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not sure if anyone has covered this, but i seem to think that Zupreem have just started to market in the UK a new organic non- gm pellets so this may be the reason for the price increase.

Has anyone used Herbal Medicine for there grey ! I need something to calm a "stressed" bird any thoughts.

can you tell me what dilition rate you use on the aloe vera, I've got a simillar issue and want to try some aloe vera on my CAG

Sassy, the photo seems to have "dropped" in to the photo album.... hope you can see it ok

Sassy, hopefully the photo will show you some of the feahers mine "self mutilated"

Sassy, thats what my cag done he breaks the shaft and they stick out all ways then he chewed them till they come out........ dont worry just get a vets visit sorted out and try not to show too much attention when he starts bending and breaking them TRY and distract him, trust me is hard work but it seems to work........... dd

This may be "self mutilation" my cag started this about 4 weeks ago, and broke about 12 primary / flight and secondary feathers in about 3 days. you should get him to the avian vet, my was put on valium as it was caused by the fireworks going off, but yours could be caused by any stress or change in the enviroment.

I've pasted it tho the map wont paste over but its the text for now SO WHAT DOES CONGO MEAN? Now where do all these subspecies of “Congo” Greys fit into the scheme of things? Simply put, they don’t! They are simply variations of the same subspecies based on the areas in which they live. If you refer to the regional map, drawn based on an exhibit from Parrots of the World by Joseph Forshaw, the lighter area is the range of the African Grey ((P.e.erithacus). It is one continuous range with no physical breaks or barriers. Further, the expanding circles indicate the following: The smallest darkest African Greys, about 300 grams and almost as dark as the Timneh Grey, can be found in the countries nearest the center. As the circles radiate out through the region of African Greys, the Greys get larger. Greys found in countries on the outer fringes of the circles will have the largest Greys, well over 600 grams. I have spoken with people that live east of lake Victoria who claim Greys from the islands in the Lake are in the 700 gram range. (To see larger map click here) As the circle radiates east through the range, the African Greys also get lighter in color, and as the circle radiates south from the center, the color remains the same, a darker gray. Logically, African Greys in the middle circles east of center will be medium in size and color while African Greys on the same circular ring southerly will be the same in size but as dark as the Greys north of them. When people refer to Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Congo and Angola Greys, they are referring to the region or country from which these parrots originated. These are their “street names” and they refer to “variations,” not subspecies.

this link explians the size / colour issues http://www.geocities.com/gnoeth/africangreys.htm

I think the colour differents is down to the various regions from where they come from some can vary from light to dark grey.