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That's what I do: pak-o-bird for short constant moving trips, King's cage for long hauls. I don't feed/water in the soft carrier because it makes a huge mess on the fabric. By the way: the Kings Cage carrier is the bombdiggity! I have the small (no feeders) and the next size up with the feeders. They are such good carriers. The medium sized one slides together, no bolts screws etc I can't believe what a nice carrier it is.

All of mine will peel a sunflower seed that has already been removed from it's hull. They leave behind a thinner-than-paper husk that I never even knew was there.

When I was 19 (I'm 49 now) I bought my first parrot, an African Grey. There has always been something about the Greys that has drawn me (conures too). We named hrm (him/her) Odie and always called hrm Odie Podie. I only lived with Odie for a very short time, 4-5 years, as by 24, my then wife was filing divorce papers and I was given the boot. My ex-wife held onto my birds for a while, losing my conure outdoors I assume (I absolutely loved that bird) and then eventually giving Odie and Tigger (my Amazon) to my aunt that lives where I grew up in northern New Mexico. Thankfully I am still able to connect with Odie although I haven't done a good job of getting there regularly. The last time I saw Odie was in 2009, the last time I went to see my parents. That was the first time since 1994 that I had seen Odie. She recognized me after I started talking to her the way I used to. My Aunt could even tell that Odie knew who I was. This time around, it took Odie a little while longer to figure out who I was but she recognized me again. My aunt had her out in a garden cage (my aunt basically has a garden of eden in the desert) and we went over to see her. She wouldn't step up on my arm at first but eventually did but was cautious. I started talking to her like I used to and it wasn't long before she asked to climb up my arm onto my shoulder. I let her get on my shoulder and she turned her head and started rubbing my cheek exactly the same way GreycieMae does. It was heart-wrenching for me. I'm not one to cry but the rest of that day it's all I could think about and force myself to hold back the tears because I wasn't about to cry over a bird around my parents and brother. My aunt saw how Odie was acting with me again and took a moment to come over and tell me that she has given instruction when she passes that they (her husband and son) are to give Odie to me so she has a good place to live. That was very comforting. My aunt is 85 and getting frail so I'm assuming some day in the near future, I'll be headed back to New Mexico to gather up Odie and bring her home. She's in terrible shape to my eyes. I've showed these pics to my ex and she says she actually doesn't look too bad considering. My aunt said that when Tigger died back in '08/'09 that Odie started plucking and never stopped. So she's now a plucked bird but she'll always be beautiful to me. These first 5 pics of Odie on my aunt's arm and on my arm, you can see Odie is not too sure about this: Look at that face after she realizes who I am! I swear she has a smile going on that beak ❤️

I had my daughter at home as an infant when I had my first three parrots (CAG, Amazon and conure). I don't ever recall having an issue with anything except my daughter constantly getting me up at 1am for months. She barely lived through that haahaa!!!

GreycieMae does a similar ear-piercing shrill as I like to call it. It's bad enough that when she does it on my shoulder it pisses me the hell off and she gets tossed and banned. My ear rings for a while (on top of the tinnitus I already deal with) and I'm sure it contributes to some hearing loss. I generally will wear ear plugs anyway because they can all get pretty loud and I like to just let them without it damaging my hearing or driving me up the wall.

