BaxtersMom

Hi Gina, great to have you here & congrats on Zazu. Sounds like you have a real nice flock. I have a grey, an eclectus and a conure and still can't believe how different they all act and I totally know what you meant by the social hour. We have it here at our house too. Looking forward to hear more about you and your flock. Can't wait to see some pictures when you get the time.

Thanks everyone. I think Baxter had fun outside and am glad I could do it with thim. Still searching for the perfect way for him to enjoy the great outdoors. Must put my thinking cap on;) . Yes, we have funny looking squirrels here in the suburbs of Detroit :blink: Does anyone else have all black squirresl? They are normal around here but I've never lived anywhere else there were black squirrels. {Feel-good-0002006E} I didn't really put much thought into it but a grey does look good against a red/maroon backdrop. Hmmm, interesting. I may have to do another photo shoot:)

Hi, I have a small maltese dog and he is 7 years old. We've had him since he was a baby and he has been our everything. I wasn't sure what he would think of my new feathered friend either but he is adjusting. I think the others gave some good advice and I guess the main thing is knowing the temperment of your dog. My dog is very jealous of anything and anyone and we did introduce him slowly and let him know that he would be living here too. Now when I have Baxter or one of my other birds he gets jealous and wants attention too so I will let him up on my lap or let him be close to me so he doesn't feel left out of anything. I do try to include him as much as I can but I still don't think he is happy about my flock members and he still seems jealous even now:( . I do give him his own time too but I still think he is upset a couple months later. He doesnt seem to be aggressive towards the birds (we have 3 now) but he will not look them in their eyes and turn his head away from them when I have them out with me. When they are in or on their cages he acts like he could care less and really doesn't seem to mind them at all. He will even look up and "smile" at them then. It's mainly when I am giving the birds their one on one time he is jealous and doing everything in the world he can to get my attention:) . Good luck with yours. Let me know how it goes, too. I am very interested.

Last one of the Camera Ham;) <br><br>Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2008/09/29 00:25

Thanks Dan & Judy, He is quite the camera ham, the squirrels around here are just big mooches and come really close begging for snacks:laugh: . Baxter was keeping his eye on him.:blink: Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2008/09/29 00:22<br><br>Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2008/09/29 00:24

One more hopefully. <br><br>Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2008/09/29 00:12

Trying again for the photos. <br><br>Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2008/09/29 00:10

I decided to give Baxter some fresh air today. I have a gazebo type cover for the umbrella of my pation set and put it on so we could be enclosed. I took his perch to the table and brought him out. He was so bigged eyed it was funny. He didn't say peep but looked at everything around him.:dry: We do feed the wild birds and they were all around chirping and Baxter seemed amazed. I was pretty amazed at how calm he was. Then a squirrel came up being nosey and he watched him pretty good, too. We stayed outside for about 30 minutes just enjoying the fresh air and nice temperatures. It was an excellent outdoor adventure. :side: I would like to add that it was fun and do intend to come up with something better for next year than what I had set up today. Baxter was enclosed but it was only a mesh screen and I would never leave him unattended for even a second out there. I know he could easily snap through the mesh with his beak in a split second and be gone and I was definately watching his every move and his reactions. It was pretty nice being outside with Baxter. Next year we will be getting the avaitor harness so I won't have to worry about him getting away;) Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2008/09/29 00:08<br><br>Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2008/09/29 00:09

Maybe he got married and is on his honeymoon now.{Feel-good-0002006E} Stranger things have happened.

I am so sorry that Max got away. Hopefully he will find his way back to you. I wouldn't give up hope. Thanks for sharing what happened so it can remind all of us to be a bit more careful. I do hope you guys get reunited and am also keeping my fingers crossed. We took in a lost conure, tried to find the owners but couldn't so if he does not come I wouldn't assume the worst. I am now caring for a lost bird and he has a great life right now. Congradulations on your new grey. Its nice you gave him a home when he needed one. Please keep us updated on both.

Oh, she looks so sweet. I love the name and she looks like an Isabeau, too. The name fits:) Please let us know all about all your upcoming fun adventures:) She's darling

Hi and welcome to the forum. I bet you are excited. It looks the others gave you a great list to start with. My grey loves the most simple toys, like a plain white rope with knots in it, (he will work on those for hours) I hang that from the top of the cage. And plain leather straps with knots of course and another great one is wadded up pieces of paper:) I know you can spend a fortune on toys and I have but these simple ones seem to make him the happiest. Let us know when your baby makes it home.

