danmcq

Hi Natasha!! It's Greyt to hear from you and thanks for the update. Looking forward to seeing those photos. :-)

AS long as she can flap down to lessen the impact and lands on a carpeted area, she's fine. It's great to hear she became inspired by Gracie's flying about. If she keeps flapping those clipped wings and building muscle, you will be surprised at how she may eventually be able to maintain flight for longer and longer distances. :-)

I saw it, but I really do not think it is anything to do with "No". It just seems to be more of an acknowledgement that he heard you. It is very slight and took me a few times to see it. It's cute though. :-)

Thats wonderful news, congratulations!!! :-)

Congratulations Ssturm!! It's always exciting to hear the first word uttered. :-)

Pat has given a very good solution to dealing with cage aggression and possessiveness. The only way you can deal with a bird at any close level is to get them away from their cage completely and I mean so they can no longer see it or they will still obsess on nothing but wanting to get back to that cage. I am not certain toweling would be a good method move him, only because it is probably associated with very bad memories from his previous home. The easiest way to get him to another room would be to wait until he goes to the floor and needs help getting back back. Use that opportunity to take him elsewhere. The point is to gradually teach the bird that nothing bad happens when it is with you, despite it leaving the safety of its cage. Never force the issue of close interaction and always observe his body language for clues to your next step. If he begins to look frightened, immediately back off, allow him to relax, then begin again. Ever so gently nudge at the envelope, but never push him too far or too fast. After all, you have years to enjoy together, so a few weeks either way will not matter in the end. What does matter is that he learns that you respect his feelings and are willing to take the time to earn his trust.

LOL!! With Koko's flight skills increasing daily, neither of you will never be able to out distance her ability to find you. :-)<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2009/06/25 15:15

Good video Dave. There is no doubt he is vocalizing and I can distinctively tell he is making kiss sounds. :-) Thanks for sharing this.

Nickels is a GreYt looking bird doing well under you care. It's always good to see a Grey flourishing in a new home. :-)

Welcome JJsHoney and flock!! It's GreYt having you here. That is one adorable baby CAG you have there. Thanks for for sharing the photos and looking forward to hearing more. :-)

Welcome Dave, Beaker, Bonnie and Clyde!! I'll bet you have a ton of adventures and stories from those 17 years of enjoying Beaker and also a lot of experience in breeding and raising baby Greys. Looking forward to hearing from you and seeing some more photos. I would also be interested in seeing your site as well. :-)

Welcome Virginia and Kokonino!!! It's GreYt having you here and looking forward to hearing more from you. :-)

Sorry to hear that Howardine. It's good to hear it was caught early with a good prognosis. H dthey already performed a biopsy and gotten the lab results back or did they just remove it and send it to the lab for testing? Thanks for posting this and the warning for people to check themselves regularly. :-)

Welcome Zazu and congratulations on your new baby Grey!! The others have given good advice and comments regarding your baby grey sounding very normal for only 6.5 weeks old. These little chicks will make noise when they see their parront come in, just as they would for their Grey mother or father. They are either wanting more food or just the comfort of having them close by for warmth. At your Greys age, it should be kept in a brooder or enclosed tank of some type that is heated to atleast 90 degrees to keep them warm., Their body temperature is 106. You have taken on quite a task in handfeeding a baby chick. Looking forward to hearing an update and seeing some photos when you get a chance. :-)

I will only say, Chet is a four letter word on this site..... :sick:

Wow, she's really into you Mazy! :-) Three or four eggs is usually the normal amount of eggs at one laying process. But, I am sure someone like Dave with all his years of breeding experience can give you some helpful insight on this.

GreYt video Dave. Alfie has some good sounds and I could swear he was saying something, but just couldn't make it out. Must be the British accent. :-) Thanks for sharing this!!

Very cute video of Emma, I enjoyed as all of them are always fun to watch. Thanks for posting it. :-)

Jane08 wrote: GreYt response Jane and I agree with most of what you say. The exception is, along with all the normal genetically wired functions of a bird you listed, the beak is for eating, feeling, preening, hanging on and protecting i.e. biting. Giving a hard bite or even a flesh shredding bite is the only way they know or have, outside of body language, to enforce what they are transmitting visually to us or the predator. Now, the problem us humans have, is we must force some unnatural things on our birds. These are moving them , putting them in their cage, bathing them, giving meds and harnessing etc. when they do not want anything to do with it. We also play with our birds and in most cases our hands are involved in that also. I admit, I get excited in some games Dayo and I play as much as he does. Our energy's feed each others as we hoop, woo hoo, watch out etc as we bat a ball with a bell in it, play with foot toys etc. My hand is always there in the action at some point and he sees it as a part of the available items to strike and I mean hard at times. I created this problem and now I am having to change the way we play. If he strikes my hand instead of the toy, all play stops instantly. I do this everytime time now. he is very quickly understanding that when my hand or finger gets bit, the playing stops. I should have recognized this developing a long time ago when the bites were just nibbles or medium pressure grabs. So now I have to change the game rules. This is where I believe you are saying it is a learned behavior from us humans. Everything we do in our actions with them is telling them whats ok and whats not. So I had told him the hand was part of the game. Now biting due to not wanting to comply with our request is a completely different story and biting is going to happen most the time unless they figure out that resistance is futile when it's time for bed, being moved from a No-Go area etc. Biting will also happen if you miss their body language and you just want to cuddle or have them step up for some unimportant reason. They tried to tell us, but we didn't get it. We do however always understand a good hard beaking. :-) If we were birds and as keen on reading body language as they are, we would get bitten much less. However, even other birds either don't see it or just ignore it and thats when they get bitten. Thats my general take on biting and I'm certain others have more to contribute as well. I appreciate your starting a true dialogue on this topic Jane and Karma to you!! :-)<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2009/06/24 15:49

Hahahahahahahaha, what did you expect, it was his hatchday and Schroeder was partying down! Happy Hatchday Schroeder!!

Wow, what a story of raging hormones Erika!! I'm afraid I would have knocked him into Friday after that many attacks.... well I wouldn't have, but it sure would have crossed my mind. You've done a great job indealing with it and caging him, changing diet etc. was the best scenario for you and him. Hopefully this won't last much longer. :-)

Congratulations on having a girl!! I've always been partial to Elvira, as a name of course.. ;-)

Awww, beautiful photos of Jasmine. Thanks for sharing them. :-)

They are not nearly as bad as a zon. :-) Although, I think zons have been given a bad rap due to many owners just not paying attention to what they are doing. Some have Greys that have not bitten at all. It varies from Grey to Grey, but for the most part, if you pay attention to your Greys body language and respect their preferences, you'll do great. I created some of my birds biting me problems myself by including my hands in the toy play game and he came to think everything in the strike vicinity was fair game. It took me a while to correct that behavior. He does not bite my wife at all when she plays with him. So I know it is me, not Dayo.

Spraying with aloe atleast 2x a week until drenched will definitely help with the itching. :-)