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Keep the faith! You're doing well. The trust phase is a process that unfortunately, is on their schedule, but once it happens, it is sooooo amazing! Nancy and Sophie

Sophie will only play with anything she can shred. Books, pinatas, the mail.... etc! LOL! Of coarse we all know to put bird in cage and close the door, ( as you do too!), when cooking, for safety. We all feel bad, but it gets easier over time. As far as the protest screams.... ignore them. The guilt gets easier, as well as the tantrums get less.Keep returning your bird to the gym as needed when you are busy. Give something to shred. I always promise Sophie I will be back in a few minutes. I always keep my promise. She knows and waits for me. Nancy

Jellybean is sounding very curious! A great start. Nancy and Sophie

Charlie is such a character! Keep telling us stories about him and your family.They all seem to love to fart, burp, sneeze and cough. Good luck getting Charlie to say excuse me! LOL! Always keep trying. Nancy

Is your air dry? Humidifyers carry bact. Nancy

I wish I could help you. Kiki does nothing quiet! She has molted a few times, and has been crazy. When she is molting, we all know it. Nancy

Its not a matter of loving it, its " how we all coexist". It was a ton of work, with expectations on birds, dogs and humans. Nancy

LOL! Nancy

Sassy... awesome! Nancy

Take this opportunity to give him more fruits and veggies. I always took advantage of their growth spurt to offer healthy foods. It worked for us. Nancy

Jocelyn, Do you close your cages? If so, when you put him to bed at your designated hour, close and lock the cage. I don't know what you do at bedtime. Nancy

Romeo may like hubby this week.... but he won't be able to resist Jocelyn's hair for long! LOL! Nancy

I would be happy to hire Misty as well! Peanuts for trade! LOL Nancy

All have excellent advice. For us, eye pinning means warning, excited and learning. She hasn't warned us for years, so mostly her eye pinning, means she is learning something new that she really likes. Usually a catchy phrase. We are past the warning stages. Listen to your bird, they will tell you what they are feeling. Nancy

I am so happy you have something to remember Ivan! You will never forget him. I promise you, the pain does ease over time. The happy memories become more important. Welcome to Dusky, now Iris. We want to here all about her. I am sure Ivan would be thrilled that you have opened your heart to a bird that needs love and a home. God bless you! Nancy

I agree. Coexisting should always be the goal. Separate cages at all times. Eventually... have two play gyms, see how they do next to each other. When timeout away from cage, do you have a significant other that can have one of the greys on him, one on you? Play a game together. You should focus on your greys learning to trust you first. That is the MOST important. Nancy

When Sean comes home from college, I will ask him to help me post pictures of Kiki. She is his bird. Quite possesive! She is awesome. Nancy

So sorry! Found her! Nancy and Kiki

What a cutie! I LOVE Misty. Nancy

Timbersmom... I understand what you are saying. I believe in establishing a relationship with my birds, that is more " I am the flock leader", Sophie is second in command! It works for us. It works for all my birds. Noone chews, noone shows sexual aggression. When Ryan's girlfriend comes over, Sophie flips! She walks in, climbs up on Ryan. He tells his girlfriend... : my girl is here! He pays her ten minutes of attention. She is happy! Puts her back on her cage. She knows " he LOVES her!" Recently, Sophie has wanted to get to know his girlfriend! Kayleigh is freaking out about it. I told her.... " when you are ready!" Nancy

Cages are very important. None with rust! You can find many used cages that are great. Just make sure the cage is big enough to be a " forever home". Bigger is NOT always better. Just a comfortable cage, bird can grow in, and love forever. Nancy

The cage looks beautiful! It is important to plan on a cage, and NOT plan on getting a fancier one! Greys will refuse usually, upgrading a cage. Make the plan to get a cage that they can grow into. They won't let you " upgrade". Sophie has a metal gym she has had since I adopted her. Any new gym I give her, she refuses. My son has fixed her gym over and over! I have even found the same metal gym... she refuses! Thank God, Sean is handy. We may be hiring a welder soon! LOL! Nancy

When Sophie first came home at age two, she liked her cage covered. ( three cages back then). As she learned to socialize with the other birds, her door wasn't closed once I trusted her with the other birds. Once she was established as the " flock leader", with the birds, I never covered her again. Kiki the Amazon moved in with Sunny the sunconure.( their decision). One cage vacant for six months. Put it in the garage. Bought Sophie a new " palace", she HATED it.... moved in with Kiki and Sunny. Two years later, Sophie now loves her new cage, but so does Kiki. They share that cage as well.( I did bring back Sophie's old cage)... no interest anymore. I have two cages, two gyms. I never know who I may fine in either cages in the morning. They work it out. Nancy

Yes I do. It is their room. All electrical outlets plugged, no curtains or blinds. Door is closed, but the room is theirs. They can leave their cages, jump onto gyms. Of course dogs can't get in there. Always supervised when together. When I get home, door is opened, they immediately come see me in the kitchen. Nancy Ps... I know you must think their room is a mess, but actually not! I have plastic at least 8by8 under cages and gyms. Occasionally, bird poop on the hardwood floors. Not too bad. We have a " hardwood floor poop party!" LOL! Kids hate that party! Now I'm on my own. I made their plastic space BIGGER! Nancy

LOVED the picture! Can I send Sophie over? She still acts like we are killing her. !2 years later. Nancy