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Never mind, I just took him to the vet to remove whatever was left of the feather down by the base. Hes all gooood now.

My Buddy just jumped down and broke a blood feather. I have not had this happen so I've been reading everything I could atm. I pulled out the feather that was broke, it came off pretty quick. I then put flour around the bleeding area, he is not like pouring blood but there was blood. He was in pain prior to removing the feather and now seems to be quite fine. But I have just read something about making sure when you remove the feather you get the follicle, how can I tell if I got the follicle out? I put the flour on about 10min ago and am going to check him in about 2sec after submitting this. Thank you.

Recently in the past few days my Buddy has been doing a lot of extra wing stretching. Is this caused by new feathers growing in? (he was clipped when I got him) or is this just general? I only ask cause the 5-6months I have had him I haven't seen him do it so much (its not like 50 stretches in a row) Thanks

Thank you for the reply. Yeah, I do not/would not have it blowing on him directly I just wanted to know if that would be considered as a draft or not cause If hes on me and I'm walking about my room and the fan happens to be blowing at us for more then just a second. Anyway, thanks again for the quick reply.

Summer is approaching and its getting quite hot out. This is the first summer with my grey and I usually put a air conditioning unit in my window. My birds cage can only stay in my room. its not a small room but its not huge, is an air conditioner safe? comparing to drafts can get your bird sick. It would not be pointing directly at my bird obviously but its not like across the room =/ Also can someone clarify about drafts and birds. If its like 80 degrees out and I have a fan oscillating and the fan were to blow on my bird is that considered a draft that could get him sick? or is it only referring to when its cold outside and cold air is blowing through the window onto him. Thanks.

Thanks for the replies =D

How long should you let your greys nails grow until its time for a clipping/filing?

I have had my grey for about 4 months now (he is about 6mo - 1year old) and he is on Zupreem pellets. I have tried giving him carrots lettuce and other greens/veggies and all he does is throw them around lol, he doesn't eat them. He likes apples and oranges but I shouldn't be giving him those EVERY day so I do not (or should I?) What should I do or what should I try to feed him // when and how much? ie. What is a good break feast for him? Are pellets alright for dinner? or what should I give for dinner? And how do I get him to actually eat them instead of tossing them around lol Thanks. Thanks.

When is it safe to bring my bird back into my room. The raid was sprayed yesterday. Can the smell/aroma alone get them sick or it has to be like physically sprayed into the air and land around them for them to get sick? It was sprayed under like a stove in a corner. The aroma I think is slightly there my mom says she can't smell anything but I could just be overly paranoid and smell something. Thanks.

My bird got like a 1 to 2 minute of exposure to RAID bug killer, I quickly moved him to the other side of the house in a fresh room. My mom sprayed it around where I said I saw ants, I guess she did not really know...... This raid was not sprayed in his cage nor really near it. It kind of just whoffed over and I smelled it which clearly means he was inhaling it. Is there a chance he can get really sick from that little exposure, I know its REALLY bad...... =[ =[ =[ =[ ahh I'm stressing out realllllly hard. Rite now hes in his other cage in dif part of house. I don't know what to do...........

Over the past 2-3 days I have seen a few ants in my room. If I were to buy ant traps are they safe for Greys? If not any suggestions on what I could use/do? I can't move him out of my room so if ant traps are not safe hopefully someone knows a way to get rid of them. Thanks

He has never been in a home. I bought him from Parrots of the World, co-owned by Marc Marrone. You may recognize him if googled, he is a bird breeder who owns pet shop and has a few books and is on T.V. and the sorts for animals. Anyway, he gave me the grey and said he was 3months old, but I have posted a picture of my bird and people suggest by his eyes that he could be 6months to a year. Unless some greys eyes change real early on. I don't think Mr. Marc Marrone would be wrong about telling me my greys age, hes been breeding and owning that shop for a LONG time, so could he really be 3 (4 now) months old with eyes that look like this? What you posted Acappella sounds like it will help me out a great deal. I appreciate it.

I am so lost on what to do. I feel completely clueless. Yes it has only been so short, I have had my grey for 3 weeks. How long does this last? Do I just have to have extreme patience? but what about - When do you start to train step - up, what clues let me know when I should start getting physical training with him. I open his cage he comes rite out, and sits on top. Eventually he comes up to me ( I NEVER TRY and force him up) but he comes up for the wrong reasons, it feels like he doesn't want to but does and goes straight to my shoulder. Is he still getting use to me or something? Do I just give up on trying to teach him "step up" until I dunno when. If he comes on to me he will sit for a second and either go straight up to my shoulder or start biting my hand/fore arm. It doesn't seem like hes just "being curious" my arms have black and blues and little scabs around my thumb area. I reward/praise him if he comes up and sits there but that doesn't seem to have an effect. He does not want to be anywhere but on top/in his cage or on the bar at the end of my bed. Do I just stop trying to interact physically with him for a long time? Are we just never going to have a bond and that's the way it has to be? Am I not the chosen one? (He's 6mo - a year (I think) Please help..... -He ate his dinner, got on top of his cage. Made a squeak noise and I went over and he came rite on to me. He sat on my arm for 2seconds and I just talked to him. After 2 seconds he begins to bite for what reason I do not know. This is what my arm looks like (this is not just being curious?) Someone said in another post, to just man up to the biting? how do I do that when my arm is swelling up from them...... it hurts!. The swelling is not from allergies..... Do greys usually go from aggressive biting to wanting to be scratched?

I have had my Buddy for about 2-3weeks now, and just now he bent down and let me scratch his head, and has let me do it again. I thought it was so cute =D so happy, it made my eyes water up.

I will read through that. I prob should of mentioned, he does bite though when I go near him. He bit tip of finger enough to bleed and broke skin around my thumb =/