carlsjr

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love the video. may if i ask what kind of camera you are using to record with?

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hello. ive been updating my thread about my baby grey and when i do i like to change the thread title to show that its been updated. when i go to advance edit i change it but it does not reflect that change in the title when you go back and look in the forum. is there another way to do this?

the top picture is awesome. Its like he is saying "do you mind pal, im eating"

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What did you do to stop the plucking?

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its been a year since the OP. i wonder if they have new birds to replace the cockatoo and Macaw.

one word. Vile.

$1400 is way too much for a CAG the breeder im getting my baby from charges $850. anyway here is a blog from birdtips that i think sorta applies to your CAG romance. reprinted from http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/when-you-should-not-rescue-a-bird-in-need/ If I am out shopping and I see a pet store, I am unable to walk past it. My heart melts when I look at puppies and kittens; and heaven help me, the birds, but I tend to walk away from even the best pet stores with a sense of sadness. I worry about the futures of these small and innocent animals. Every once in a while, you come upon a not-so-good pet store, and less frequently, a really bad one. When you’ve found on of these, you’ll know it right away, both by sight and smell. The worst pet store I have ever experienced was one just outside of Chicago sometime in the mid 80s. The minute I walked in I was bowled over by the smell of urine. It made my eyes water and I had to pull my turtleneck up over my nose so I could breath. I wanted to walk in a little further to get a good description of the conditions because I already knew I would be making some phone calls when I got home. There was a box of puppies about five feet inside the door that were covered in feces. Further in was a litter of kittens crawling around inside a filthy, old claw foot tub. Their urine had run out through the drain opening and was puddled on magazines beneath the tub. I heard a familar sound coming from the back of the store. I walked past dusty stacks of bagged foods and dingy dog toys to find a blue and gold macaw crammed into a cage too small to extend his wings. The last four inches of his tail was permanently bent upwards from hitting the cage floor. The diameter of his perch was too small and his nails were too long for him to find any comfort in the only place in his cage with room for him to stand upright. The macaw had only a small water cup that was caked with grime around the sides. It looked as though someone just tossed new water in on top of the old everyday. There was an inch thick layer of sunflower seed shells littering the cage bottom mixed with a good month’s worth of accumulated dander. The air quality was better in the back of the store because a back door was left open. However, it was winter and far too cold for a bird. I felt a huge lump rising up in my throat and I left in a hurry because I knew the tears were on their way. I went back to my car and sobbed. When I got home I made phone calls complaining to anyone who would listen. I doubt mine was the only call the authorities had received about this store – it was that bad. Within a year it was gone. Times have changed. Animal cruelty laws have changed. But the penalties for breaking these laws generally amounts to nothing more the proverbial slap on the wrist. Animals in need die while waiting for the courts to process paper work. Sometimes we citizens have to push hard to move certain matters along. On the Facebook page, a reader posted recently about how difficult it was for him to walk away from a mistreated bird in a pet shop. I sympathized completely. I think many, if not most, of us have been in this position before. The thing is, walking away is exactly what we MUST do, as hard as it is. When we see an animal that is suffering in a retail situation, you have to think for a moment about the mind set of the store owner. Obviously animals are regarded merely as merchandise and the only loss he would feel should they die in his care is a financial one. So one day you walk into this store, and see a young yellow naped amazon sitting in a small, dirty cage, with a bowl of seed hulls and water with a layer of scum forming over the top. The store has an entire wall stocked with toys, yet the amazon has none.You see some young children taunting the bird through the cage bars and none of the employees intervene. Finally, you’ve had enough and you whip out the credit card. You go home with your rescued amazon, puffed up with pride for a good deed done. Another life saved! A couple of days later, in the cage that once housed your amazon is a young african grey. Inadvertantly, and with the best of intentions at heart, you have helped this store thrive by giving it your business. When you save one bird by purchasing it, you just create an opening for another potential victim. The only way to stop the cycle of abuse is to walk away empty handed. Yes, it is very hard and your heart will ache each and every time. But try to appease your conscience by making the appropriate phone calls to the animal welfare groups and by convincing others not to patronize this establishment through whatever means you can muster. A business cannot stay afloat without customers and their money. It is the only way to stop this cruelty.

thank you we are pretty excited.

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the only toy my orangewing amazon would peck at every now and then was his bell. other than that he had absolutely no interest in toys.

samy; what is the back story on Zig? is she a rehome?

i can not answer your question about airlines and their pet policy but i do need to ask where in Europe are you moving to? have you checked for that countries quarantine laws? If you have not done so i would highly suggest you contact the below dept to get a CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) export permit. You should do this immediately because the paperwork can take MONTHS to process through the government. from what i understand the export permit will be based upon the law of the country you are going to. import bird laws are very strict and you should start this process as soon as you can. http://www.ec.gc.ca/cites/default.asp?lang=En&n=7E56589B-1 Address: Environment CanadaInquiry Centre 10 Wellington, 23rd Floor Gatineau QC K1A 0H3 Telephone: 819-997-2800 Toll Free: 1-800-668-6767 (in Canada only) Facsimile: 819-994-1412 Teletypewriter: 819-994-0736 Email: enviroinfo@ec.gc.ca also from what i have been reading passenger airlines will not transport birds internationally, because of this there are third party companies that this is all they do. here is an example. http://www.airanimal.com/international-pet-move.php

got these from our breeder yesterday so i thought i would share them with you. ours is on the right and is 2.5 weeks old. Update 6 Sept 2011: The DNA test came back and its a girl. new pic posted. Update 22 Sept 2011. new pictures and we decided on on Luna for her name. 2.5 weeks 2.5 weeks 3.5 weeks old and its a girl. 6 weeks 6 weeks 7 weeks 8 weeks 9 weeks 9 week 10 weeks 10 weeks 10 weeks 11 weeks

Paul, your shop looks like a nice place. If i lived in England i would love to visit it. {weak attempt to get you to think of something else}

hands down, you win. ive smashed my thumb with a hammer and it didnt look that bad. it looks like he bit clean through your nail I cant imagine how bad that hurt. i would get a parrot groomer and have them dull that bottom beak so its not a damn razor blade.

well to be fair, nobody has died from a parrot bite. <<<owned a rottie for 12 years. awesome dog and never bit anything but her toys.

My orange wing did the same exact thing, and when i thought i was making progress he would bite the living crap out of me. using a dowel for step up didn't work too well because he would go after my hand that was holding the perch. the best way i found to move him was to get a small towel and let him grab it, then i could move him safely without anybody getting hurt. one thing i did notice that helped was to wear long sleeves when you try to get him on your arm. I had some luck with that method but it was hit or miss sometimes he would bite anyway. Like yours mine did not come from a good home and he absolutely hated hands or the feel of skin on his feet. I dont know what the previous people did to him to make him so aggressive and not want hands anywhere near him or not want to perch on a persons hand. When he would bite it was not a bit and let go. it was bite as hard as he could, lock beak and twist his head like a pit bull. OMG did that hurt and he would not stop until you got totally away from him and sometimes he would fly after you which was very dangerous for everybody involved. i wish i could go back in time and see what the previous people did to him so i could slap them.

?? if little Murphys wings were clipped,,, he would not have been able to fly out of the house. Paul any updates?

Good Post Dave.

honestly it sounds like a scam.