AbbysDaddy

And they will bring it back in a different form .... it didn't pass the first time because it was including too many trivial animals.

Wow sorry for all of the spelling errors and what not and just bad English on that last post. LOL oh well at least you guys and gals got what I meant. One question I do have and if I should go to another room let me know but I want to clip her wings eventually and rather sooner than later but am afraid that if I do it now she might not progress as well as if I let her have full flight (i.e. when she gets scared of something and wants to fly to her cage or if she is just excited and I cant hold on with out her twisting her feet*that has only happened twice*). Should I do it now while she is adjusting or later after she has? Can it be possible for her shell up for more if I wait too long to do it after she has adjusted cause she feels belittled? The vet says its a bonding experience cause I dont cut the wings they do and "I save her from the big mean people who cut her wings off" whats your opinions on this ... she has had full flight for quite a while I understand it a few years at least.

Talon wrote: I definitely was not going to be getting a second one any time soon lol .... would be a few yrs down the road ... Abby would definitely need time to adjust and feel she is in her own ... I will put some pics up of her and my wife here tonight ..... and also she has progressed with me very will ... I can pet her most of the time with out her growling at me like the coffee pot lol she is still cautious but she lets me pet her and now and rub her neck and also she is pacing he cage when I walk up to it with her wings spreed like she knows I'm going to get her out even though her cage is open and she could get out on her own lol ....

I live in MO and have heard about this bill ... it would be STUPID to pass it would put so many pet stores out of business and also include small furry animals like Hamsters and Gerbils it would even effect pet stores that do not sell exotic birds...... people really need to do their homwork and see just how many people this would effect and see how many stores this would put out of business.

I defiantly wanted a younger one but I felt so bad for Abby I did her her talk and Im not going to lie I do want a talkative bird and I have heard her talk so we will see how it goes ... she said hello for my wife while I was at work ... if any thing I will get another baby bird. How would the 2 CAGS do together? Obviously not in the same cage lol

Well I just got Abby an 8 yr old CAG and she is wonderful .... a little shy and miss handeled when she was younger but she is comming around to me very fast. Faster than i thought. Any ideas on how to make her more vocal or when she does get more vocal after she is adjusted how to postively reinforce it and let her know that talking is good and I want more of it ..... she does make a stupid "smoke detector chirp" thats her favorite noise .... she mostly makes noises when your not in the room or not paying attention to her but its never for very long ... she does talk but hasnt since I moved her in to my new house from her old owner ... any ideas? Thanks for your time and help

Well hello everyone just thought I would formally drop in and officially introduce my self I am JR and for xmas this year my wife got me a African Grey Conga 8yrs old named Abby. Poor Abby spent a few yrs of her life in a laundry room cause the first owners for some reason or not stuck her there and favored the birds they already owned. Then the lady that I bought her from fell ill and after taking several extended unplanned stays in the hospital Abby didn't like that too much and let her know it and well now she is with me! She has adapted to me very fast and I can do almost any thing with her already, but I am wanting her to be more vocal. She does talk and from all I can obtain about her from previous owners she says about ten words. My wife heard "hello" and then a hiss last night while I was at work and I heard "come on" the first time I saw her before I bought her and brought her home. So I know she talks ... any ideas about where to go on this board here and get some advice ... hope to talk to you all soon and I will have a pic up when I get it re-sized. PS I have had her in my house for 8 days now i think?<br><br>Post edited by: AbbysDaddy, at: 2009/12/24 17:51