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Haha that is very true. Granted I'm sure some plants could probably eat them. But its a good point. I don't need an expensive shredded up by my buddy lol

That definitely is the least of my worries when it comes to him being naughty. He definitely keeps me on my toes.

Thank you, I seem to have a liking for nature photography. I love taking animal pictures as well, but nature is more my likings. Nothing better than getting away from the world in the forest and being able to show those a bit of serenity from the hectic everyday life.

Partner never chews on the carpet... He just likes to walk with his beak in it. It's hard to explain. It looks like he is trying to dig but he never picks at it.

Though I know not to rely on truth from hearsay conversations, part of it is. I've physically seen the way she treats her birds, and how they interact with her. And I've heard her talking about struggling with being able to afford them. Like I said she will be having to make monthly payments on gizmo who is only being sold for $299.99.... I Just can't imagine what her house looks like. Not that many extremely large homes in this area. Which she would need for all those poor creatures.

Ugh, as much as I hate to say this... Gizmo will most likely not be coming home with me. I've thought long and hard on it. While I'd be able to give him a loving home where'd he'd have everything he ever needed, I can not financially make the leap to buy him. I hit a rough patch this past couple weeks where it drained me of pretty much all my money I had saved for gizmo. Car insurance, deductible for my car to get fixed because of that damn deer, mortgage, standard bills, and property taxes all hanged up on me these past 2 weeks. Its disappointing and I'm not to happy about it. This tops off the cake. There is a lady who is interested in him. But she can barely afford the 30+ plus birds she already owns. Yes that's right... 30+ birds. Mainly all parrots of the larger variety. She is still paying off the grey she bought over a year ago. She does not know what she is doing and has no knowledge about the birds she owns, nor does she treat them as "flock members" but with more of the alpha dog mentality that doesn't exist in the parrot world. All her birds despise her and bite her constantly. Her solution to this behavior... pushing them off her shoulder or flicking them in the beak. I truly want to strangle this woman. Okay I should probably stop ranting about her before I get too nasty. Though plus side, my TAG bit the hell outta her before I bought him.. and I laughed directly at her. Maybe I didn't go about That particular situation correctly. But I couldn't help myself because of the irony involved.

Nope my grey doesn't have a leg band so I am somewhat stuck as to finding out much more than what I know but I like what luvparrots said. May 5th was his new beginning.

I don't know much about my greys past. I just go by what I was told about him from the pet store. As far as I know he is right around 4 or 5 years old. So I just considered him a year older on the date of purchase. I bought him May 5th of 2009. So that's pretty much the date I use.

Wow I really hope he doesn't share in the same emotions I do. I would never wish what I deal with in my head on anyone, especially my baby boy. Though some people need the extra thought process lol

Dave - I meant if us as humans have mental disorders how the birds react lol it was kind of a confusing question with the way I worded it. Rrrma - my grey seems to quite easily pick up on the emotions I'm feeling but each time he reacts differently to them. One day he'll want to be close to me to make me feel better (I think lol) other days he wants nothing to do with me when I'm Moody. It is somewhat odd. I sit and observe as many birds as possible when I get the opportunity and it amazes me how differently each act in similar situations.

Now I know that animals, but especially birds can tap into our emotions. Which draws out this question. Those owners who suffer from mental disabilities that affect our emotions like depression, anxiety, bipolar, etc. How do our birds cope with are jumps in emotion? Do they realize that we have issues and that is just part of who we are as a flock members? Or do they get freaked out at our every change in emotion?

I went out and bought a fluorescent bar, 48", and bought 2 Reptiglo 2.0 full spectrum bulbs and hung it up above his cage so he can't reach it and it provides plenty of light for him.

Partner is the same way, He hates the flute and piccolo. Well pretty much anything shiny and relatively large in size. He will growl horribly and back away. He also hates the sound of both. I can understand that though because of the high frequencies. I agree with Dave, just place it around the room in different spots and eventually he will become accustomed to seeing it. Though he may never actually like the sound of it.

Okay well I'm on my way to go get some pictures of him, I forgot to mention that one of his back toe nails is deformed. Though it really doesn't seem to affect his ability to move about.

Awww thank you, I've never really looked at it that way honestly.

My passion is definitely animals. And I think I do the right thing most of the time. Though I'm no expert by any means nor do I claim to be, I just do what I think is right by my gut instinct lol

He definitely is my number one. And thank you for the response. I have always addressed him first and given him all the attention after I get home from work in the morning. So I guess I won't change the routine.

Okay, so I have recently come across a 23 year old Mealy Amazon. He is absolutely gorgeous. Though from what I've heard about his past he is going to need a loving home. From what I've heard he has been in a home with multiple birds, and never really got a chance to be out. The reason they got rid of it is because he does not liked to be touched. They have grandchildren and they are worried that at some point the kids are going to forget they can't touch him and they don't want them getting bit. I'm willing to give him a loving home and just looking for some thoughts and comments about what I would be taking on. Any info you could give to help me out would be most appreciated, and I've been reading up on them a bit. Though one major question I have, is I already have my TAG and am kind of worried how he would react to another bird in the house. None the less in the same room. Though my TAGs previous owners kept him in a cage with a Blue Fronted Amazon most of his life. So the question is, how would I introduce my TAG to the Mealy? How would I go about it so that he doesn't react negatively? (though I know how greys can be lol)

I must say, those whose greys even accept company in the house are extremely lucky lol. Partner tolerates people in the house, but once he knows there are people in the house that aren't normally there, he turns into mr talkative. Though with most guests I have to keep him caged because he is capable of flight, and loves to fly onto peoples shoulders and bite them in the ear... seems to be his way of saying yeah... um get outta here lol. Its a great rarity that he will bite me, so if I'm home alone I just leave the cage door open and allow him free roam to do as he chooses.

Okay, It has been awhile since I have been on this site but I think I'm going to be coming back quite a bit more now :-) But here are some pictures of 4 different flowers for your enjoyment.

I came across this ad on craigslist and I was hoping that someone may be near that area and able to help these people out. The ad is from a couple weeks ago, but maybe, just maybe someone has come across him. http://rockford.craigslist.org/pet/1851184519.html -Nick-

What is the scariest thing/ point in your life you have ever encountered?

It was my pleasure to leave the step by step. I figure it will lighten the cost of stuff on all you guys, and to show what a little time can do. I used a hot glue gun to glue it, but used it very sparingly to avoid any conflict with them ingesting it.<br><br>Post edited by: caitb2007, at: 2009/08/18 14:11

Yep, I bought mine from Farm and Fleet in the horse section, they have a whole bunch of different colors to chose from and I believe it was around $2.19 a roll