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I leave the door of their cage open most of the time too because they can open it anyways! So maybe they still have that sense of freedom. I might put the other cage in there again just to see if they chose to move on their own. Was Sophie already talking when you got her?

I think they believe that my bed it their personal territory! Lately when I leave the room I will find them both standing next to each other on my pillow, never my husbands just my side of the bed! I will put the other cage in the bird room and see what happens. Thanks for the advice.

How do I decide who gets booted from the current cage to the new one?

They spend at least 3 or 4 hours a day out of the cage, but usually that time is spent together too. They hang out on top of the cage, on the back of the kitchen chairs when I cook, in the shower with me, and on the playstand in my bedroom. I let them sleep on the playstand in my room sometimes and they just go to different perches. In the cage the conure sleeps in a happy hut and the CAG on a perch. My CAG is more of night owl so many times she will leave the Conure in her happy hut and walk into my room. They have no problem opening their cage and getting out, I tried to sleep late last weekend and the CAG came in the room, climbed ont he bed and was very gently nudging my face with her beak to wake me up. The cage is in a closed in porch area off the back of the kitchen and when they escape they usually just sit on the top playstand together, so it doesn't seem like they even want to be away from each other. My CAG doesn't say anything yet just makes sounds and whistles so I was thinking that was the issue or maybe she just isn't a talker. However if it makes them happier I don't really care if she talks. Maybe I will just put another cage in there and leave the doors open to both and see what happens.

Hi everyone. My CAG and Sun Conure are about 1 1/2 years old now and still in the same cage. I got my conure first and about a month later my CAG, I handfed both and have never separated them. My first question is will they let me know when its time to get them their own cages? Is there any harm in allowing them to be together? I also have been wondering if this will limit my CAG's human language development because she has someone to speak parrot to? They are both definitely more bonded to me than each other, but they don't fight and even sometimes still feed each other.

Ok so distraction sounds like my best option. I will make sure to try that the next time.

How am I supposed to deal with my bird latching on with a bite and not letting go. I know you are supposed to not react but it hurts so bad. She got my bottom lip last night and I was scared to pull away because I didn't want my lip ripped off. She never gets me hard enough to draw blood and I am sure she could if she wanted to, but I need to know how to get her to release the bite. After I got away last night I promptly put her on her stand and ignored her and today I have a huge welt on my lip! Can someone help me please, I am starting to get scared.

Dave- At what age do they generally stop wanting cuddles and scratches all the time???? I am going to miss that!

Your English is perfect! That is a fine idea but I would expand on it and give Gandalf a large variety of words and phrases. They also love music and sounds, I always try to leave a tv or radio on for my birds while I am at work.

Kenya is about 6 months old now and I need some help. She is not biting but she grabs on to my skin to hold on or to pull herself up. She never breaks the skin just gives me pinch marks but it HURTS. Any suggestions how to get her to stop?

I tried to not act disgusted. I didn't want to hurt her feelings!

I reached in Kenya's cage this morning to put some treats in her bowl and all of a sudden I felt something warm and slimy on my hand. I looked and it was clear like saliva. Is this regurgitation? Not to be gross but I always excpected food chunks in it.

I am just pondering. My Chihuahua just had a litter of puppies that both died, she really didn't seem to care. Anyway is got me thinking about how smart grey's are and I have read they have incredible memories. Don't mind me I am a psych student so I like to torture myself with these questions.

Hi, Do you think that baby grey's miss their breeder and/or clutch mates when they join their new flocks? I was thinking about when you breed puppies they just happily go to their new owners without a care in the world but grey's are so different. I wonder if their incredible intelligence and memory make it harder on them to go from breeder to new family. Please let me know your thoughts on the matter, maybe I am just giving greys human emotions.

LMAO, it will probably be me who has a 10 year old grey that is being handfed. I guess the lesson here is to pay more attention to what she is telling me.

That is a baby greys favorite cuddle spot, mine is 3 1/2 months now and she still wants her cuddle time. I don't know if you are supposed to or not but I read to my baby she likes it and I think it exposes her to more words and less of the baby talking that I naturally want to do.

She spits up at both feedings so should I cut the morning one out and just give less at night? She doesn't eat very much at all before the spitting up starts. I have been handfeeding her since she was around 4-5 weeks old and she has never spit up, the breeder told me she was 8 weeks when I got her. She should be about 3 1/2 months old now. My sun conure is 4 1/2 months old and she still wants a couple of bites of the night feeding too, I keep waiting for a total refusal but I feel like any time I make some formula they will want it!

As some of you know I am not exactly sure how old Kenya is but she is fully feathered and has been flying for about 2 weeks. She still wants her handfeedings just as much as she always did. I feed her twice a day with a spoon and she is always ready for it. She eats everything else I give her too; pellets, seeds, fruit, veggies, birdie bread, etc. The only thing that has changed is that now after she eats for a while she throws some up, she never did this before. Is she just being a pig, can I cut out a feeding because I know this is being a bad parent but I am tired! What is the average age for abundance weaned CAG's?

The porch has a roof so the whole cage would be in the shade. I just got chills thinking about rodents and snakes getting my babies, I will make sure I look into that.

I have been considering getting a big cage for our backyard, what temperature range is a CAG able to live comfortably in? I am in Los Angeles and I would say our average temp is about 75, no lower than 45 and usually no higer than 104. I think it is about the mildest weather you can get. The cage would be on the back porch which is covered and they would have a sleeping cage inside. Of course I would also bring them in if I knew it was going to be an extra hot day.

Great information! They must just be having little spats, it is always over quick as it starts and everything goes back to normal. At this point they act like siblings the CAG is 3 months old and the Sun is about 4 1/2 months, so like you said it could change over time. It is adorable that they all hang out in Gwyn's cage, you should really get a picture of that. Your insights have given me hope that they will continue to get along, up until now I have been thinking more along the lines of a disaster waiting to happen. Thank you.

Kenya likes colder water, she will sit on the shower perch and fall asleep like it is the most relaxing thing in the world. Both my birds love for me to sit down in the tub with them while the shower is running, they get wetter this way and therefore alot cleaner. We also have a misting stand they use outside, it was hot in Los Angeles last week and we sunbathed under the mister until I got a little burnt!

Poop Off Wipes, I am going to have to get some of those. My carpet seems to get most of it, it would be easier with tile, but I don't want to put them in the kitchen!

I have been keeping the cage doors open when I am home and they always end up together. Usually they start out leaning against each other on a perch but if they happen to be in the Sun Conure's cage she will eventually move into her happy hut(which is why you can see traces of bird poo on my CAG's back.) Even in my bed they would rather cuddle with each other than me I feel bad when I have to separate them but I don't want anyone getting hurt. At the bird store we go to they have an Amazon and a Lesser Cockatoo sharing a cage and they told me they were raised together and that is how they are happiest, but they are much closer in size than my Samba and Kenya are.

Here are some pics of Samba's and Kenya's nap time. Does this look like sibling or clutch mate behavior or do you think they are falling in birdie love? I can't find any information on the social behaviors of birds from the same clutch, they are only about a month apart in age. I haven't had either one of them sexed but I would think they would be too young to be behaving like mates. They love to cuddle, preen, and feed each other.