danmcq

Thats a GreYt paly toy idea Lovelylew! Looking forward to seeing the photo when you get it soretd out. :-)

Welcome Tiko!!! It is wonderful when you can visit as they grow. Please post photos and of course your experiences on visits. That age up, they surprise you every week at how much they grow in between visits and how their personalities emerge more day by day. :-) Looking forward to hearing and seeing more!!

LOL Tari - Good videos, I sang along with the ABC's ;-) They were both fun watcing!! :-)

Birthday Song for all those wonderful Greys B) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7JyiCSIt9Y&feature=related

Welcome Gery!! I agree with LoveMyGreys. If you want 2, do it now. As chicks raised together, they will consider each other just memebers of the "Flock", which of course will include you. :-)

As said in the beggining, anything from Cameroon is a scam. Now he wants you to send him "MR. JUDE AMBE NDONWI" 3800..... whats scary, is some people fall for this. B) Keep your money and just go buy a parrot locally.

Thats wonderful news akagrif!! I am so happy for you, your family and the Parrots. :-) Please keep us posted and post TONS of photos when you get them home!! B)

Thanks for the update prrthead. You did great in controlling yourself. I probably would have lost it completely when you said the "Tech" dropped the Crate. If your Grey was in it, that was a shocking jolt completely undeserved. That is the most horrific story of poor customer service and incompetence I have heard in a long time. The customer and the Patient are always to be the "Top" priority, not individuals Egos. We know more about handling OUR Parrots than any vet tech or doctor. Everyone has their own likes. dislikes and BITE reflexes to different situations. I would probably go after the vet for damages on the busted/cut keel for a full refund of all monies plus 1000 for mental and physical harm caused to the Grey and you. If that is the norm for that Vet clinic, it is a very BAD one. I am so happy to hear the other vet was congenial, pleasant and competent in getting your Grey and you patched up and sent off with good instructions. :-)

Welcome Steven and Poppy!!! It's GreYt to have you here and looking forward to hearing more and seeing some photos when you get a chance. :-)

He Wrote: "yes you will have to use the incubator untill the eggs get hatch before you return it to me.you will have to pay $450 for the shipping of 4 african grey eggs" I think he is stating he wants $450 upfront for the flight. Also, incubators are not normally battery powered and the temperature would not remain constant in it, unless it was. You can check out what Grey eggs look like online.

Oh Boy, please keep us posted. I can only imagine your stress level and concern.

Excellent response Dave!! You asked: "concerning inferior--if a bird is put into a situation where his natural abilities of escape have been compromised, does the person who's put that bird into that position have the right to now consider the bird to be inferior because he's now in control?" My Answer - NO!! The bird/animal was put in that situation by the owner. It is up to the owner to now figure out how to best extract or let it out of it's own power to a more neutral ground. My response to book writers that promulgate the "Leader of the Pack Theory" - Birds are not dogs - - There is no leader and no Inferior/Superior position. It is a community of equals that treat each other as such.

From an unknown source, but very true... ----------------------------------------------------- The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable. A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the garage with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time. Let me tell you about it: I turned the dial up into the phone portion of the band on my ham radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning swap net. Along the way, I came across an older sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. You know the kind; he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business. He was telling whomever he was talking with something about "a thousand marbles." I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say "Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well, but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. It's too bad you missed your daughter' s "dance recital" he continued. "Let me tell you something that has helped me keep my own priorities." And that's when he began to explain his theory of a "thousand marbles." "You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years. "Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900, which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. Now, stick with me, Tom, I'm getting to the important part. It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail", he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays." "I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to round up 1000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside a large, clear plastic container right here in the shack next to my gear." "Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away. I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight." "Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure that if I make it until next Saturday then I have been given a little extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more time." "It was nice to meet you, Tom. I hope you spend more time with your family, and I hope to meet you again here on the band. This is a 75 Year old Man, K9NZQ, clear and going QRT, good morning!" You could have heard a pin drop on the band when this fellow signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work on the antenna that morning, and then I was going to meet up with a few hams to work on the next club newsletter. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss "C'mon honey, I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast." "What brought this on?" she asked with a smile. "Oh, nothing special, it's just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. And hey, can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles. ... as one smart bear once said..."If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." - Winnie the Pooh.<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2008/06/19 20:25

I will take a small carrying cage for Dayo to stay in for sleeping or if we just need to put him up for a while. We also will have him harnessed and out with us rooming around. :-) I am interested to see how he reacts, if at at to the campfire we build evey night for cooking and just enjoying it. He seems to like the fireplace roaring in the winter.

Bigsquishy - very Funny. Please post your Jokes in the Sticky topic at the top of this Off Topics Room - Joke of the Day... Thanks I will ask the Admin to move all your great jokes to that thread. :-)

LOL!! Yep, they do have a blast popping keys off keyboards. :-)

Very nice website Tonja. You have done a great job of blogging each day. :-)

Hello Mansley, There are also Aviaries you can purchase that are constructed for many years of use. Here are some links regarding outdoor Aviaries: http://thetrueparrot.homestead.com/aviary.html http://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/birdinformation/housingbirds.php http://clover.forest.net/kwcages/index.html http://www.cagesbydesign.com/Store/tabid/64/entity/tabid/76/c-65-suncatcher-aviaries.aspx http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-housing/bird-aviaries/build-outdoor-aviary.aspx

Hi Dubby, it was wise of you to post this question on a forum or Parrot owners. The minute you see Cameroon, you know its a scam. Those folks have bilked many $$$$$ out of unsuspecting people thinking they are getting the deal of a life time. If you wish, all here would be more than happy to put you on the path of finding a breeder or rescue near you. :-)

Welcome Lemurs!! You have quite a flock there. Looking forward to hearing more. :-)

Welcome Nell and kimi again!! Sorry to hear about the lost password, but it's great you started fresh. Kimi is a great looking grey and sounds like quite a character. Looking forward to hearing more form you. :-)

Welcome Carolyn!! It's GreYt to have you here. Looking forward to hearing more and seeing some photos of you baby grey when you get a chance. :-)

Hi hocke230, The link was just for reference. I looked it back up and it is only for the fixture and the "Light" must be purchased seperately. If you have a stand or fixture already that you are going to angle down toward the cage, then make sure the bulb type you order will fit the socket. That would be fine. Betty - Glad to know I am saving birds "one eye" anyway that the lights are shining sideways in on. ;-) Some will need to teach their Parrots to say "Hi I'm one-eyed Jack" ;-) B)

LOL Acapella! :-) Last night, Dayo said a new phrase he hears all the time. My wife (Kim) walked in the house, Dayo looked at her and said "GO POOP!" then looked down to see if she followed the command. :-) It guess he thought he would see if that "Command" worked on us too!!

Well wastrox, just share your "Bite" story and I'll be more than happy to welcome you as a full fledged member. :-) To get emails when a new post is made to this topic, just scroll down to the bottom of the page when you reply and click on the ":: Subscribe to this topic ::" link.