Journeyman

Thanks MazyAK. Cosmo needs to learn his landings as well. He seems to like the picture window's ledge. :ohmy:

Yes, I do

That's good. I guess every grey has their own way of telling us that they love us Just quietly walking away is the best way to show our friends that a behavior is not what we're looking for.

Lisa, Very helpful and informative, Thank you.

The reason I was intent on the extruded food that is designed for greys is that cags need some extra nutrients above other parrots. Calcium is one, because they seem to have a genetic deficiency with the mineral.

Ah yes, I see. I guess it depends on what her cag eats, like Cosmo, he/she may be picky. A mixture of oat groats, pumpkin seed, watermelon seed, cooked popcorn, pistachio and almonds are a good mix. I know Cosmo eats these. I would suggest that you'd put a good vitamin/mineral mix in the food and/or water because unlike the store mixes that have nutrients added to their mix, buying this stuff separately of course wouldn't have this added. I use Quikon vitamin supplement powder. The powder vitamins are better, because they retain their potency a lot longer.

Maviarab, Oh yes, I agree. I feed Cosmo fresh broccoli and carrots, fruits... His favorite treat is "fruit to nuts", which has a little of everything. We eat together on occation, pasta with broccoli/marinara, cooked spicy beans and such. I just figured that since Cosmo is kind of picky, I only see him eat the nuts and sunflower seeds out of the seed mixes. Actually, Harrison's pellet food is ranked the best. Most of the cag... (short for Congo African Grey )... parents on this forum feed thier grey this as a main diet. Cosmo hates this stuff, so I'm hoping I can wean him onto the pellet food I mentioned before. Not only because it's good for him, but my yellow sided Conure eats it, and it'll save me having to buy two kinds of main food.

Cosmo eats a seed/nut dried fruit mix called "Jungle Munchies" by pretty bird. I brought him home from the breeder about 1 1/2 years ago eating "Zupreem", he somehow lost his taste for this, and after much deliberation, I found the food mix above. I realized that with these seed mixes, Cosmo only eats what he likes out of them. This probably lends itself for an unbalanced diet. That's why I introduce the vitamin suppliment in his water. Since I brought Astro home, my newest member of my family who eats pellet food, another pretty bird product called "Daily Select" for medium parrots, I'm using this opertunity to wean Cosmo onto this stuff. Pellet food is the best diet because the right kind will give your parrot all the nutrients he needs. No matter which pellet they eat, each pellet has the same amount of the good stuff.

Welcome, I have a grey and also a yellow sided conure named Astro. This is a great place to blog and learn about all our parrot friends.

My grey gently grabs my finger and shakes his head quickly, I think it was judygram that said he's probably reminiscing the eyedropper feeding when he was a chick. He displays the regurgitation head-bob to me as well, which is another sign af affection (I know this now thanks to dammcq). Just curious, what does Jeepers droppings look like?<br><br>Post edited by: Journeyman, at: 2009/01/01 22:19

I think a cag makes a great first gift.

Happy bird day!

Yes, Harrison's is the best. Cosmo ate it for a while. He really likes this Pretty Bird Conure/African mix. it seems to have all good stuff. I don't know what happened, he just started rejecting the pellet type food all of a sudden.<br><br>Post edited by: Journeyman, at: 2009/01/01 22:00

Hi Jules, Welcome, this forum is a great place for information, and a nice place to relax with a cup of tea, and enjoy good company and chat about our greys. I have only one myself, a cag named Cosmo. Just wait until your greys talk and imitate everything in your home. They are quite the amazing bird! It like having a 3 year old child, I think they're smarter.

Then I caught Cosmo, peeking out of the roof of his cage cover, jealous!... But I still love him. I had to go out and get him a new toy.

Funny you asked, I caught Astro playing with his busy bee...

Meet my and Cosmo's new friend, Astro. He's a yellow sided Conure. I bought him today from a pet shop we have in Shrewsbury NJ, "Bird Jungle." All the birds are born and raised right there at the shop, and all are hand trained. None of the birds are in cages. It's a pretty wild place. <br><br>Post edited by: Journeyman, at: 2008/12/30 01:13

This is good stuff. I wondered why Cosmo would bob his head when I'd get close to him. What does it mean when they gently grab your finger in their beak and shake their head quickly?

This one is a picture of my Sun Conure, Astro. I had to give him up to a friend because when I moved into this apartment, the neighbor above me complained about the noise. The poor thing...He, like Cosmo was very quiet at night when it counts. I'm not sure what the problem was. Well, here he is~~

Thank you. I'm kinda new to posting on forums.

Here's a few more pictures...

I hope I'm not intruding on some kind of limit..One more. Cosmo's house.

Here's another... <br><br>Post edited by: Journeyman, at: 2008/12/29 00:16

Thanks. Here's another one. I've have to figure how to post more than one at a time.

Here we go...