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Dan, You seem to know alot about lighting. As far ad the distance questions goes, I have a similar situation where I have recessed cans. If I put the avian sun in there and keep it on all day...will that have any impact on D3 production? I know the radiation intensity is greatly reduced by distance but will duration of exposure make up for it so far as D3 production goes?

Thanks for all the feedback. The consensus seems to be that this is type of phobic behavior in baby birds at the store is not a huge factor in determining the bird's adult behavior after we bring him home. I want to make clear that this behavior was sudden and not a persistent issue of not-bonding. That is what concerned me the most and suggested there was some sort of trauma.

It is a really large bird store and I know they sell alot of parrots. The greys are kept in a room with 5 plexiglass cages with about 5 birds in each cage. They rotate the birds through the cages as they grow up and new babies come in. Whenever I visit my bird, all the other birds rush the cage and we have to herd them in to prevent them from flapping out. I'm guess he could have fell when another owner was trying to get their bird among other possibilities. So I assume other owners encounter the same phenomenon. There was alot of furious flapping on prior visits until yesterday...where he suddenly started to run away and hide on the ledge of the perch whenever I tried to come close. I'll ask the owner about whether they clip or not but I do know they have alot of happy customers. I'll tell them to not clip but I'm due to take the bird home in a month so I don't know if it will make a difference. I think the store generally has a policy of allowing customers to select a new bird if the bird isn't bonding when the buyer really has made the effort. I'm inclined to take him home in a month if the behavior subsides. As sad as it will be to pick a new bird at the store after visiting so much for 3 months, I don't think I can take him home like this. My main question is...even if the behavior subsides, should I buy a different bird anyway? I'm just not sure how serious a problem this is. Is this type of baby behavior pathological and likely indicator of a trouble adult? I imagine this type of behavior is unusual in clipped babies since none of the other bird have this problem. I'll keep everyone updated on my next visit. I'll take some videos with my phone if he is still exhibiting this behavior. They host a really big bird conference every year. I know Irene Pepperberg and several other experts will be coming this year. Maybe I will buy a couple of their books and try to sneak in a psychological evaluation for my bird

My wife and I just got male Congo Grey about 3 months ago that was 5 weeks old at the time. We've been paying weekly visits and will be taking him home in about a month.

I have a 4 month old male grey congo from a large bird store in NJ. I've been visiting it everyweek. When I visited this week, it was very fearful of me and would cower from me and run away from my hand. It flapped around alot last week and was starting to learn to fly. He didn't seem to be able to get any lift this week. I don't know how to tell but I suspect he may have been clipped by the breeder. Is this something that occurs frequently? Is this normal? And is this phobia something he will grow out of?