caseyandmikey

First of all I just wanted to thank everyone for having a board like this and for providing such helpful information. I have a baby CAG coming home in January and as the time is getting closer I am getting more nervous. I have researched for over 2 years but still feel I might do something wrong. Mikey will be welcomed into a crazy household of 2 dogs and 4 cats. I like to think of it as organized chaos. I know the rules of birds with other pets and will never leave them unsupervised. My dogs are very loving and enjoy caring for small animals.Since the cats are smaller than the dogs they are above them. Now with a bird he will be above the cats. This way has worked for 2 years to keep peace in the home so hopefully it will work with Mikey too. Mikey will be a very active bird with his harness and enjoy outings every day. Any information you can all give me for last minute preperation would be appreciated. He will be about 4 months when he comes home. I know the perches should be kept low and the grate should be replaced with towels. At what age can the perches be at a normal height and the towels can be removed? I have 5 pictures of him so far. The first 2 are from about a month ago and the last 3 are the most recent. I am just wondering if the food on him is just from him being a messy baby or something I should worry about. He will be weaned onto Kaytee plus fruits and veggies. But I see Harrisons and Zupreem are the most common for Greys. Any recomendations on that? Thank you everyone for your time and I look foward to getting to know everyone a little better. Happy Holidays:) Casey http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz231/nsscjl/babymikey1.jpg http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz231/nsscjl/babymikey2.jpg http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz231/nsscjl/babymikey3.jpg http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz231/nsscjl/babymikey4.jpg http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz231/nsscjl/babymikey5.jpg<br><br>Post edited by: caseyandmikey, at: 2009/11/28 16:55

Thank you everyone for your responses. It is nice to hear from experienced owners. I think the owners know what's best for their birds so thank you for your input. The dometops are very pretty cages and very big. It seems that having a playtop is a big thing but since my bird will be out with me all the time and have a playstand I think the bigger the cage the better. That being said do you think this is a good cage? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260431898304&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_1885wt_722 thank you all again

My bird will be coming home when he is fully weaned in January. As of now I have a used corner cage that I got for very little money. I am looking to get a bigger cage for my bird before he comes home because I know they don't like change. I have done 2 years worth of research and just keep getting differing opinions on everything. I was looking at cages on ebay because they are nice and for good prices. It was then brought to my attention that I shouldn't buy from ebay because the cage may be made by a bad manufacturer which can get the bird sick if made with lead paint or zinc. After that I got worried to get anything for the bird off of ebay so I started to check for cages by manufacturers like Avian Adventures and A&E etc. After checking around on this forum I see that a few people have bought cages off of ebay and are pleased with them. If you don't mind please give me some opinions on these cages. Which do you think will suit him best and be the best for his health? I have just become very confused and worried that I am going to do something wrong before I even get him. Any help is appreciated thank you. http://www.petsolutions.com/default.aspx?ItemId=45180320&EID=NX45180320&SID=NXTG I called the makers of this one and they said they don't even use paint so that is good plus it has a cool play top. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12396850#rr http://cgi.ebay.com/LARGE-PLAY-TOP-IRON-BIRD-PARROT-FINCH-CAGE-MACAW_W0QQitemZ170402204415QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item27acc34aff#ht_4189wt_792 Some people told me this one wouldn't be good because birds like to get as high as they can and won't make use of the lower half. I see a few people here have this cage. How does it work for you? http://cgi.ebay.com/LARGE-OPEN-PLAY-TOP-IRON-BIRD-PARROT-FINCH-CAGE-MACAW_W0QQitemZ390114144115QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad49d6f73#ht_4105wt_792