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judygram wrote: i dont let her, but she trys...sometimes she just licks my nail, shes so weird haha

judygram wrote: haha lol...everytime i put her down she craps! its so gross, i try to carry paper around in case about the nail polish, i paint them dark colors, so she tries to eat them at pick at them

danmcq wrote: no, she is actually in the kitchen, the center of the house, and she talks 24/7... her play pen is in my bedroom.. and i move her toys around once a month, and last week i took most of them down or put them in the middle of her cage so she cant bang them around for attention, or i put a towel over the cage and my parents wont help me out because theyre busy too & i'm 17 so she is my responsibility...and i'm not going away for college which is good for her, because if i did she would get no interaction whatsoever. i've really tried most of the biting techniques...some work for a while, but then she gets all bi-polar on me and snaps at my fingers... btw, it took her weeks to get used to my nail polish on me =p thats how afraid she is of new things

Do you know her favorite foods? Let her come out on her own, encourage her while you do homework to come out, give her treats. What do your parents think of her? My parents were not bird people and that just made everything so hard. Kiwi ended up stuck in my room because my parents didn't want bird poop everywhere. Now I live with my open-minded husband, and I can choose to have playstands in different rooms and have my baby out wherever I am. This is very convienient because then instead of sacrificing the things I like, like eating at the dining room table with my husband or watching T.V., Yoshi (my grey) can join in with all these things. her favorite foods are pasta, blueberries, and she loves grapes (but they make her barf them up) i also have been trying to let her eat with me, since shes terrified of food i'm trying to show her that its edible and not to scream at it lol. I'm vegan so she can basically eat all the raw foods i can...i always give her pasta which she devours & i've been giving her oatmeal, but by the end of the meal its so hard to clean up, she throws stuff everywhere. i also have a play stand in my room (which was the top of her cage, but i took it) my grey is a handful!

jessdecutie18 wrote: i want to let her explore the house, but i have so many pets (cats and dogs walking aroun) and i'm afraid she will bite them. And when i let her walk around my bedroom, she poops literally every 10 steps she takes, i guess to mark her territory? lol i don't have the time, really only after 5 pm, but i'm really going to try....my mom wants to take her to work (we have an extra cage) but no one can touch her besides me.

i feel the same way as you jess....i asked for her 2 years ago, and i visited her every single day at the shop until i could take her home...i even took her home earlier than i was allowed to and i fed her the formula...idk what happened.. i am in high school, but i also do track everyday and karate and guitar twice a week! i can't imagine getting a job now, i'm so busy and i guess its my fault shes home alone all day.... from now on i'm going to take her out everyday when i get home and let her chill in my room when i do homework, then eventually i will try to handle her and pet her...maybe this year she will get better. I really hope so, because i'm going to have her like my whole life

judygram wrote: ok, i wont try that.. but there arnt a lot of people here, we have 4 ppl in the house, but we are a loud family. and i also have lots of pets in the house too, idk if that has anything to do with it though

bites is called the sucker punch and usually you can tell that by the direction of the eyes, if they are looking up then a bite is more likely coming. yup, i try to put my hand in a fist but she still seems to find a way to catch the skin, i also need to learn how to trim her beak because i constantly have to take her...even with her beak shaved, it still hurts, shes super strong. she is so un-behaved ...i've tried everyway to train her...i dont want to give her up, being that she wouldnt get a home anyway...because i begged my parents for her, and i loved her when she was a few months old, but now its getting out of control.. can living in a loud house stress her out? my house is so loud and she is starting to pick up curse words!

Joolesgreyuk wrote: no, i did the towel thing once, whenever i wrap her up for a few mins it chills her out...and she doesnt bite when she wants to go in her cage, she starts biting when i take her out, and shes violent for attention, she throws stuff and bangs her toys on the cage really loud, but i cant take her out if she keeps biting...i might have to take away her toys if she keeps having these tantrums

Joolesgreyuk wrote:

is it impossible now, she's already 2! and shes been attacking me since i bought her as a baby. i'm so fed up with my grey, sometimes i wish i just bought an older macaw. i tried to be lovable with her and pet her, she puts on an act and puts her head down for a scratch, and then she took a HUGE bite at me and didnt let go, she took a big chunk of skin out of the web of my finger and its been hurting me all day =( i try to not yell at her, i just say "no" or "no bite" in a normal tone, but she still attacks me....the only time i can touch her is when shes done getting her nails clipped because shes practically in shock then from being held down in a towel. i know that greys pick one person, and she lets only me hold her, but whenever someone walk near her or talks to her a foot away, she will take it out on me and bite the crap outta me since she cant reach that person she doesnt like... how did she get like this? i see on here all you ppl with great birds, but mine is just a nut case that tries to kill me!

