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My CAG is now 10 weeks old. He still hasn't started eating on his own. I leave some seed diet thing that they sell at pet shops for african greys in a petri dish along with some water in another dish. I couldn't get any pellets in any pet shop in Maldives. Any suggestions? Also, he is now almost fully feathered and I put him in a cage. There are gratings at the bottom of the cage. When I put him there, his feet slips out and into the dish below. The spacing between the gratings are 1/2 an inch. Should I put a cardboard at the bottom or something? Some advice would be highly appreciated.

thanks for your help.. he seems fine now. it didnt happen today. i think he was overheated or something. I'l try to find a vet again. the thing is, Maldives has a lot of luxurious exclusive resorts. they wouldn't let me go there. it costs like $4000 a nite or sumthing! i cant afford it at all! and the resorts are islands which are quite far from Male' (the capital city of Maldives).

well.. the nearest vet is probably in india. I have to take a plane there. but as Maldives doesn't have a vet, the bird would have a health certificate. therefore, i cannot bring the bird into any country. the breeder doesn't even know about this as much as i do. i read two whole books on african grey care. i am trying to bring a vet here. but as this is a very small country, i doubt anybody would come.

hi there. i live in Maldives and there are NO vets here. Its a small country with only 300,000 population. Anyways, I know some of you would be thinking, why the hec would I buy a grey if there are no vets here and if you can't give it the proper care or medical attention. The answer is quite simple. Some people brought some African Grey eggs and hatched them and started breeding them. They don't really care about what would happen to the greys. I saw a very cute little grey and wanted it. Even if I didn't buy him, someone would, and he still wouldn't have veterinary care and who knows how someone would treat him. so i bought him and have been taking care of him for a month now. He is 8 weeks old (I'm assuming as the breeder didn't even know his age!). I put him in a now cage and made sure there isn't any drafts coming into it and made the cage warm and stuff. Today when I woke up, my grey keeps stretching his right leg and falling on his left. then he keeps fluttering and kicking trying to get up. and he breathes quite heavily afterwards. it happened a couple of times. i held him all through that and now he seems fine. Please help me! what the hec is going on with it? What should I do?

thanks everyone for your great comments and making me feel welcome. I gotta tell you.. this is the friendliest forum with the most helpful people. I got a question though. Well, I put beddings in the cage that I put the baby in you know, to keep it warm. Its like small pieces of wood shavings (the people at the petshop even had little baby birds in this kind of stuff). Now the baby doesn't open one eye and when it does open that eye, its watery. What should I do? Is this an infection or sumthing? I suspect the wood shavings. Its now like 4 nd a half weeks old and I was wondering whether I should keep it warm. Like out of a room where theres a fan or somthing. Thanks.

Thanks for your warm welcome. I have introduced myself in the Welcome Room and elaborated on my problems there. If you are interested, please take a look at the following link. http://www.greyforums.net/forums/welcome-&-introduction-room/151111-hi-everyone-from-maldives.html

Hello everyone. I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is ian. I live in Male', Maldives. For those of you who're wondering what the hell is this Maldives I'll clarify it for you. Maldives is a group of low-lying islands in the Indian Ocean. Anyhow, I just got a 4 week old baby african grey. I know what you're thinking. Why'd I get a baby bird at such a young age. Well, its mainly because there is no one else to take care of it. I haven't handfed another bird before except for a baby eclectus but that was only for a few days. But I have read a lot of material online and am reading this book called "The African Grey". I am using a syringe with a tube to feed my baby. I've been feeding it for 4 days now and I don't seem to have any problem. Although it sometimes makes this kind of "hiccup" sound for a bit and then starts calling out in his voice again. The breeder person taught me how to make its formula (ready made commercially available powder) and he also advised me on the times and which amount I need to feed it. But, after I feed it, it keeps on calling out for a long time. I feed it till its crop is full. Although, when I mix the food in the ratio that the breeder asked me to, the powder doesn't get fully dissolved in the water solution. It only gets partially dissolved and a good number of powder is left undissolved. Anyways we people at Maldives are very unfortunate because there are NO vets or avian vets in Maldives whatsoever. There's just NO ONE! So, if we encounter a problem I don't know what to do. There are a couple of bird lovers here in Maldives and I have seen people taking care of all kinds of birds from eclectuses to african greys to macaws to sun conures and pretty much every exotic bird species is found here. I haven't named the baby yet. Still looking for that perfect name. So any advice any of you lovely people can offer me would be highly appreciated.. Thanks and sorry my post is really long.. hehe..

My 4 week old african grey baby makes a kind of hiccup sound when I hand feed it. it just makes this noise sometimes but then starts calling out in its normal voice again. it also keeps on calling and calling even after I feed him. his crop is definitely full after everytime i feed him and i am feeding him the recommended amount by the breeder. and also do they need to be entertained at all at this age? I mean do I have to take him out of the cage or play with him or give him toys? because this is my first african grey and im not sure.