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Just a quick ? as I am a vegetarian, and I juice lots and I try to give some to my gray but recently I found that sako really likes the organic store bought juice called Pom which is a pomegranate juice from concentrate.Is this a good idea to let her drink and if so how much and how often and what about other juices,or is there to much sugars in them. Thanks if anyone can help.

Thank you katana600 and kins,I dont think it is a cage thing as she never gets locked in her cage,and she can come and go as she likes ,she usually sleeps in my room on her perch as I get home at 11 at night and when I do and go to bed she just kept jumping from her cage and heading to my room so now i just put her in there at night if she show singhs of jumping,not sure if this is good idea,but some nights she just sits on her cage ,but most nights she seems to want to sleep in my room when I get home,I try to be quit and not to disturb her but not easy and i don't mind her sleeping in my room as she just settles in and gos to sleep.. I think it has to do with here just being mad at me for something I have done and I have not been able to tell she is getting mad and I just maybe push her to far some how. When she has bitten me I have told her that this is not good by no biting no biting in a good stern voice and then I just leave her and not interact with her for awhile till she has settled down which may be hour or more then I see if she is ready to have a talk and we sit and I tell her this is not good and give her some loving and ask why and tell her I am sorry for doing what I did but she still cant bite.and i make sure she know were all good.and the funny thing now is when she does anything that she knows she should be doing she says in my exact voice (No biting No biting) so i know now when she is getting up to something maybe not so good lololo. I well keep reading and trying to watch when it happens and take in all you guys advice here,so thank you guys so much for your incite and please keep giving me your story's are advice,as I totally appreciate it all Love and Light my bird friends.

Thank you Inara,I well keep what you have suggested here in mind and try to read her better and I well pay attention to when she might try or do and pick up on maybe why.I feel she knows when I am going to work and she doesn't want me to go as she is here by her self then and if I remember I do believe each time it has happened was when I was bring her back to her domain,she has lots of room to play and lots of freedom to do as she pleases as i am not one to lock her in her cadge as she has never shredded anything in my home Yet as in furniture as I sako proof as much as I can,and I am a very simple man and and don't have a lot of so called treasures here that I worry that she well wreck but that in mind I do do what I need to do to not give her a chance to. Thanks for the incite on the eye thing as when she has done something bad I have gave her the stare down and from what you say here that's not so good to do so thank you for the heads up on that.And I well watch for the change in her eyes. Anyone else out here with any suggestion for me please do as I need to learn from the experienced people here so I can give her the best that I can,even though she is sorta stuck with a human.... Thanks again Inara

Thank you Inara,but I also have an open cadge policy,I have never locked her in her cadge she comes and gos as she pleases,also I have built her a little inclosed Avery outside a window that she can access from inside my house to out side.I spend lots of time with her as I am around lots but I work at nights.I have only had here for about 4 months as she was a friend of mines bird and he could not spend time with her and I use to have a gray but he had passed on me so he new how much time I put into cypress and asked me if I would take her in So I have and we have bonded fairly good so far as Sako has been really genital and I have not pushed the fact to bond but let it come naturally, and she seems to love being with me as my friend never really did a lot with her. When I got home last night from work she came to me and wanted her cuddles as she does every night and was just fine with me.I have started to train with her and I try to introduce new things to her all the time and give her as much attention as I can, she never had a problem stepping up or hanging with me as she seems to like to be around people more so then be by her self,the times she has done this has kinda caught me by surprise and I feel is out of careater for her, that's why I am worried that I am missing some thing. Thank you muse and I am with you on being carefull as I would never want to hurt her in any way,and the last thing I want to do is flick her off as I made a loud noise and did everything I could before my last resouse was to flick her off me, and I felt so bad after I did it.yesterday when this happened and I just walked away from her as she was in her avery and I wasn`t going back to get beat up anymore sort a speaking lolo,she climbed up on her out side cadge and was whistling and talking after I went out which was good to here as a new she was not hurt. I am just not sure if all of you have gone threw this kinda thing at one point with your birds or is she starting to develop a bad hobbit, I am trying to read her for when she gos into this mood so I can let her be and not give her the chance to try, but each time she has done this now I have been surprised by it as she has never shown me any aggression before and I asked her other owner and he told me that she only did it once to him in the 3 years he had her other than that she has been so gentle. Thanks again for your input and if anyone can give me incite I would truly appreciate it.

