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And I bet you combine it with some good old fashioned elbow grease, works every time.:laugh: :lol: :laugh:

Thanks you all for clearing that up for us. I wasn't sure before but I am now.

Well usually the third time is the charm, but it took four tries and there you have it, Joe with his grey and his amazon, what a lovely threesome. Thanks for sharing this with us, does make a lovely avatar. From the Sue chef :kiss:

Should have had the video camera ready and captured that for posterity.

I just love the babies, thanks for sharing these pics with us, Percysmum, and mid October will be here before you know it.

This is not the kind of stuff we like to have here on this forum, we are a family forum so therefore cursing is not permitted. And to teach a bird those kinds of words and phrases shows a lack of intelligence. My opinion.

Thanks for covering for me, Dave, I must be slipping. {Feel-good-0002006E}

As always, Mark lays it on the line, I love to read his posts, they are so smartly written. And I wholeheartedly agree.

Well he should quit that when he finds out it does him no good, no fear, just ignore the bites. They are painful but it goes with the territory when you have a grey. You do what you want, but we like helping each other here and if we have helped you then we are happy about that, so celebrate any way you want to. Now if we can figure out how to group hug on this forum, then I am the first in line.

Well you finally did it, see it wasn't so bad. Did you use a word command like step up? You should us a command and then he will know when he hears it in the future that this is what he should do. Did he bite you when you did that? You need to repeat this until he is comfortable with doing it and remember to praise him when he does. He needs to know you are boss and I don't think the fluffed up face is being mad at you, they fluff for other reasons. Don't question yourself so much, you are doing fine.

Hello and welcome to the family, Chris, glad you joined us here in our greyt forum. I'm sure you will like it here, this forum is full of some of the greatest people you will ever meet. Please feel free to post a photo of Simon here in this thread and we have a other birds room where you can put a photo of Lola. We would love to see both of them if you would like to share pictures of them. You came to the right place, we absolutely love our birds and we already have a wealth of information here in the different topics covered, feel free to read thru any and all of them. No apologies necessary, Chris.

I think he is wrong, maybe their sense of smell is not that great, but they do have a sense of taste, I do know that. It will be interesting to see what some of the others have to say about this.

Read the entire thread, Falconeer, the whole story is there for the asking. Dan, you don't have to be ashamed of crying, I know other men that do and I don't think any less of them, in fact it is the opposite. And I do the same thing in similar situations, what if's and if only's, are endless. Once the roller coaster stops, you will think it thru and come to a decision that you can live with. I hope this misadventure serves a purpose of keeping this from happening to anyone else, I would not wish this on my worst enemy.

Well congrats, Brenda, the baby is home and doing fine, this is great news. And I hope you are doing ok now and into the future as well. I'm sure your baby will do the best he can missing the toes, since he never had them to know of, he will adjust and get around fairly well in spite of his loss. They can be amazing creatures and you are finding out that. We have missed you too, but glad you are back and looking forward to seeing pictures of that new baby.

Joe they are beautiful birds, and if I had the room and more time, I would love to have one of those. But I don't know much about them so I am no help. But some of the members here may have some, I'm sure they will chime in when they get the chance. Would love to see a photo of him, though.

Kim that was Mark, aka dblhelix, that suggested animal control, just so you know, he is the smart one of the ones who replied in this thread.

It very well could have been someone's pet, let us know if you ever see it again, I would be interested to know.

I wouldn't have it any other way.:laugh:

Oh Kim, you two are special people to us here and especially to me, for we never know when we are going to need other. I am glad that things turned out ok and Jake is back in your loving hands, and I know that even though he is so small that you cannot hug you surely kissed him nearly to death, I would have. This is such a fine example of how close our friendships are here and the way we treat each other like we are family, I am proud to have you all as close friends and may nothing like this happen again ever. I didn't mean to make Dan cry, but now they are tears of joy for he has his little Jake back, a little hungry and thirsty but good otherwise. And Kim don't stay away for so long, we haven't seen you here on site much lately, we miss you here. You two have a greyt day and I will chat with you later.:kiss:

Thank you Dan for this wonderful update, so thorough and detailed. I knew you would get him back and that woman of yours is the reason, with her coaxing and calling. You better get down on your knees and thank God for having her, you need to kiss the ground she walks on, wait on her hand and foot today. :P

An old Louisiana farmer had a wife who nagged him unmercifully. From morning till night (and sometimes later), she was always complaining about something. The only time he got any relief was when he was out plowing with his old mule, so he tried to plow a lot. One day, when he was out plowing, his wife brought him lunch in the field. He drove the old mule into the shade, sat down on a stump, and began to eat his lunch. Immediately, his wife began harassing him again. Complain, nag, nag... it just went on and on. All of a sudden, the old mule lashed out with both hind feet; caught her smack in the back of the head. Killed her dead on the spot. At the funeral several days later, the minister noticed something rather odd. When a woman mourner would approach the old farmer, he would listen for a minute, then nod his head in agreement; but when a male mourner approached him, he would listen for a minute, then shake his head in disagreement. This was so consistent, the minister decided to ask the old farmer about it. So after the funeral, the minister spoke to the old farmer, and asked him why he nodded his head and agreed with the women, but always shook his head and disagreed with all the men. The old farmer said: "Well, the women would come up and say something about how nice my wife looked, or how pretty her dress was, so I'd nod my head in agreement." "And what about the men?" the minister asked. "They all wanted to know if the mule was for sale."

Thats a good one, Kristin.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Try using a treat as enticement for her to come out of the cage, something she really likes to eat or a nutriberry or peanut. If that doesn't work, then you are going to have to insist she come out by putting your hand in and asking her to step up. Give her that command and put your hand in front of her and gently push into her and she will step up to keep from going off balance. She needs to learn that when you say step up, or whatever word you want to use for that command, she is to step up. Repeat this several times during the day until she knows what it means. I know it is hard to not spoil them but you cannot allow her to always get her way, she will own you not the other way around. Glad it worked out for you and you have the bird you wanted and I know you are in for a lifetime of happiness like the rest of us, so enjoy your little girl.

All this sounds familiar and I guess it is common vocalizations of the greys. And yours being a rehomed adult bird it is hard to tell what his vocabulary really is. I am not sure of what you are asking so I am going to leave this for someone else who knows more about this than I do. Why don't you start a thread in the welcome room and introduce yourself so we will know a little more about you.

Push you hand into him somewhat to force him to have to step up before he goes off balance and give him a command like step up when you do it. You have had him home now for a couple of days and he should be ready to step up on your hand. If he tries to bite just ignore it, you have to establish yourself as the dominant one and he needs to learn he has to step up when you ask him to. This is the only way to pick up a grey, you never take both your hands and literally pick him up that way. Talk to him in a pleasing voice and when he does step up for you praise him lavishly, they love praise. Try this and see how it goes, and get back with us, we want to know.