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It has now been 12 days and we had several calls. One man that was feeding the birds said he saw her on ground feeding on sunflower seeds he put down.. He thought she was a falcon since he did not see my signs yet that I posted in his neighborhood untill after he saw the bird. His neighborrhood was about 7 miles away from mine. He put on glove and bent down to pick her up and she did not run from him but stayed right next to him. His wife let the chiwauwa dog out and it scared my bird away. they have not seen her since. We saw a huge hawk in their neighborhood. We feel as if maybe the hawk got her or another person got her and is keeping her inside and will not call because they want to keep her. We were eating outside on our table and I always had the bird outside with me when eating. My husband was picking at her as he always did when we were inside. She used to always go back to him because she liked it when he picked at her and would always come back for more. Well this time, she did not want to be bothered so she flew off. We always kept wings cut but did not realize her wings had grown back. We were both in shock cause we did not realize she could fly that high!!My husband had not been feeling good and ended up at hospital the next day because he had pneumonia and his hands were swollen up. We did however go around neighborhood immediatley after she flew off calling and calling but she never answered and we could not find her for about 4 hours. We looked and called untill it got dark. She was never the kind of bird that would answer us even when she was in cage. In fact she was very quiet and would talk softly. Even though we would try to get her out of cage to come in with us, she never wanted to be bothered. Are all greys like this that they are so independent that they do not want to be bothered? Only if I had food would she come out of cage. We always kept cage unlocked and she freely could come out or in as she wanted. Anytime I would come home the very first thing I would do is go and greet my bird and love on her. She was my baby!!!Also anytime we were home I would keep cage open for her to play on top of cage and around cage. Had big cage for her to play with and lots of toys, bells, ringers, etc. When I was off from work I would hold her for hours on end loving on her,petting her, talking to her,etc. We raised a blue jay who would fly all around and always come back before night to our house because she did not want to be outside at night. That bird died with old age. The next bird was a conure, who would always fly around outside but never would leave. she would always come when called. I do not understand why the AFrican grey bird would not come to us when we called her even when we tried to get her out of cage, she would be obstinate and sturbborn and we would have to force her out of cage to get her. Once she was on me, I would rub her head and give her kisses and she would kiss me back and she loved for her head to be rubbed. If pigeons and white doves can find their way back home why can't african greys? Anyhow, I have given up searching for her. North Charleston, S>C> sign inspectors called and told me to remove my signs immediately. We put out about 150 signs everywhere so today, we are going to remove them. Noone will help us to find her. The News & Courier that we advertised in had it in Announcements instead of pets, lost and found. We complained to the editor but I fear it is too late. If I found bird and was searching to see if someone lost bird I would look under pets for lost and found not announcements. Funny though the pets, lost and found section of charleston.net had bird cages and advertisements for bird pet stores instead of what the heading said it was for lost pets. The news and Courier has listed both pets lost and found /and announcements lost and found but under annoucements they have caskets, lawyers,realestate, etc.they put bird ad with these instead of the heading of lost and found pets. I feel that Charleston.net is wrong to advertise like this and mislead people. I read about a lady that had an african grey named Bongo for 5 yrs and he flew away. She lived near woods area. She hears him calling his name at about 1:00-2:00 am every night. They have searched for bird and bird will not come to them. She has cage outside even bought night vision goggles to try and get bird but bird refuses to be caught. Talk about punishment, to hear your bird every night and bird will not come. She even said at night in winter it got to -20 degrees farenheight and bird still survives and she hears him every night calling his name for the past 4 months and they still can't get him to come to them. They must eat something in the woods??? to survive like that even in below freezing temperatures. Thx for everyone's prayers. If God does not do a miracle today then I guess it will be too late for me to ever find my lost bird. I loved her but feel that she must not have loved me. Also read about one guy who taught his bird their phone#/address and the owner's name. when his bird got lost the bird recited owner's name,phone number and address so the person who found him called and bird was returned to owner. I wish I had been smart enough to teach my bird that!!! I never thought of doing that. Thanks Robert and Mary Ponds

I have done everything, going in every neighborhood calling her, driving 350 miles in different neighborhoods. I was hoping someone would be able to tell me the flight patterns as to how far will she fly? How far will she go? Is she looking for our house?She was seen with doves. Can she survive with the Hawks out there? Can she dodge the Hawks? I have no closure because she has not been sighted since last Friday, one week ago. I do not know if she is even alive. If I only had closure> How long will she wait untill going to a person? How long should I advertise in the Paper? I had another lady call last night and she said she would be looking out for her which is the same neighborhood she was sited which was about 6 miles away. I do have her cage outside. The radio station never called me nor answered my email so every avenue at trying to get the word out is roadblocked. My heart is torn out!!!! Please pray for me. THXS

This thread discusses the Content article: lost african grey does anyone have any idea how far african grey birds fly and their flight pattern. I am sick that my bird flew away. I am trying to get some answers. She was spotted in neighborhood 2 miles away the next day then in a neighborhood about 5-6 miles away eating sunflower seeds from a man. The man who looked similar to my husband got close enough to pick her up but his dog scared her away. Does anyone have any ideas what I can do to find her? I have asked radio station to advertise but they never call back and when I call they say they have been busy and told me to email a dj which i did but never heard anything back. I have put posters up and county says to take them down immediately that I can not post any more signs. contacted vets/spca/bird stores/bird society/ will she come back to the man who had the dog since he puts out sunflower seeds? Don't know if a hawk got her or a person who will not turn her in. I put add in newspaper. Help, any ideas???THX

