icegudi

I was just weighing mine and he is just 325 grams and a little more than one years old. It was obvious in the pet shop that he is a small bird, there was another one there the same age and he was much bigger. You think this is something to worry about? I will be taking him to the vet... From the info here it seems he is a girl, still he has a boys name, funny...

Hi I was just wondering how much does your grey weigh? I was just doing some reading and can see that an average grey (Congo) should weigh 400-650 grams. I was just weighing mine and he is just 325 grams and a little more than one years old. It was obvious in the pet shop that he is a small bird, there was another one there the same age and he was much bigger. Still I am thinking about putting him on all pellets diet, now he is on mixed diet and I know he leaves out the pellets. OOOPS!There is already the same thread, sorry! http://www.greyforums.net/forums/limitstart/100/bird-food/10208-how-much-does-your-grey-weigh.html<br><br>Post edited by: icegudi, at: 2008/05/10 00:04

Thank you so much, its so true, he will probably have a lot of fun, my friend is at least really exited. Ps I just started to play Katie Meluah and Vaskur started talking :laugh: He really likes her music.... seems he is getting over his anger.

He was wing clipped when I got him around one years old, its been three months. He has seen this guy before when I took him to him, because he had a broken feather witch he pulled out. He clearly recognised him and didnt like what he saw. Now I feel really bad because I am going to Morocco for 4 days and he is staying with my friend. Ohhhh I cant leave, what to do?

Last Saturday we took our bird Vaskur to a petshop where this man works that I trust completely. He cut his flight feathers, preened his beak and his nails. Vaskur got really angry with the guy and after he had finished he was really red in the face, almost violet. Then we went straight home and now its Tuesday and it still feels like I got a different bird home with me. That doesnt speak and isnt all exided to get out of his cage every morning and most of the time doesnt care if I leave the room. He used to be such a happy bird, talking non stop and whistling, starting when my alarm clock rang in the morning and stopping to go to sleep. Now he just seems depressed. This is really worrying me. Does anyone have advise for me?

Go Laurie you can do it! REALLY REALLY! Even though I have never smoked I do have people around me that have and I understand that this might not be a super advise since I will never fully understand how incredibly hard it is to quit smoking. But my parents smoked my whole life until I was about 13 and I will never forget that last year, the year they were quiting. It was especially hard on my mother but one day at a time she did it finally. Thank God, but she had such a HARD time, difficult for a child to understand but today I understand it better. But her smoking did have consequences for her life, she has now been fighting cancer almost 8 years and the doctors don't know of any other reasons for the cancer than smoking, of course it could be something else but it is still very likely. For me it is easy to use the smoking as a reason, because sometimes you just need a reason, something to answer your "why?" questions. And today I get to "suffer" for my mothers bad decisions,(apart from worrying and suffering seeing her so sick). I was applying for "extra health insurance" the other day (everybody is insured by the government here in Iceland but you can get extra one that pays for everything if something big might happen to you, cancer, heart decease etc, it even pays you your salary if you are out of work) but the insurance company wont give it to me because my mother has cancer. That is the only reason, I am healthy and have never been sick in my life. This is really sad and I am not really angry about it, especially not at my mother. But sometimes the consequences of our actions are much bigger than we ever think about. So smoking doesn't only hurt one, it can hurt the people around you, in more ways than one knows. I am just telling you this because sometimes its good to have a higher reason, I know that might not really help during those hard moments but it might help the cause looking at the big picture. I come to that inclusion because when I first met my boyfriend he smoked. He really liked me and I liked him to, so I told him about my fear of smoking and my mother being sick for so long (6 years then. So he just decided to quit smoking and he didn't even tell anyone, just quit. He had a higher reason that really really helped him. Sometimes I think he is superman because it seemed just so easy for him to quit... but for him it was that alternative reason, he knew his life would be better with me in it.... awww thats so romantic...

Hey I found this place the same way! Welcome here and please show us some photos!

And thanks for the welcome from all the others :woohoo:

MazyAK, I would probably be there right next to the stove with the birds, looking out at the nice scenery. I saw your photos of the northern lights, we have them here also, nice photo I found on flickr: We have no problems keeping our birds warm here, since the houses are exceptionally well built (with wool inside the walls)and double or triple glass in the windows. We are also blessed to live on this volcanic island, where we have a lot of hot water and we use it, especially the water that is far underground, to heat our houses. So inside is warm and cozy. I am so used to heat inside that when I lived in Spain for two years, I felt really cold inside in the winter because they have cool houses there because of the warm summers. I do have some more photos of my sweetheart(s)

Thanks to all of you guys, I feel very welcome. And MazyAK, the name doesn't say everything... it's exceptionally cold in Iceland now and it is nowhere near as cold as it is in Alaska, according to the internet converter (cuz we have celcius here)it is 14°F here (-10°C)I would die of cold if I would go to Alaska. :silly:

Hey wonderful people. Just wanted to introduce myself and my bird, my name is Gudrun and my African Grey's name is Vaskur, we are from Iceland {Holidays-000200B2} Me and my boyfriend just got Vaskur about a month ago, we bought him in a pet store here in Iceland, they told us he is hand fed and that he comes from a breeder in Holland. He is now about 11 months and he is talking a lot, saying "Hallo" and "gugu", he also makes a lot of funny noises. Every time my face is close to his he leans over and kisses me, with his amazing real kissing sound, he also does it to my boyfriend. The other day I took him over to my parents and he kissed my mother and my brothers too, he is so polite {Love-000200D9} I have been around birds my whole life and I have been taking care of my brothers cockatiels for few years now (they are living here at the moment) and its always been my dream to have an African Grey. Its so amazing when dreams come true and make you feel like you are living in a dream... he is such a loving amazing bird and he fits so well into our tiny little loving family. I am very glad to have found this little community on the internet, everybody sounds so nice. I have been reading through the posts, there are so many helpful tips. But there is one funny thing Vaskur does, that I want to ask about. His cage is in our living room beside the sofa and when we put him in it in the evening and put his blanket on top, he always goes to the bottom of the cage and starts to dig with his feet. We use paper on the bottom and he digs through that and carries on digging... reminds me of Shawshank redemption :cheer: but he isn't really making a hole, just digging into nothing, does anyone know what he is up to? He doesn't even mind if we look under the blanket and ask him what he is doing, he just carries on minding his own business :lol: Here is photo of him from the first day he came to live with us.<br><br>Post edited by: icegudi, at: 2008/01/31 16:13