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Well I have to thank you for all of you for your help. You are right my gut is telling me to go get them right now and bring them home. I have been spendinging a little time with them and they do need some work but they are good birds. They are very hard to get out of the cage but once out the male is good and female is very nippy.... Its trust and once that is is there we will be good. I am also looking around for a larger cage right now. Does anyone have any sugestions as to where to get a nice large cage that wont break us...I am going to take a few more visits with them and then make my mind up. I will let you know what we are up to here.

Well, i guess that is good news and bad. Good news is that there is a slim chance for them to mate and bad because they may not get along. Maybe i wiil see if I can bring them over and introduce them to my little guy... Just see what happens. One more question will my TAG not talk because of them and become less of a talker. He is just starting to make all the really cool sounds and we can hear him trying to mimic our words. They are such nice birds i would hate to see them get placed in a bad home. Thanks for your help

OK so this is a two part question here. First let me tell you we have a friend that has a friend that is going through some hard times right now... A divorce... They have 2 CAG's and now want to give them a home where someone can spend more time with them. There is a male and female and both of them are around 10. First question... Will they get along with my TAG. He/she is only 18 weeks old and has a great temperament. Last thing we want is for him to become jealous and nasty… Second question is this... Will they breed? We have several other birds and do not want to have babies. If we took them in, we would not want to break them up being they have been together for so long. There owner said that they have never mated and does not think they ever will. Guess the key word there is "THINK". We both know the birds would love it here but the last thing we would want to do is mess with our little guy right now and then end up with more little guys.... Thanks !!

Yes we do have some photos that i need to put on the computer still... As soon as I get them uploaded I will post them. Thanks Again

Yes we do have some photos that i need to put on the computer still... As soon as I get them uploaded I will post them. Thanks Again

Hello everyone. Well cloudy turned 11 weeks old on Saturday and on Monday we went to two feedings a day. We increased the amount of food by 10cc and he seems to be adjusting great. He is also eating A LOT BETTER. Now he is acting like he wants to eat. We also noticed that if we allow him out for about an hour in the morning before we feed him he eats better too... We found that out last week... Just wanted to let everyone know how the little guy is doing

Hello everyone, I am Gerald and we just got a Timnah. He is 10 weeks old and is adjusting well. His/her name is cloudy, it is almost like watching your childeren at this stage. Watching him learn to climb and taking a flight brings back memories of my kids taking there first steps and telling them NO all the time. You know finding trouble... But anyway just wanted to introduce myself and say hello.

Thank you for the info. Yes he also has pellets in his cage and we have noticed him eating them. Not a lot but he does eat them. It seems like he eats better out of the cage with us when he does eat vegies/fruits or pellets. Guess my question would be now is if we do try to feed him twice a day can we hurt him? Or do you feel it is better to wait another week and try it... He will be 11 weeks old on this coming Saturday. I am going to try the most pellets this afternoon and will let you know how that works. Thanks Again!! Gerald

Hello. We have a 10 week old TAG that we are hand feeding and we wondering how we know when to cut back the feeding. He has been home with us for 2 weeks now and is doing great, as far as wanting to be out with us and adjusting. Well we think he is adjusting just fine. My question is this, how do we know when to cut back the feedings?  As of now he is on 3 times a day and there are days he eats like a little pig and then there are days he might eat 20cc each feeding.  When he eats 20cc he acts like he wants more, but most of what we give him is spit back out. This might happen to all three feedings. Very seldom do we get the full 40cc in at every feeding.  We questioned the pet store in which we bought him from and there answer is he will tell us and they felt he was too young to cut back the feedings.  We weigh him before and after each feeding and his weight ranges from 240g (this is his lowest weight since we have had him home) before feeding and about 290g after. This is after eating the full 40cc  His weight when he just takes the 20cc or so is about 240g before and will go up to 275g after he eats.  He always has pellets, fruit and veggies in his cage, and he does pick at them during the day and night. So is it time to cut back to 2 times a day or should we keep going with the 3 times? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Gerald