Hi People,tried to find some imfo from reading but maybe some one can help.I have a 3 year old gray sako and she has been the gentlest lady and never has bitten me hard at all just gental nibbles but I can tell when she might not like something as she well bite a little harder then normal and I know she is not happy and I well respect her and just leave along.But just lately she has taking it to a hole new level as all of a sudden she well clamp on to my hand when I try to put her back on her cadge and well not let go as I have to flick her off me as she is breaking skin and drawing blood, I feel so bad when I do this as she gos hard and that's all I can do to get her to stop as if I try to grab her she just clamps on to what ever she can.When this happens I just let her be and she can find her own way back to her cadge as if I try to pick her up I know she well just go at me again so I just let her be. This has happened now about 3 times in the last 2 weeks and I am worried she is starting a bad habit and I would like stop this right now before it become something more then it has to be. Please can anyone help me with this.Is it something they all do at times and I need to read her better or am I missing something, because she is good and then of all of a sudden she turns.when she does this and I have to do something that I dont like to do like shake her off, and if this happens how long do I leave her before I try again because I don't want her to loose trust in me, and I don't want to loose the connection we have because I have to flick her off me and she starts to not want to be around people or something, but I also need her to know this is not good behavior and I want to help her stop doing this in case she does it to someone else while she is siting on there hand. Please advise.thank you if someone can help...

Hi People just wondering about warm water with skao my grey,she seems to like drinking warm water as when I let her play in the kitchen. I put clean warm water in glasses in the sink she likes to drink a lot out of them, then she likes to tip them all over,plus I am trying her train her to go in the shower as she dos not like to get wet but over time she is slowly allowing me to get her wet and now she well even sit on a perch in the shower close to the shower head and when I do she just starts to drink lots of the water and get her self a little wet as it runs down her a bit.but I am not sure if its a good idea to let her drink lots of it as it is warm and I don't know if warm water effects them differently.,she seems to be fine with it but after words she pees a lot of it out which I don't think is so bad as I feel it is just flushing her system out. Any thoughts on this please.and thank you for the responses

Thanks dave,this is what I have done as I read your post on how from before,ecept i do not own a micro wave,But I do drip it on all her food she eats,but after I do she stops eating what she eats she is being very picky, I well just keep trying,maybe I well take some to micro wave as my sister owns one.the oil I have has liquified in the heat here by leaving on counter.it is all natural red from wilderness family's naturals I bought in health food store

Zupreem? I have just rescued Sako and have had her for about 3 months now and I was wondering about Zupremm all natural pellets.she is 3 and that's what she was brought up on and I have tried all sorts what might be a healthyer pellets but she wont touch them,and I am concerned about how healthy they truly are. She also was not given any veggies and I am trying to get her to eat some and she wont touch them ether.She seems very stingy on just eating her Zupreem, I have read that some people have no prob feeding there bird Zupreem,just wondering how people feel about this. Should I not be to concern about trying to get her to eat a different type of pellet and just keep feeding her Zupreem,and I am also trying to put red palm oil in her diet to but anything I put it on she wont touch, I well keep reading and trying different things but any suggestion I well be grateful for.How about almonds she seems to like these a lot,trying to sneak the oil on them. Just want to say thank you to you all out here for your post, helps me a lot to try to understand how to provide the best environment for Sako

Hi Paleale,Brad (furley) here,I so want to start to use oils as i used them a lot before I got Sako 3 months ago,I use to burn frankincense all the time but have stopped because i heard it was very dangerous to expose her to it.I am happy to see your post. My ? is what oils do you use and what do you use to put it out there,I use to just burn my frankincense in one that u use a small candle to heat up.can you recommend something for me .thank you.

