Ladybug01976

It has been some time since I posted.Things are wonderful Julio my 21 year old grey that came to be my baby in Jan is doing wonderfully. He has always taken up real well with me talks up a storm and likes to ride around on my arm but I never have been able to get him to step up until just recently usually i leaned my shoulder to his cage and he would step ono it .. We have worked on the step up for quite sometime and he started steping up finally last week.He loves giving cuddles and kisses and he seems to really adore getting his pic taken. He is so funny he will step up and crawl on to my shoulder for a hug and usually when i give him a hig he knows he is gonna get a smooch so he makes the kiss sound he is too cute. Cosmo is doing wonderful as well has seemed to really taken up with my 12 yr old over anyone else in the home. New news is at the beginning of July we will be brining home our first B&G macaw he has been dna'd a boy and is 57 days old.. I get daily pics of his development.These guys bring such a joy to my life! You can see new pics of them on my blogspot http://theholderfam.blogspot.com/<br><br>Post edited by: Ladybug01976, at: 2008/05/19 20:18

What great stories!

Wow I am in tears.What a wonderful story!!!I can totally relate because that is kinda how my african Grey Julio came into my life and he is a real treasure!

Ok so my grey has decided to be funny and scare me half to death.. So last night it was around 11:00 and the cat was just put out because he wanted some fresh air.. I have two cats.. Well not long after putting the cat out I heard frantic meowing and my other cat was safe and sound asleep on the couch so i knew it wasnt him.. I searched around thinking maybie my other cat had been let back in and was in one of the rooms with the door closed. Come to find out it was Cosmo meowing like a cat.. To funny i thought something was seriously wrong with the cat and it wasnt even the cat haha:laugh:

for the past while i have kept the birds seperate I introduced them to the same room they talk to eachother and imitate eachother but how to i formally introduce them to one another? i see pics of people with their greys sitting side by side but how do i get them to be like that without them hurting eachother i know it will be gradual but there has got to be a way.

I just recently adopted 2 adult african greys one that is 8 and the other that is 20 and my 8 yr old isn't much of a talker but the 20 yr old grey man he imitates and learns new sounds and words daily he is so eager to learn.I think it was the best thing I ever did although I would adore a baby I am more prone to adopting "adult" I think it is all personal preference really.

Has anyone here been owned by a meyers parrot? I was at petco today buying stuff to spoil the birds with and saw a just weaned meyers parrot they were selling i have heard lots of things about buying birds from petco and in my opinion they are overpriced on their birds and stuff but that baby was adorable.. Anyone have experience with them or know someone who breeds them.. What they usually go for weaned etc.. I just fell in love with that lil guy but they wanted $600 for him.

slideshow of what i posted yesturday i think if you click on the lil pic it will take you to it.

It has been a little over two weeks and we have hit so many major milestones I really thing this guy is very bonded with me and is starting to bond with everyone else. When I first got him he was in bad shape had raw plucked areas.. Was in a cage that was so small he could hardly move and was very cage aggressive. He took up with me right away and pretty much has let me do whatever I want with him though sometimes he puts up a protest he usually gets over it pretty quick. When I got him his diet consisted of seeds and cereal.. He was very lethargic and to be honest I was not sure that he was going to make it.. I handfed him for a week through a suringe 3 times a day and gave him fresh fruits and veggies and he regained back his strength. He refused pellets altogether but now eats them along with a organic diet .. He loves bean sprouts and veggies , greens, and I feed him a natural mix of grains, oats, pellets,and organic fruit and very little seed.I have been the one handling him from day one.. My oldest daughter is scared of birds because my amazon is a one person bird and isn't very nice to anyone but me and has divebombed her a few times and so she has been scared of birds ever since. Well, she has loved cosmo since day one and he has allowed her to pet him and so forth so yesturday I encouraged her to try to get him to step up on her which he reluctently did , and the rest is history she loves him even more now:) He also stepped up on my 3 year old son who is just as gentle as can be.. This bird is just truley amazing he has never bitten me he has acted like he was going to when trying to get him out of his cage but i think that is all a ploy to look like a big bad bird lol.. But he is just as sweet as can be and has really come along great and is just like any other bird. It is hard to believe he was such a neglected bird before. You sure couldn't tell it now.. Here is a slideshow of his milestones.Thanks for letting me share! Please click on the link to view. http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i119/ebayseller05/birds/?action=view¤t=915de969.pbw<br><br>Post edited by: Ladybug01976, at: 2008/02/06 15:50

if so do you have kinda a recipie.. I go to the organic food store and pick up a few things for the birds.. I get some oats,grain and bean sprouts.. I also pick up organic grapes,strawberrys,cantilope and apples.The new guy I got evidently isn't a veggie eater or fruit eater so (i worry he isn't getting enough nutrients) I am having a hard time getting him to eat.. I also would liket o get some kind of organic food mix.. Ideas? recipies? pass em along pics would be great as well:)

Yep julio just had a health with his prior owners vet ,and Cosmo just had a health check by my vet and they both checked out good. But i have them quarintened away from eachother in a room away they can both still hear eachother and they mimic every sound that the other makes.

We drove and brought Julio home tonight he is a sweet boy but not very handleable (hasn't been sexed) but the lady said that he is a very horney bird lol he likes to mate with a stuffed animal like toy in his cage.. Cosmo is a very happy grey I picked up a used hugeeeeeeeeee playstand (I payed $60 I was going to buy the same one brand new for $198.00 so I got a heck of a deal (Of course i thouroughly cleaned it although the guy i bought it from said his bird used it maybie once or twice he just didnt have room for it it is hugeeeeeeeeeeee) and i put him on it and he loved it, he wasn't real happy when it was bed time and i had to get him off of it.He was talking to the new guy and they were both mimicing eachothers sounds.The new guy is 20 years old and he/she is so cute reminds me of a lil duck he is very light for a grey well compared to Cosmo anyhow.. Here are some pics.. This is the new guy Julio And here is Cosmo enjoying his new Playstand and the playstand itself he just loves it <br><br>Post edited by: Ladybug01976, at: 2008/02/04 07:59

bringing home another grey that is 20 years old (I am such a softy for the older birds).. We are going to meet him this weekend and bring him home I am excited and after the initial quarentene i think him and Cosmo may end up being the best of friends..This guy belongs to a elderly lady who loves him dearly but has asthma and the dander is causeing her severe respitory problems she raised him from a baby.. Her son contacted me and I am very excited to bring him home.. I told him that i would send cards, pics and emails giving updates on him and he really liked that idea. He said that he is plucked in a few areas which is ok by me because i think they are beautiful plucked or not. I got pics of him last night and he is just as cute as could be! Here are pics..

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I can tell he is already starting to look better.I have also noticed that he is starting to get some feathers in:) I have not observed him pluking any feathers at all and he is also preening himself so that is all good news here he is!