judygram

That was really funny, Laurie, I guess the s sound is hard for them to make so it came out differently. Thanks for sharing that tidbit with us.

Well when you do this and she goes to bite you do you pull your hand back, because if you do she is taking control. You may have to bite the bullet and allow her to bite you to get her to step up when you tell her to. They learn quickly that if they bite it usually gets their way and in this case it is preventing you from getting her to step up. Just go for it and put your hand in front of her and tell her to step up and if she bites you don't pull back, no matter what, and after a couple of times she will realize that you are not going away and she will do what you want her to. I know she might bring blood but it may be the only way to get her to understand you are the boss not her. She will stop the biting when you get her to step up on command and not pulling back or flinching from the bites. Try this and let us know how it turns out.

I'd say he was going to keep her flight feathers from the sound of his post, and if Kip is proud of herself you know what the answer to that question is going to be.

Hello, jjcool, and welcome to the family. So you have a 2 year old grey that you have had for 2 months now and she won't step up. Have you tried using your hand to get her to step up, does she try to bite you when you do this? She should have already learned to step up from the previous owner and maybe something happened with her previous owner that is the reason she won't do it. Do you know anything about her life with her previous owner? That might help in understanding why you are having a problem with it. Greys can be very quiet birds, I have a sun conure that is louder than my grey. They usually do some clicks during the day and the beak grinding is a sign of contentment or before they go to sleep. Tell us a little more about your grey so we will have a better idea of how to help you with her.

Sometimes all we need is to stand back and reread what we write and we can answer our own questions, but thanks Tari for running that by us, we would have told you the same thing.

Hello and welcome to the family, Bindi, glad you could join us for some information and a little fun along the way. I think you will like it here very much and we try to be as helpful as we can. So a grey is your dream bird, you couldn't have made a better choice, they are amazing creatures and I know you will enjoy yours when you do get one. Feel free to ask us any questions you may have and we have a wealth of information here in our various topics and threads.

Hello and welcome to the family, Greg, what a nice name, my son's name is Greg also. You have just joined an elite group of grey owners who love to help one another with any questions they may have. You are doing the right thing to research before getting that grey, they do require more than the average bird and lots of love and attention. If this is what you want then you won't go wrong with a grey. My hat is off to you being a Marine, I am proud of you and I thank god for every one of you in the service, without you where would we be.

Congrats Toni on being able to bring Alcazar home Saturday and I know it has been a long time coming but it is finally here. And now you can take care of Joe and get him all satisfied and give that new grey baby your love and attention, what a lucky baby.

There are no stupid questions, ask us anything.

Can't be that hard unless Kim is watching over your shoulder, is she, if she is tell her I said hello.

Very nice Joe, thanks for sharing that, and I have a new one but haven't taken a photo of it yet, but I will and post it for you to see. It is of a hummingbird, I love it.

Kids are hilarious, no doubt about it.

Yes you are a spring chicken or jealous? I need to know.

What a beautiful bird, Busere, thanks for sharing that photo with us, I know he is a delight to have.

Old geezers, just who the heck do you think you are Dan, a spring chicken, I don't think so, besides you are just jealous.

I can't say it loud enough, GET TO A VET ASAP.

Thanks for the link, Kristin, very helpful video.

Sure would love to have some of those oranges, Joe, sure would be sweet going down my throat, I can just feel the juice slowly running down my chin and dripping onto my chest, gives me goosebumps.Mmmmmmmmmmmm

But we would like to meet you Joe, and find out for ourselves just what kind of man you really are, you can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk. You know your woodworking though, I will give you that.

Glad to hear that beak is healing itself, but you do need to find some sort of good vet, for the time may come that you may have a need for one in some sort of emergency. Sure would love to see a picture of it, but get it when you can.

Welcome to the family, lasfloresdrive, glad you could join us and looking forward to hearing a lot more from you. The others are right, you do not want an unweaned baby parrot, especially if you have never had a parrot before. Too much can go wrong and you never want to jeopardize the health and safety of your new grey. You were right to question whether taking an unweaned baby was the right thing to do, in this case your gut feeling was right. Look around some more and I am sure you will find a breeder that is reputable enough to sell you one only when fully weaned. I know you will be happier if you do and maybe some of the members here can help if we know where you are from. Keep us informed of what you are going to do, we do care about everyone here and we will help you any way we can.

And thats why my desk does not look like that, I don't allow Josey on my desk, sorry Talon, but I had to call you on this one.

Welcome to the family, KareemaR25, glad you could join us. We would love to hear more about your grey, how old, what sex, name, how long you have had it and so forth. It helps to get to know you better. If you have any specific questions feel free to ask us anything, we will do our best to answer as best we know. You will find a lot of information already on our site, just browse thru and read a lot of the different threads in the various rooms for lots of helpful info. If you have a picture of your grey you would like to share with us, we would love to see it, we love pictures here, can't you tell.<br><br>Post edited by: judygram, at: 2007/09/14 05:01

Yeah, you converted Steve and now he wants a bird but I cannot hope for that with my hubby, he would rather shoot birds than have them as pets.

I've been to Florida in the summertime and it is the pits of hell you describe, BMustee, not for me and I won't go back in the summertime either. We want to go back to Disney World but it will be close to Christmas when we do.