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A flying can opener. Excellent.

I thought maybe you had room for one more on the countertop to the left but I looked harder and...there's a Grey there.

I think mine likes wood because ever damn spot in the house that has wood easily reachable by a certain Grey has been chipped. I ended up hanging wood boxes, wood toys and reinforcing the wooden gates in the aviary because I have a full time chipper at work.

I found that I have another use for my Grey: a backpack. Rearranging couches and cages and pulling stuff out of some cupboards requires the use of a good backpack. Every now and then it's nice just to reach back there and give my backpack a little squeeze and a tickle tickle and then carry on with my work.

Try using some thin strips of balsa wood. They can easily destroy that and just keep making the strips thicker than substitute some thin strips of pine mixed in.

I grab mine by the belly and hold her back to my ear. She then crooks her head up to my lips and lets me talk into the back of her head, as if I'm on the phone. This makes my wife think I'm very busy and she leaves me alone. It's teamwork. I usually make calls to the parront abuse society and file complaints about the way I'm being treated. Funny thing is, they never do anything about it.

Ditto. And having lots to do like getting tossed into an aviary where they have lots of toys. GreycieMae spends most of her day doing 21ft pterrordactly sorties, wood chipping, trawling upside-down the top of the aviary, snacking and napping. In that order.

Lots of baby faces around here this time of year.

I know several people who facetime with their birds. I only have the option to talk to them on my cam - no video so I'm unqualified to comment. However, I want to do it too.

GreycieMae gets a very stern and loud 'GREYCIE' when she does that high pitched whistle crap that drives us all bonkers.

My spoiled rotten Grey will take feedings and she's 2.5 years old. I would carry on with the feedings until your Grey chooses to begin eating other things. At that age they will eventually get curious about other treats and eats. You don't want them starving even if they are choosing to. We use a gram scale to monitor weight. I have a Jardines who we're having trouble keeping weight on so I actually switch back to his baby food when he starts remaining well below the weight he was delivered to us at. He's 15 months.

That's her 'steak knives' look. Both her brothers would have a bloody talon each in their backs if she could manage it. She doesn't like sharing me.

I started messing around with the camera and it was like a horse pooped in a stall - all the flies pile on. My birds love it when the camera comes out, especially Rio. The little lights on different devices bring out his curiosity like nothing else. So I started snapping photos and these are some of what I got. Greycie is not featured as she was exceedingly annoyed that her two idiot siblings were taking over her private 'daddy' time.

You may have misread what I posted. There's no need to take the punctures. Just use a simple fingernail file and barely rub off the sharp points. No need to get a nail trimmer and take anything more. A couple of passes with a nail file will make the nails tolerable to handle her and won't affect her balance any.

I would not 'trim' their nails as a baby like your breeder mentioned (if I read that right). Even in adult birds trimming, depending on how much of the nail is taken, can result in a little off balance which is easily overcome when they're older. If you can just barely file the points off to where they don't hurt that would be best until baby is a little older and more sure of themselves.

Looks like she's having real trouble fitting in and getting comfy - HHAAAAHHAAAAHHAA. Your training now begins! Prepare for the African Grey mind meld. She will have you at her beck and call in no time.

Welcome to cousin Zoe! If I wasn't spending most of my time underneath vehicles I'd have to come see her.

I don't think you have anything to worry about with the tent. She's too young and will be for a while. Out of three birds, only one of ours took to having a tent. The other two tents were a waste as I could never get the two birds to use them. Greycie wanted to perch on the side of her food dish of all things. I saw she was getting a small spot on both her feet so I removed those and forced her onto something that looked more comfy - at least it didn't make my feet hurt just thinking about her sitting on it all night. No idea on the clorox wipes?!?

Maybe all you needed was a 'No Soliciting' sign?

I overheard my wife the other day telling GreycieMae - "Momma has really fallen for you lil girl...I love you <smooches> <smooches>..." KEEPER!!! The birds were my idea and a part of my past life before the wife so I'm glad she's fallen for them. GreycieMae bit the $%#& out of me this morning: Toby was too close for comfort next to her chosen one.

Sheesh! Talk about lucky. I had an incident a couple weeks back where I stepped out of the aviary to get a dish, left the doors (aviary AND saftey cage) unlatched, and then got distracted and went to work. By the time I was 3/4 of the way to work I realized what I had done and that my aviary was probably wide open by 'now'. Wife wouldn't pick up so I got to the office and emailed and FB messaged her trying to get contact. Finally decided to head home at 90mph - longest drive of my life. Got home and there they were sitting on their usual spots just preening away - doors unlatched but still closed. I don't care how dang careful you are, you're gonna slip up. I now will not leave the aviary unlatched even if I'm stepping 5 feet away with the intent to come back because I know I'll hose it up.

Would love to have seen a picture of that lil fella

Great videos. The Greys are so distinguished and down to business and then there's Nilah- haaahaaa.

Three is all I can handle: GreycieMae - CAG - chief disciplinarian and chief trouble maker Toby - Caique - 10 feet tall and bullet proof - black belt master of Caiquey-Jiu-Jitsu Rio - Jardines - lover boy/smooth operator - professional device dismantler and keyboard key remover

I listen to GreycieMae's all the time. I'm lucky to have a very tactile bird. My favorite is when I'm swinging her on her chain. That really gets her ticker going. I also like sticking my nose in that fuzzy little wing pit too and I'm always struck by how warm it feels - another one of those weird sensations of being very close to their being.