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Good point thanks ! Mama Mia's toe nails ( claws )are a bit long & sharp but I dare not consider doing anything just yet !

I actually spray bathed Mama Mia today for the second time ! for about 10 seconds she squawked & ran around the cage avoiding the water then suddenly she started to really like it when she was quite wet even bobbing her head, she seemed to forgive me quite quickly.

Can anybody explain why the chest of a Grey quivers ? I though at first it was stress or fear when we first got Mama Mia but she does it even when she is relatively relaxed. @+ Chris

Very nice ! I have some Quakers in my outside avery (about 20) that fly free ! 2 of them I hand reared but are now wild with the others, they get on well with all the wild birds pecking on the ground with hoopoes and doves and what ever's around. I have to control the breeding as they are very prolific birds, sometimes hawks snatch the young just learning to fly. Great video:D

Could someone translate 69° or 75° F. to Centigrade ? I've seen Greys in aviaries with snow on the roof and sub zero temperatures ! @+ Chris:cool:

I don't have that problem but someone told that a TV or radio might help ! :confused:

Thank you all for assuring me that Mama Mia is not about to keel over and die on me ! @+ Chris :rolleyes:

I do sometimes have a wheezy cough myself but when Mama Mia coughs I wonder whether she is just mimicking me or can a Grey really cough ? @+ Chris

Thanks for all your replies, well I think now & I hope that Mama Mia is happy

Thanks Dave awsome reading ! where do I find possible method 1 ?

Thanks Dave ! you put my mind to rest ! my Mama Mia who I had just over a week basicly only mainly eats sunflower seed, she might some times eat some apple or banana but not always ! the previous owner only gave it sunflower seeds & other crap ! thanks.

Here is my home in the South west France, in the middle is my avery I built 10 years ago with 2 compartments occupied by Quaker parrots & ringnecks all flying free ! the Quakers spend all day fetching twigs to build huge nests one on top of the other. Mama Mia lives in my veranda. @+ Chris

testing foto upload.

Now this might be a difficult question as most people I hope can see or guess when a Grey is not happy or stressed or sick! but being new to Greys I really want to know the signs of happiness in captivity from you experienced owners. @+ Chris

I'm new to Greys but I know quite abit about parakeets and other birds, I've seen birds have yearly cycles where they fall in & out of love (especially solitary boys) at a certain age. they can even fall in love with a dog or any other human or animal ! thats how it is with hand reared birds. be patient and maybe he will like you in the next cycle.

OK ! I see that my avatar works ! thats great, now I have to figure out posting photos. I hope i'm not a nuisance.

I would like to test to see if my avatar works ? I'm still not sure how to post fotos ! do fotos need to be compressed exact to a certain size ? I have some questions to ask but I really need to get things working properly before. @+ Chris

Thanks for your replies, I thought I had a profile foto of Mama Mia but I guess I have to read the instructions better ! I would love to post some fotos but that proves to be a bit of a chalenge but I will get there. Bye for now Chris

Hi everybody, my name is Chris and i'm a proud new owner of Mama Mia an 8 year old girl Grey. I live in the south of France near Toulouse on an old country farm, I have lots of parakeets living in a large avery and they fly free as I have no neighbours. I have always dreamed of getting parrots especially Greys. Mama Mia is very tame and very talketive "French ofcourse" I got her from people that are moving abroad and could not take her with them. I will teach her English and as my wife is Danish so this could get interesting. I'm joining this forum to profit from your experiences and advices and share joys. I am a retired photographer but don't expect top model images as my speciality was sport like football, F1 and basketball but I will do my best. Mama Mia as expected is taking her time getting used to her new home with improvements every day and is already after only one week looking very relaxed so we are very confident that she will be very happy with us. I will soon be posting some questions to you guys soon. Kind regards Chris:)