Tigerlily

Glad I checked first! She already has several high quality nuts every other day so I think I'll leave them out, not worth the risk.

Hi Guys Would you feed your Grey Acorns that you picked from the tree (not from the floor) and if so green or brown.

thanks dave, her cover is one i made, the material is quite heavy and goes down at least half way. so with that and her being inside the tent, i have no concerns about the wind getting her. but good to know the temperature is ok. i am sooooo excited about being able to take her big cage

hi me and tigerlily are going camping again on saturday the only down side of this is that she spends a lot of time in her cage, but gets more attention and much needed sunshine and fresh air last year i took her smaller cage and she slept with me in the smaller sleeping compartment of the tent with her cage covered. this year though i'm thinking about taking her normal cage with us so i wont feel so bad about the length of time she spends in it. but if i do she will have to sleep in the main area of the tent where i imagine it gets colder at night although she will still be covered. my question is this, the night temperature will fall down to about 16 degrees centigrade, is that going to be too cold for her? thanks tigerlily

of course tigerlily has fresh fruit and veg just a little curious though why u think the mix should only b given as a treat when most of it can b found in either harrisons or other mixes?

hi since our last visit to the vets where it came to light that i've let tigerlilies diet slip she has had a drastice change in her diet. as well as starting her on harrisons i've made up my own mix for her, all things i can buy from my local supermarket: soya beans butter beans sunflower seeds pumpkin seeds millet seeds buckwheat red split lentils almonds pecan nuts pine nuts walnuts brazil nuts pistachio cashew hazel nuts rosemary basil mint marjoram thyme oregano your opinions please

hi. do u have food constantly avalible for your grey or do you have set meal times?

what is it with greys and throwing their toys on the floor. tigerlily does the same, she just picks her toys up then throws them on the floor (then says "what did you do that for") being a grey owner should come with a job description of "slave"

i'll second luvparrots post now i don't feel guilty for tigerlily not having one either

thanks dave. i knew a few people here have them and assumed they were safe, maybe not such a good idea then

well i wanna get tigerlily a teady. what material should i be looking for it to be made from?

wow. i wasn't expecting that answer, i was worried mid leg was too deep!

how deep is too deep when giving her a bath? upto her ankles,tops of legs, chest, neck?!? (not that i would fill it 2 her neck)

i've started to give tigerlily podded peas and beans. instead of eating the peas/beans inside the pods, she'll throw them on the floor and chew the pods instead!:confused: i mean, whats all that about!?! i haven't actually given up but talk about backwards lol. she also wont eat freash fruit and veg from a bowl in her cage, she just chucks it all on the floor so i have to give it to her when shes out so she can throw it all over my carpet instead! u gotta love her!:rolleyes:

yeah its cute but she has a tight grip lol. usually i have 2 use the other hand to literally peel her off but i was holding the camera!

as requested:D turn the sound up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVbXieKxtE0

very enthuisatic praise works well for me and tigerlily

you know you have a sad life when you post clips of your parrot pooping;) when i come home she knows that she has to poo in her cage before i let her out, which is great, but on the other hand instead of being greated by a "hello" or a "i love you" i get greeted by a poo:rolleyes:

tigerlily is going through a phase when she'll step down off my finger with one foot but hold on to my finger with the other. i give a little shake and say "give me my finger back" but she wont let go so i have to peel her off lol. now when she does it i give a little shake and TIGERLILY says "give me my finger back" quite cute i think

***UPDATE*** well i took tigerlily to the vets last week and tigerlilies feathers are worse than i realised. she has quite a lot of stress bars aswell. the vet took a swab sample to check for anything fungal wrong but after talking to her we both thought it might be because i've let tigerlilies diet slip my vet (suitabley named polly) said that if she had her way every parrot would be on harrisons pellets. so whilst waiting for the results i went straight home and ordered some harrisons. the results came back last week with nothing showing but so she could rule everything out and say for sure it was the diet she wanted to do blood test. so monday tigerlily was put under for the first time to have blood taken, although i wasn't allowed in whilst they were taking the blood i was allowed to sit with her whilst she came round which was nice. i have just got off the phone to my vet and results came back saying that urik acid was slightly low and calcuim is low. she said that low urik acid was a sign of kidney problems but as other signs of kidney problems were normal she thinks it is just the fact that i've let her diet slip. so is just going to leave it to me to improve her diet and see her in a months time. i do feel quite guilty that i've been the cause of this but hope its not caused her any long term problems. the reason i've struggled keeping her on a good diet is because i live alone and i have eating issues myself. so now her daily diet includes runner beans, green beans, chillies, potato, cucumber, asparagus, melon, a few nuts and seeds, and harrisons crushed up in ready break (which doesn't actually taste that bad i know its still not great but its a step in the right direction.

well i've decided to get tigerliliy checked out by the vet and see what she says. i'll let you guys know what she says

yeah it looks exactly the same danmcq. so the general opinion is its not really anything to worry about?

Do i need to worry about the white spots/marks that are comming up on Tigerlilies longer feathers?

its me again. just wanted to show tigerliles party trick and i know some of you have allready seen these pictures but its the first slideshow ive managed to do and quite proud of it

thanks all the curtain in the doorway is so tigerlily cant fly into the kitchen whilst i'm cooking. she'll walk under it but at least it takes longer and i can see her comming. brought it very quickly after she flew on to the cooker, luckily i had only JUST turned it on so no damage done but a good lesson