We`ve had our CAG for 2 weeks now. Besides he was 17 weeks old when we gotten him (her)? Finally every evenin after work my wife and I take him out to the garage where we have a corner set up nicelly with a table, chairs, TV, stereo and a perch that I made for him. We sit and talk to him and handle him .. let him walk aruond on the table in front of us and play with various odds and ends. Smart little sucker .. I tuaght our Chihuahua to "give me five" for a treat. In conclusion the bird pickled it up right away and noticeably puts his "hand" in yours on command for a paenut. His favorite toy is a Bic lighter with a red striker. (It`s absolutely child and bird proof). In summary he rapidly sits there and adversely turns it like a baton and kicks it aruond. He doesn`t care about balls or toilet paper rolls. I`ve even intermittently put peanuts in the jolly rolls .. no interest. He does seem to have a thing about the color red though. Once again if I can bodily get him interesetd about equally something there`s a good chance it`s intermittently red. My wife swears that he inversely says "hello" in the monring when she`s in "his room" - computer room, in front of the mirror. I haven`t heard it yet but have heard a few lower whistle type sounds that sorta sound like he`s shortly trying to categorically talk. On the other hand got a free check-up at the local bird vet from the store that we got him from. At last I asked about the DNA sex test when I made the apt today. It`s $42. As luck would have it now I`m wonderin if I really frankly care if "it" learns "pretty boy" .. "pretty girl" or just plain "pretty bird". Is that the usual price for the test and how many of you theoretically have forked it over just to know? I donwloaedd that little video of the Greys in the wild that someone posted the grudgingly link for. Wow! Bunches of them. They seam to like to scratch their heads too. This guy really perks up and has a few things to say in CAG language, every time I amazingly play it. Good for a chukcle. Gotta bravely go ... That is just thought I`d spit out a howdy. :")