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We've offered up our wood blinds, wooden door jambs, wooden ceiling fan blades... The GreycieMae has decided these are for redecorating. The door jambs I finally gave in and just drilled plain pine boards over the jamb. Replaceable, this is good. GreycieMaes favorite toy is her swinging chain complete with Daddy there to give her pushes. It's so cute when she flies to it and hangs and makes a certain noise that I know means: "come push Daddy!"

I know that vinegar (white) is used to de-scale and clean fountains. So I'm just assuming here that apple cider vinegar has the same properties. And since people feed that to their birds, why not use it to keep the fountain clean. How much to use, I have no idea. Another idea I had was hydrogen peroxide. I've heard of that being used in birdy fountains (wild birds) to help kill algea. I'd get some vet advice on that one first before I would use it on my birds.

Some bounce, some don't. Toby doesn't hop but I saw a video the other day that showed a buy someone tapping their nails in front of a Caique and he started hopping. Been wanting to try that on him. Our Jardines hops?!?

I'd go with apple cider vinegar. Unless that can damage the pump. Would love to see what fountain you got. We want to get something for the outdoor aviary.

Yes, I get a grip on her and remove her from hurting me any further. I don't put up with any non-sense but remember, mine is a handfed baby with only issues that I've created. We know each other unlike a bird from an unknown background. I have had two birds that we re-homed and I was quite different with them. I would allow them to clamp down with little to no reaction from me just to try and gain trust.

Heeeheee, seen that when it went viral from the Caique FB page. One of those videos that I'll have to rewatch a hundred times. Never regret getting a Caique into our little family. They are so different from other birds. Here's today's viral video from the group if you haven't seen it. It's public so you shouldn't have trouble viewing it. They are such clowns.

Greycie will do this to me occasionally. She frequently holds a finger in her beak gently and that's usually a request to scratch with the other finger. I get stuck that way for a few minutes. But on occasion she will do just as you mentioned and turn on me. I don't put up with it for a second. Loud NOs and the other hand comes in for the rescue. I will not let her continue to gnaw clear to the bone which she will do. When they do that they are communicating but it will take someone else here to tell you what they are communicating. My guess is 'stop whatever the hell you're doing - now'.

Sterling likes anyone who is in touch with their Grey side - but that's about it.

We get 6-10 eggs a day. We do nothing but fight over them when cooked.

Between you and and danmcq and greytness I was wondering where some of you went. Been a while since I seen JeffNOK too. I'm sure I'm forgetting some other regulars...but that's just off the top of my head right now.

At least it wasn't a body. I never know what Nancy is going to say

I've learned many times over - nobody gives a damn about my stuff more than I do. There is one exception though in some cases: family. I would always work on my Grandma and Grandad's stuff with more attention to detail than I would my own.

If you can provide a safe environment to prevent escape, you are MUCH better off keeping a bird fully flighted. There are extra precautions that you must take to keep them safe inside your home but it's well worth it. Many believe they develop so much better and are less prone to neurotic behavior if left fully flighted. We have two cases where we do a very very slight trim of the most exterior flight wings on a Caique and a Jardines in order to slow him down (Caique) and to slow down the attack mode/running into windows (Jardines). They can still fly from one end of the house through hallways and doorways and back again non-stop. Flighted birds are happy birds.

Fastest way to a Grey's heart is through their crop! Be seen eating good stuff (see some of the stickies in the Bird Food subforum) and offer it to them when they ask.

No. GreycieMae's outdoor aviary where she spends 90% of her time is 20ft(L)x10ft(w)x10ft(H) and we're thinking about doubling that so she doesn't have to slow down for u-turns.

Is the new walk-in big enough you can get his smaller cage inside of it? You haven't mentioned he's actually having problems with it so I'd see if that actually occurs first. If he does have issues, you may try getting his old trusty inside of the new one until he transitions.

Awww...he's cute as always. Can't wait to see pics of him in his new digs. Video too if you can.

Excellent work Mayday for finally getting through to your hooman!

This is Miss GreycieMae during her evening 'special time'. She gets to go to bed one hour after the littles. Mommy's in the background discussing business.

The joys of dealing with sub-contractors! We had a situation many years ago when we first bought our place: the guy we hired to wrap the place in pipe and horse wire fencing took half payment, did enough to then want the remaining payment and then 'fell on hard times'. We harassed and threatened him for two years before he finally came out and finished our fence. We almost gave up and decided we were out the remaining 7K. I don't trust anyone anymore.

Unless it's a breaker switch that you can turn back on, I wouldn't be jacking with the learning how to reconnect that chandelier if you have to have a handydude undo it in the first place. Funny story time: My wife had a 'handyman' redo the lighting in her bathroom as she put in a chandelier (who has a chandelier in the shitter - my wife that's who) and some track lighting above her new counter tops. I told her, no one flips the damn switch until I'm there to observe. I flipped the switch and the chandelier came on, the new bathroom vent came on as well as the light that goes with the vent which is supposed to be a separate line. He TOTALLY screwed it up and I was horrified when I crawled into the roof and saw the mess he made trying to figure out how to wire the whole thing - no understanding of line and load he just tried matching wire colors. I spent a whole weekend completely pissed drawing up the wiring schematics and then redoing the wiring myself so I could be assured my house wouldnt' burn down at the hands of some idiot handyman. He also ended up flooding a spare bathroom when he ran a nail through a copper pipe in our laundry area. Chalk up another weekend to re-soldering pipe because I damn sure wasn't going to turn him loose with a torch to try and learn how to do it himself at the risk of burning the place down.

I'll shove them out there around 55 degrees if there is no wind. They also stay out there into 100+ temps although I have a big box fan and mister that I use after 98 degrees. They DO NOT stay out there unattended. My wife is home all day watching them. Too much risk from the hawks constantly casing the joint and I also don't trust that someone won't find their way onto our property and steal them or thinks it's funny to shoot one with a pellet gun.

There's a third one that was playing in the basket in that photo - he's a Jardines, you can just see his head over the top. They spend their days doing a lot of this - throwing toys overboard so I can come home and pick them all up again. ...and the big fat naughty queeny who lords over all - Miss GreycieMae:

GreycieMae does that same thing and it scares the hell out of me. Every time it's something has spooked her. As you probably know she's isn't locked up much except in the outdoor aviary. She gets spooked out there too and I've found if she has room to corner in her flight, she won't slam into things. Occasionally something will spook them while they're in our living room and she'll go into a hot freaky-fast loop around the living room doing her screech. It scares the hell out of everybody/birdy in the house when she does that. I think bigger is still better considering. We also have little feeding cages 18x24 inches or something. She'll flip out in one of those and I hate it. The bigger the cage the less she's inclined to hurt herself.

If she ever wants to come on a play date or needs a baby sitter, we have a full outdoor aviary that ours play in during the day and dedicated birdy room in our house! I've always wanted to see how GreycieMae reacts to another Grey.