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I had all mine DNA sexed but Sunny our rescue Sunconure. I am sure he is a boy.... but who knows? He fell in love with my Amazon, a DNA sexed girl. She loved him back. Nancy

Ohhhhh! LOL! The burps is just the beginning. The farts, coughs, sneezes you will soon see as well. Nothing is sacred! LOL Nancy

Sophie has no interest in a spray or bath. Smart as a whip-... cant trick her. She will see our other birds get a shower and is happy for them. She watches from the bathroom, gets excited they are having fun. Noway is she participating! Nancy

Happy New Year everyone! Nancy, Ryan, Sean, Sophie, Sunny, Ollie and Zoey

I have always struggled with uploading pictures! Glad the fruit idea is going well. Nancy

danmcq... I disagree! Watched the video for a third time. Payed close attention.... NOT seeing it! I see lots of down, no feathers close to body for " threatening position". We have a difference of opinion! Thats okay. Nancy

Two things I hate about Sophie's imitation. First, she will tell the pups Ollie and Zoey to go out and pee. ( I just took them out... they run for the door.) second...she repeats my phone conversation to my kids. Makes me sound like a " valley girl!" They laugh their asses off Nancy

Happy birthday Marco! Remind your mama for me, that you WILL get better with age.My mama always told me... I would improve with age, like a fine cheese! ( whatever that means.) I sure LOVE cheese! LOVE Sophie ( age 14)

Joey can only grow from here! You sound like a great parrent. Once feathers grow in, start practicing flying with two family members. My guys always tried food they would never THINK of trying, until another bird wanted it. LOL! They learn from each other. Nancy

So happy you and Dorian are okay. I hope he forgives his perch soon! Nancy

Breezy2013 You have the PERFECT setup for the perfect home for a grey! They just ask for a home where they are loved. LISTEN... and learn. I have learned to do that. They really dont ask for much. Nancy

Step up and step down... is one of the most important thing, you can teach a bird. Grumpy... disagree with your belief " If properly trained"... You are saying, I haven't properly trained my bird. I beg to differ!I would NEVER raise my voice to my birds. You just scare them. Nancy

Breezy2013.. Sometimes... we are not invited! Listen closely thru the wall. For us, contact calls were created with wall separating us. nancy

Great report about Mar! Hope all is well. Nancy

I watched the video twice. I don't agree bird is a plucker. I am going to email Irene and ask. Just because a bird is clipped... does not make them a plucker. I see both sides of the coin. I " trimmed", when they needed to focus on training, as well as practiced flying with my gang, as they matured. All of my birds can fly quite well. They alternate walking and flying.I still truly believe, birds pluck when stressed. They seem to me to be stressed when they are on " lock down!" Cages are closed.Birds need their own room. My gang have always had their own room to explore. Noone has a feather issue as well as they all get along. Nancy

SterlingSL The camera idea sounds great! I also would suggest hiring a teenager in the neighborhood to introduce in your birds life. If they can come after school and spend some time playing.... it truly helps. Not only does it help with bird socialization, it helps us parents when we are gone over eight hours. Nancy

charlie boy also had a good point about getting overly excited. I never put Sophie in timeout when it was a bite from playing too roughly. My fault. A stearn " NO BITE!"... calm down the rough play worked. Nancy

All have great advice! Steve said it plain and simple. NO bite! Return to cage, pick up again in five minutes. I was more extreme. I had a timeout cage with no toys. ( Very big.) Sophie always went into timeout, whenever she bit too hard. Kids had to be onboard and treat her the same. Consistency is the key. It did take six months though, so be ready to be patient.Nancy

I wouldn't worry. If baby continues to do this... check out for ear infection. If cleared... don't worry. Nancy

Breezy2013... I have had " open cage concept" for more then a decade. It has worked for our family. We were lucky when the gang was younger, to have 24/7 coverage. Doesn't work for all families, as many work normal hours. Open cage concept, also comes at a cost. Messy... eventually converted our formal living room into a birdroom. When babies are babies, I always encouraged their needs to be met by entire family. Socialization is soooo important! Make sure everyone that is involved in babies life, commits to being on the same page and are all involved in feeding and cleaning cages. We are all here for you. Nancy and Sophie

I am not an expert regarding Cags and Tags. This is just MY interpretation. Tags tend to be smaller, more shy. As far as their expectations of us as parents.... its the same.They all prefer to have just one person they can love.If you have the entire family caring for them, bonding, it gets difficult for them to make decisions regarding a favorite. Sometimes the " favorite" gets changed all the time. As they mature, and the consistency with the family members, DOESN'T change....the bird has to work it out.Sophie has decided to love Sean for his silly games of tag they play. I enjoyed watching them the other day sharing a popsicle. Sean eating it on the top, Sophie eating it on the bottom. Sean was watching a movie.... didn't even notice most people would think this is unusual. Ryan coming home tomorrow. OMG! Sophie's bonded male will be home. Nancy

Its important for those " closet talkers", to acknowledge that you " hear them", appreciate what they have to say. You don't have to do this in front of them. You can carry on many a conversation, with a wall separating. Sophie and I started with " contact calls". Progressed with simple songs I would teach her. She would repeat with certain phrases of the song. Overtime, it became a game. As our physical relationship flourished, so did our game of talking to each other, without seeing each other. Ryan my oldest, spent alot of time with her teaching her rap.Not words, but boy could she dance, have rythymn. We would play our game of " outdoing" each other. Once she felt she was losing, she would breakout into her clucking and doing her rap thing that I cant do! Game over! I would laugh... go get her.... tell her she won! Nancy

Excellent video. Glad I had the tissues ready. BaileysPapa I am so sorry for that experience! I am sure it hurt. Sunny, our rescued sunconure came here with the name " icecream"... Noway, was I going to have a bird named icecream! It was a temporary name that he didn't recognize anyway. He didn't really have a name! Never had. Kids decided on Sunny since he is yellow and orange. Not original.... but a much better name. Nancy

Breezy2013.. Baby sounds AMAZING! Don't doubt it! When you have a baby with personality, develop it. Can't wait to hear more about you guys. nancy and Sophie

Absolutely greys that are less than one year old active! You can expect that activity for next year as well! LOL! Being an owner of a grey, is a BIG commitment. If you can commit... you will have an amazing best friend for life. Nancy