Thanks Dave007,the red palm oil I bought at my health food store,(wilderness family naturals) all natural red,it seems like its all ready in liquid form for the most part.and I did what you said put it on her zupreem and now she wont touch it, so I well try sneaking it in some how. Sounds like I am doing pretty much what you have said here so I think I am on the right track,I am a vegetarian so I wont be giving here any meat,I have to much compassion for all living things to bring myself to contribute to killing for her sake,sorry for that. Thank you for your post on showering, I am trying it. I well keep reading here and learning,any suggestion on training,I got her to step up turn around wave and working on speaking on q,I well look up training.

Hi people, my name is brad and I am from Vancouver island bc,I have just adopted and 3 year old CAG, (Sako) from a good friend that had her since 3 months,but felt he could not give her the time she needed.She is a very gentle soul,and she has been here for about 3 months now.My friend did not feed her to much of fresh veggies and brought her up an zupreem fruitblend.So I am trying to to introduce her to fresh stuff and a more natural pellet,trying pretty bird, but she seems to be only interested in zupreem,she likes to eat from my plate a bit and I am trying all sorts of different ways to sneak fresh stuff in from reading here.I am also trying to sneak red palm oil in her diet to but anything I put it on she stays away from.I feel that the zupreem has to much sugar and other stuff in it that in the long run might not be to good fro her,and I think she like zupreem for it sugar content (any thoughts) She has a bit of a feather plucking deal going on he neck that I would like to try and help with,she seems to do this when she is what it looks like to me short anxiety attacks because she starts to chew her feet then onto her neck and even when i go pick her up she trys to do,not sure what tigers this,I just started to bath her but she seems not to like water but I have read daves post on how to help with this and yesterday I got her in my sink and got her good and wet with his way he mentioned, she did not like but I feel she needs to get bathed to help with skin.All in all she seems to be adapting ok and hopefully over time I can get her on a better diet and help with her anxiety attacks,( could this be hormonal)I well try my best to read here and learn how to be the best friend to my new little Buddie.Any help and suggestions well be much appreciated.I am glad I found this form as it seems to have lots of good help her. Be well everyone and I look forward to learn. Love and Light Brad

Thank you all, this helps, yes Sako is a three year old female gray that I have taken over from good friend that could not give her enough time.and I just want to try to give her the best chance at a healthy life, starting with nutrition,She just started to eat millet and was wondering is this good for her,because she seems to like a lot,I am trying pretty bird pellets any thoughts on this brand?as i know it well be a slow proses to wean her off,but she seems not to like this one ether.

Hi people new to the game here and I have a few? I am trying to change my birds food, I have a 3 year old female named sako, that I got off a friend that could not keep any more, she has been brought up on Zupreem fruit blend with natural fruit flavours and I think she is addicted to the sugar in it. I tried Harrison high potency fine, and no go, now I am trying pretty bird species specific, and she not liking that. I just introduced millet to her and know after 5 days of looking at it she devours it, how much of that is to much. She also loves almonds and grapes, how much of that is to much? I try to give her lots of different veggis to try as I am a vegetarian but because she was never giving any of that she not liking that to much. From what I read you want 70% to come from a good pellet source, Correct? She has a bit of a plucking thing going on neck only, I have forging toys for her and I put her old food in that along with other food ,so she has to work for it, and I leave the new food in food bowl but she seems not to eat any out of it. I am worried that she is not eating enough now. So over the long run is this Zupreem fruit blend with natural fruit flavours a good thing to keep her on, or should I be trying to get her on a better source of food. I don’t like the idea of feeding here dyes and unnatural stuff that they add to this. Any suggestion on this is appreciated