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Ever'birdy meet Conner the Conure. He's approximately 11 weeks old. Turquoise conure. He was not well taken care of the first 7 weeks of his life and came to us as a wild brat of a bird. I have been working with him non-stop for 5 weeks and he's just about manageable now. This little guy came to us with a bit of a club footy. Two of his toes have been partially chewed off. He's still learning to use his left foot to hold food. He keeps trying with his damaged foot and can't hold anything. Getting better at it. He has the cutest personality. He's very spunky. Gets in fights with himself and rolls around, has rolled off my lap a couple of times and caught flight just before bouncing off the floor. He is a jibber-jabber. Never seen a conure that babbles as much as this one. I hope it turns into some talking down the road. We'll see. As mentioned, he was pretty wild when we got hold of him. Does not like human hands at all but getting better. He's still a baby so he's pretty malleable still, not set in his ways. I recently went home to visit my parents for a week and he came along so that my wife didn't have to care for him 24/7. This did wonders for gentling him down. He was with me non-stop and had to get used to me being his only company. He even went hiking in Pagosa Springs several times. Getting better in his harness too. He previously fought it non-stop. Now it's a just a little fight to get it on and off then he's fine with it. I accidentally left my pak-o-bird carrier at the house while we traveled. So I had to come up with something in the meantime. Found this little cheap rabbit carrier ($11 at petco ) that he absolutely loves. Not sure why he likes it so much because it's fairly enclosed. Must make him feel safe. He rolls around and plays in it a lot. 20190718_120018.mp4

I bought the African Grey specific pak-o-bird and GreycieMae destroyed the insides including chewing a hole in the stainless screen mesh. Also their zippers wear out after a little while and I can't find anyone that will put on a new heavier duty zipper. I'd save your money.

That doesn't look like a Pak-o-Bird. What carrier is it?

I'd say just keep being active. Some posts get ignored and others will spark an interest. I've posted both kinds, just don't let it get under your skin if no one responds. There is no facebook arm of this forum. I've tried letting people know on the facebook grey groups about this forum but no one ever shifts this way. I used to post a lot of pics and videos of my GreycieMae, I need to get back to that.

There has been some drama here but try the Facebook groups - drama on the hour. I hate those groups. I only hang around to see vids and pics and sweet stories. Rosalinda is my favorite there.

There is a facebook group dedicated to The Monk Parakeets of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. I get their feed. Love the pics.

Mine like lima beans. I need to get some more for them.

6.5 years here. I guess around the same age as my GreycieMae. But she was just a baby!

Yup - Greys are just another member of the family. At least around here they are.

You must not know who Felix is. Of course you are the trainee, just look him up on Facebook and read his rantings and trainings advice...

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Haahaa...iOS...I avoid them like the damn plague. GreycieMae runs an Android. We will soon see a video of her, I'm sure of it.

It's great to hear from you Ray P. Sorry to hear of so much going on and the loss of your wife.

I'd use it - mix of mobile and pc. GreycieMae is a ham, there's no reason she shouldn't be schmoozing for the cameras....

I check the forum multiple times daily - almost always nothing new. Have tried to drag a few people here that, like me, get tired of the Facebook drama in those groups with tens-of-thousands 'members'. I've never successfully gotten anyone to come here. Facebook has managed to kill off a lot of forums. They can't kill off things like Maxima.org because the knowledge base is too huge and FB can't compete with the search-ability to find content that people rely on to diagnose and fix their vehicle. Another of my favorites, Caique site, went under a few years ago. The Caique FB groups are nothing compared to what was buried in the forum. AvianAvenue is still going strong but I get tired of the mamby-pamby over there so don't go much. Would hate to see this place go but there's also not much going on here either.

Stash his favorite treat in there - and make sure he knows it's there. I bet he'll be in it before long.

Alfie hits the jackpot. Love how he's checking out the new carrier. Won't be long and he'll be hoofing it downtown.

The behavior you describe is just like Huey is with me. At times he calls for me and wants me in the same room (control issue I assume) but I'm not allowed to touch or play with him or his things unless it's his idea. My wife can get away with anything with him. Occasionally I will do something, or touch something that is his and he will launch across the room and attack me. It doesn't really bother me much because I have other birds that want to stick to me like velcro. I think he likes me a little because lots of times when I try to put him down, he reaches down and bites me and I know he's telling me, not yet, he's still having fun. He likes to play under the covers. When I do it, he bites really hard, out for blood type of biting. But when he does it with my wife he just nibbles gently. There have been times where I've snuck in and she talks to him and I play with him and I get to see how he treats her simply because he doesn't know it's me. 🤣

You may not know how good of a situation you have going for you. They will be really content to have a friend. What a great lil flock ❤️