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I think she likes her beak rubbed but now she won't let me rub her neck anymore. Do you think it is becuase i am rubbing her beak or because she is stressed with all the moving?

is it ok to touch my birds beak? if i start doing that will she stopp asking for affection by me stroking the back of her neck? she seems to like when I touch her beak. Does any one have any suggestions?

I feel frustrated and wonder if anyone has any suggestions. I am a nurse and work all sorts of weird shifts. for example tommorrow I work 3pm to 3am. sometimes I am required to work graveyard shifts. So I have to sleep in later than the bird. My apartment is small and Abby is very vocal. In the mornings if I leave the sheet over her cage she is quiet, but I feel guilty leaving it there unitl I get up. My apartment is really small and I can not sleep if she is talking a lot. I want this to work but i'm feeling really stressed about meeting her needs. I'm not sure if I'm giving her enough attention and wonder if there will ever be quiet time with her. Today I started packing to move into a larger apartment and she talked all day with out a break. Is that normal? Is it becuase I need to get her new toys? She is still biting me pretty hard but is getting better but she has also become less affectionate. I am hoping the new larger apartment will be better for everyone. I do not want to see if the owner will take her back becuase this is her third home in 3 years and she really is a good bird and she has been threw enough... Does anyone have any suggestions? How can I meet her needs and my needs?

I have been looking at the playstands and would like to make one for my new grey. Are there things I should be careful of or not use? Any types of wood I should not use? Or any other tips would be great. I have found some designs I like. Also you can use pvc pipe right? Do you use the pvc glue to glue it together?

Thank you for every ones help. Her name is Abby but I want to change it if I'm going to have her the rest of my life I just don't know if that is a good idea. How do you know if you bird has a real biting problem aside from the normal? She has started talking to me a little today but still shakes like a leaf when I hold her (which started after bird lady traumatized her) but is biting me less today. Could she be sneezing because of molting and needs a shower?

Also I think she is molting. She is scratching a lot and losing a lot of the soft gray feathers under her large ones... I don't know if that has anything to do with her sneezing....

Hello I am new to greys. I bought a 3 yr old yesterday from a nice family. She belonged to a pet shop owner for a year and this family for 2 years. When I went to meet her she let me pick her up and pet her but I noticed she did have some biting behaviors and didn't have to much training in that area. My concern is that she plays games and doesn't always step up when i go to pick her up. some times she will bite me lightly and sometimes a little harder but I ignore it and have here step up. And she will not go to many other people. Is that normal? Can I train her not to bite and go to other people? Also Today I took her to a parrot shop not just a pet shop and the lady trimmed her nails, wings and groomed her beak a little. The lady was very rough with her. After she let my bird up from grooming she had her perched on her hand. kept making her switch hands rapidly. I don't think my bird likes being held on the right hand. My bird started biting at her and the lady held her feet and shook her up and down to make her try and fly every time she did it. My bird only tried to bite harder. Now she is biting me really hard too. The lady got her so worked up that she looked like she was panting. Since this afternoon her feet have been really warm, she has been sneezing and shaking, I can't tell if it's from fear or maybe a fever? I do not like that lady there must be a better way to train birds.<br><br>Post edited by: judygram, at: 2009/08/07 14:27