These are very cute pictures and made me laugh. Awsome!!!! Thanks for making my day!!! remnant333

These are very cute pictures and made me laugh. Awsome!!!! Thanks for making my day!!! remnant333

I finally figured it out. Pictures posted. Named her Maggie Mae. Thanks Mary

I finally figured it out. Pictures posted. Named her Maggie Mae. Thanks Mary

hello all, Finally got a couple of pictures of my bird posted. See pictures on forum. I have named her Maggie Mae. I'm kinda thinking she is a female. She is getting more alert and looking around her surroundings alot more. I can not wait untill I get her home. The lady at the pet store says that these kinds of birds get very upset with new surroundings and new cages. I hope that she does not get too upset when I bring her home. Anyone who has brought home an african grey, when it was a baby, how did your bird react to bringing her home for the first time and how long did it take her to get used to her new surroundings? I am sure that I will spoil her rotten once I get her home. I just wish I did not have to work so much. My husband is retired and stays home so he will be with the bird alot more than me, but I know once I leave work at 3:30 and get home, I will spend some quality time with the bird. Hope everyone has a great day. Talk to you later. Mary and Robert

hello,I tried to upload picture but it did not work. Please give me directions of what to do. Thanks Mary

The first bird that we had was a blue jay baby who fell from the nest. My husband and I hand fed him and raised him up. We had him for 3 years and he finally died. I hear they usually don't live no more than 2-3 years. Then we got the conure. The pet store hand feeds the AG the same way we fed our blue jay so we have had some experience with hand feeding birds. The Grey is about 6-7 weeks old now. He is cute! Will e-mail pictures next week of him. Thanks to all of you who give very good information about these birds. It is very much appreciated. Next week, same time, same channel!! Signing off for now. Mary

I am so glad it is friday. I am anxious to see my new timneh today. When I get off work we will go up to the pet shop and see him/her? Does anyone know if you can tell if they are male or female by how they act? We always thought our conure was a female but we were not sure. Last weekend when we saw the bird they had it in an icubater and it was pushing up the door of the container box they had him in and was peeking out at us. The bird seems to be getting more alert and nosey. My husband and I are taking the camera with us and hopefully we can get some pictures to show everyone. Last weekend it had really grown alot and was starting to have more feathers on him/her. I have no name yet picked out for the bird. I am thinking we will not be able to get the bird home untill the following weekend because they are still hand feeding it 3x a day. We bought a new cage through the internet from queencitypets.com for $259.00. It is a very nice cage and has the playpen up on top of it. It has 3 big bowls inside with a perch and 2 small bowls on top with another perch. We bought it from the internet because it was a good price and they said it was for medium greys. I would like to get her?him? some new toys. From anyone's experience, what kind of toys do they like the best to keep them busy. I have already bought some educational toys with colors and rings to put on a pole and a learning box with different shapes to put back into the box. I am ready to bring the bird home. We have already paid for the bird. Actually we got it for $650.00 which I thought was pretty good price considering another pet store here in Charleston, S.C. has a timneh that they want $1300.00 for. When our conure died we would go to the pet stores for about 3-4 months every Saturday and play with all of the birds. It was good therapy for me especially after losing my conure. We finally decided to get the AG. Well I hope everyone has a good weekend!! Give your birds alot of attention and love, I know we did with our conure and that is probably why she loved both my husband and myself. I will love this bird just as much. Talk to you later and hopefully will have some pictures to post next week. Thanks Mary

My name is Mary. We used to have a green cheeked conure and one day he fell over and died. We had him for 5 years. I miss him so very much. My husband who stays at home has gotten us a baby African Grey Timneh. The pet store is still hand feeding him 3 times a day and we will get him when he is only feeding twice a day. We go every week and feed him also. He is starting to get his feathers now and he is more alert. The pet store said we will be able to start feeding him fruits and other things along with the food we buy to hand feed him. I am very excited to get another bird. Once my green cheeck conure got spooked and flew off. He ended up staying out all night one night. The next morning we went out to look for him. He did not fly very far. He was up in a tall pine tree in neighbor's yard. When he saw us, he immediately flew to my husband. From that time on, whenever we had him out if it looked like it was starting to get dark, he would fly to the screen door and want to go inside. He was a character. We had a small garbage can with old teeshirts inside his cage and he loved to go in there and sleep upside down. I never thought I could love a bird so much but they really are lovable pets. Anyway, after 5 years, my bird died. I did not realize that teflon pan fumes can kill a bird. That day I was cooking with a teflon pan and I really feel guilty and blame myself. I threw away all my teflon pans and got stainless steel pans. If it kills birds think what it does to humans that we don't know about. Anyway, I will not get my bird untill about 2 weeks from now. My husband and I will give the bird plenty of attention and love. Thanks for listening, Mary and Robert