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Yeah, looks like he's caught the 'love bug'. Looks very frustrating for him too.

You were severely punished for your in-actions! What kind of device are you using to take videos? It takes nothing to create a gmail account and upload to youtube. Would love to see it.

oh shoot - what a cutie!!!

Pics? Feel free to stick around and be a part of the Grey family.

Well, you all have been doing it wrong. I stuff GreycieMae into a canvas backpack with no windows or nothing. So the Pak-o-bird will be a vast improvement over that. I actually only do that for the short back-n-forth 15foot trip to the aviary. However, she's going to start going with me to Lowes/walmart/ and to other joints in her Pak-o-bird. I've found, if she doesn't like something, I'll do it even more until she doesn't care. Poor GreycieMae has a stubborn daddy.

oh man... I just spent a bulk load of money on some pak-o-birds. GreycieMae better not give me the same problem.

I'd almost be willing to foster him if you have a house on the way. 2-3 years goes by *like that*. Surely someone could look after him for that amount of time? He's absolutely beautiful by the way. Is that a teal coloring? Turquoise? I've never seen that color on a GCC.

So true ... (if anyone can read the name under 'created by', I'd like to know)

This post really pulls at me. I showed it to my wife - answer was a 'soft' no. My first bird was a GCC named Lester. I love love loved him. Although I'm drawn to the Greys as if I was one I wish I could offer him a home. I have a secretary that has a cockatiel that told me the other day she is looking for another small bird. I often bring in sprouts and and treats for her cockatiel. Will see if she is at all interested. Makes me very sad when a bird has to lose a home because of kids. humans....

I would pay more attention to how the bird reacts to you rather than the 'red factor'. These birds are not prizes or trophies to show off, they are living sentient beings and are more often mistreated by people who get into them for the completely wrong reasons: "I want a red factor" would be one of those reasons. Your best bet is to go back and interact with all three and see which one shows a real interest in you and make sure you're in the right frame of mind. These birds become a part of your family if allowed to do so. Once the novelty wears off you have a bird that requires a lot of work and time and attention. Make sure you are ready for that, don't focus on the 'red factor' want want want....

Still got those baby eyes but I can see the shape of her head and face is becoming an adult. Cutie!

Outsmart him! Make a sweet potatoe mash with finely chopped veggies in it. You might also try giving him the veggies only and then later give him pellets. I don't know your bird so you may not want to screw with his eating habits too much and make it worse. Ours get pellets later in the day after they've had an opportunity to eat what I've fixed them in the morning.

Harrisons pellets are considered some of the best. Do you feed him other things beside pellets? See Nutrition & Diet You might lay off the misting. Sounds like you might be mis-reading their natural tendency to scratch and preen their feathers almost constantly. All birds do this. I hardly ever bathe my Grey, she'll mostly do it on her own in a casserole dish full of ice water. You might be stressing her out by forcing the spraying.

Sounds to me like birdy just had a very traumatic experience in the shipping process. Probably thrown around like a regular piece of luggage. She needs you most right now to settle down and act calm, her world is completely in upheaval right now. Also you said she is eating lots of stuff besides her formula - that's much better than your original post indicated. I wouldn't push the formula if she's eating other stuff, just keep offering it. You may want to try and put it in a bowl - I have had one that will eat it like that. You may also try some calming soothing music and possibly use that or some easy white noise at night too to mask the noises that may be keeping her on edge. She needs to know she's landed in a place of calm.

Look at that cute lil cake face! Happy 10th hatchday Talon!!!

That's great. Hate it when they flip out in their cages at night like that. Stressful on everybody/birdy.

I'm calling FOWL! Those videos are from 2010. (anything to discredit and DQ my competitors).

I'm with birdhouse on this one. I asked about past behavior because if this was brought on by one incident and Echo being a 15 year old bird that has never acted like this before, it HAD to be a traumatic incident they pulled. My daughter told me what happened with my ex-wife and our Grey 'Odie' that she still had at the time (who is now with my aunt until I get her back - another story). Apparently some guy she was dating had come over and was waiting on my ex to get ready. He decided to pass the time by grabbing a broom handle and shoving it in the cage at Odie, who started to panic, which alerted my daughter who came running to see what was happening. Daughter ran and told Mom who promptly came out swearing and screaming and sent the dude packing. He's lucky I wasn't there because I nearly shot one of my neighbors for a lesser crime (another story from my colorful little past).

Has she acted like this before the incident with the dog walker or is this new behavior since that incident?

Turn their bird room into a jungle gym. That's what I did.

I have to say, the human would put me to sleep or possibly cardiac arrest from sheer boredom (I. Hate. Opera). However when the Zon does it I'm all ears and could watch for hours!

Ignoring you is part of your punishment. Sitting with a pistachio on your head is good but you should show some real penance and sit on a pile of pistachio shells - and beg for forgiveness, all while still being ignored.

Well, we'll try again. I know one thing: if I take the pumpkin in their aviary and try to carve it myself and demand them to stay out of it, they'll be all over it like flies on you know what.

I absolutely believe letting her take Echo to her house is the next worst decision that can be made. I may have read that wrong but I read: you're going to let the dog sitter, who screwed this up in the first place, take the bird? Based on her reaction to thinking it was funny and posting it on FB leads me to believe this person needs to stick to dog walking. Your bird is now traumatized, I wouldn't screw with the situation any further. Let Echo sort herself out in her trusted place and she will come around. Also sounds like Echo may need a bit of socializing but I have no idea if it's too late for that. I have a best friend. If I told him not to do something more than once and he did it anyway traumatizing my baby like that he would find out real fast he's on my shit list. That's if I didn't punch him for it. edit: ok, you have a dog walker and a parrot sitter. I realized after I posted these are two different people. No idea on that one.

That picture of Isaac at the end of that rope is exactly what GreycieMae loves to do as well. Only we use a plastic chain with a big 'ol cow bell at the bottom. Man she can get going around on that thing and make a HUGE racket and then she'll suddenly launch off of it into a wild terrordactyl strafing across the house. If she can spook the two littles into the air she'll chase one of them like she's some sort of predatory hawk or something. Too big for her britches sometimes. That toy really gets her going.