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Anyone out there have experience with these air cleaners? I just set mine up in the bird room and it is running.. Seems pretty sweet. My question is I noticed it has a "Negative Ion" mode that is normally turned on while running. Should I turn this off? I know that "ozone" is bad for birds and people for that matter.. but this is touted as zero ozone, so just not sure what to do?

No problem at all.. all is well now. Cheers

If it helps you.. I grew up with Sam... My parents CAG.. they got him in 1975 and he is still doing quite well! My parents raised 3 children.. My sister came in 1976 and I was 1978.. they even had my little brother in 1992... Anyways bottom line.. My mother handled his poop and whatnot while pregnant... No problems.. Sam was there before us and now he is still there and when I say he is part of the family I mean it! He was a powerful figure growing up.. I remember him seeming to almost look after us kids when we were young and would yell when we would fight and get my sister and I in trouble. He is a powerful influence in my life. I hope yours will do the same with your children.

Dont feel bad bro, my timneh is 3 years old and is a sweetheart. Tonight (about 20 minutes ago) she was in my lap on her back and she likes me to kiss under her beak normally and blow into her neck while humming... weird I know but she loves it and wont move for 2-3 minutes at a time while we carry on like this. Anyways, tonight she reached up and stuck her beak up my nostil and bit the living sh*t out of it! Blood came out right away and my eyes watered for about 20 minutes. I screamed and she knew she did something wrong. She is now looking at me from her perch and I can tell she knows I am mad at her. I think they just like to get rough sometimes... no biggie, just sucks for us when its our face I think your guy will realize he is hurting you sooner or later.. My loud scream to her face as she was up my nose seemed to send a clear message. Hope things get better for you.

Well for those of you who know my story the CAG at the pet store is not panning out. They are asking for way too much 1400.00. He is such a sweet bird, we talked to another per store in town and they seem to know his background a little more. I guess he has been passed around for the last 2 years here in Spokane. They think he is approx. 15 years old but no one knows for sure. At any rate we have found a Parrot place org website here in Washington state that seems like they will be able to help us find a nice CAG. Beakers Parrot Place is the one we are closer to. Do any of you guys know of the Parrot Place working and are they a good source to get a bird from? We haven't given up on Max ( petstore CAG) yet, just wish the owners of the store would be a little more reasonable. They even mentioned that because one of thier Macaws bit off his toe that they have already lost money on him!! So this is my problem? 1400.00 for an unknown CAG with a missing toe is a little extreme dont you guys think?

Again thanks for all the help from everyone, this site is really amazing. We braved the snow tonight and went out into Spokane to have another look at our potential flock mate. He seemed to get along extremely well with my wife but would back away if I tried to touch him or get him to step up. Something interesting that I wanted to bring up to you all is happening. We noticed he has all his flight feathers and seems to want to fly. He would sometimes lift his wings while looking at something and start to quiver them?? I asked the store owner if they have ever seen him fly and they said he has not flown since they aquired him a month ago. He is out of his cage about an hour or so a day and infact when we walked into the store this evening he was out and on top of a giant net they have hanging from thier cieling. Any ideas why a seemingly mature fully flighted CAG wont fly? Our TAG flies everywhere and is an expert navigator in our 4 level house.. She will fly down to the basement and back up to the top floor on the same wind! The petstore CAG I have mentioned almost seems afraid to fly?

OMG these photos are awesome!! You have such a good looking bird!

Thank you all so much for the advice. I spent hours on this site last night and had no idea how much we bird people are so much alike. I was starting to think I was going crazy, and I know my friends are already thinking that. People just dont understand birds and how much they can get into our hearts. I will definately keep you posted on the CAG situation. I plan on visiting the store this evening (if the snow lightens up) and will have a talk with the manager as a couple of you have suggested. Here is a picture I was able to snap of him hanging out with my wife last night at the store. Thanks again!

Hello all, Need some advice. First off just a little background.. My wife and I have owned a beautiful TAG for the past 3 years. She is a wonderful bird that we bought from a Breeder and had her flown to our place here in Washington State. She is extremely attached to me the male and does enjoy the company of my wife but whenever I enter the picture she will quickly fly to me and stay with me no matter what! The funny thing is I bought her for my wife but she "chose" me and is now my bird and I love her to death. We have dedicated a nice room for her with tons of toys and gyms hanging from the ceiling complete with UV lighting etc.. Her cage is always open and she is never locked inside. We do however close her in her room when we leave the house for work etc.. I would say she gets 6-8 hours a day of human interaction.. Now this is where I am in need of advice.. We often frequent pet stores just to see other birds and whatnot. Recently my wife has fallen in love with a new resident of the local pet store here in town.. a Congo African Gray.. this poor guy has been in the store for 1 month or so and has had he tip of his left toe bitten off by a rather rude Scarlet Macaw. At any rate me and my wife have returned to visit multiple times and have now thought about buying him.. He seems to love my wife but does not like me which is fine since I have my Andi (female TAG I mentioned earlier). When we started asking about the history of this CAG we got 2 different stories from the pet store workers and the owner did not have papers on him/her and the poor CAG has no band?!! So I asked what age and have heard anywhere from 2-5 years old.. They want a pretty penny 1400.00 for him.. I am willing to pay but just want to get some outside heads in on this idea of ours.. In a perfect world we would like to put him/her in the bird room with our TAG and hope they get along.. we would ofcourse introduce him/her slowly to our Andi and supervise interacions. Is this a good idea? or should we put in separate rooms? Also.. if this Congo turns out to be a male, would he breed with our TAG? Just not sure if we are being wreckless here, please advise. Thank you so much.