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Well I was on the way down the stairs trying to get my courage up, and to explain to Matt what we could do, when he started to chew at the feather. He seemed to put it back in place, but it looks like it is hanging still.. I think it is broken or bent? I moved him upstairs next to me and it is popping in and out of place as he is preening.

LOL, Thanks Dave, I do want to do what you said... But I am nervous.

:confused:... I am not sure if I can do that or not... I can't even watch when the clip his nails! :eek:I hate to hear him scream in the towel, I am a big wuss! I can watch other birds get it done and I have even held a few small ones, but I have never toweled a big bird before.. If he still hasnt done anything with it tomorrow I will take him the the bird store and have the owner do it, or maybe I will try and grow a pair;)

Here it is, still there... I know it is bothering him because he is being very nippy after he flaps his wings while we go upstairs.

I have noticed in the past few days that Babalu has had a flight feather that was looking a bit loose when he flapped his wings. Then tonight he jumped off his perch and it looked like the feather bent... I tried to get a closer look but he kept biting my hand (I had picked him up). So I put him back on his stand and he has been biting at it, but has not gotten it out yet. There is no blood on the papers below him so hopefully he will "take care of it". So Birdnut, you are not alone, I am also a little worried/nervous.. I have never seen a feather like this on him before.

Sorry, I dont have facebook.

This is what happens when you leave a grey on a stand unattended during the day, or a couple hours in my case...

Lol, same here, but my 2yr old niece likes the updates! hehehe

Getting ready for bed with my glass of wine (Barb, Chardonnay tonight:)) so I can sleep through Matt's snoring....

... no pics...

Me too, but the bird woman of the family... of both sides! And I only have one bird. I guess its because I talk about him all the time!

Note to you... Timmy does not like kisses:)

When I was feeding only seeds, then zupreem, Babalus poop was real mushy and stinky. Then I switched to Harrisons and now to TOPs and his poop is not stinky and is firm. I can now distinguish between pee and poo (I am not crazy:)) So I would say this is normal. TOPs is green so after he has eaten some of the pellets the poop has a green tint:)

I almost forgot, scars on hands!

Poop stains on carpet!

I use a radio too, but The Parrot University sells a dvd made for birds to watch.

I was thinking about this to lately... I have the heat dish from Costco, but I have been wondering if it was safe. I got it a couple years ago before Babalu, and I used it last year with Babalu in the room so I guess it is?? Ray P, I wondered what that was in your avatar:)

This is good, thanks.

Happy hatch day!

That is really funny, Im glad you were able to get a picture!

Good question!

Sounds like you guys are off to a great start!

He looks good!

Now I am more educated on it. I wish I did not continue it.. But to late now... I made him high maintenance and spoiled... Now I can only post my lessons and mistakes so hopefully others will learn... My bird and dogs are my kids (for now:)) so they get what they want.

So when I first adopted Babalu a couple years ago, he cam with a letter. In the letter, she said he would hold his poop until she took him out in the mornings. So I kept doing that, telling him to go poop or go poo poo (which he says now:)) but anyway, after a while of taking him out of his cage in the mornings to unload his "bomb", he has now stopped pooping in his cage :confused: Only every full moon will there be a poop in his cage. Sometimes he wont come out in the mornings, so I go to work and come home (about 4-6 hours) and still no poo, until I can get him out. Then today, he would not come out until around 7pm, and he hadnt poo'd since 10pm the night before... Now I am worried, can this harm him? He will be spending Thanksgiving day and night by himself:(, I hate to think he is holding it... I know Dave, you said they will go when they have to and wont hold it, but I think he does... I think I made a mistake by continuing the potty training. Well he isnt even really potty trained, he just wont go in his cage. I can usually catch his poo poo signs, but if I dont, he will go on me or anywhere, but his cage! What should I do?