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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.

Safe for birdy bell: Also the fastener at the top, we used to use those until I spotted my Jardines one day with his toy hanging from his beak. He got it off, then got it clipped onto his beak and the hole near his throat. We have since switched to quick links. He can undo quick links too, don't ask me how, but he can't screw it back together on his beak. I swear, he's a little engineer birdy....

Everytime I see a cockatoo video, they seem to be doing the same thing. Do they all have a screw loose or something? HAaahaahhh Oh...happy HATCHDay Murfchck!!!

Ahh yes, supervising in the kitchen. I believe that's what Grey's were born to do. And it's why we have shoulders.

She looks like she has mastered some Grey yoga moves.

Sounds like our house: - Nothing breakable on the kitchen counter. GreycieMae loves to fly in there and check to see if her counters are clear. If not you will get a crashing sound faster than you can get in there to do your job. - Laptop cover down. Rio will strip keys if he finds a laptop unattended. - Hide the Tab4: I think little Toby likes to go shopping or something. He's learned to scroll the screen with his beak. Of course he can't figure out how to turn the blasted thing on. - I have to wear shoes: Rio hates my toes and will guerrilla attack them if he see's them out in the open. However mama's toes get upchucks and Jardines cooing. Go figure. - Cabinets above the fridge must be covered. Rio likes to strip paint off them.

The look on Maalik's face: just got busted perving for ziggy.

What a little piggy. Our little pigeons are growing like weeds too.

Just so you know, I'm stealing that phrase. I'm thinking a nice wall mounted placard for the entrance to their aviary or their bird room "Sterling Ranch Dino Tyrant Overlords". And for our fence "Beware of the Dino Tyrant Overlords".

You have a possessive horn-dog on your hands. Grey's will punish you when you're not doing what they wish, which in this case is not keeping far enough away from the perceived competition. I get a nice beak-lashing when I come to close to Toby whom GreycieMae can't stand. If I'm not taking care of business (i.e. keeping Toby at a distance) as she insists I can and do sometimes get a nasty bite. At first I had a hard time 'seeing' what was going on. My wife said something one day that made it click and now it's clear as day - she will punish me for not towing her line. I'm allowed to mess with Rio (our Jardines) a bit more before getting bit and I can mess with the wifey too a bit more but there are limits there as well. Greys....

Kinda funny - I'm actually looking for a job where I can work from home, not because I'm a lazy bastard and just want to stay home, no I feel like I need to be home for the birds more

Greys are the sweetest! GreybieGrey does a similar thing when she wants me to swing her on her chain. I was telling her tonight she's just like a little kid wanting to play.

Don't clip. Especially if you can have control of when he is in contact with those he'll chase. Our Rio is not allowed to roam freely anymore with visitors. If he does, they are armed with a spray bottle. He quickly does a U-turn when he sees they are armed. Typical thug.

I'd try getting him with a spray bottle before I'd resort to clipping. You can also slightly trim their flight feathers which will just slow them down a bit but does not prevent flight. Our Jardines flew up into my mother's hair and swung down and bit her good on the cheek two weeks ago. Then he went after my aunt and got her finger. He's on serious probation and that's what we're going to do if he doesn't get a handle on himself. He thinks he's a little punk thug that runs the village around here...when he's not being as sweet as can be.