Jane08

All I can think is the breeder might have seen on the internet them called grey jaco, which is actually the Swedish name for them although we spell it jako but many people mis spell it and use jaco. Just a thought.

All I can say is you won't find anyone here who will help you. Many of these species are on the endangered species list (CITES) and India has signed this agreement which means you will not be able to import or export endangered species, even eggs.

Ours love cooked chicken with a curry sauce, steak and pork fillet. Pizza is a hands down favourite. I usually ask Kea what is for dinner and she yells pizza pizza pizza. If we order pizza my boyfriend even orders the birds their own pizza, a kids pizza called a donald duck and it comes without cheese. They usually eat all of the topping and throw the pizza base away. We don't feed them a whole pizza of course just a little bit. Spaghetti bolognaise is also a favourite and I mix salad in with that. I tried them on tuna and slamon but they didn't like it. They had a bit of a go at the shrimps, but they were not a favourite either.

If he already knows alot of whistles then I would start talking to him, just like you would have a conversation if it was a friend over. Tell him what you are doing, what is going on and exactly like you do when you show him things name them for him. They do really learn from these conversations. Also get a bit excited when you talk to him. We do this with both of ours. One example is water. We show it to them and ask them if they want water and repeat the word to them. When they drink the water I say water, can I have water. Finally they learnt this, so now when they are thristy they will ask for water most of the time. He is not too young for any of this if that is what you are thinking.

So Azzie, what did Cleo's green rods taste like, we know you couldn't resist and tried them. Lindamary, our 2 also hate banana no matter how I dress it up. I even tried mashing it and putting it in the bowl. They decorated the walls with it for me.

LOL LindaMary, maybe you can try the Zupreem ones for us and let us know what might be wrong with the yellow ones, haha.

I also feed ours the Harrisons pellets, they love them. The coarse ones are just the right size for them to pick up and munch on.

Thank god ours grew out of that, they only did it when they were really young. I dreaded opening the cage door in the morning as Rangi always had me in his sights and he would leap onto me and poop all down me. I even tried running one time, but he caught me.

Lol, absolutely gorgeous. The falling off pictures are so funny.

Here is the link of Alex. It was plucking.

Our 2 talk in front of strangers, but not right away. If someone is over the birds watch them for maybe 10min and then when they feel comforatable they start chattering. My friends think it is so funny especially when Rangi says "what's your name" "my name is Rangi". Once when we had them outside the neighbours were getting in the car and Rangi yells over "see you later, are you coming back soon".

Jeez of all the things to happen, not just one thing but 3 things. Glad Koko is alright, what a scare your heart must have been in your throat.

How cute, it is so amazing how all the feathers grow in. Really it must be hell for them with all the feathers growing in at once.

Oh beautiful, I love that young baby look that Shady has. Tyco has a beautiful set of feathers, very majestic looking.

Another thing that you can do is when you see Meko leaning down to bite bring your other hand up to block the bite. If he knows step up then he will prbably move to the hand you bring up and you won't be bitten.

Yay you are getting both, that is great news. We also have had no problems with our 2 bonding with us. They have picked each other as partners but love playing and having cuddles with us. We are one big happy flock.

Just read the article about them being sociable and it being better with 2 and I have to agree. We had Rangi for awhile before we got Kea and he had everything and we thought he was fine, but as soon as we got kea it was like Rangi became another bird and we could see the real him. He played in different ways with her, seemed so much happier (even though he was happy by himself, or so we thought). It is a real comfort for me when I am at work for the day knowing they have each other. Lovethatgrey our 2 still haven't learnt how to share though.

I also say go for both, it was the best thing we ever did getting another grey for our first one. 2 of them together is incredible and you will be amazed how they look after each other and interact. Fingers crossed.

Azzie, if Cleo is jack hammering like trying to regurgitate and has the wings dropped and out a bit then yes she is also doing the I love you dance. I haven't experienced the grabbing of the finger into the mouth though, but when I think about it Kea does put her beak right down Rangi's throat when they are doing the dance. They can also make like a wheezing/whimpering noise when they are doing the dance.

He is telling you he loves you, lucky you. Head bobbing like regurgitation, wings out and dropped a bit are classic signs of the I love you dance.

Oh yes our 2 are very hyper sometimes and I think they are possesed. They both scream like banshees and fly and jump around while flapping their wings. Rangi even sits on his butt and screams with his wings out, flaps them and then spins. The first time it happened I thought they must be scared of something, but every day they do it. I am now thinking what times it happens and it is mid morning and the afternoon when I get home from work. Simple things can trigger it as well, like if I throw Rangi's ball into the air by him he starts to scream and jump around. With Kea I just give her a bit of paper and she is off. At other times doing these things have no affect on them. I encourage them to do it when I see it happening and I feel like they are getting out all that pent up energy.

Glad to hear the screaming had reduced. I swear it is something we give off in our body language that lets them know we are up to something or trying to get one over on them. When I am trying to get one over on Rangi he watches me so closely and it doesn't take him long to figure it out. There must be a face or slight change in my body that tells him I am up to something. I tell you though the times I have victory are very very sweet.

Azzie, Cleo is beautiful, what a fine looking baby you have there. The colours on Sam and Kip are amazing.

Another thing we also tried with an annoying noise or word was to actually change the noise or word. So sometimes if Kea or Rangi made the noise we would say to them in a soft calm voice something that we wanted them to say. So for example if kea started on a particular noise that I hated I would say to her softly "Can you whistle" and this seemed to trigger a thought and she would immediately start to whistle a tune that we had taught her in conjunction with the phrase "Can you whistle". We then praised her big time and you could see that she was so proud. It didn't take long for her to foget the annoying noise and she seemed so focused on pleasing us and getting praise for whistles and words we asked her to use.

I am someone that doesn't believe in the terrible two's. Rangi is two and Kea is one and a half and I have seen them go through a lot of different phases and really can't see any difference at two. They both continue to have phases and I am sure this will continue until they are adults.