JillyBeanz

Hi Donna - I've just read the write up from Amazon and you sound a very interesting lady. I would love to have a read of your book - but unfortunately Amazon seems to be keeping it for the Americans (I'm in the UK). Do you have a contact in the UK yet?

I think you are all making up these stories about seeing these babies. Every time I go to take a peek Camilla's in the way or Gonzo's got his bum firmly wedged in the camera lens! Shame about egg four Dave - fingers crossed it's just enjoying the inside of its egg a little too much!

ProStock wrote: He would! I buy a kilo at a time and they last forever!!! Glad your birds are enjoying palm nuts - wait until they actual manage to crack the nut too!! They love that more than the flesh!!

Very interesting read - I've been trying the stay command for months - Harvey just chooses to ignore it! Thanks for this

I've been to Brazil and would have loved to visit the aviary - they don't advertise that though - only the waterfalls (and I don't get excited by them). Had I see the aviary advertised I would have loved to have gone.

Yes Bernie - you are one of those clever people - you have a moving thingymewotsit.

The middle weave looks like corn on the cob! :laugh:

Janet - I used to think I was Elaine Paige when I was younger - thought I could hit all those notes!!! I can't sing for toffee!! :laugh:

Jerry received a parrot for his birthday. The parrot was fully-grown with a bad attitude and worse vocabulary. Every other word was an expletive. Those that weren't expletives were, to say the least very rude. Jerry tried hard to change the bird's attitude and was constantly saying polite words, playing soft music, anything he could think of to try and set a good example. Nothing worked. He yelled at the bird and the bird yelled back. He shook the bird and the bird just got angrier and became even more rude. Finally in a moment of desperation. Jerry put the parrot in the FREEZER. For a few moments he heard the bird squawk and kick and scream. Then suddenly, there was a quiet----- -Not a sound for half a minute. Jerry was frightened that he might have hurt the bird and quickly opened the freezer door. The Parrot calmly stepped out onto Jerry's extended arm and said: "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I will endeavor at once to correct my behavior. I really am truly sorry and beg your forgiveness." Jerry was astonished at the bird's change in attitude and was about to ask what had made the difference and caused such a dramatic change when the parrot continued: "May I ask what the chicken did???"

pearllyn wrote: For completeness - I would like to point out that Lyn is Scottish. She is not drinking her own urine - she is merely having a small drink!! I'm about to iron! Why oh why aren't the kids small and their clothes no bigger than 12 inches!

Oh no - don't dye it - it'll get picked on by the local alley cats - a perm could be good though :laugh:

What absolute idiots - from the point of view of wasting emergency services time. I HATE people who do that. I say hang the father!

Cheeky wippersnapper!!!

{Feel-good-0002006E} All throughout the joke I had the picture of one of our programmers from work in my mind!!!!

As he flew towards me (obviously where he was aiming for - I was only about five metres away) the wind blew harder than it had been (he has been enjoying a breeze through his feathers) and caught him (to his surprise too) and he had no control over where he was going to land. He just scrambled, frantically, to the nearest point (which just happened to be the hardest place to retrieve him from as he wouldn't fly back to me!!). He did have the look of sheer terror in his eyes (and I think I mirrored these too!!). It wasn't the fact that the wind had knocked him slightly - it was the panic that ensued scrambling for a landing plot. I'm just worried that this experience will render him terrified of the Aviator - I don't want to go back to all that training again!!!

Or do they develop habits? I bite my nails (I know, it's awful) - they say this is a sign of anxiety - I'm the least anxious, least stressed person about! I've always done it and can't stop. I don't know, I'm just thinking, but perhaps as he's always done it he just doesn't know how to stop? He's had a pretty crap upbringing before being lucky enough to find you - perhaps this is how he made his days go quicker. I know that you'll be stressing over this Robin, I would be too - but you are doing everything for GBG - as I keep saying - he's so lucky to have you xx

I've just learned the hard way. Harvey and I were in the garden hanging washing out (well, I was doing the hanging, Harvey chewing the pegs) when he decided he was bored sitting where he was and decided to fly to me. A gust of wind caught him, panicked him and culminated in him landing on my conservatory roof (I have an extension to the Aviator lead). I have never seen him panic quite so much in his attempt to find a suitable landing spot. It isn't even too windy either - just shows the slightest gust and they could be away - clipped, or unclipped - he just held out his wings and glided to the top of the conservatory. I shan't be doing that again in a hurry

Before I had Harvey I would have said a bite is anything that involved a beak and any part of my body - not any more! I quickly learned that his beak is his "third hand" and that he needs it to steady himself etc. I've only had one bite (so far) and it was my own fault - I tried to put on his aviator, in training, without his consent! He cried, I cried (not with pain, just because I knew I'd driven him to it) but all ends in a happy story!! So, as of today, 16 October 2009 (two days before Harvey's 10 month birthday) - I can't join either! Fingers crossed I never need to join!!! :ohmy:

I am so pleased it's Friday and that soon I can have a drink! So far today I have been to a funeral and cleaned my oven and hung some washing out to dry (oh yes, October in the UK and it's on the line)!!! So, I think I deserve a drink!!! :laugh:

judygram wrote: She really does! They are lovely lyrics Lyn - I can see why you like them so much.

OMG! OMG! OMG! I want one, I want one - oh, I've got one but he is mute!! Only joking ~ he's only a baby, can't expect him to crawl before he can walk!! As ever Emma's videos are wonderful - she is so gorgeous and I love the counting - it's great - I love the way she says "six". Keep em coming - I love them!!

This has just been on the UK news - I think it's tinged with a touch of sadness too - at least he wasn't in that balloon.

Ah Robin, he's looking happier day by day. It is so clear to see how he's improving under your absolutely excellent care. I love that shot of Tequila and GBG - it is just sooooo sweet. Have you tried taking the Harrison's out of the packet - he might find it much easier to consume ha ha ha! :laugh:

Hi otstudent2007 and welcome to the forum. You will find all the information you need in this site to help you in your quest to learn all you need to know about greys and help you bring up a baby to your best ability. There will be so many things you didn't realise - I learn something new every day from this forum alone. I can't help with the breeder though (live in the UK) but others may live in your area. I look forward to hearing more about you and the decisions you make <br><br>Post edited by: JillyBeanz, at: 2009/10/16 07:41

dhorje wrote: I'm the same - Harvey's probably sick of my voice and will never speak!! He's only 10 months though - and mumbles hello when he can be bothered and thinks nobody is listening! Sounds like Caesar is coming on leaps and bounds - great to hear. Keep up the good work!