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AMONGST OTHERS I HAVE TWO AFRICAN GREYS, KEPT IN AN OUTSIDE 8X6X4 AVIARY, I GOT THEM FOR A SILLY SILLY PRICE, THEY ARE NOT FAR SHORT OF BEING WILD, MY IDEA IS TO GET THEM SEXED ETC AND TRY TO BREED, THEY ARE VERY SHY AND DIVE FOR THE BOX SHOULD ANYONE APPEAR, YESTURDAY I DECIDED TO CLEAN THE BOX, THIS ENTAILS DRIVING THEM OUT OF THE BOX, I HAVE DONE THIS ONCE BEFORE, ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE, PARROTS EVERYWHERE, ARMS ON HEAD, CRASH BANG, THE ALARM CALLS OF TWO GREYS IS IMPRESSIVE, THEY ARE BOTH GREAT FLYERS, BUT HERES THE THING , ONE HAS ONLY ONE LEG, THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD IT AMPUTATED AFTER A RAT ATTACK, IT COST HIM AN ARM AND A LEG , “SORRY” DESPITE THIS SHE IS A WELL ADJUSTED PARROT, GETS AROUND WITH BEAK AND FOOT, A FLYING FIGURE OF EIGHT , NO PROBLEM, BOX CLEANED, JOB DONE. NOW HERES THE CRUX OF THE STORY, WHILST DISCUSSING WITH MY WIFE HOW THEY WERE GETTING TAMER, I NOTICED THAT PEG WAS BLEEDING FROM THE MOUTH, IN THE MAYHEM SHE HAD DAMAGED HER BEAK OR TONGUE, I THINK SHE HAS BITTEN HER TONGUE, ALTHOUGH IT HAD BLED HEAVILY AFTER A WHILE IT STOPPED, WE HAD TO GO OUT FOR THREE HOURS ,ON OUR RETURN DISASTER, BLOOD EVERY WHERE, THE FOOD BOWL, THE WATER BOWL, THE PERCH, ON THE FLOOR OVER 50 BLOOD SPATS MOSTLY AT LEAST 13 MM ACROSS, THIS WAS ALARMING TO SAY THE LEAST, I HAVE NEVER LOST THAT MUCH BLOOD !! WHEN I GOT OVER MY EMMOTIONS, I SET TO,THE INTERNET IS A GREAT RESOURCE INCLUDING THIS SITE, I LIVE IN THE UK AND ONE OF THE BEST AVIAN VETS IS LOCAL, STEPS SO FAR GET THE FOOD OUT,THESE BIRDS HAVE GREAT COGNITION BUT ARE NO GOOD AT DOCTORING THEMSELVES, HENCE THE BLOOD IN THE FOOD BOWL, I DID NOT AT THE FIRST , BIG MISTAKE, WATER FOR SURE, IN MY OPINION SHE COULD BE DEHYDRATING ONE TEASPOON OF SUGAR TO THE PINT SHE HAS DRANK TODAY 18 HOURS LATER I HAVE FED A FRUIT AND VEG AND PELLET MASH NOT TOO EARLY I HOPE SHE IS UP AND ABOUT ,LOOKS OK TIME WILL TELL SOME MAY THINK IT WAS A VET JOB IMMEADIATLY, I FELT THE TRAUMA INVOLVED IN CAPTURING HER, COULD HAVE BEEN A STEP TOO FAR FOR HER AND MAYBE FOR ME AS WELL WILL LET YOU KNOW PROGRESS IN DUE COURSE MAY BE OF INTEREST FOR SOME AND TELL HOW I CAME BY THIS STRANGE PAIR, VIA THE PURCHASE OF A GREY WHO HAD LIVED WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY, TRAUMA INDEED FOR JACK THE GREY PARROT