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I mean no offense, but how could the breeder not know how old it was if it was under 21 days? That would take some serious memory problems

Thanks Jayd, I have been following those threads closely. Lots of great info in there Also been following that....laker.... thread, very scary. I really hope its just a hoax =/ We just got done with the afternoon feeding a bit ago and the baby is on my chest playing the "talking game" with me. The baby makes one or two "coo"s and I respond by imitating. If I get distracted and fail to respond I get growled/squawked at! So cute!

Just wanted to update everyone. The baby is doing greyt! I cant believe how fast it is growing. When we got the baby a week ago it could barely get its beak over the top of the plastic bin we are using for a nursery. Now not only can the baby get its whole neck over the side, but it has discovered how to climb out! Baby wanted to be on my lap, and sure engouh threw one foot up to grab the top edge and pulled itself up. I was there to help the baby balance I had a feeling it would happen sooner or later. So when we arent watching the baby that plastic bin sits inside of a much larger box with a blanket on the bottom that we use for a short term playpen(trying to keep it poo free....yea right). The babies new cage arrives tomorrow, though I dont think it'll be quite old enough for that for another week or so. will be 6 weeks old on sunday

We actually stumbled on some good bird toys mixed in with the doggie toys in a huge bin at a Big Lots the other day. Something like $2 each so we grabbed a few in different colors Whats funny is this was after visiting all the local pet stores and buying at least a toy at each for up to 5 times as much

omg! Its cute..but that would drive me nuts! I wonder if the parrot could be taught to translate babytalk to adult for us ?

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Thank you for the welcome Judy. Yah, I noticed the immense size as soon as I posted eeeep! I've resized it on photbucket The breeder I purchased the baby from was very keen on quizing my knowledge on handfeeding. He has also been in contact with me since I brought the baby home to make sure everything is ok and to see if I need any advice or assistance

Hi, my name is Kevin and we just adopted a baby Congo. I am ecstatic because I have wanted a grey since I was a kid. Of course my parents could never afford to give me one so I was left just reading books on them and dreaming. Once I became an adult starting a family consumed all of my time. My wife of 12 years knows I've always wanted a grey and the subject was resurrected recently when an acquaintance of hers asked if we would be interested in adopting his 14 year old moluccan. We considered it but it came up that if we took in this cockatoo it would mean I'd probably never have a grey due to the time and space the cockatoo would take in our lives. Her response was "Well then lets look for your Grey!". And so the search began. We brought our baby home last wednesday. The baby was hatched on April 11th and turned 5 weeks yesterday. I know that some here frown on adopting unweened babies and I respect that. I do however have experience handfeeding with cockatiels as well as many mammals(Dogs, cats, bunnies, mice ect.). So we feel up to the task and understand the risks and dangers which we will endevour to avoid. I know many believe it makes no difference to the bird being adopted after weening, but it definetly makes a difference on the human side. My wife was always of the opinion that Greys were "Scary looking" compared to other parrots but after holding ours and listening to it "coo" is absolutely in love. We do not know the sex yet but intend to take the baby to the vet in the next few weeks for a checkup and DNA test. So for now we are pondering Unisex names while getting to know our baby. Actually earlier today I had "Jack" stick in my head from the namesake Jack Sparrow. I suspect our baby will soon enough be living up to such a mischevious namesake. And it can always be changed to Jackie should we discover its a girl Here is a picture from when we got the baby home on Wednesday. Its already grown a good bit! I'll get more recent picutes up soon.

Thank you for this thread. I am hand feeding a 5 week old Baby grey. We were making a mess with the syringe, I had to make 45cc of food to get 25cc in the baby lol. I modified a spoon and the baby took to it perfectly. Now we only get a little dribble here and there