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Welcome Angelique and Flock. It's GreYt having you here and thanks for the photo.

Hi Sohn - Haven't heard from you in a while. How are things going with your new Greys?

Welcome Katie and flock! It's good to hear you are taking in a grey soon in need of a loving forever home. I look forward to hearing updates and seeing photos when you get a chance.

Great thoughts and comments from Ray and Timbersmom! Getting your Grey to eat various veggies is trial and error and each grey has it's own preferences. Another thing is, they may not eat certain veggies one day, but will the next. Try, cooked, raw etc. Just keep placing in one of their food bowls each day. yes it's wasteful, but you will see they eat some at times and other times you dump the majority or they sling them out of the bowl on to your floor, walls or the bottom of the cage.... they always keep us busy cleaning and trying to figure them out.

Welcome Joyce and Flock. It's GreYt having you here. Thanks or the photos, they are both adorable.

Welcome Craiggil. It's GreYt having you here. Ray has given good advice. As he said, greys that have bonded with humans do not normally end up being a pair. It really does not sound like their friendship means they would enjoy "Moving in" together. Most greys are very cage aggressive when it comes to others residing in it.

Thanks Carolina. Your posts are full of good information to consider. I appreciate the time you took to research it and compose it in to a very good reading format. Seemingly small changes of a few minutes of daylight and uva/uvb strength could certainly be detectable to their systems and trigger molting and breeding times. There is so much to study that is still unknown. I wish there was more scientists available to perform a long and detailed study of greys in the wild. It would certainly help us grey owners to provide an optimum human environment and diet.

I run my avian sun 5.0 lights 12 hours a day. Equatorial birds know seasons by weather changes, not the amount of daylight they receive. Non Equatorial birds know and react to season changes by both the change in daylight hours and the weather. Varying the number of hours you provide light to a grey does not give it any instinctual breeding or molting queue. It is all about seasons/weather.

Earthquakes happen without warning at any time. Many critters know they are coming a little before they hit. I have seen my dogs jump up alarmed for no reason and birds all take to flight before one happens. Us humans don't know until the ground starts trembling and moving. Critters use senses we lost eons ago that help them survive monumental events versus us humans are blind-sided by them.

A grey is not like any other parrot. They are very aloof, stately, type A personality that maps out each millimeter of their home and every item in it. They will be very bothered by new items and stay away from them until they have watched them from a distance sometimes taking a week or two to get with in 2 feet of it. Many are cage aggressive as well. They are masters of the okee doke sucker bites, have a poker face and are faster than greased lightening. Then nip when they become tried of the scratches is also fairly common. My grey does that both to my wife (his love muffin) and me when he is done with the scratches. I must say though, over the years he has come to realize through our verbal feedback of "That was too hard" over and over that if he just gives a firm beaking we know he is done with scratches. The are one of the most intelligent creatures on this planet, so please give him feedback like you would a brat child that comes up and gives you a good kick inthe shin by letting them know it's unacceptable behavior and playing for the next xxx time period is over.

Thanks for the introduction Bigwick. It's GreYt having you here. We will most likely keep answering on the biting thread you started in regards it to keep everything in it's own place.

Biting is a normal defense behavior. That is the only defense they have other than flying away. Right now your just pissing him off and making yourself the scary enemy. Avoid bites by watching his body language. You need to build trust. Once some marginal amount of trust is build, he may start accepting a favorite treat from you. Just watch his body language closely because greys are known for sucker bites even when thinking about taking a favorite treat. It takes time watching and analyzing your greys slightest eye pin or twitch to come to know their body language and favorite moves. This is going to take time and patience.

No worries, we understand. An earthquake is a monumental event and one that sends all creatures scurrying. Your Earl is a very young grey and is much more sensitive than any human and is probably feeling aftershocks we humans do not detect. That literally rocked his world. The only thing you can do is stay calm yourself and soothing to him in tone of voice. Maybe offer a favorite treat to get his mind off that huge event. Perhaps a favorite toy, cardboard box or magazine to shred etc. can be added to keep him occupied. I hope you and family al came through that quake unscathed.

Yes she does! Thanks for sharing this.

Welcome to our Forum CTKatie. Circling around the cage as you describe, is indicating that he is presently going through high anxiety. Many Greys will do this for example when they loose eye shot of their much loved owner. Two days is nothing when rehoming a grey. After the high anxiety toweling event, you guys are the scary captors right now.Especially one that is only 18 months old and still very much a baby and has just been separated from his much loved flock. The flock is everything to a bird and when separated, in the wild it means certain death. This is a deeply embedded instinct in the still wild grey that goes by it's instinct as guidance in most everything it does. A newly rehomed bird that has escaped will of course flap around and try to escape. In his mind it is not his home and he wants out of there. He should be left in his cage and just sat next to and talk to him, assure him and let him get used to the new surroundings, items and people in the home. Keep any up close and personal interaction at a minimum and don't push it. If you can, get any info on his favorite snacks, previous schedule and what he was fed. The more comfortable you can make him, the sooner he will start wanting to interact with you perhaps begging by accepting a favorite snack from you offered through the cage bars. The most important thing you must build is trust. That takes time and patience. Just don't push him and keep invading his "Space" as much as possible. You should also realize, the cage is his safety zone, so charging you is just cage aggression and it is normally with many greys and other parrots.

LOL, Dayo loves to spin on his Atom as well. Cute video of Emma, thanks for sharing it.

No, my grey nor conure display this sexual behavior. Amazons are known for relieving themselves sexually. Just stay clear.

Oh thats wonderful news Ray! I am so glad I assume things went well and your wife is on the mend. It sounds like the flock is over joyed to be "One" again with Mama bird completing it.

I agree. I decided not to read a few also due to the heart breaking nature of some. At least they have a section you can ask questions in. I hope you find the answers you need from very experienced cockatoo owners.

Welcome Shauna! It's GreYt to hear you finally got past the captcha issues. Thanks for the introduction and I hope your Dream of having a resuce grey in need of a loving home solidifies fast for you. It would mean your employed and stable enough to give that grey a loving home. I look forward to hearing more from you. You don't need to own a grey to be activate and commenting or asking questions here.

Nothing like corn on the cob. Most parrots love it. Thanks for sharing this.

Yet another enjoyable verbal interaction. I love emma's singing.

I enjoyed the verbal interaction. At the end it was like "See ya" I want to enjoy the sights and sounds know while catching some rays. Thanks for sharing this.

Good post klinger! Thanks.

Murfchick, I was just browsing around the web this morning and happened upon this Too site. Perhaps you can get some help in dealing with Gus form it. As with greys and special knowledge on this board on them. I feel you should really reach out to folks that are all about Too's. Hoping it is found useful and you can glean some help on how to get Gus on track as I know you truly wish to do. http://www.mytoos.com/behavior.shtml