Hi! My name is Trish and I am a 1st time Grey owner...actually I am a 1st time bird owner. A girl I know had 2 and didn't have time for them both. My husband has always wanted a Grey so we took it. We've had it for 4 days It's name is Dakota and it's 19 months old. I will be making a vet appointment for it to get a check up and make sure it's in good health. Also thinking about DNA testing to get gender. It seems to be happy and healthy It eats, plays, lets me pet it's head Does lots of bird talking and says hi, pretty bird and mumbles some stuff that I haven't picked up on yet. I haven't been able to get it to step up for me though Except for when it got on my desk (which is next to it's cage) It stepped up then and I put it back on it's cage. I'm sure I will be on here asking all sorts of questions and trying to learn as much as possible. I've already been reading up a lot!!!!! I didn't realize I would like this bird so much....it has soooo much personality