yea, i guess it will only be a dream to get a hyacinth =p when im a little bit older and have my own home i would like one, i would much rather adopt an older one like in it's 40's than get a new born, but they are super hard to find! what do you think about getting a ruby/scarlet macaw? or would that kinda be the same as getting a hyacinth.... i've only seen a hyacinth and scarlet once at a pet shop, but the guy would'nt let me near them =(

that sounds like a great garden! i only have tomatoes, squash, and eggplant. I planted watermelons, but too late into the summer so they probably won't grow fast enough here in jersey. And i get almond butter & most of my food from whole foods.

yea, sorry...thats what i was talking about, the fruit spread...i use it with almond butter (dont eat peanut butter anymore) and i also heard that the parrot bird food you buy from the regular supermarket is bad for them.(ive been feeding her that for a year)....i didnt know that, so thats why i am trying to give her a wider range of a diet by eating my foods with me

ok so she can have tomato sauce, what if its the natural jelly? i know it has sugar, but doesnt all fruit have tons of sugar?

when you give your grey pasta, can i leave my tomato sauce on..its just easier so i dont have to make a seperate bowl and i can feed her from my bowl

i have an african grey, if i got another parrot (ruby macaw or hyacimth) would they get along (of course not in the same cage) but on their playpen ive always wanted a huge parrot thats "dog like" i actually wanted a hyacinth before my grey but they didnt have any at the pet shop and i fell in love with my grey is it too much time and work for two? i also have tons of other pets...i just dont want to get myself into something because ill have these 2 birds for the rest of my life, okus a few dogs( i always have to have dogs lol)

i know no soda, avacado, sugar, salt etc... but im vegan, can i basically let her eat everything with me? i know she can have all raw veggies and fruits, plain pasta...but can she have cooked meals? or processed? like when i eat peanutbutter and jelly, and meals... i gave her oatmeal this morning, i have oatmeal with rice milk, can she? i give it to her with water for now also, how come she is so afraid of things, like if i give her food that isnt bite size, she will freak out and scream and jump off the table... like shes afraid of large objects

wait, but i always cook with teflon pans for my pancakes, when i got my grey the lady at the store said as long as its not burnt its fine...ive used teflon tons of times and havnt noticed anything in my grey:dry:

Tycos_mom wrote: i just took her out, shes sitting on her little perch next to me in my room and shes dancing to music, although i cant touch her because shes going after my hands like usual =/ at least shes out and socializing

Tycos_mom wrote: when i do that with my fist, she still finds a way around to bite me hard somewhere...and when you say to let her out of her cage, do you mean off it? like even the top play area? shes actually always trying to get my attention, she throws toys at my head! and she screams my name when i leave the room, i never knew she was this smart..i noticed tht she likes to hangout on the sink while im in the shower, is it okay for her to be in there when its humid? one more thing, how come she is so afraid of objects? if im holding a box or anything bigger than her she will scream and try to fly away. its so strange, if im holding a container or something and walk past her cage she will get puffy and scream and growl.and when i give her unfamiliar food she does the same thing... i feed her regular bird food from the supermarket and occasionally give her blue berries, cheerios or pasta

tell me about is:woohoo: my little bella looks cute, but shes a devil! lol she will bend her head for a head scratch and say in a cute voice :give me a scratch" but then when i reach over she tricks me and goes to bite my hand off!:ohmy:

well since she bites and all, i let her stay up top on her cage all day and leave her door open, and hen shes ready to eat she will go in on her own, as long as the cats dont go near her its all good

Tycos_mom wrote: she is almost 2 years old. ive had her since she was born really, i visited her everyday until she was allowed to leave the store i put her away when she bites and say "bad girl" but she just repeats what i say or bites because she likes the sound of me screaming "ow!" she actually hasnt gotten much out of the cage time except for when im cooking i let her on top of her cage for about an hour...but if i have her out too long she gets too comfortable and goes to bite me -i took the play thing from the top of her cage off because it was loaded with feathers and she throws food and toys in the kitchen, but i still let her on top of it, there is just no perch man, this parrot is a handful, i just want her to be affectionate since im going to have her until i die!

luvparrots wrote: her name is bella, i havnt clipped her in awhile but she doesnt know how to fly. i've never taken her to a vet, i got her right from the bird store when she was 6 months old, but i visited her almost everyday as she grew up and i was allowed to take her home. she is about 1 or 1 1/2 years old.....and she talks a lot for a bird her age, she actually never stops talking lol:P