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Hello all, we finally got to bring Maui home yesterday. We are so happy to have him home. First day went great and he didn't seam too scared of anything including the dog or the 2 cats. He ate well and got a good night's sleep. Today he is chirping away and having a great time. New pictures coming later today. I bought a new web cam too which has one click uploading to youtube, so, videos coming too. Thanks for all the kind words and get ready, I will probably start having questions soon, JP

Not sure why my pics aren't working again, they are sized correctly. I will have to try again later. I used the MS Picture Manager to size them down to 500 x 375. All files are under 100k. Anyone have any ideas why they are coming up blank??

Trying again.

Trying again, picture problems again

Hey all, we took another trip up to the breeder's to visit Maui yesterday. He is still growing and changing all the time. His balance is really getting better and he was stepping up very well. I had my wife, myself and the girls sit in a circle and we let Maui run around between all of us on the floor. He doesn't seam afraid of the kids at all and they were very good with him too. I say him, but, we still don't know for sure. DNA test in the next week or so. The breeder is almost sure it's a boy, but, we will see. He fell asleep on my wife while she was rocking him. We spent a couple hours with him before it was time to go home. Just a couple more weeks and he will be ready to come home with us. We are all still very excited. We got a tip from the breeder that the pet supply place that she uses is having a big 10% off everything tomorrow, so, we are going to load up and go down there and try to pick up all of our supplies tomorrow. I have quite a growing list. The cage we ordered still isn't in yet, but, hopefully we can pay for it and get the discount too. Here are a couple of new pics from yesterday. He really liked to climb up and sit on my shoulder.

I checked out that E-Bay site. Good prices. Dave, can you vouch for the quality?? Is the powder coating and welding done well??

Great posts, this would be a good topic for a sticky or maybe all the posts could be compiled for the articles section of the site?

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Hey all, we made another trip out to the breeder today for another visit with our new baby cag, Maui. we still don't know if it is a boy or girl, but, will find out in another week or so. The visit today went great. Maui is perching well now and likes to sit up on the playtop and flap his wings for exercise. I can tell when I hold him that his legs ar getting stronger and his balance is improving. He did not seam scared at all around my wife or me. We both cuddled him and fed him treats. I even got him to do step up a few times and he did it pretty good. He is eating and drinking well and has a great disposition so far. We still don't have our cage yet as it hasn't come in. Hopefully, it will be here in time for when we bring Maui home. If not, the breeder told us that she would loan us a cage until it arrived. We have had a very positive experience with her. The kids got to hold several Quakers and Senigals and loved it. We lan to go back out and visit at least one more time before we bring Maui home. We are all still very excited about it. I'll try to post a couple pics here, but, haven't had good luck with that lately.

Hello Mike, I like your bird's name. When I was a little kid, we had a Amazon named Mumbles. Great name for a parrot.

Hey all, thanks for all the kind words. Just got a new pic from the breeder this morning. Maui is already growing and changing. We are like expectant parrents waiting for the new baby we are so excited. I have been on this forum and a couple others pretty much non stop the past few days learning everything i can to get ready. We will be getting Maui around Christmas, not sure exactly when. We will have the breeder let us know when Maui is really ready for us. We have been making a list for a big pet supply run and we continue to add to it. My wife made me laugh the other day as we were talking about what the bird might pick up from us. Since I am blind, I use some special software that allows my computer to talk to me. I am on the computer most all day as I am a Database Administrator by trade. My computer speaks with somewhat of a robotic speech. Cherie told me if the bird starts talking like my computer , that she would kill me. LOL. I would think that this is a pretty good possibility. I plan to put the play gym in my office with me so I can spednd time with the bird while working. My whole family is home during the day as I work from home and my wife is home with the kids now. Maui will get lots of attention. Here is the pic.

Hey all, attached is a pic of my wife Cherie and I from last Christmas time while we were on Maui. We got our picture taken with the Birdman of Maui and all his beutiful birds. We also did the same back in 2000. If anyone ever makes a visit to the Island, I would highly recommend visiting the Birdman. He has a setup in downtown Lahina.

Yes, we will be having our new baby sexed before it comes home. I'll let you know if it's a boy or girl as soon as I find out.

Yes, she has 2 breeder pairs of CAGs and I think only one pair of TAGs. Her site is www.valueperch.com. She raises other speces as well. I was very impressed with her facility(her own house) and how she worked with the birds. She was feeding some 2 week old's when we arrived and we got to watch. All of her TAGs were spoken for already, but she does have 1 TAG egg getting ready to hatch. Whhile her prices on Grays were comparable to what I have seen other places, her other speces prices looked a little less. She also had a baby Hans Macaw that I would have loved to have taken home as well.

Here is a pic from the breeder. Notice the baby is already getting use to the harness. I plan to continue working with Maui and the harness when he moves in.

Hello everyone, my name is Jody and my family and I will be bringing home a new CAG baby around the Christmas time this year. We are all very excited about our new family member. I have been studying and learning everything I can learn about Grays for quite some time now on this forum as a guest and from any materials I can find to read. I searched for a reputable avian vet in my area and contacted them for advice on finding a local breeder in my area. Come to find out, there is a good breeder only 30 miles from my house. We scheduled an appointment and spent all afternoon there over the weekend. We shose a CAG baby that is not quite ready yet to come home. This gives us time to prepare and gather all the things we will need for our new baby. I also have a wife, Cherie(won't tell), a American Eskimo(11) named Charlie, 2 cats named Tasha(14) and Tony(11) and 2 kids, Valerie(5) and Alyssa(3). I have always been interested in parrots of all kinds and I had a Yellow Headed Amazon as a kid. One of the things that I think will be interesting about raising a CAG myself and that may present me with some new challenges is that I am legally blind. What this will mean for me is probably that I will get the beak treatment a little more than most. I have accepted this fact and it will make it that much more important for me to do a good job of training acceptible behavior to the new baby. It will be essential that my bird allow me to touch them without being afraid and I will have to learn the bir's reaction by sound and movement. Even though I am blind, I have never let anything stand in my way before. I just learn to do some things a little different than other people. I plan to start blogging about my experiences on this forum and I will definetely be looking to all of you fine folks for advice and assistance. I will try to attach a pic of our new baby which we are naming Maui. I may have to shrink it down and re-post if it is too big. Look forward to some great new friends on this forum. Talk to you soon, JP Post edited by: watchout, at: 2007/11/20 17:44<br><br>Post edited by: watchout, at: 2007/11/20 17:47