Greywings

Yay!! Sucess-stick with it you are expanding her palate successfully. Try the Golden beets shredded they are more viewer friendly.

Onion only a tiny bit once in a while as it can affect the balance of red and white blood cells. Grapes are like candy for us high sugar contenet so as a treat or an sporadic dietary addition. You can feed some Walnuts, almonds, Pine nuts some fresh coconut they all have safe and healthy fatty acids, don't over do these nuts we want to avoid fatty liver issues. The dark colored veggies and fruits are the most nutritious and adding sprouted grains and legumes can be very healthy too.

I agree with Ray in allowing the bird to choose, it makes for a happy start to your relationship. Each bird no matter the species or subspecies has it's own ideas, it's own personality and is not governed by weather it is a Timneh, a Congo, a Ghana or a Cameroon. Like us each Grey is a unique individual, at our house the Congo is the most vocal and is an independent girl at 22 years old, the Camaroon is sweet affectionate and does great Sparrow and Cardinal sounds, the Timneh is the most shy and came to as a naked plucker after some emotional upset in his history. He is beginning to reach out in friendship and his body language is more comfortable after many months with us. What ever you decide or the Grey decides we look forward to hearing how it all goes. All our birds have come to us from previous homes and we do not have much background or history on most of them, we love them all and each has made it's own place in our flock and in our hearts.

Welcome and the best advice is go slowly with your interactions and practice patience, enjoy that Grey.

Not just a Tornado though the time frame to get you and your flock to safety is very limited in such a storm. There are also floods, fire, Earthquakes and Hurricanes to prepare for. It would be simple to keep a pillowcase or carrier handy near your cages enabling you to grab, place the bird in the pillow case or carrier and run to safety. For other types of emergency preparations you would need to consider, water, food, first aid kit and housing. In case of fire-fresh air is imperative.

You can mix some flour with water apply and allow to dry, make a thin mixture.

Munch if you are a Trekkie you would also enjoy Firefly. Hang in there you can help her eat healthy.

So nice that you are earning and working towards obtaining your Grey, so many people become Grey owners with out the knowledge needed to give them the best life understaning their food requirements and behaviors to expect. Pat on the back to both of you for taking the time and effort to learn first!

Ok lets put those veggies in a blender and add a spoonful to her omlette, you can try mixing into a bit of nut butter and spread onto some whole grain bread with a few shreds of cheese on top. Most birds enjoy a warm mash so try cooking a little multigrain cereal and add a touch of ginger, red pepper and some blended fruit & veggies to that. Hard to avoid a blended item introduced into foods she likes. Start with a small amount and increase slowly-feed off a spoon if needed either first thing in the morning when she is hungry or a night just before bed.

More information would help us to help you, a partial picture may not result in the best answer. Dave has givien you great advice, there is also a Tiel specific site that may be another resource for you Tieltalk.com http://www.birdsnways2.com/chats/ncs/ncschat.cgi

Good work on the research and good for you sharing your findings.

So you live in the land of Greys, how wonderful you can share information about the lands they come from. Welcome Kimberly Jane.

It is being touted as safe but I for one would not use it, better safe than sorry, just call me a wimp.

So very true I have found this to apply to cats & dogs as well.

It sounds like he just startled, poor baby. Looks like you did well with the exam and follow up, just watch the area for any redness, odor or swelling and report to your Veterinarian if you see any of these signs. Keep him a bit quiet today and continue to observe making certain he is eating, drinking and his balance is unaffected. Good work >:>

Ray has given you some good basic advice to follow. these quirky birds can change allegiance at the drop of a hat as well, they may love you today and some one else next month. Nice photos & Love the name too.

I believe that on occasion an escaped bird may be captured in one location and then escape the captors at a different location which can add distance and confusion to recovery.

18 May 2011 Last updated at 10:53 Parrots choose to work together By Victoria Gill Science and nature reporter, BBC News The first parrot waits for the second before attempting the task Continue reading the main story Related Stories African grey parrots let their personalities shine through when it comes to problem-solving, a study has found. Scientists developed a series of tasks for the birds, which revealed that they understood how to co-operate. A team studying the birds at a research centre in Paris found that some birds preferred to work alone, while others liked to work together. The findings are published in the journal Animal Cognition. The problem-solving test the researchers designed was a miniaturised version of one that was originally developed to test chimpanzees' ability to work in teams. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote They have different personalities and they display flexible strategies” Dalila Bovet Behavioural scientist It was recently scaled up to test co-operation in elephants. The apparatus required two parrots to pull on a string at the same time in order to pull a tray towards them and obtain a food reward. "The birds were able to coordinate," explained Dr Dalila Bovet from Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, who led the study. "They understood that they needed a partner to solve the task, and they waited for him." Grasping this concept of need for teamwork elevates African greys to a "cognitive elite" that includes chimpanzees, elephants and the birds' impressively clever cousins, the corvids - a group that includes crows and magpies. Parrots know how to co-operate But these birds had an even more impressive ability; they were able to collaborate, with each bird contributing to the task in a different way. "We used another task in which one individual had to climb on a perch in order to release the tray that was pulled by the second bird," said Dr Bovet. The parrots were able to carry out these different but complementary actions, although they did have trouble exchanging roles. Solo or duo? Leo and Zoe were reared together The three birds involved in this study also adjusted their strategies according to their personalities and their relationships with each other. "We carried out one test where we gave them the choice between two apparatus - one that yielded a reward when handled alone and another baited with twice as much food per bird but which required co-operation to obtain it," explained Dr Bovet. In this choice test, each of the birds behaved differently. "One of them, Shango, behaved in a rather individualistic way, always choosing the 'solo' apparatus," Dr Bovet recalled. The female, Zoe, only chose the 'duo' task if a male parrot called Leo was present. "They were reared together and liked each other," said Dr Bovet. But Zoe refused to work with Shango. "She seemed to prefer not to cooperate with him, even if it meant less food, whereas Leo always preferred to work with a partner," said the researcher. "This shows that these parrots are not just conditioned to do something to obtain food. "They have different personalities and they display flexible strategies."

Lovely little tyke.

Sounds very workable they should be fine. We keep birds outside 24 x 7 here in the Gulf Coast. Winter can get chilly some days are below freezing for a few hours, occasionally for a day or two. Our Summers hot and humid, but the birds do just great as long as they have clean water, good food and some shelter from direct Sun and precipitation so they can be in or out of the rain. I volunteer at the local Sanctuary where we keep everything from large Macaws to tiny Parrotlettes outside.

There are some negative effects to an all pellet diet as well, now we are seeing cases of early kidney & liver disease as well as some neurologic issues such as toe tapping and weak perch grip showing up in birds who have been on a pellet only diet. Hopefully they manufacturers have changed these products enough to make them safer now but I feed home made food, organic when possible, fresh as much as possible and supplement with both some seed mix and some pelleted foods offered. Just in case of any unforeseen issues-(flood, storm, earthquakes, manufacturer going out of business ect.)these birds will have a wide range of foods they can accept rather than being limited to one thing and failure to be able to get it resulting in a hungry bird.

Nice to hear that all is well.

You can keep most birds safely as long as they have sh ade to retreat into and for those extra hot days you could add a mister spray head on a timer. Works great and they are quite reasonable you can get one of those misting nozzles at most hardware or gardening stores. Do make certain security from rodents and snakes is one of your priorities.

Thank you all for the kinder board this year and for you time, efforts and talents that have made it this way.

Welcome among us, glad you are here and we look forward to those baby grey tales.