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Jadewolf32 wrote: Gatiep did the same thing. I just added more toys and he was happy. And I moved him to a window. He is much happier now

nope. Now he sleeps like a normal bird. But he does something that im sure is unusual.. When I want to scratch his head while he is in the cage he turns his head side ways and puts his beak through the cage and he doesnt want to be scratched on the head. He prefers the side of his head and arround his ears

thankls for you concern! The guys name is Mo. He is the owner of Turbo & Nos Connection. Byt next week he is back at work so I dont have to worry about somebody else dynoing my Bantam.

in the last photo of gatie.. I never even saw there was a bottle cap. He loves playing with them! @Baxtersmom! I hope you got little baxter a few bottle caps! lol

wow! big pics!

Here he is flapping his wings, This was before he could fly. Just a random pic Gatipe strethcing his wing Wierd sleeping position He was sleeping with his head on my kniee but when I moved we woke up Just a bit off topic.. The guy who is going to dyno tune my Bantam was in a accident. His previouse run was a 11.2 over the 400m and a speed of 208km/h. On the run of the accident he did a 11.4, lost the rear end of the car and crashed. He is in ICU for internal bleeding... But he is going to work next week!

I will upload a few more of him. There is 2 where he sleeps 1, owith his heag on my kniee and one with his head on my pillow. and a few where he is flapping his wings or stretching them out..

He used to sleep in wierd positions.. here is is 9 weeks or something.. cant remember Here is is at 15 weeks

Gatiep has just started his 15th week. I never thought he would start talking this joung!

Gatiep eats all his vegies. I never give him junk food... But he gets a sip of coffee every now and then... but only 2 sips

hey luvparrots. I have a few pics of him. I wil upload them at some point. Thanks for the welcome

remember this?? http://www.greyforums.net/forums/limitstart/40/african-grey/90285-almost-dead.html I said I will come back in 2 months

Like I said I'll be back in 2 months. Gatiep is still healty. He gets a lot of fruit and vegetables! He can fly, wistle and is starting to talk. You can understand what he is saying but he still has a bit of practise left. He has no problem getting on and off my hand. He flies to my when I call him.. So those who thought I would screw up the bird... Cuess who is having the last laugh!B)

BaxtersMom wrote: I think I'm going to leave the site. and come back in 2 months when the baby is still kicking and can feed itself. It was real nice talking to you. I'll see you on 24th of Oktorber depending on how i feel. either the 24th of Oktober or never. You are more than welcome to email me at koring16@hotmail.com. I'll keep you up to date on Gatiep and by to everybody else. Thanks for all the advice.

casper wrote: You might want to read the forum again. being call someone who is cruel is pretty offencive coiming from someone who doesnt know anything about me. I can understand that you all love your greys. but does that mean you hate the owner how makes a mistake. I recall a thread about something along the line of... we dont care about you or your life. just the grey. not an exact quote but thats more or less what it said. So its hard not to take it personally.

Tycos_mom wrote: i use the advice even if it doessnt sound like it. If I knew that the tube would have gotten swollowed I never would have used one. The experts told me to do it. So I did it. It didnt work now I'm getting blamed. fair enough, but then people should critisize me. its like I'm a criminal or cruel. I imagen It can be pretty fun to have a baby squirrl. My mom had a bush baby when she was young. But I'm not too fond of my room smelling like pee all the time. lol

lovemyGreys wrote: did you nitoice me saying I have school?? tomorrow is my record exham. Im gone at 7 back at 11. offcorse I'm going to get pissed if you keep attacking me. saying I'm cruell. I have an Idea. Why dodnt you just leave your comments and advice to yourself and I'll find somebody who is whilling to help me without all the critisizing. theres a lot of good people and talking to one less will not bother me.

BaxtersMom wrote: yeah i would agree. an adult is easier than a baby too feed. I got a book today. when I went to buy the grey they didnt have. I would have bought one because they are right next to the till. I only put smiley faces on depending on my mood at that moment. not on the situation. leave the site out of frustration..... yeah I'm getting pretty close to that. being critisized becuae I made a mistake and nobody knows me so now I'm being judged. Yeah really close to the point of leaving. I really love Gatiep. I worried my ass off. I took action. I did what needed to be done and kept a cool head. If I didnt care. Why do I feed him. Why did I spend R9000 so far on him. Why do I try my best take make things easier for him. mmmm... Must be because I dont take anything serious. You know what... Your all right. Your not critisizing me or saying anything to judge me. I might need to learn a thing or 7 about greys. But the rest sure as hell need to learn me before they judge me.

so using a smiley faces suggests that I find it funny. but I guess going to different vets and paing R700 was no consern to me. I just could have left him alone. I dont recal anything that sais... hey! dont let him get the tube. Clearly you want too read want you want and not everything. They said its how I should feed the baby... not me... the experts. and what happend? they were wrong. Now I get shit because the xperts cost me money. Just because I use smiley faces it doesnt mean I see the matter as funny. If its sooooo funny. why didnt I just leave the bird? Why did I call people to get info? why did I pay R550 extra just to keep the vets waiting? because I find it funny? well if you think so then I'll be smart and keep my comments to myself

lovemyGreys wrote: I dont force feed the baby and I dont stick a tube down its throat!! It takes me 20 mins(yeah I timed it!!) to feed the grey . I take my time! but if I can save myself the 5 mins that I do while spoon feeding instead of with a spoon WITHOUT!!! forcing or harming the grey whats so wrong with it! the tube was about 7cm long the only reason it got swollowed was because the tip of the beak got hold of it! and the people at the pet shop said its how to feed the baby. so instead of jumping down my throat and saying i stick a tube down a greys throat and force it to eat quickly at my own conveniece maybe you should try and understand what happend better mmmm??

personally I'm glad I have a baby. because how else do you get any taining feeding a baby. yes some people do screw it up. you only learn by doing. books can only do so much.... by the way. I bought a book today. lol! so the more I know the better, but the only you gain experience is by doing something. you dont learn to drive by reading a book do you?

I dont leave him alone the hole day. I leave home at 7am and back hom at 2pm. then when I'm home he is always with me. My uncle had a sun coneur and I helped feed him with a spoon.

I dont rush him. but using a syringe is faster than a spoon. nope nobody home. but I leave the tv on for him

@ lovemygreys... He is 7 weeks now I feed him 3 syringes twice a day. the reason I use a syringe is because it seems a bit faster. I have to get to school early. and standing up at 6am is already hard enough. @ lyric. lol! I wish! If its not one thing its the next. Stupid school! good thing tomorrow is the last day... n\then next week its exams. that should get the stress levels back up again. lol

I have a bit of hand feeding experience. I feed him without the tube now. so its just the injector.