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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!

I've studied the photos and have come to the professional conclusion that little Miss Talon caught whomever did that nefarious act and has punished them appropriately.

I'll start off with the name suggestions: Penelope. Sometimes I wish I would have used that name. GreycieMae is such a rotten princess sometimes it would have fit perfect. I'm sure we would have ended up calling her Princess Penelope.

Well, that looks and sounds like African Grey 'parottese' to me. Get Dave to translate that for you - haa haa. That's not the stress shriek I was referring to and you would hate it - it drives us bonkers. It makes perfect sense you started hearing that when you brought another of his own kind into his proximity. Just from your two short videos there you look to have two fine friends in the making.

IMO - you have the perfect situation going on there. Two Greys and they don't look to be aggressive at all in each other's presence although that's a very short video. Grey's DO NOT DO WELL alone!!!! From your description of the shrieking, it sounds like you are describing their stress call. Did it start when you brought the other Grey home? Our Grey started doing it when we brought our Caique home and now the damn Caique does it all the time. Our Grey has persisted with it too since it's being reinforced through the Caique. My sense is it will diminish as they start to settle in with each other. I don't think you can go wrong with two Greys that get along. They will still include you in their flock if you participate. Nothing worse than a lone bird all day long while you're at work. Post a video of the shrieking if you can.

Keep posting his/her pics - I like to watch them grow. They don't don't stay babies for long.

Such a pretty girl. They seem to really love the sun shining through. Mine play a lot when the morning sun is beaming through their birdyroom window in the mornings.

We thought about netting in our front porch area but after what happened to Ozzy(sp?) with those teenage bastards that shot him I won't expose my birds to anyone off the road that can take a pot shot at them with a pellet gun just for something fun to do.

Our direct backyard is not much bigger than the typical postage stamp backyards everywhere. Shoot, we're still toying with the idea of netting our whole backyard in for them.

Our Jardines head looks like that when our Caique gets done 'grooming' him. You don't possibly have another bird do you?

You all must go through a ton of paper towels. I HATE going to Costco and buying their mega-size paper towel and toilet paper bundles and they're gone in a couple of weeks. Reusable is the way for me. I'll nuke my sponges/dish cloths, which is what I've been doing for years. Wife otoh plows through enough paper products for a family of 10.

Is he still laying down like that? Never moves?

I want pics of the red poop souffle.

Here's a picture of me growing up. If you ever think I'm moving north of 37 degree lat or east of 95 long. you're crazy. Snow is for fun days and melts within 24 hrs.

Sounds like you're describing their 'yawn'. Does it also look similar to choking on something? It's normal.

This is just what I needed. Ammo for my argument that it's ok for the birds to be pooping in the sink.

That is the funny. We have a mylar balloon protecting our ceiling fan right now.