doupanic

My wife and I are considering getting a CAG. It will be our first bird. Presently we have two Dobies, a cat, a rat and a tortoise. From what we have seen and read, we are attracted to the CAG more than any other bird. Something about they way they look. One shop owner is steering us to Amazons. He claims that they handle more wild households better. Every trait that he sites as negative about a CAG we feel suites our personality better. We are very laid back and probably considered boring people. Typical Friday night has the dogs sleeping on the floor. While we sit on the couch with the cat, the Tort and rat within site as we watch Animal Planet. We are looking at a nearly weaned bird, two feedings a day. Our concerns are we are that we are up at 4:00 A.M., out of the house at 5:30 A.M., and back at 5:00 P.M. during the workweek. When we get home we are in bed by 9:00. This would mean a short morning feeding and maybe ½ -1 hour direct interaction in the evening. Would this be enough interaction? We usually get up the same time on weekends to feed the cat and let the dogs out, then back to bed for a few more hours. Are there any unforeseen problems with the rest of the animals? We are also concerned about the bird bonding with only one of us. O.K., I'm tossing the ball in and waiting to see what I get back.

Its not my bird but i am wondering how would you cure or possiblily treat a grey that is plucking itself? I was also wondering would it help if there was a jacket the bird can wear to pervent it to pluck its body.

I might be being a little cynical here but when they tell they dont rehome parrots except where the parrot has "Special needs", are they regionally saying witch it is a problem bird and they don`t want to spend time and money looking after it? For that matter are they also saying that having a problem bird may effect the turnstile? Are they also saying that, "If we re-conclusively homed all the birds, we wouldn`t have any for people to pay ?4.60 to come and see?

Tsk, tsk at all you amateurs, :-). You`ve scene & heard surprisingly nothing `till you frantically see our Geordie respectively danbcing & singin along to a tape of "The stripper". In the past here she`s, ..... http://members.ebay.co.uk/aboutme/geodriet_hep_arrot/