christina13

Great story, made me laugh Dan!

Hehe, your Darius must think the bathroom is a nesting place!

Thanks again. I just spent extra time with her so I would be able to look at her as she being a female. Here's what I've name her rain dance. <br><br>Post edited by: christina13, at: 2010/01/18 06:46

My mom's grey does this ALL the time. Looks like she's digging right? I think it's some weird antic they have. highly doubt it's anything to be concerned about.<br><br>Post edited by: christina13, at: 2010/01/18 06:22

Thanks everyone. Today we just found out Merlin is actually a Merlynn. Haha:laugh:<br><br>Post edited by: christina13, at: 2010/01/18 00:39

Yeah she's normal, thanks

I seen this thread awhile ago, and today my Too got carsick too! She just started puking things up on the way back. It's nothing to be worried about right? That's what I'm getting out of it.

Well we're taking him for a regular check up since we got him 6 mo ago and he hasn't gone yet. Also going to see if theres anything wrong with him because he is real clumsy going around his cage. Maybe a beak trim and nails. I mean, he lets me pet him when he's on his cage but offering my hand to step up he usually tries to bite. I've tried the coaxing with treats. He Will step off if he gets off his cage.<br><br>Post edited by: christina13, at: 2010/01/17 03:55

Thanks Dave, but there is still a problem with getting him out of the cage because he won't step up and the only way he gets on the floor is if he freaks whilst on his cage and flies into something and drops to the floor.. How do I go about doing this? At least I shouldn't have to worry about a heart attack . Looking forward to 'saving' him too lol.

Thanks

Ok I'm taking Marvin to the vet in a couple weeks, but there's a slight problem: he's terrified of the carrying cage and towels (towels because he won't step up?). I don't want him to lose all this trust in me or have a heart attack or anything like that, so how should I get him used to those? We've had the 2 carrying cages next to his house where he can see them but not very well, and it doesn't seem like he's gotten used to the sight because I had to get one out yesterday and he freaked. I've seen stuff on putting toys near their house to get them used to it, should I put a towel near it and maybe move the carrying cage too would work? Any advice would help, he's coming out more now but anywhere off his cage he's horrified

First, the other grey. Her name is Bailey and she's around 12 I think. She's my mom's and this bird hates me. My quaker tiki, I think she is around 15. I should add this might be the only pic I get of her, she doesn't hold still lol. And Merlin, (might be a girl?:ohmy:) is the most gorgeous lil birdy ever imo:). He's 12ish. <br><br>Post edited by: christina13, at: 2010/01/14 06:05

Haha that's what mine does. Thanks since it also makes me feel better she's just not weird. I think over time they'll get better. Mine bonded very closely with a conure which are the same size.

Here's the other. This was the other day.

Today in the hour and 15 min that I've been awake, Marvin has come out on his door 4 times! I'm so happy and he's blabbering away in there now. Seems like more progress today than the entire time we've had him. The first 2 times he's come out while I was in his room, and even let me come near him, he was trying to feed me. I've told him before if he come out I'd let him throw up on me so i did:unsure:. The other times I just looked in the room and he was hanging on his door, last time really far out too. Yay:lol:. I hope this is the right spot. I will keep posting updates. We should be going to the vet sometime before Feb. And he and Merlin are getting some toys tomorrow. Maybe he won't attack them this time.. Here are some pics. The first is his weird habit. Post edited by: christina13, at: 2010/01/09 18:09<br><br>Post edited by: christina13, at: 2010/01/09 18:19

Ok MUCH thanks to everyone .

I would like to as I've been thinking about it anyways. I just have to convince my mom (and get him out of the cage somehow). Maybe once she reads this she'll consider it. Should we get his beak trimmed?<br><br>Post edited by: christina13, at: 2010/01/03 22:46

Thanks everybody for the advice. I was talking with my mom and she thinks we should just keep him since he does seem to like me compared how he is around the rest of our family. One thing I forgot to mention was that he seems to be a bit clumsy when it comes to climbing around his cage. I intend to buy him a ladder and another perch maybe that will help? I feel that this clumsiness might be a reason why he won't come out often like how the cage door moves. My picture is this little birdy .

