jenandjen

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Thank you for the welcome! I would take them all in if I could! These guys are awesome and they never fail to make me smile everyday! I look forward to meeting others and will be reading the posts regularly. Thanks again Jennifer

Glad to hear its normal. Sometimes when you take in a rehomed bird you never know what kind of habits or issues they have. He lived with a man before so he has picked up some pretty disgusting "man" noises. He sounds like he is burping, farting and maybe the worse one is he makes a noise like he is hocking a lugy(sp?) and spitting it out. Pretty funny but gross at the same time He also sounds like he has been watching a lot of Sci-Fi movies! Lots of ray gun and space ship sounds! I have to laugh at him because he is so cute. He is very smart and has already learned a few new things just in the past couple of weeks. I'll get a few pictures of him posted for all to enjoy. Thanks!

I'm new to the forum and already enjoy being here. I am a new grey owner recently acquiring a 4 year old male CAG(Odie). Odie is very talkative and has a wide variety of whistles and sound effects he likes to make. He also likes to yell at me in the mornings to "Get Up!" when he thinks I'm not getting out of bed fast enough. He has adjusted so well for only being here a couple of weeks but I have spent a lot of time with him and he is with me all day while I work. My other fids include Chewie (BE2)and Scribbles the Red bellied parrot. All of my birds are rehomes and I am fortunate to have them in my life. I hope to learn a lot and meet lots of new people that love parrots! Jennifer

He has been checked by a certified avian vet and everything came back ok. I did not think to ask about his nail biting then. His nails are not long but that may be why they aren't. I'm thinking that this is just a habit he has developed from his previous owner who never let him out of his cage. I'm sure he was bored mindless and had to find something to do. Thanks for the reply and the welcome!

Hello all! I recently adopted a 4 year old male CAG. He has been here about 2 weeks now and seems to be adjusting very well. He is talking and interacting with me and actually seems to like my company. He does bite his nails which has me wondering...Is this common in CAG's? or is he stressed? bored? I noticed he did this at his previous owners home also but I just figured he was nervous from the new people looking at him. Any insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jennifer