Upinthehills

Thanks everyone. He's settled in nicely. I think his plucking has decreased, but time will tell. His diet has vastly improved, he's eating Harrison's pellets, bird bread, a veggie/grain/bean mix and whatever other fresh foods daily. My mother-in-law had been feeding him seeds and some fresh vegetables. I'm not giving him any seeds now, but may give him a few as a treat once in a while. I'll have to post a list of the things he says, it must be over fifty different sentences plus the usual sound effects and whistles. He makes me laugh when he does a big screech then says, "No screeching! Shame on you!" He also tells the dogs, "Shame on you!" whenever they get too close to his cage. Of course, my favorite is when he says, "mmmmm I love you."

Hi Morana. Your oats are ones that haven't been hulled and rolled flat. Cooked that way they won't get sticky and lumpy like the rolled ones will. I don't know if you'll be able to find rolled oats in Croatia. The ones everyone here is talking about are ones we use for a breakfast cereal (among other things.) The ones you have we would use to feed horses or other livestock. It's the same oat, just processed differently.

Oh, sorry Sherrie, I thought it was with an A. I thought I'd seen it spelled that way, but it's possible it wasn't you that had written it. I'll get my husband to take some more pictures. I'm not all that happy with what we have now. Thank you all for welcoming me. I appreciate it.

The plucking has been for the last year or so. She's had him to her vet three times in that stretch and nothing was found. I suspect that as her health has been deteriorating he has been more stressed. It was my mother-in-law, not my mom. Not that that really matters.

Thank you for the welcome, luvparrots. I had added an avatar picture, but it isn't showing. I'll go see if I can figure it out. I guess it's a profile picture rather than an avatar. I don't know why it isn't showing. Off to see if I can figure out what I'm doing wrong...

Hi everyone. I've been lurking for about a week and figured I should introduce myself. I recently got my grey back after an 11 year break. When both of my kids were toddlers, Greyson (my grey) wasn't handling their noise and intrusiveness well. My mother-in-law offered to take Grey for a while until my kids got older. I really didn't want to do that, but thought it might be best for him. Of course, she fell in love with him and didn't want to give him up when my kids were a little older, so she kept him until about a week ago. Her health is now failing and she wasn't able to continue caring for him, so he's back home. He's 17 years old now, I first got him shortly after he was weaned. He's a fabulous bird and I'm so glad he's back where he belongs. I'm very grateful that I was able to visit him and see him often over the years, so this transition hasn't been too traumatic for him. At least I don't think it has been. He's still the happy and affectionate boy he's always been. He is plucking his feathers some, so I'll try to get a handle on that. Anyway, enough about us. I apologize to the other Grayson here, but it's a good name. )