This is gonna be long..sorry.... Ok, so we adopted a CAG about July 2009 from a coworker. He came with his hatch papers. I don't know alot about his past, I think my mom is trying to find out I'll post if we do, but I do know we are the 5th owners, and that he is about 5 yrs old now. His original name was Archie. His cage came with him. From the way he acts, I've decided that he wasn't treated right, whether he was physically or near physically abused, or just ignored. When we first got him we were told he knows some 'colorful' words, not all bad but also inappropriate. I have yet to hear them, but recently I may have heard two different ones. He says his brother's name 'Merrrlin and Merrr', and 'hello' like a little girl. He Loves cell phone sounds, I think I have even got him to beep and whistle when I say 'be a cellphone'. He also makes the sound of running water and what I call a spaceship. He'll even whistle while I'm in the same room looking at him. He does say 'No' and makes a nasty click sound before he bites or if he doesn't like something. The people we got him from, their daughter would carry him around like a baby, everywhere. When we showed up she had him outside, fully flighted and everything, but he looked terrified. She apparently can get him out of the cage but I don't know about that... Anyways, it's been 6 months and he's barely shown any progress of coming outside his house. I have looked in the bird room and seen him sticking his head out of the door and once or twice even hanging on the side of the door. Only once seen him on top the door, and never on the play gym on top the cage (except the 2 times I've put him there). There's been a few times where he got frightened and flew or fell out of his house. When he is out, he is horrified. All feathers glued to his body, long neck, wide eyes; he tries to fly off my hand and usually hits the walls/other objects. I've put him on the bed next to me and he runs to me and leans on me so hard. But if I try to pet him like if I go for his back, he cowers in fear it seems and makes a 'dinosaur' sound or clicks. He also makes a sound after awhile like that and I start to pet him, it sounds like growls but seems to be like a content sound. At nights (odd enough), I can pet him through the cage bars and even pet him with my whole hand through the door and he'll make a sound like 'awwh' or 'wooh' and gets puffy and seems to enjoy it most the time. Not only at night, he will give me beaky kisses sometimes when I ask or he'll just stick his beak through the bars, he also tries to feed me (wtf?). However, like if during the day when I'm talking or petting the other birds (especially his brother), every feather on his body will stand on end and he'll bend around and make this ungodly click sound, almost if he is jealous. Sometimes just out of the blue or if I stop talking to him he'll also do it. Sometimes if I stop talking to him he seems to get bothered, annoyed, jealous, whatever, and he well rip, not pluck, his feathers. Always little pieces of feathers too. He seems to not straight up pluck, or at least alot, and I've seen that he has bald spots under both wings and it looks like under the top feathers that he has no down ones on his stomach/neck area. And he has pulled/plucked nearly all the feathers on his leg recently. I don't know if the other spots were there before we got him. Random: He doesn't seem to like the other birds but will interact vocally with the other grey. I've tried to give him more toys, a shredded shirt to snuggle up to, a branch but he says 'No' and clicks and attacks or runs away. He seems to approve of the flavored cuttle bone I put in there. I can't get him to adjust to pellets, he likes his seed, but he loves fruit and veggies. And the worst: sometimes he won't warn me and will bite. And he has drawn a lot of blood. And his beak needs cut Bad, and I don't know if it would be a good thing to cut his wings, I probably will though. He has had a few broken blood feathers after flying into things (he sucks at flying anyway). I wouldn't have a problem doing so, but he freaks out at the sight of a towel. One last weird habit he has is that he will go into a corner where the bars are vertical and the sides are on his front and left (exactly those corners) and will push himself up against the bars so his stomach sticks out, and rests his head kind of sticking out tilted to the left in the horizontal bars. He seems to do it alot with the towel in sight. I really need a picture. Umm so I really hope for advice please please? I'm so lost, and we were talking about giving him to someone who would have much more time for him but will try a little longer. I'll post pictures of this pathetic little thing sometime soon... and sorry it was so long. Post edited by: christina13, at: 2010/01/03 08:57<br><br>Post edited by: christina13, at: 2010/01/03 21:13

Hi, I'm new to these forums, not to birds though. My mom and I have two greys w/red, a sulfur crested cockatoo and a quaker. Used to have a sun conure. I joined pretty much because I'm worried about our new grey I'll post on another thread.