leilac

Hi guys, sorry for my lack of communication. My husband has been taking her downstairs during the day while he works. She hangs out with him and eats a ton of pellets. So I am ok with her eating. SHe gets fresh foods when I get home from work so she is doing ok in that. Her cage is pretty big, she really outgrew her baby cage so we don't have a choice. but I do agree that I need to remember that she is just a baby. We had an amazon before her, Margo was about 27 years old and she was very active and always playing and yelling, etc. I need to not expect too much too soon. thanks!

Hi all, I have a 16 week old CAG. A few weeks ago we put her in her new big cage with lots of toys and perches. I work outside of the home and my husband has his office in the basement. Anyway, I got home today and my husband told me that she didn't move all day from her perch. She didn't eat or drink or play or anything. Her pellets were in the cage untouched. I gave her her fresh veggies and fruits and she ate them and after dinner we had our playtime. My husband plans to get a perch so she can be downstairs with him during the day but I wonder if this is normal. She seems happy, doesn't appear to be overly nervous from new things. Is she too much a baby for her cage? Just waiting for us to get home? She is by the window and just seems to look out all day. thanks for your thoughts. Leila

Not great, more of an experiment. This was taken with my iPhone at home. Looks like Firefox is the way to go here. I had trouble with Safari. She is so vocal with little cheeps, she totally knows when we wake up in the morning. I feel that she could still benefit from twice daily handfeeding but in the morning she is too excited to settle down to eat and I find she eats way more in the evening when I just feed her once. She is just 13 weeks old. Any opinions?

THanks for all the welcomes! I tried to upload a picture but was not successful. She is growing and changing so fast that I already need new ones. I will try again with my husband who is much more computer savvy. I use Safari, maybe I should try Foxfire...

Hi all, I have been reading lots of the forums. There is some really great info here. We have a new CAG named Stella. She is 13 weeks old, we got her when she was 8 weeks old. We had a Blue Fronted Amazon for 20 years who died on July 4th. We have always wanted a CAG and really needed a new bird. Stella is really sweet. She likes all of our family members, which is great since Margo bit everyone but my husband and I. SHe is learning to fly and is so graceful. She is still hand feeding, only at night, she absolutely won't take a morning feed no matter what. We still have her in her little baby cage, we are slowly outfitting her big cage so that she has lots to do. Now that it is summer there are people here all day and she is out of her cage a lot. When school starts she will be alone more, although my husband works at home and he is getting a perch with a playpen for his office so she can hang with him.