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Cooper is a HOOT! Thanks for sharing these videos . :-)

Jay - You make me blush. I have very little experience compared to you and Dave. I have learned an immense amount of parrot facts through Dave and your posts. Nothing can replace decades of experience with numerous birds like you two have. When you guys speak, I listen and appreciate it! Karma to you both. :-)

It's about time you dropped in and said hi again!! Jesus, talk about just falling off the edge of the earth, only to show back up as a Massage Therapist....Congratulations!! That took a lot of time and hard work to accomplish with all the other duties you have daily. Thanks for the great update on all your flock and kudos to you for taking that Meyers in. :-) Please post more often now. I hear typing is good therapy for "Massagists" fingers to keep them all nice and limber. Sorry, yes I still have a sense of humor!!! GreYt to see your post!!!!

Welcome greylover_! Well, it could be Hi how you doing? Oh fine thanks. How about a scratch, you first, oh no, I insist you first.... If they both have their heads down and feathers fulled, there is going to be a fight if one doesn't back off...is the other possibly. It all depends on their complete body body language at that moment.

Dave007 wrote: Dave - Thanks for posting this very informative and important factual data regarding Amazons. Unfortunately, "Zons" end up in rescues in record numbers due to the personality changes when they mature. Mickaboo, whom I am associated with, presently has around 30 "Zons" due to this very fact. Also, unlike the other parrot species, in addition to the normal classes any potential adopter must attend. Anyone wanting a Zon must also complete a review of material going into the facts that you have discussed and they will not even consider a "First Time" Parrot owner for adopting a Zon. They learned this years ago when they experience high and fast turn around time of Zons when the new owners were surprised by one of those bites you mentioned. They are great birds, I would love one, but never will get one due to t he attention Dayo requires just for himself. I could never provide the attention a Zon would need on top of that. My hat is off to all that can have multiple "High Maintenance" birds in their home....Jealous of them actually. :-)

All I can say is, Awwwwwwwwww. Those first 16 weeks are always so cute. :-) Thanks for sharing the video and photos. What a GreYt way to celebrate Spocks first year.

Congratulations and Kudos to you for adopting a 2 yr old Grey. :-) Yuki is doing all things normal, as others already assured you. Looking forward to hearing mroe and seeing photos!! :-)

Welcome Rmcclain and Chuck!!! It's GreYt having you here and looking forward to hearing more. :-)

Welcome Ashley and Grumpy! It's GreYt having you here. It is always good to hear of someone willing to take in a fully mature Grey in need of a good loving ome. :-) Looking forward to hearing more and seeing some photos when you get a chance.

katana600 wrote: What a beautiful statement Dee! :-) You have become such a "Family Member" here, that I can not imagine no longer seeing your wonderful posts and personality come out through them. Thank you for posting this important information, through the life and death of Juno. It will benefit all who read it. It was "magical" for you both during that brief time, yet cherished by all here also. We all shared laughs with you and tears for and with you. I look forward to sharing more joyous events now as you continue on sharing your looked forward to comments and humor. :-)<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2010/01/06 21:23

Welcome Mills and Kudos to you for taking in these two Greys. As long as you follow the comments by Dave (decades of experience) you will not go wrong. Looking forward to further updates and photos. :-)<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2010/01/06 21:05

I hope you are able to contact that person and if nothing else, at least get some type of assurance that he has Sinbad or doesn't. I commend you for your undying commitment in finding Sinbad. You have my continued prayers an best wishes in a joyful outcome.

trail_rider wrote: Always follow your heart. The question to those people would be, why not? :-) You have been given excellent advice by two of our most respected Forum Members here. It's good to see you are apply it. Looking forward to hearing how it's going and seeing photos when you get a chance.

Karma to you for bringing in a behaviorist to assist you. I hope it helps speed up the transition to the loving home you have provided for him. :-)

What a cool Story of Salsa choosing her own name. :-) Thanks for sharing this.

Excellent post Jay and a VERY IMPORTANT piece of advice all Amazon owners should heed.. Karma. :-)

GreYt post Dave! Karma. :-)

The fruit and veggies will make his poop watery. Fruit should be a very small quantity and only 2x a week. To mist a flighted bird, it is usually easier to wrap a sheet or something around the sides of the cage and mist him in the cage. That is how I mist my flighted grey. In regards the windows and sliding glass door. Cover them when he is out or place stick-ons on them that you can live with and he will see. He will learn windows after a while, but right now he is very young and does not understand many things.

