Clarhe

Dave is such a modest person i see Thank you very much for the replies, i,m starting to feel a little better already and just knowing that there appears to be a ton of info on this site and some very nice and clever people. I will ofc do my very best to start my friendship with Bob without any doubts or fears of what happened before i guess i just needed some reassuarnce about the situation, so thank you all for that. And ye i should have checked out the site a little more before i posted here with my question. Right after i made this post i found the nursery thread and spent a good few hrs reading through it and found loads of advice and stories and cute little pictures \o/ Now i,m looking forward to Bob evern more but with a little bit more confidance. PS: Every home should have a Dave007 ! Thank you all so much again.

Thank you so much <3

Oh wow that is fantastic news. I,m sure Dave007 ( loving that name btw ) will be hideing from me Wednesday onwards.....Sooooo many questions i shall have Only joking Dave

Hiya Jeff, Thank you for your reply, and your advice does make alot of sense. As far as the bonding goes i had not what you would call a bad experience with my old parrot but it did indeed upset me. When we first got him he was 3 years old and quite a happy chappy, he did,nt take to me at all instead he did my husband. This was ok at first even though i could,nt really pet him or tickle him, to be honest i could,nt touch him at all without a bite. But this did become a problem later down the line when he started to attack me for no reason that i can think off, i could just be walking past him and he,d try attacking me Eventually we had to put him in his own room were my husband would spend his time and me in another room so he could be out of the cage and i wasnt going to get hurt. But as i said when i fell pregnant and we was both at the hospital so much the right thing at the time to do was give him to our friend who was also male and he did settle in very well there. But now i,m scared that this could happen again. I spent alot of time talking and praisieng and even singing to him Yet he would just get more and more nasty towards me, so i,m just trying to understand and get as much info on the bonding process as i can to ensure we can all bond with our new baby as much as possible.

Hiya Ray, Thank you for explaining the cag or tag And Bob ( yes that will be his name ) is a cag in that case.

Hi Talon, I do believe he is 14 /15 weeks old will find out for sure when i go pick him up, but i have no idea what tag or cag means. He is from a local breeder with a very good reputation round these parts, we have spoken none stop on the phone for the last 2 weeks but i havnt been able to go see him at all as my husband is the only one who drives and unfortuntley he had to pick this last 2 weeks to cover holiday shifts at his work *shakes fists*. But as soon as i have him i will deffintley be visiting and leaving some pictures in your nursery room

Hello folks, I,ll be getting my little baby grey on Wednesday next week ( yay ) and i really hope there are some kind people who can help me out on a few questions i have? I did have an adult grey quite a few year back but i fell pregnant and it turned into a very complicated one that involved alot of hospital stays so me and my husband felt it better to hand him to a family friend who dearly wanted one. Now 8 year on and with 3 children i am on the verge of getting my baby and i,m after as much advice as possible so,s not to do things wrong. I have done nothing but read books and any webpage on the net for advice and a little help but i found alot of it contradicts and so i,m now very confused. I read that its best to leave them in the cage to settle down for a day or 2 when you first bring one home but then i also read that if the baby is hand fed and used to "hands" and ofc the holding ect then its unfair to leave them in the cage, can anyone give me an idea on the best way to approch the situation when i do bring him home? I also read that the bird will probabley bond more with the person who has the most contact with the bird or who plays more, feeds it, but on the other hand i have read different and that it can bond more with anyone in the household regardless of amount of contact? So,s not to spam this with all the different advice i,v read this past week i would really appreciate anyone who can give me some pointers on the best way to go about making my little baby happy and ofc trusting me rather than me messing it up because i,m doing it wrong I should aslo put that i am indeed a complete novice with a baby so no little detail is too small. To anyone who can help i dearly thank you for your time. Regards Clarhe. Edit: I just found the thread for bring home your baby grey \o/

Hello to everyone, My name is Clarhe and i,m going to be getting my new baby grey next Wednesday I have had a grey before but it was quite a few years ago now so i,m a little scared and nervous about making sure i get it right with my baby. I really hope i can get some sound advice from the more experienced grey owners once i find the relevant thread for it. Till then i would like to say a big hello to everyone and i look forward to meeting you all soon.