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Dan,i wouldnt worry to much about him starving,theres plenty for him to eat in the wild. Being wild caught instinct takes over and jake will know what to eat, My escaped Bongo has been living free in my yard for 3 yrs and has managed to escape all predators. He is now a wild grey but chooses to stay on my property. You must provide water outside for him,food is out there but water is harder to come by. Hopefully he will stay in the area near where he escaped from. Rarely do they travel far. Safety is where their accustom to being. Good Luck,hope you find him.

I live in georgia and only paid 7.95 for the gallon. I noticed they also sell berry flavored aloe juice. Dont want to be spraying that on your bird.

You all should be very concerned taking your birds outside Hawks are extremly fast and can snatch your bird before you can react. Coopers hawks are ambush hunters and sit in a tree and watch,when they see what they want there like lightning. I know because we have many hawks here and i watched them come out of nowhere and attack the doves in my yard. Bogart the cag in Florida was snatched off his t-stand by a young hawk and he was in a screened enclosure. The hawk got in by a baseball size hole. Bogart was dropped by hawk and owner took him to vet where he was treated for a broken neck and compresses vertabra. Thankfully hes now doing fine. BE CAREFUL'''

I am from Milledgeville,Georgia about 35 miles from Macon.

I owned a BG Macaw for a long time. He was a wonderful bird and the most gentle of all the parrots i had. He would go to anyone,was never aggressive and loved to socialize with the other fids. He was not loud or obnoxious like my moluccan and only voiced his opinions when one of the other birds invaded his space. He never bit anyone or hurt any of the other birds but i did supervise all my birds. I cant speak for others but mine was great. I raised him from a baby and he was by far my most behaved.:woohoo:

thank you christina.i stated my reasons for clipping my Zimba and felt mistyparrot was a attack on my personal choice. I also vacation at least 3x a yr. and my avian vet takes care of Zimba while i am gone and she likes him lighty clipped and does it for me, My dog would also seriously injure him. anyway were not all fortunate enough to have the facilaties that mistyparrot has.

Gary may need some mental stimulation. I dont see any toys in his cage. My grey makes plenty of noise when he plays with his toys. You might want to give him something to make him come alive . As the saying goes a happy grey is a busy one.

mistyparrot.your choice to keep your parrot flighted is your decision and keeping mine clipped is my decision,you have no right to tell someone with a clipped parrot to rethink owning one, My parrot will never be given up and he is well taken care of, He is quite well adjusted and safe. He is at no greater risk for injury then your bird. You state being able to fly is what being a bird is all about. If you sincerely believe that then you should not have it in a cage. Turn it loose to be a free bird. THATS MY OPINION:"

I keep my Zimba clipped for safety reasons. I live in a very small house and there just isnt enough room to have him flying around. Zimba seems to know he cant fly and does not crash to the floor. He is not lacking in confidence at all and appears quite happy and content to play on top of his cage. My dog thinks anything that moves is to eat so he would surely chase Zimba all over the house if he were able to fly. My dog thinks Zimba is just another funny looking dog so he dont bother with him. My choice for clipping remains the same.

Yes greys moult every year and Zico will grow new feathers.

My Zimba paces around his cage and says "its friggen boring in here. He adds friggen to everything. Hes friggen tired,friggin jerk and now calls himself a friggen spudball. All taught by hubby.

My bird Zimba is 2 yrs old and Bongo who lives in my yard is almost 8 yrs. old.

My bird Zimba is a 2 yr. old cag and Bongo who lives in my yard is a 7 yr. old cag.

I read on another site that a grey was found exactly where tui went missing and the man who found it sold it to another man. They think it was tui,unfortunatly it has not been traced on who bought it. I believe Andrew knows about this and is hoping whoever bought it will at least let him know how its doing.

Most lost greys are found near where there lost. Rarely do they go long distances. I dont know that they find there own way home, you must search for them. Not all birds want to be found,i lost mine almost 3 yrs, ago and it never left my property. It didnt want to be caught and still lives in my yard. I see it and hear it but have been unsuccessful at catching the lil bugger. Look for him at sunup and sundown,they are most active at night when there are no hawks.Good luck and dont give up.

darkness is the safest time for them. Instinct tells them the hawks are not flying overhead so i would not be surprised if shes hitting that feeder for food in the early a.m. I also believe she will stay in the same area she is already familier with. Its only a matter of time til you get her. If she is taking p-nuts from strangers that means she is not fearful yet and is approachable. I have played the jealousy card many times and i sense he listens but it doesnt draw him out, only closer. Bongo always was a fearful grey so i am not really surprised he doesnt come out and hides so well. Poor thing must be very lonly for his own kind. I believe i saw him flying with a flock of doves once or else i have a red tailed dove with i hardly doubt. Good luck and when you get a chance keep us updated.

Parrots are cavity dwellers and i have hundreds of cavities for him to live in. I did make him a nice shelter once and i ended up taking it down when a large rat snake decided it was a swell place for him to live. Their were a few times i thought i heard My bird underground. Not sure but i think he uses rabbit holes to hide. Hes very clever and listens to everything that goes on in my house,even knows when i step outside my door. I suspect he stays very close to the house. My friend brought over a pair of night vision binocs and we used them for over a week and spotted him numerous times in the pitch dark standing in the middle of the lawn and he would immediatly fly away.We finally realized he saw the red infra light and thought it was a predators eye looking at him and would vanish. When i realized it scared him we stopped using it It did make me realize he still spends most of his time on the ground and only flies when he has to. When looking for lost parrots there not always up in 100 ft. trees their just as often on the ground or low bushes. Any sightings of Roswell yet? I sure hope he is found. If after a few days he isnt found you must go look for him just when it starts to get dark. They learn to be quiet in the day to avoid predators and are most active after sundown. I hope i have been of some help to you or anyone else who loses a parrot. They never fly far from where their lost.

