Timbersmom

Sounds like Fred has you trained pretty well! Seriously, good going!

Nice! A handy husband is good to have around...

Oh that is a tear-jerker!

Hello and welcome Shelbie and Erwin Good advice from Judygram. The next step will probably be him NOT moving away from you when you are near his cage. The more time you can spend near his cage talking to him or reading or just being quiet, the more quickly that will happen I would say. Since he is greeting you and "making conversation" he is showing a desire to communicate with you. It sounds like you are coming right along in your relationship. Good luck and God bless

Glad to hear you and Jellybean are coming right along! Great pics, thanks for sharing

LOL Sounds like you interrupted a good dream!

Good deal!

I got mine on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Talk-Play-Phone-Large/dp/B000UJURY0/ref=sr_1_2?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1362177455&sr=1-2&keywords=talk+n+play

Neat pics! What a handsome grey. That "I love you" just goes right through you doesn't it?

I really enjoyed reading that post and great pic too! Sounds like things are going great at your house.

I use IP Cam (droid) on my phone and my Kindle to see the cam I have on Timber. When I was using the laptop webcam I used ustream. Don't know if that helps, but it is all I know!

Do you have unlimited data or would it affect that?

I can commiserate. My cats ignore Timber, but he is will hang around the bottom of his cage so he can try take a nip of their tails as they pass by. I always give him a time out when I catch him at it, but he is persistent. After eight months, I can't see a lot of improvement in that behavior.

Yes, Tyson understands how confused and dimwitted we humans sometimes are, and was gently telling you that it is morning, which you probably didn't know, and time to get off your butt. Oh the patience it must take for them to deal with us inferior creatures

Hopefully the owner will know, but they may have not had DNA sexing done either. As Aerial pointed out, some breeders/owners think they know, but until the DNA comes back you really don't know. Timber is 5, and has never been tested. I forgot to ask at the vet last time about the cost. Good luck

Wow, what big eyes you have was my first thought! Really neat pics, thanks for sharing.

Haa... reading your comment about having pics and videos from 6 wks up just made me have a thought... I think I've written more about Timber on this forum than I wrote in my kids' baby books! LOL Of course I have more time now.

I agree on the proximity thing. My son is Timber's favorite. If he is in the room and Timber will always go to the spot on his cage closest to Dakota.

Since greys aren't supposed to have much fruit, no worries!

Bells, you must have bells... that is what Timber would say. Other than that, his favorite "toys" are the forage boxes I put in the bottom of the cage. I just stuff cardboard boxes with shredded paper, nuts wrapped in pieces of coffee filter, wooden beads (bird safe) etc. He is also fond of the roll of adding machine paper that hangs in his cage. He isn't big on chewing hard things (like the shred-able wood items you can buy), but that is an individual preference. They are as unique in their toy preferences as in other ways. You will just have to "figure out" what he likes. I am not sure about rope, someone with more experience can address that. Timber has a boing in his cage that he hangs on and eventually chews up (fun on several levels). Sorry to hear about the bad clip! I just read on the forums recently that it can take up to two years for all the feathers to grow back, so don't get discouraged if it doesn't happen quickly. As to the food, a lot of our greys are picky, picky, picky. You might try hanging a skewer of fresh veggies in his cage so he can examine them and test when no one is around and he is feeling more secure. That's the only way Timber will eat raw veggies. I put cooked sweet potato, grain mix stuff and other fresh food in a separate bowl in Timber's cage. He never eats it all, but there is evidence that he has at least picked at it. When I first got him, I didn't think he was eating hardly anything. Someone here pointed out that he is a bird, and doesn't wolf down the quantities of food I'm used to with dogs and cats. The point being that if you leave something for him in the cage, it doesn't have to be all gone for him to have "sampled" it. Keep trying with the food. When he gets comfortable, he will probably start trying the new stuff. If you haven't tried it, try feeding him something like mashed sweet potato (like body temperature) on a spoon. Timber will try anything I give him on a spoon. He may spit it out and look disgusted, but he will dip his beak in it The forage things might work with him too. Hide the almond (if you are using them in the shell, crack the end off with a nutcracker to get him started) in a box with other bird safe stuff. They have a natural instinct to forage, and will sometimes eat the prize they have found even if it isn't a favorite. Hope this makes sense! Don't give up! Patience and continuing to offer him things wins the day.

Ouch! Sorry to hear that Nancy, but glad you are on the mend!

I think many of us are familiar with that look of disgust...

No baby experience here. Sounds to me like Sterling is trying to purr!

So sorry to hear about your loss. God bless.

I'm still offering Harrison's, but Timber isn't "biting." He also won't do Roundybush, Zupreem or any of the others I've tried. He's a nutriberry bird. I feed him sprouted seeds, mashed sweet potato, birdy bread, grains, Higgins world cuisine (with hemp seed and red palm oil), chicken wings and drums, occasional beef and fish, veggies on a skewer etc., which he eats some of. He may never eat the recommended pellets. I'll keep sticking them in, but I know it may never happen. If not? So be it. He will be as healthy as he can be for as long as he can be and I'll enjoy every minute of it!