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Well said. My grey had stress bars on her tail too but when they molted out the new ones didn't have them. It did take a long time though.

Has she molted all those tail feathers out already?

Oh no problem, I should have explained myself better in my first post. I have noticed the last few days that when I come over to his cage he will rush over for a tickle but if I try to take him out he crawls up and hangs from the top of his cage. His cage is downstairs and I have playstands and baskets on our mainfloor for him to be out on during the day when I am home. I am going to bring his cage home from the lake and have him live upstairs in it for awhile. Hopefully that will help. At least then I won't have to run downstairs 50 times a day to interact with him

Sorry, this is not my first grey. I should have explained better. He steps up fine outside of his cage its just getting him to come out. I know not to chase him around but sometimes I have to because we bring all of our birds to our lake cabin. Just needed some other suggestion on getting him to want to ome out. Food does not work. I probably just need to give him some more time.

he will after I chase him around a bit which i don't want to do. He steps up outside of his cage no problem and will go to anyone.

Scout is only 10 months old. I have tried all the things that you have suggested and haven't had any luck yet. I know it hasn't been long at all and I just need to be patient. i don't want to force him to come out but there are times I have to as we have a lake house and the birds go with us on the weekends. He is very sweet when he is out and will let anyone hold him.

I've had Scout for just a little over two months and I know that's not a long time but I can't seem to get him to want to come out of his cage. He's a sweet bird and seems to like me on the rare occasion he does come out. I don't want to force him to come out but I don't want a cage bound bird either. What should I do? He's not food motivated so I'm sort of at a loss. How am I supposed to form a unhealthy bond with my parrot if he won't come out!?!

Do they live outside all the time? Is so they are lucky little guys

Just wanted to share a photo of Rocco

You're welcome. He does sometimes climb down and chew on the side so I stuck some of those willow ball lollipop sticks down there. I like the baskets because it's nice to just pick it up and move him to wherever I am in the house. So much easier than rolling his big playstand all over. I hope it works for you

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I finally figured out how to post pictures so here I am. Sorry it's so huge, I don't know how to make them smaller. Hope I don't scare anyone

There he is! Thanks!

Well that didn't work. Clearly I'm an idiot

Thanks! I will try it.

My new baby arrived two weeks ago much sooner than I had anticipated. He is starting to settle in and get used to this crazy family . Does anyone know how to post pictures off of an iPhone?

I guess I was one that came on here to talk about my dead bird. Was I a "lazy" owner? I certainly didn't think so. I read the stickys and did my research before I purchased my bird. I guess if you don't post a lot here you are not a serious owner and don't care about your bird. i did enjoy these forums however. Hopefully I can find another just as good.

I agree. We have a super sweet, very tiny budgie named Loverboy that was hand fed. I actually didn't even realize he could talk until just recently (terrible I know!) He says everything that my grey Willow used to say only in a tiny litle voice. I love him.

For sure!!

I'm dying!!! Love, love, love the first one. If baby kittens could talk I'm sure that is how they would sound.

Oh my goodness, I should have not watched those videos! Now I want one! So cute.

So i have decided to put a deposit down on a new baby. It seems really soon as Willow has only been gone a month but the new baby won't be ready for a few months and the house seems so empty without her. I can't believe how nervous I am!! Willow was such a good girl and I hope it was because I did some things right and not because I just got lucky. Anyway, I have been re-reading all of my Grey books and all of the stickys on the forum to make sure I'm ready when he gets here.

Cute!! Makes me want to get another baby. Congrats!

Thanks everyone. It is nice to have a place to come where people understand. Most people think it's silly as it was "just a bird". We are devastated! It is hard not to blame myself when, looking back, there were other things I could have done to insure her safety. My husband suggested we get another. I told him that would be like if he died and I just went out the next day and got a new husband. She is irreplaceable. She was such a good, sweet girl and I miss her very much.

I posted two weeks ago about Willow hurting herself after a fall. I took her to the vet and they sedated her to clean it up and make sure the bone wasn't broken. She never woke back up. I am devistated and can't help but think that this is all my fault. I can't believe this happened and that she is gone. Again, please be careful if you have clipped birds.