Be very careful about putting bells in those bottles. My grey Zimba eats the caps off eventually and he got a bell out and got the bell stuck on his lower beak and the vet had to surically remove it. That ten cent bell ended costing me 85 bucks to remove and hours of discomfort to my grey. NO BELLS::::

Its quite a long story but i will try to shorten it. When he first escaped his wings were clipped and a thunderstorm was rolling in so it was very windy, I believe when he got out he climbed to the top of his cage and a gust of wind blew him and he glided to the ground and ran into the wall of muskadine bushes where he hid. He chatted with me as i frantically tried to get to him. I could not get thru the wall of bushes and night had fallen so i had to wait until nest day because the lighting was so bad my husband made me get out of the thunderstorm. Next day i heard him in the same spot and proceded to cut into the bushes.Every bush i cut he moved to another area laughing and talking to me.Well i ended up clearing an acre of my property and still was not able to find him. I suspect i was very close at times and then he would be quiet so i coundnt zero in on his exact location. Weve been playing cat and mouse ever since. I have set up cameras with night vision and have seen him flying all over my yard so i know he sees very well in the dark now. I have accidently ran into him at least 10 times but hes too fast for me.I see him and in one sec he is gone.Its very difficut now because he only comes out at night and is now a feral bird who considers me a predator and runs or flies away from me. His cage has been and still is outside but he will not enter it, I believe my yard is his safety net where his food and water source comes from.I also purchased another grey to lure him with. He knows the new greys name cause i heard him calling him by name. I have never given up even tho i tried everything possible to catch him One day i will. Once parrots get loose their wild instinct kicks in and they rarly come to you on their own no matter how good to them you have been. You must be the one to outsmart them and i am sorry to say he is smarter then me so far.

I feel your pain. What a friggin idiot to not take precautions to secure the poor bird. They deserve to never get that cag back again,you should learn from your mistakes the first time around and they obviously did not. You should look within a mile of where they lost it. I know from experience because my husband forgot to lock one of the empty food dish holders and my 7 yr. old cag escaped thru it and i searched over a week and finally realized he was living in my yard. I never was able to catch him and its almost been 3 yrs. and he still lives in my yard, I own 3 acres and he knows the layout better then i do. I still leave food for him every night for the past couple of yrs. and know he is very much alive. He wakes me up at 3 am making alarm clock noises and calling himself. So dont give up hope and look for him close to where the morons lost him. I am so sorry for what your going thru because when i hear my bird outside when its 20 degrees i feel horrible that hes in that cold because of my husbands carelessness. Ive often got dressed at 2 or 3 am to look for him but he hides from me,so i certainly understand your anger.

I really feel for people who lost a parrot and thats why i always like to tell my story,to give out hope that your grey maybe alive. I lost Bongo Aug. of 2006 for over a week i chased after him and he always ran away from me. He spent most of his time on the ground i dont think he knew he could fly. I had walls of bushs and grapes and he would scurry under them and hide from me. I bought night vison binoculars and night monitors, i have cleared half of my woods.I see him and hear him but never been able to catch him. Hes smarter then i am. He only comes out at night now. He knows the hawks are flying all aroud all day thats why hes a night bird.He has survived 3 winters of frigid weather,needless to say he still lives in my yard. I suppose i never will catch him but i still protect and feed him. He was scared by two feral cats and woke me up at 5 am screaming under my bedroom window, i ran outside and both bird and cats ran and hid. It took me over a week to trap and relocate both cats.I do whatever it takes to ensure he survives.So if you lost your bird hewell be alive. Bongo proves it can be done.:ohmy: Aug will be 3 yrs he is gone.<br><br>Post edited by: nanmadpad, at: 2009/02/23 05:15

I really feel for people who lost a parrot and thats why i always like to tell my story,to give out hope that your grey maybe alive. I lost Bongo Aug. of 2006 for over a week i chased after him and he always ran away from me. He spent most of his time on the ground i dont think he knew he could fly. I had walls of bushs and grapes and he would scurry under them and hide from me. I bought night vison binoculars and night monitors, i have cleared half of my woods.I see him and hear him but never been able to catch him. Hes smarter then i am. He only comes out at night now. He knows the hawks are flying all aroud all day thats why hes a night bird.He has survived 3 winters of frigid weather,needless to say he still lives in my yard. I suppose i never will catch him but i still protect and feed him. He was scared by two feral cats and woke me up at 5 am screaming under my bedroom window, i ran outside and both bird and cats ran and hid. It took me over a week to trap and relocate both cats.I do whatever it takes to ensure he survives.So if you lost your bird he could very well be alive. Bongo proves it can be done.:ohmy:

Hi, my name is Nancy. I live in Georgia. The grey you are refering to is my bird. Bongo escaped close to 3 yrs. ago and yes he still is alive and still lives in my yard. He Has fun playing tricks on me.At least 3 times at 3 am i thought my alarm clock went off and went to shut it off and realized it was not even set. It was then i reaized it was coming from outside. It was Bongo sitting in the big oak tree outside my bedroom window. You wondered what he eats,well i hung cups onto 2 trees and fill them nightly for him. He only comes out at dark and he knows exactly where those cups are.Matter of fact he knows my yard better then i do. He was always afraid of hawks as one landed on his cage when i lived in florida an he screamed bloody murder. So i believe thats why he prefers night time. Hes much quieter now but still knows his name. When i put out his food i always call his name over and over again so he remembers who he is.If he were to not say his name i would never know if he is alive. As long as i hear him say his name then i know he survived another night. If you have any questions for me i usually read on this forum 4 days a week. I want everyone to have hope that there lost babys can survive outside.:laugh: