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That is going to be one beautiful bird, thanks for sharing some pics of him/her with us.

Thanks Dan for the wonderful video of Dayo, see he is not as camera shy as you thought, I think he was really enjoying himself, I know I enjoyed seeing it.

Yep Virginia born and raised and been here all my life, all 59 years of it. Yum, I love anything ice cream, my favorite dessert.

I am sorry to hear you are having problems with the site but there are some technical problems going on right now and hopefully they will be resolved soon. It will be a difficult task to get Gus off a strictly seed diet but you can gradually get him over to a more healthy diet but like lovethatgrey said it will take a lot of time and patience, this will not happen over a period of weeks or maybe even months, Gus being 21 years of age he is set in his ways and not easily changed. Lovethatgrey gave you some excellent advice and I won't repeat what she said but to say it can work with patience and persistence.

No I don't think it is a horrible pic, you are a nice looking young woman. And I assume that is your boyfriend scarffing down what looks like some kind of pie!

Hello Lauren and welcome to our family, we are so glad you found us and we look forward to hearing more about you and Taco. The others have given you some very good advice about his screaming, you really need to ignore it and not give any kind of reward which could be the attention he gets when he does it. Yes he should be eating table food now, just be sure you know what not to feed and you will find that in the bird food room if you don't already know, most will enjoy a wide variety of foods. You will find we have a wealth of information here in our many threads so do give a read thru and ask questions you may have and we will help you in any way we can. We love pictures here so if you have any of Taco you would share with us we would appreciate it.

Very nice looking couple Kenz, thanks for sharing it with us.

Happy belated Hatchday Pepper, you are looking mighty nice in those pictures and mommy was very good to you too, thanks for sharing some pics of her. I assume that was you Brittany in one of the pics!

Hello Simon and welcome to our family, we are so glad you could join us and we look forward to hearing more about you and Totee. It would help us to get to know you better if you would share some more information about you and whether you have other birds, other pets, how old is Totee, how long you have had him and so on and so forth. He is a fine looking grey from the looks of him in your avatar and you can share some more pictures of him if you have them, we love pictures here if you hadn't already noticed. You will find lots of useful information in our many threads so do read thru them when you get a chance and ask questions you may have and we will help you in any way we can.

I know holding your emotions in is hard to do but greys are very sensitive to our emotions and if you are upset when you see him plucking himself then he knows it. He is obviously very attached to you and when you can't be there for him then he retaliates by plucking and I would say he is a nervous type. I have heard of giving greys drugs for nervousness and to help stop plucking but I don't think I could ever give mine that, who wants a doped up bird.

The male grey you had was one that did get along with children and other greys can too, they need to be socialized with them at an early age. Some greys are more skittish than others as they all have their own personality but in any case they need to be supervised when out with the children, especially small children for they are unpredictable. A lot of greys tend to be more skittish and get easily stressed and most do not take to change and loud and boisterious kids then others are more laid back and take everything in stride. A grey is a social animal which means they like to be with the rest of the flock and if that means there are no other pets or birds then you and your family are their flock. They do need to be in the room where the family spends most of their time, they really do not want to be left alone. But that doesn't necessarily mean they want to be in the middle of a busy happening, they want to be near the family but not necessarily on each and every member of the family, they usually will choose one or two favorites that they will allow more interaction with than the other members of the family.' This new bird may not be like the other one you had, this one may take longer to get to know the members of your family and may get along good with them and maybe not but you won't know this until the new one comes in and the settling in process takes place. Greys are and can be family pets, some will want to be right there in the middle of everyone and others will like being more of watching from a few feet away, you just have to respect your grey's wishes if he/she doesn't want as close a relationship as your previous one did. You will determine if your new grey can be handled by the children in your family, observing him when he/she is around them will help you with this but I would include them in with interaction as soon as possible and take it from there.

It might be "brutal" but it will be worth it and will be here soon, your baby is adorable, thanks for sharing a pic with us.

Maybe you could share your preparation or recipe for this mash, it looks yummy and others would probably appreciate it also, karma for you if you do.

Happy 4th of July to all my friends here on greyforums, may your day be happy and full of fireworks. {Holidays-0002010E}

Thats a beautiful little kitten Michelle and lots of members have cats along with their greys so just be careful and supervise out of cage time and I am sure you will do fine, they can co-exist if you handle it right. Thanks for sharing a pic of your kitten with us, I love its little face.

You mean something like mytoos site where you can go if you are thinking of getting a cockatoo, it gives you the downside of owning one. You are exactly right though about the adorable videos of our greys will encourage people to go out and get one without finding out all that is involoved until it is too late. That is an excellent idea Margerite and maybe someone who is more web savvy than me could help us with it.

This is the kind of bird you are going to have to handle a lot so keep working with him for he is going to try you to see what you are going to do so don't be afraid or he will know it. I look forward to seeing some more pictures, maybe some close ups.

I hope all goes well for Jason especially since he is such a young man yet.

TuffGuy is aptly named, he is a little tough guy to survive after landing on concrete and he is a cutie along with it, growing so fast but then they have to, thanks for sharing some more pictures of the little fella.

Erin we are going to need more information before we can begin to help you with Molokai. When you say you have been sick does this mean he was left a lot in his cage for long periods of time or all day because you were in bed or otherwise indisposed? Is there anyone else in the household who interacts with him? Have you had him since he was a baby? I know we have no control over what the future holds for us but if he had to spend all his days in his cage even if he had plenty of toys he still gets bored and stressed out and he takes that frustration out on his feathers. Greys need some time out of their cage every day and if they don't get it then they start plucking. You are not a bad mom, you can't help that you are sick but Molokai needs to have time out of his cage and things to keep him busy when he is in it. Another thing is not to get upset when you see him plucking, some will take your reaction to be encouragement to continue for it is attention, at least in their eyes.

Thanks Bernie but I can wait, it won't happen until later this month.

myafricanqueen wrote: Well you asked for it when you took in this bird but what is one more bird, some people might look on them as pests but they are still God's creatures and you love them for sure, you are a good woman Cristen.

Your little rescue bird is a cutie, you are doing an excellent job with him/her, now what you have tamed is yours for life as they say so what is one more bird, can't wait to see more pictures.

I feed Josey the high potency fine, I find that there is a lot less waste with it. Thats great that they took to it right off the bat, most would have given it some skeptical looks before going near it.

Well congrats Dave on hearing Alfie saying his name, I don't think Josey has ever said hers so this is an accomplishment.