Hi Wendy, I am so glad you joined and I am so excited for you getting a brand new baby grey. I know we all like to ooh and aww over other peoples grey and can't wait to hear more about her. How old will she be, have you decided on a name or waiting till she is home? Have you been able to visit her while you are waiting??? You are going to fall in love with her more than you will ever know{Love-000200BF}{Nature-00020095} Let us know when she gets home:silly:

Hi and welcome back. I love hearing from people who have taken in older birds. Baxter was 12 when he came to live with me in July 08. He is doing really good in just short time. About a month later, my neighbor brought over a lost conure, tried to find the owners but not successful, we call him Bonkers, then a few weeks ago I bought a 5 year old male Eclectus named Tigger. Never had a baby bird yet. I would love to have a parrot from a baby but there seems to be too many older birds that need loving homes, too. Anyway, hope to see you around the forum and love to hear more about your flock.

Thanks. I have asked Talon if she can remove them for me.

Hi and welcome to the forum. This is a great place to chat with other grey owners and a great place to find out information. Looking forward to hearing more about you and Charlie.

Is there any way to delete photos from the profile page or can an adminstator delete them for me? I have several that I would like to remove and don't know how to do it. I'm not talking about my profil picture but the photos down below on my profile page. Please help.

Hi, We need all the nutcases we can get:laugh: You will fit in well. Welcome to the forum.

Great photos! I have admired your photo skills before. Just wondering are you a photographer. Do you publish these pics of Harrison. They are amazing thats for sure. You are an inspiration to me. I need to take more pics now

Those are both great! Wish I was that talented. one day I will try to make something too. I love seeing the pics though cuz it gives me idea:) {Feel-good-000200BB}{Nature-00020095}

I know, they are all conflicting and different. It's confusing to me too when I am looking for something specific & I get all kinds of different tips. I guess it's because each grey is different.

Hey Hrund, I found a link to a website that has a very interesting section on how to tame birds. It is parrotscanada.com It is under the section/link "For The New Bird Owner" and it has some very clear instructions for how to handle/train a scared or wild bird. I think it's worth a read.

Hi Hrund, I know exactly what you mean about the books. It's like there is nothing out there for older birds and how to tame or train them or how to help get older birds from point A to point B:( I don't know if this is right or wrong and have never tried it myself. This is my moms way of taming a bird many years ago...of course they were parakeets, canaries and other small birds, too butI am curious to know what others think about this practice or if it would or should be used on bigger birds. My mom would have a half wild bird and to tame it she would cup it in her hands around it's body untill it calmed down and talk to it and tell it how good it was and so on. She said they get tame that way. She said she would hold them untill they calmed down and it taught them that she is not going to hurt them and that it got them used to being handled. She would do this over and over and within a week or two they would be perched on her fingers and you would have never known they weren't tame a week or two ago. When she first did this they would chirp and wiggle and you could tell they did not like it and wanted out!!:angry: The more she did this the less they wiggled. She never held them tight, just so they could not get away. I know this practice could be a bit more challenging especially with a grey or other large bird. And gloves might be in order with an older scared bird. I am not recommending this or saying it's wrong but am curious what others think of her method of taming and calming down. She seemed to have a way with all animals though. In some ways it seems like the wrong thing to do but in other ways it really seemed to work for her.

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I'm sure what ever you chose will end up being the right one. It's funny how all these wonderful creatures end up being the perfect ones for us. I didn't know exactly what kind of bird I wanted. I got interested when I seen some sun conures in a pet shop. I checked online and found a pair that needed new homes. For what ever reason I could not get an appointment set up and looked online some more. I found a 12 year old CAG, made the call, left within 15 minutes and an hour later I was home with an amazing parrot. A month later my neighbor brought over a nanday conure. Tried to find the owners but unsuccessful, so then I had my conure. After Baxter my CAG I knew I would end up with another parrot and found a gorgeous male eclectus and added him to my flock. All three are different sizes, the conure being the smallest but I can not keep him away from or out of Baxters cage it seems.:laugh: They are buddies now. My eclectus does not seem to care for either of the other 2 or want to be friends with them but they all talk amongst themselves all day long and I believe they encourage eachother too because when one gets going they all get going. Luckily, none of them are very loud and I enjoy every word and noise they make. It's like therapy to me. They all have their cages open during the day unless I am gone and they are all the perfect birds for me and live in harmony together. I had no plan on which birds to get. They all kind of found me it seems. I do find it funny though that the conure is suppose to be the loudest and he is not. The eclectus is suppose to be the quietest and he talks all day long and can let out the loudest yell ever. I guess my birds didn't read the same books that I did;)