Speaking of kids at the house...... We had our son, daughter in law, and 5 grand kids over Friday night for dinner. Dayo was in the kitchen hanging out up on "his" hanging wine rack and talking singing away. The youngest being 5, decided to come from the family room, through the kitchen and in to the living room where us "Adults" were watching a movie. As he walked through the kitchen, Dayo decided to fly to where we were, well the minute Austin heard those wings flapping overhead, he decided he was being attacked (Never has been, but he is afraid of Dayo), ran into the step-down living room as fast as he could with dayo over head. When he made it to the step down, he literally dove to the floor yelling "Dayo is after me...HELP"..... The only reaction Austin received was all of us laughing hysterically as Dayo had perched on the couch behind us and watched Austin "Dive for it". Wish I would have had a video camera rolling at that moment. It would have gone "Viral" on You Tube over night.

LOL - Thanks for pulling this thread back up Jill! Obviously I did not follow my own advice. My 200010 (SIC) resolution - Get a life off the web.....well......I'll......... work at it.

Ok - This is a pigeon, but picture your grey in this and what he or she would like for Xmas next year....A cool attache' case like this!!!

Well, even if there is no explanation for it, Congratulations. The photos are GreYt and Yoshi is certainly soaked. :-)

I like Steve's answer. :-) It does seem that greys like to imitate a mans lower and more powerful voice. I have no clue why, but it seems that a higher percentage of greys use a mans voice, rather than a woman's. Perhaps Dave007 will have a more definitive answer on this with his decades of experience with these awesome creatures.<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2010/01/05 16:18

Congratulations on Emma's fame. I am a fan of the alex foundation on facebook and theyhave you video there as well. :-) Can't reward you cash here, but Karma is valuable. :-)<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2010/01/05 16:13

There is absolutely nothing that anyone can catch from a healthy parrot. People can have an allergy to the dust and dander from some parrots but that is not a disease situation of course. A majority of the things that humans may catch from birds are those things that are found in poulty, ducks, geese, turkeys and the like. Not in our exotic parrot, pet birds. Now, there are diseases that you may see crop up over time..... Here's a comical list: Perot fever: Marked by up to a 40% loss of height; enlargement of the ears; a squeaky, grating voice; paranoia; a strong desire to repeatedly run and retreat; and occasionally a giant sucking sound. Sonic shock syndrome: Primarily marked by a piercing scream with upper harmonics which only dogs and whales can hear. Can also include any or all of the following: insane cackling immediately after performance of a prank or "bad thing"; repeated vocalizations of noises which resemble human intestinal distress or reproductive activity; mumbling conversations which can almost be deciphered; repetition of one side of a phone conversation; and the utterance of X-rated phrases in the presence of house guests and children. Macaw food-wasting disease: This affliction, while attributed to macaws, can be caught from all known members of the psittacine family. The disease primarily manifests itself in humans by the behavior of tossing food away from the table in apparent disdain, followed later by consumption of the food from the floor, wall, ceiling, clothing, windows, or whatever surface it adhered to. Other symptoms include stuffing food items into armpits or pockets for later eating; mixing pieces of food with drinking water to make a thick, vomitous mess; eating only one form of food to the exclusion of all others; eating only the food that is found on other people's plates; regurgitating food for loved ones; and eating feces just because its there. Avianastics: Usually indicated by the ability to contort the body in the same way as parrots. Sufferers are frequently found clinging to the ceiling near a corner, with their torso twisted horizontally back between their legs. Other body movements and contortions include: hanging upside down from light fixtures while swinging in a rapid figure-eight motion; clinging to adjacent walls with legs at more than a 240-degree angle; and pressing the posterior against an open window frame to poop for distance. Chirpees: Primarily indicated by an itch in the credit card or checkbook which then progresses to the collection of at least one of each species of psittacine. Secondary symptoms include repetitive purchases of bird toys; purchase of bird food in boxcar-sized loads; a wallet the size of Detroit to contain pictures of the birds; insane avian naming conventions ("This is my bird Squeeeeeee, and my other bird Foofie, and my other bird Bumpertribblebibbet of Bree, and my other bird Ookie Wookums Bappy Pie."); and active participation in every known Internet bird newsgroup and mailing list, Avian iterative exponential exploit expansion (AIEEE): This affliction starts with the recitation of a cute bird story by Person "A", followed by a counter-story by Person "B" of their bird's exploit which is even cuter, more heartwarming, or more adventurous. The back-and-forth interplay continues until the birds being described have taken on qualities usually reserved for Greek and Roman deities. If the stories continue, the birds actually become deities and smash the entire universe, hoping to start all over with a better class of mammal.