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Welcome into our GreyForum. Taking on a parrot is a longt term committment and you are right to think it over well before you committ. Good luck and feel free to ask whats on your mind

I am asthmatic and sleeping with a mask is difficult. Try some meditation, listen to some ocean waves CD, whale sounds or bird sounds, just try to drift away to nice places in your thoughts before you sleep. I hope this helps.

Lovely, such a cutie

Great news, hope they will be long (& not too pointy) in no time

Such a cutie pie, happy hatchday

Pookie enjoying his first trip out in nature. Yesterday was the first time I was able to put a harness on him, so we went out on our patio as a test. Today we went out on a walk to a nearby river and he enjoyed it a lot. Lots of kids were around us inquiring about him.

wow lovely, thanks for sharing

Our avian vet suggested not to exceed 1 egg weekly or every 10 days, as Pookie is young and he is not overweight. Vet suggested quarter to half an egg at a time.

Ow such a romantic story, can't wait to see how she would react to seeing you. Try to have someone capture it on video.

My head, preening my hair lol

Fahad, why dont you get a bird from a breeder in UK or France. Its not so difficult and you get all the papers and you insure a healthy bird

OMG, I have went through this twice in UAE. First time the baby lived with me for 3 months, then I lost her. The socond time I took the baby grey directly to the avian vet and in few days, PBFD was confirmed. Sadly if one of the birds was sick, all the rest transported with him will get the desease. Later a friend of mine who has a pet shop in Dubai, explained to me that he goes through huge measures to get healthy birds in a leagal way, which makes them way more expensive. He explained that to be sure you import healthy birds, they have to be tested at the breeder, quarantined for min 40 days, retested, then flown in individual cages. This of course is costly and people prefer to buy at the cheap pet shops at a much lower price. And due to this he gets rather older birds, more than 6 months old as they come from a breeder not caught wild.

Thank you for the link I will check it out

Thank you guys. Honestly I do not have the heart to pluck feathers myself. If someone has already done this, please share the experience.

So I've taken Pookie to an avian vet last week. Pookie has just turned 1 year old and I wanted to be sure he is doing fine. Apparently avian medicine around here (Nancy, France) is not so advanced. I have previously lived in Abu Dhabi and I used to consult a great vet over there (for my previous grey). We did routine checkups every 6 months with beak and nail trim, and blood work once a year to be sure all is fine. He used to prick Kookie in the skin area just above teh nail, obtain a drop of blood and use a sealant to prevent bleeding. All happens in few minutes and bird leaves happy and comfortable. Here in France, the vet said physical examination is enough. He wouldnt wanna take a blood sample unless its really necessary, and in order to do that he has to give some gaz to the bird to anesthetize him inorder to obtain a blood sample. I described to him how it used to happen with my other bird, but he says this technique is not used anymore!!! Well anyway, I was not convinced, he did a physical test and confirmed Pookie to be in good health. As for DNA test, he suggested that I better do that by plucking 2 or 3 feathers and sending them to the lab to sex them. I am not really sure how to do that, do you guys have any suggestions on which feathers and how? Is it traumatizing to the bird? Is it better that I do this myself or to have the vet do it? I am not sure it is necessary cos I love the baby anyway, but it would be nice to know the sex. Thank you all in advance for your advice.

Brought tears to my eyes...thanks for sharing

Such a great group indeed, I love this forum and feel in owe to each and every member and admin. Very sincerely...

I have just read this article. You might have seen this already, but it is very informative and I hope it helps us provide better food for our feathered companions http://www.parrothouse.com/pamelaclark/feeding.html

I saw this on a facebook group and thought of sharing it. http://www.azexoticbirdrescue.org/swelling-by-eyes.html

Best is to add the red palm oil after cooking the eggs. You dont wanna heat and hydrogenate this oil.

Hard boiled eggs are fine but rich in fat as well. I give Pookie a quarter of an egg with shell twice a week, he loves it

If you mean the location or place, it can be any where with least distraction, a place comfortable for both of you

Great pix but be careful with this plant. Ive read somewhere that the liquid that comes out of the leaves is poisonous for human babies (this plant actually drops some liquid from the tips of its leaves and this might be poisonous), so it might be dangerous for greys. Maybe some members know more, so I hope to hear from them

Welcome to our grey family. Would be great to see some photos of sonny

I do really love this forum...I always find an answer for any question regarding greys