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JDS: I named Eva after the girl robot in Wall-E! I love that one too, but I haven't watched it with her yet.

You can let a bird on your shoulder if it steps on and off at your command, and is behaved there. Don't let your bird just run up your arm to your shoulder. And don't let your bird on your shoulder around strangers or things that can be frightening, sometimes they will bite you to warn you of impending danger! Personally, I don't have an amazon, but I have a grey who is not allowed on my shoulder. I tried it a couple times and she went right for my earrings, so it's off limits now.

I dunno either, my Tag female is bonded to me and generally prefers females. Also after reading Alex & Me, I found it interesting that Alex preferred tall men with long hair! At one point she had a tall male student working in her lab and they couldn't get anything done because Alex was so infatuated with him. Every bird is different, so just try to socialize your Grey to as many people as possible when young.

I'm going! I have been compiling some pics for the photo competition. I will be at bird paradise today for some toe nail grooming for my fids, so I'm going to find out exactly when Dr. Pepperberg will be speaking. I'm guessing Saturday. I was there 2 weeks ago and not many grey's right now, they have about 4 Cags on consignment, and one little TAG girl left. All the babies that were there when I got Eva are all home now.

I use Lysol or Clorox WIPES to clean and disinfect everything they work great. However, for anything bird related I do use vinegar and water as well as a Shark steamer.

Nice I'm gonna make those on Monday! Thanks so much Dave!

I think I have the only Grey in the world who doesn't much care for nuts. I've tried every type, it makes giving treat rewards difficult. So I use nutri-berry popcorn treats for now.

I should try that, I like that you do not have to cook it.

You could buy a "wordy birdy". It records your voice and plays it at intervals you determine. I won one in a raffle at the bird store near me. It's ok, but you can only use one recording at a time. http://www.wordybirdy.com/products.html

I wish I had as much time and patience as everyone here to prepare my own mash's and bread's from scratch. I always just buy birdie bread mix ( I'm baking some right now), or bags of cookable blends cook it up and freeze it in batches. I just mix it with frozen and fresh veggies, whatever's in the fridge daily.

The Quinoa blend I feed my grey is higgins worldly cusines Inca Bean Salad.

I like to find toys that my Fids can interact with while in there cage. I work full time in the evenings and all day Saturday, so these types of toys really keep the birds occupied while I'm gone. They both have a few toys in there cage that play music on command or talk to them like the phone.

I mix fresh snap peas,carrots, peppers almost every day for my grey she loves them! I mix them with the quinoa based cookable blend and a couple spoons of canned pumpkin. I also don't take the strings off, I just break them into thirds.

Shyloh looks greyt! It sounds like it was meant to be and I'm sure you'll do fine!

I have one bird ( a canary winged bee bee) that is a closet noise maker/ talker. When I'm in the other room he makes noises, laughs, says Uh Oh, his name, etc. He clams up as soon as he sees me. My Grey does not talk yet but practices constantly while I'm around her or not. I think there's very little you can do to change it, it just depends on the bird.