judygram

I am doing fine, I continue to go to Curves 3 to 4 times a week, walk on the off days if I can and I use an elliptical machine also. I have been fairly good as far as what I eat, went off the plan on Saturday night celebrating 40 married years, had drinks and dessert but back on now. I don't weigh myself but I will get weighed next week at Curves so I will let you know if I have lost any and I know I have.

Flint, you are a part of this family from the moment you joined and we look forward to seeing some pictures of you and Flint even if the casino manager won't let him in, you get em anyway and anyhow. Is that a royal flush I see.:woohoo: :woohoo:

She is still too young to be sexually mature so she just prefers your husband to you and you will just have to settle for that because they make up their own minds. Sometimes later they can change their favorite person but I would not count on it. Just enjoy what she will allow from you and hope she eventually allows more attention from you. I notice you have not introduced yourself in the welcome room, why don't you do that and tell us some more about yourself and your grey.<br><br>Post edited by: judygram, at: 2007/10/31 18:35

Well welcome to the good ole USA, we love having you here, but just be patient with Izzie, she is still settling in. Karma for you for reading thru a lot of the posts, see I told you that you will find a lot of helpful information there. Keep us informed as to how Izzie settles in.

You are so right to do that in keeping the small kids away from your grey, I know they want to pet him so bad but he can bite so bad and really hurt a small child. Most greys do not like small children for that very reason that they are so loud and quick, greys don't take to that too kindly. I keep my grandkids away from Josey as I have already had one of my granddaughters get bitten by my sun conure on her lip. Sunny does not like her for some reason and she will go after her if she gets anywhere close to her.

BMustee is right, whatever your vet says is what you should do, he should have gave you some suggestions as to what to do already besides the antibotics. Do you offer him any kinds of meats, Josey eats some chicken and venison from time to time.

Very good point Dan, thanks for mentioning that, I totally forgot, must be a senior moment.:whistle:

I live out in the rural country so I rarely have any children trick or treating at my house, just as well for I don't have any candy in the house much anyways, I have cut that out of my daily routine. I am being good before I am going to be bad.:evil:

You need to take her to an avian vet for a thorough checkup and bloodwork to rule out anything physical and then we can work on what is causing her to pluck her feathers. Why don't you introduce yourself in the welcome room and tell us a little more about yourself and your grey, her name, how lony you have had her and so forth.

Yeah you look very scary to me!!! {Feel-bad-0002007F}

Aloe is very safe for greys, in fact there is a product called aloe vera juice that is good to give them a bath with, just put it in a spray bottle and wet them down with it, very soothing for the skin, use it full strength.

"For The Love of Greys" by Bobbi Brinker always comes to mind when asked about books on greys. And by all means read thru the many threads here on this forum for lots of helpful information.

Dave nails it on the head again, and I'l bet that is exactly what is going on with your grey, Magicgrey.

MrSpock wrote: And thank God for that Dave. Dave has given you some excellent advice, please take this to heart for it is the best you will hear and Dave knows his birds, his word is worth its weight in gold around here.

Nicky you are expecting too much of a grey that you have only had for 2 days, it takes time to build trust and bond with your bird. Give it plenty of time and don't rush things, that is why he is biting, you are pushing too hard too soon. Let him settle down some and then take it easy and let him warm up to you, he will if you don't force it. If he does go to bite don't pull back or yell at him for it will only reinforce him to continue it for the reaction he gets, soon he will find out that no reaction gets him nowhere and he will stop it. Keep us informed as to how it goes with him.

You don't want to keep his room too warm for the reason of dry skin like Dave mentioned. You can get some humidifiers to increase the humidity but those aloe vera juice baths are going to help too.

LOL Dave, you crack me up also, but I love it, Flint you will just have to ignore MrSpock, he is full of himself but we love him anyway, don't know what we would do without him, I know I would just cry.

Yes they do and you should get one of those things they call a boing, its a rope like thing with a metal wire thru the middle that shapes it into a spiral and it hangs from the top of the cage, Josey uses one all the time, in fact I think she sleeps on it.

Hello and welcome to the family, Peter, glad you could join us and we look forward to hearing more about Totoro. Sorry to hear about the mutilation issues with him but hope you can turn him around. Take some time and read thru the threads here on various topics for lots of helpful information, and if you have any specific questions, feel free to ask us anything, we will do our best to get you an answer and help you in any way we can. If you have a picture of Totoro you would like to share with us please do we would love to see him.

Hello and welcome to the family, Lyudmila, glad you could join us and we look forward to hearing more about this new grey of yours, Izzie. Please take the time to read thru our many threads on various topics for lots of useful information, especially since you just recently acquired your grey. They will answer a lot of your questions you may have and give you some ideas for helping you with the bonding process. If you have a picture of Izzie you would like to share with us please do, we would love to see her, we just love the babies, and who doesn't, they are so adorable. You just joined and so you are a part of this forum and this family as well, we look forward to getting updates from you on Izzie very soon.

And that is a risk I am not willing to take either.

Thanks BMustee, for touching on a sore subject for a lot of us, I hate to see how many precious animals are put down every day because of irresponsible pet owners, too lazy or cheap to have their pets spayed or neutered, it is appalling to fathom.

Yep sounds like separation anxiety, they don't like us being gone for any length of time and I would stay around until you have built that trust back and it might take some time for that to be established again. You got your job cut out for you and the next time you go away you need to make other arrangements that will lessen a reoccurance.

Toni, try soaking some of the pellets in apple juice and see if Alcazar will eat them that way and then you can gradually switch him over to dry but I give Josey the fine ones also, she wastes less with them for some reason.

It is FairY, and I enjoy going and I hope there is something like it where you are, it should be available to every woman, we need it so much. I have never heard of calanetics, I will have to google it and find out.