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Tough crowd. Almost like Jayd reincarnated. Y'all don't have too many members to run off. Forums are dying off all over the place thanks to places like FB etc... Think about it.

You've had a much better experience than most. It's very typical for the first few times to not go well at all. The key is constistency. Do it daily and it'll be second nature before you know it.

I've heard about it in poultry: pointy egg (males) vs. rounded egg (female). Complete wives tale with no scientific basis. And where does that term come from anyway? (Old Wives Tale).

It looks like someone is a good little eater.

Mine will pop the keys if I do not take the appropriate anti-virus countermeasures (tickle-tickles work best). So far I have not lost a key. However, my wife's laptop has been struck by the St. Patricks lil green gobblin version of this virus and has 10-15 keys missing in various spots.

Bluedawg, you appear to have a nearly identical strain to the one I have. Right down to the very talented 'hang from my toenails and do my best yoga twist'. I was also eyeball'ing that cargo net. Looks like something I need for my aviary now that we've moved back in during the warm days. Looked at the price - I believe I'll be making one. whoaaa....

The only way I've done it is to use the option to add an image from a URL and uncheck the box to 'reference locally'.

Mornings around here are a lot of shrieking and terrordactly bombing runs. Can be very scary to the uninitiated as I've had visitors here when the birds do this and the guests grit their teeth and hunker down. They don't realize how harmless it is with birds flying and shrieking all over the place.

Greycie chews through hers on a regular basis. I have another one on order and am contemplating creating some leather sheaths to sew over the problem areas.

What a precious cutie.

I'm the stubbornest one in the house. We'd be making trips in and out of that bathroom until it's understood that's how it's going to be. As long as I'm busting my arse cooking and cleaning and making great fun time for them, I expect a little in return and I'll get it one way or another. We had a situation yesterday where a certain someone didn't want to wear their harness. It's been a long winter and we're out of practice. The nasty hard bites and the rolling upside down and pretending to play dead started so off we went for a 2-3 hour march through Home Depot and Lowes. Everybirdy was just fine once we returned. Townie rides in the harness are on the schedule for this evening since we seem to be having issues wearing our harness now.

That's exactly what I want to do with Greycie. We have a park in the area that has nothing for acres and acres that would be safe to fly her. Are you using the Aviator Flight Line lead to get that much length?

I'm always in Greycie's personal space and I have a few scars to show it. The worst one was when she struck me and ripped a nice straight line from the side of my nostril all the way down to my lip. Sometimes their displeasure with you being in their face is impossible for us to read before it's too late. Other times she pulls at my ear or the side of my cheek to get me in her personal space. Kind of like having a second wife - I have no idea what the hell is in that head of hers.

Gawd stories like this make me jealous. I have a mute bird. None of our birds talk. I wonder if it's us? We baby talk them and probably way too much.

Pictures!!!!

Just wondering what type of cuddling you were doing? I have a cuddler or more appropriately a rough-houser. She's not much for 'stroking' although petting her on the oil gland will get her preening in high gear. She's more the type that will climb up on me and throw her head back which is my queue to try and tickle her and see if I can get away without a bite. She's playing but she does bite hard at that point. She also likes to hang off the front of the monitor and expects me to grab her under the wings and bounce her through the air while she throws her head back. Also turn her upside down and 'shake the change' out of her pockets. Anything similar to that? Not sure what I would do if we couldn't have play time any longer. This thread has me worried now...

I suggest starting a thread for Chappie pics. I tend to click on a 'Hi...' thread once and out. A thread title that indicates updated pics of your bird, I for one will keep looking.

Nobody around here volunteers for beak wipes. Kind of like trying to clean a kids face. I get lots of ::growly:: ::growly::

Welcome. Know what you mean when you say you found your calling/feel complete. If you're a bird person they can have that affect on you. I love little green cheeks even though I don't have one anymore. They're special little orneries.

Yep - hangout in parrot FB groups long enough and you'll see this is very prevalent (14,000+ members in the African Grey group alone). Someone gets a beak on the skin (birds third foot) and they say "my bird bites". I'll stand by my comment, it's usually the idiot that owns the bird, not the bird being aggressive. I've seen a lot of birds and haven't seen very many of what I would consider truly aggressive. I take Greycie to race outings and 9 out of 10 people she's able to buffalo just sensing their fear and she's far from 'aggressive'. They will tell me she's mean.

Jeez. And I worry about my brats being cold in their 65 degree room.

'Aggressive' birds usually point to a problem with the parront, not the bird.

I must be creating a monster. GreycieMae still LOVES to be fed 'formula'. It's not formula anymore, it's her special oatmeal that I fix. Both her (3yo) and Rio(1+) both go at it like they are still babies: wide open beaks and let me shovel it in by the spoon loads.

Cute pics! It took you long enough to post those

Wow. I can't imagine what it's like having a Grey that can talk!