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So has anyone tried this yet to see if it works?

yeah, thats what I was thinking. Squawkers seems to have a leg up on a normal puppet in that respect. I also found a video of a grey interacting with Squawkers McCaw in a way that at least suggested the parrot was interested.

So did anyone have any luck using a puppet as a rival? How did you produce the voice of the model? I'm planning to make a similar attempt with Squawkers McCaw, which is basically a programmable toy parrot. (hear is a video demo of it: )

One clarification. I've already fallen in love with Earl, and if biting is going to happen I will do my best to adjust. Anyway I was just re-reading this and JillyBeanz post actually gave me some hope, as I expect that Harvey could potentially do a heck of lot more than leave "impressions". particularly to a finger. Is it fair to say that when they bite they typically aren't doing so to there full potential?

Hi all! I'm a new grey owner, in fact I haven't even brought Earl home yet, as he is still being weaned, but have been spending 1-3 hours with him every day for the past 6 weeks. Obviously he's too young for biting to be an issue at the moment, but some comments I've read on this site have caused me some worry. Is it really true that every Grey bites, as indicated by Dan? I understand that this is a totally different kind of parrot, but having cared for an eclectus for 9 years without ever being bitten, this news is something of a shock to me.