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Thank you guys for your suggestions. I'll try harder on searching for a qualified vet. I saw many wild caught greys which looked scared but never noticed that they shake their head the way Naji does. He do it even when he is relaxed on his perch. It's annoying since you have no idea if it's bothering him or just normal since greys are different.

Greeting all My grey Naji shakes his head a lot. I had raised a grey before and saw a quite few ones but never seen one that shakes his head this often. I have him now for about 6 months and he is about 1 1l2 yrs old. Unfortunately we don't have certified vets for exotic birds here in kuwait and all vets can do here is trial and error stuff. He was sick before and I gave him a combination of antibiotics for respiratory disease. He's ok now but still I can here whistling when he is deep breathing. Do you guys think it's related to the head shaking ?

Thank you Judygram for the welcome. Well, at this point any help is appreciated. I`m here to learn and share experiences and I have already run through some topics of the other forum sections. I`ll try to post pictures of Naji soon.

So nice of you all these kind replies.It shows how friendly and worm-hearted members you are here. My name is Ahmad and my grey is about 1 1/2 to 2 years old telling from the eyes color but not exactly sure. We don't have breeders here. Birds come from Africa, mostly wild caught. I African grey is banded, but no date on the band. Just lettes and from what I learned the band does not mean it was hatched in an ivory. well thats a nother story. I called him Naji which means survivor in Arabic it`s a male name but I have no idea if the bird he or she. Unfortunetly Naji is sick. We don`t have real exotic birds vets here. Vets here concentrate on farm animals so no such thing like blood tests or other tests.I hope I can get help from expert members in this forum. I`ll post the problem in the health section. I know little about posting pictures but I`ll try. Thanks again and it`s a pleasure to be one of the family Caryolyn

Glad to join this forum.I am from Kuwait. Many people hear raise exotic birds and african greys are among the favourite. My first grey was a wild caught one. I took me a whole year of training before I was able to gain his trust. He was about a year and a half old.I had him for two years but unfortunetly he flew away.I have bought a lovely african grey about 6 months ago. I hope to benifit from this amazing african grey forum. Sorry for this long introduction