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These are Zoe on my arm and Zoe eating Oatmeal again. I miss my baby. Here are a couple videos I uploaded to YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVk7Ad9NfT8&list=UUE3ujSOvcAZNsBoEO3ya2kg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwlAxnBShAM&list=UUE3ujSOvcAZNsBoEO3ya2kg The first is Zoe and my daughter watching TV and eating oatmeal. The second is when Zoe bird was just a baby, my daughter was making a dress for her. Kids are too cute. I still haven't told my daughter of Zoe's passing, and I'm not really sure how to.

The first photo is my wife, my daughter and me. The second photo is Zoe laying on my chest waiting for a head scratch. The third is my wife and Zoe and I going on a road trip. Fourth photo is Zoe enjoying breakfast... once a week I treated her to raw oatmeal with lukewarm water... she loved it. The last photo is her when she was just a wee baby grey. I hand fed her and raised her since she was just a few weeks old. I had some more photos to upload, but it said they are too large.

Thank you all for your very kind words.... if you don't mind i would like to share my photos of her short life with my family with all of you... since you are the only people that I think would honor her and how much love we gave her... if only one of you would tell me how to post photos... I would like this as a memorial for my baby "Zoe Bird"

Disregard... she passed away about twenty minutes after I made my post. I probably won't reply to any other comments... I'm in tears and I don't know what to do with myself right now. I took her to the store that sold her to me as she was dying, but she didn't live to see where she was raised. They were all very involved in Zoe's early life and they loved her and me dearly. Thanks for trying to help.

Please don't say hurtful things, because I now know the error that my wife and I made. Zoe, my 6 month old african grey female was given avocado at dinner with both of us. I was not aware that this was toxic to birds, and today she is acting like she can't breathe and she won't move. I googled it and found out that I poisoned my bird. She is swaying back and forth and the local avian veterinarian only comes in the office on Tuesdays. I've called the avian vet hospital and they said they will have the doctor call me when he can. I have not heard from him in the past hour. I don't know what to do to treat her, so I gave her some of the formula I hand-fed her as an infant, but she was reluctant to eat. I poured her fresh water and her favorite food - pellets and sunflower seeds. She won't even touch it. Please help... I don't want my baby to die. I know you haven't heard from me in months, but we've just been living our lives and she has been wonderful and such a blessing. I don't know what to do. -Josh

I've tried uploading the pictures, and I can't seem to figure it out

Hey there folks... Zoe has made it here, but she is still with the pet store until she is eating on her own. I have pictures to share!

Sorry I've been MIA for a few days. I have been reading posts as I get free time, however. Thanks again for such a wonderful welcome... I can't express how excited I am about getting our CAG soon. The cage I ordered shipped today, and we are just reading up and preparing for her arrival. I got a photo of her yesterday, and if I can figure it out, I will share it on this board. Words can't even express how eager we are to have her home.

That's funny, because we are naming our Grey "Zoey.". My eight year old selected the name.

Hi there, Judygram, and thank you for the welcome. I am appreciative of the open and "family" atmosphere here at GF. I can't really pinpoint my reasoning for getting a female, and I'm certainly open to owning a male... but I've been told, and have read, that female greys (and parrots, in general) tend to have a bond with the leading males of the human side of the family. I have also read that their temperament is a bit less edgy than some males, specifically in their juvenile years. Whether or not this is completely true, I just went with that. Also, my eight year old daughter has picked out a name for "her." All facts included, I have no aversions to a male grey, my mind just seems to lean more toward a female. My girlfriend, Lysandra, insists that it is because I have a daughter, and don't have an interest in having sons in the future... I just want an army of daughters hahaha. It's all I know, and I'm a great father... so there's that. Cheers! -Josh

Thanks for the welcome! I appreciate the recommendations for Barbara Heidenreich. I will certainly do some research and see what she has available to use as research. I'm also grateful for the explanation of the community term "fids," because as clever as I may be, I might have had a problem decoding that one. I did figure out "parronts" on my own, but that one is more or less a dead giveaway, lol. More about us: We have no other pets, but we do have extensive animal experience and have had pets in the past. I am a 31 year old former Marine, Iraq veteran. Currently working as a helicopter technician on aircraft for Customs and Border Protection. I love to play guitar and sing, (would this be a fun activity to do with my grey?) and I am very crafty, and I enjoy making things. I love to cook, and I enjoy fresh foods... I also enjoy being outside and I wonder if it will be a good idea for me to take my Grey with me outdoors, to the store, bring her around friends etc... I do not hunt, I don't have many extra-curricular activities, and I enjoy my family time. I understand the mentality, for the most part, of the "good" Grey owners'. To me it means that the Greys own their people, so to speak, but rather, the Greys aren't pets... they are members of the family. So I don't want to just parade her around as some exotic pet... I am in the mentality of just trying to expose her to new and exciting things, and hopefully desensitize her a bit to being around things other than what can be found within her home sanctuary. Because I have such limited experience, these will all be new things that are part of a crucial learning process for our Grey, and us. I just hope I don't do anything to mess her up while I am learning. I have the best of intentions and I plan to give it some time before bringing her home so that we are prepared. Cheers! -Josh

Hello forum members. I've read through a few posts over the past few days, and this community really seems like a warm and welcoming one, so I decided to make an account. My name is Josh, and my girlfriend's name is Lysandra. We are in McAllen, Texas and are currently prepping for our first CAG. We couldn't possibly be more excited. I have done a lot of research and I fell in love with the Greys. We are ordering a cage soon, and I've already begun building training and play perches. I'm going to be purchasing a baby from a local breeder, and we are going to do the DNA testing and ensure we get a female. My eight year old daughter has picked out a name for "her" already hahaha. We are all very excited. I guess the purpose of my post is to ask if there are any references that are commonly used and recommended? Any books I should purchase or web sites I should check out? I've found a lot on my own already, but with a forum full of seasoned veterans, it certainly doesn't hurt to ask. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Josh. P.S. I'm going to try to coerce Lysandra into registering for the forum so she can enjoy the community as well.