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Hey Ray, I saw this posted on FB by a quasi-former member of this place and it reminded me of you and cricket and my tigger who talked just like the bfa in this video:

Natural light is best!

- - - - - <----------------- 6 months old eyes

Oh wow, you are close! Might have to have a birdy meet-n-greet! We use Dr. Lass of Allen Veterinary Clinic as she is a certified Avian Vet. You are probably going to Dr. Osofsky in Carrolton. Dr. Lass consults with her when she needs to as Osofsky is considered the best Avian vet in the metro. We adopted a sick Jardines a few years ago and got to know who all the good and bad vets were in the area. We only found these two good ones. We ended up doing some consultations with the Avian research center down in A&M through Dr. Lass. Nice to know you're so close. Would love to know more about your Greybie!

The bird pictured is older than a year. Looks like a few years old at least.

We removed our chandelier in favor of a solid light fixture. GreycieMae thought it was way too much fun and refused to stay off of it. I had to build a cardboard 'teepee' around the thing so she couldn't get a spot to land. Wife got tired of explaining why we had a teepee around our chandelier and made me change it out.

Thomas J - where in DFW are you? I saw in another post you mention north east metroplex. That's where I'm at, Allen to be exact. Anywhere near you?

Just treat her like the queeny she is and get us some pics. Make sure you know how to feed them right - stickies in the food subroom.

helium ballon. Greycie hates them.

Felix says macaws are ok, even two and a mix of cockatiels if you so desire.

Had to watch the videos to remember who Fred was!

Jealous. Wish mine would talk like that.

That probably won't go away. We have a bedtime routine here: we walk inside the dark bird room, GreycieMae hangs off my back so I have to get against a wall to get her back where I can get her. She then flops forward and crawls into my shirt. After that it's the death clench followed by 2-3 minutes of sweet talking and reassuring and she'll finally release and let me gently place her on her sleep swing. They're silly.

Certain items are sure to kill a Grey. Just ask them I would remove the offending items and set them somewhere in the room where she can have a good look at them for a few days. Might help if she sees you messing with them occasionally too.

She made you pay. Now she says "don't you do that naughty running off again - you hear me? Or next time it will be worse, now where's my treat?" She's a real cutie.

Welcome to the fart club. We get that noise more often than any other out of our Grey. We made the mistake of laughing and giggling the first few times and now she loves to get a rise out of us with a well placed fart.

That's a cool name for a Grey. Never heard that one before. Very unusual.

What do you mean by "picking his white feathers"? Does he have bare patches? I'm sitting here right now with Greycie and she's lost probably 4-5 white down feathers just in the process of normal preening. This is an everyday occurrence. During a molt they'll even lose a lot of the regular feathers. I chase her down feathers all over the dang living room daily just cleaning them up - it's very normal. I'm not liking what this vet is recommending but it could clearly be a communications gap between us and what you're describing.

Miss Gilbert is a Timneh and they tend to be smaller. My Grey is a Congo and she's a big girl yet she's never broken 490 grams. She's typically 460 grams but she's a female. Some people freak out when they can feel the keel bone. This is normal, even more so in birds that are not flighted. My girl is a constant flier and she still has a very noticeable keel bone. Question about your vet, which I may have missed: is this an actual avian vet? I know it can be hard to find avian vets.

Whoaaa - I 've seen a lot of "What does your Grey weigh" and not once have I ever seen a Grey even come close to the 2lbs (907 grams) mark. 1.2 lbs sounds about right to me but I guess that vet would know what they are talking about. Is Alex a really big Grey or something? Wondering if anyone else here has ever heard of a Grey reaching 2lbs?

Winston looks like a healthy boy. He looks like a nice birdy.

That's a great update. I don't mind long if it's paragraphed - makes for easy reading. Seems like everyone is getting an Alexa. I have two co-workers with them now. I'll be the usual late-adopter if they hang around for 3 years or so. You sure have a chatterbox. I wish my girl would strike up a conversation. She's kind of a mute one. Can't wait for some video of that.

We don't sell them. I went to a man's place last year to buy some quail and he offered me these pigeons along with a couple of Oriental Frill pigeons for free. He was just tired of taking care of them. They were in a tiny little box so we took them. I resisted letting them set on their eggs for a long time because I don't want to fill the damn place up with pigeons. Wife talked me into letting them hatch just this set and NO MORE!!! They are cute though. I'm after a few homers that I can fly outside the loft. These fantails are sitting ducks so they have to stay inloft.

Probably about a month old now. Seems we got a bit of a choco brown one. I'm hoping that color holds because it's real pretty in person. They are super friendly unlike their wild-arse parents. They are finally past their butt-ugly baby stage. Cute as can be now! [video=youtube_share;I8jVNqi8DpE]

Good boy Alfie. Certified hooman trainer.