy" for she can do perfect imitations, in fact my daughter-in-law asked me one day when she was here that she made that sound and was wondering if it was her mimicing it or actually doing it, guess she had good teachers!! :rolleyes:

When Penny is given a good idea she usually runs with it so you should see a new room very soon.

This is the honest truth and they never let us forget it, thanks for sharing that with us.

At 15 weeks of age he is probably still wanting formula, you should offer him some as it seems he may not be fully weaned yet, he may need a night feeding or more if he wants it.

That is an awesome picture of Louie and it shows his colors off beautifully, thanks for sharing it with us.

Hello Rissa and welcome to our family, so glad you are adopting a rehomed grey and kudos for waiting for the right time to do so. You will learn a lot from reading thru the many threads here on this forum so get busy and read as many of them as you can to prepare yourself for the day you bring Shiloh home, you know you will have to share some pictures of him.

Hello Charlie, welcome to the forum and congrats on your new grey. You should provide a cage as big as your budget will allow, a grey needs room to move around and be able to flap his/her wings without touching the sides of the cage besides when you put in some toys that will lessen the amount of free space. Your new grey can be put in a large cage to start with as long as you put the perches low to start out with as young greys tend to be somewhat clumsy, also put some padding down in the bottom of the cage to cushion any falls until your bird gets more adept at climbing, you can cover the padding with some newspaper to catch the poops. You should stick with the 3/4 to 1 inch spacing as any more and your grey might be able to get his/her head thru and then stuck, if you are getting a Tag versus a Cag then no bigger than 3/4 should be used as they are smaller type greys.

From the picture you shared it doesn't leave any doubt as to who loves his daddy, what a sweetheart Echo is and thanks for updating us on him. My grey travels well also and it means a lot to have them with you when you leave home.

Please let us know what you find out from Smokey Joe.

I would hate to see you clip Sasha's wings for just a few weeks absense, it could do more harm than good since you are leaving him, he might think the next time he sees you go that another clip is coming. Is there someone else who can come part time to allow him some out of cage time to fly and be out while he is in your mother's care? Its not fair to keep him in his cage for that long but neither is clipping his flights, maybe some of the other members will have some other suggestions for you.

What a nice Christmas present Barnaby will be and I look forward to seeing more pictures and reading the stories of his new adventure.

That "pillow game" sounds like just the thing for your husband to get some quality time with Marcus, what we have to do sometimes to appease our fids but maybe someday he will step up for him, thanks for the update on Marcus.

What a gorgeous bird, you are so lucky to get to share your life with one, would love to see a pic of the crest when raised.

Chickie is adorable so enjoy her as you start out on your lifelong journey, thanks for sharing the pics with us.

I am glad to hear that Missy is settling in, as you well know when bringing in a new grey it takes lots of time and much patience on your part but she sounds like a real sweetheart in the making. I do hope Murphy has found a new home and is happy even if it isn't with you.