pixie

danmcq wrote: My girl's first comment to this was ... " you definitely need a haircut but i don't think it's different than yesterday " :woohoo: Thanks I'll try to find what that could be, but I'm sure that nothing changed since yday. I'll keep you posted. And if anyone has anything to add please do !

I touched him so many times and from the first time he gave me permission to touch him he never showed reactions he is showing now. I am worried because he won't take food from my hand and he doesn't seem to want to go inside cage to eat or drink, he just sits on top of his cage, grooms and sleeps occasionally. I see that sometimes his belly feathers tremble, i hope he is fine and that the only cause is that today is his "don't bother me" day.

Hi It's us again :-) . Here's another update and one very important question. These days Fiti is more and more comfortable with us and he lets me coddle him. I started letting him out, and yesterday he stepped on my arm and soon he was on my shoulder! I was so happy! Later he even stepped from my hand to my girlfriend's arm and went on her shoulder too. BUT, this morning when I woke up i went to the cage and opened the door , he came to me, I coddled him and then he suddenly moved away. From that moment every time i try to come near him with my finger or palm he creaks and he never did that, and i never heard that kind of creak. Like he is scared, but i don't know why, i didn't make any noise or anything to upset him and he spent the night quietly. After an hour or so i let him out and after some time he came to my bed and he walked around me. But every time i try to touch him he growls or creaks, and listen to this - right now while I type this message he is ON MY SHOULDER. I can touch him with my head but he growls quietly. He won't take food from my hand either. What can be the cause for this kind of behavior? What should i do? THANK YOU ALL !<br><br>Post edited by: pixie, at: 2009/11/08 17:45

katana600 wrote: and karma to you

examining my camera

swinger

Here's a little update. Fiti is doing fine. He is less scared of things but still growls if you approach him suddenly (but comes anyway) . He eats like crazy! If i give him something a hundred times, he'll take it a hundred times and after that he'll go and eat from the bowl. I've read that i should let him eat all he wants while he's young - is it true? He enjoys parsley, all sorts of seeds except for pumpkin seeds, carrot (but it looks to me that he only plays with it and never eats a bit), banana (i gave him just a little) and especially PEANUTS ! Swinger is his new favorite spot in the cage. He had a lot of fun chewing willow branches I gave him yesterday. You can see that i took a chisel and made some improvements to the original perch and then wrapped it with a bandage (is that fine?). Here's some pics and some question, again :-) ! I tried to lure him to my palm with some sunflower seeds and he was like : "I'm not interested at all ... but those seeds look delicious , and I haven't eat for seconds...no no no no... but maybe " :laugh: While he was thinking what to do I moved my fingers closer and for a few seconds he was standing on my palm , when he realized what was happening he scared, jumped away and started growling - but not loudly. He was funny ! The Q is , should I initiate contact or should i wait for him to touch me? And the second one - when do i let him out of the cage ? When he's fully adapted and comfortable with me or earlier ?

judygram wrote: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: those are my girlfriend's hands ... i took the picture while she was feeding him Thank you all again !

Bar spacing is 2cm , so less then 1 inch.

MY GREY IS HERE ! I got him last night. He is between 4 and 5 months old and boy(so I'm told). His name is Fiti ! He eats a lot and drinks water normally. He accepts food from my hand but he is extremely cautious , when someone enters the room he backs away but soon he comes to the front. He reacts to every higher sound (doors , door-bell etc.)so i try to keep things as quiet as i can. I'm not allowed to "enter" the cage as he gets all angry , but he eats from my palm as long as i slide it through bars. We haven't heard a sound last night and we sleep in the same room. Today he fell a sleep two times for short period of time. I presume all this is normal (please tell me if not), and i have few questions. I'm scared if of everything now , i want to know if he is healthy so i look at his droppings - but i don't know how they should look. :blush: So far droppings were green-white and moisture but were relatively firm. One time i saw he pooped something jelly-like and colorless(what's with that)? What else should i pay attention to? Can people that cough , or have a cold or similar be health threat to greys ? Last thing - the guy that sold me the bird is a breeder and has a lot of birds. He hand-feeds them but later - when chicks start to take food by themselves he spends less time with them - the point is that I've seen tamer young birds then my Fiti and i hope with all my heart that with time he will become tame and relaxed. Actually the last thing are those : please comment THANKS !<br><br>Post edited by: pixie, at: 2009/10/25 14:45

Can uvb bulbs made for reptiles be used for birds ?

LOL! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I was being sarcastic ... i just want normal cage that (if possible) is not poisonous :lol: Thanks , if i find something else I'll post it and ask for your opinion ...

Please help! Is there any way i could buy cage that is cheaper than 2000 dollars and be sure my bird is safe. I've read some texts about what material is suitable for cage. It only made me more undecidable. It turns out that everything is poisonous :side: . One article says brass is completely safe , other says that brass is alloy of zinc and copper and not good for cage. Then i see some cage that costs 300 euros and that's brass coated. Paint contains led and zinc , so painted steel is no good. Zinc coated cage could be poisonous ... WHAT DO I DO !??! They say that if level of zinc is below 270ppm zinc it's fine . Is that true ? I can't believe that large manufacturer like FOP (or any other that specializes in bird cages) makes potentially dangerous products. and try this link :blush: hope it's not broken like others http://www.fop.it/images/assembly/50100030.pdf'>http://www.fop.it/images/assembly/50100030.pdf or http://www.fop.it/images/assembly/50100030.pdf

I don't know Italian either and can't believe how cra**y is that site ... if i find it somewhere else I'll post it.