ColeTrickle

She's got lotsa toys to play with. I'm not sure the exact age but she IS young and was half weened when I got her. I still give her some powder just to make sure as she doesnt gobble down all her food all the time. She goes crazy for the powder though. I dont even have to feed it to her anymore. She dunks her head in the bowl and eat its on her own. The reason I ask is because she does it even when she's with me or directly next to me. I thought they only did the contact call when you leave the room or they loose sight of you

My young girl Miley has been doing alot of squawking/squeeking since I've had her for 3 or so weeks. I give her plenty of time outside the cage as I'm home alot. It doesnt sound like she's in pain or anything as she's happy and playfull. We've made couple visits to the vet already and she checks out. She'll settle down if I leave her in the cage for a while but is always at it when she's on top playing/eating or even with me. She is quite during the night or if I blanket the cage. I found this video on youtube that sounds similar to the sound she makes. Its not really loud for the most part unless I'm moving around the house to witch I assume is the contact call. Is this behaviour normal for the young ones? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YozWYRllF_g

I think it looks a little worse.. I dunno

Hey guys, everythings been going great with my new girl Miley (not cyrus) :} just one thing ive noticed is a little swelling on one side at the edge of her mouth. ive attached some pics.. should i be worried? im planning a trip to the vet soon. just researching the best one. its on her left side

I'll go look for a bigger cage this weekend. She's been pretty good with minimal scratching now. My cage looks just like the one pictured by dave. Has the trays and bowls/perch up top.. similar size to bird ratio

My name is John. I had a Grey Congo, his name was Jax. One day after having the new guy, I noticed he was scratching at the bottom of the cage an awful lot. When I let him out, he was a super cool and "normal" guy but as soon as I put him back in the cage, he would start burring his nose in the corner and digging away. Each day his digging got worse and worse to where he was getting his wings caught in between the bars. He would get himself caught in his toys and often tumbled to the bottom of the cage. As soon as i opened the door he would rush out of the cage and want to be out and about. I was giving him a couple hr's a day out of the cage and I was home for most of the day within view. The breeder said he may have bonded with me too much and couldnt stand to be away from me. After one week, we decided to bring him back and try for a calmer one. I think it was the best choice for his own saftey and the stress I was enduring aswell. I now have a female (unamed) I got her last night and put her straight into the cage. I left her alone and this morning I opened the door and left it up to her. She jumped out onto the floor and I put her up on the perch a top the cage for an hr. She flew over to me and I played with her for about 15min before I put her back into the cage. She imediatlly started scratching and doing like the last one but not soo bad. From the research I've done on scratching. They are forging for food. The last one would do it on the carpet and it was quite hilarious actually, but I feel this crazing scratching, climbing, falling and getting caught is an attempt to escape the cage!? I dont want her to get hurt. Should I let her out more? or should I ignore this behavior and hope she doesnt get hurt? I dont want to "over" bond with her or get her used to being out all the time either. The cage is about 22"x22"x35" with 3/4" spacing Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you