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My opinion only - but I think Greys are very sensitive to being alone. When this topic comes up I always refer to the same story: I bought my Grey at exactly the same time as my manager here at work. Both were handfed babies. - My Grey has my wife at home AND two other birds for when they are 'alone' in the bird room or aviary. - My managers Grey is alone all day with only a tv (and toys). My bird shows no sign of plucking - hoping she stays that way. My managers Grey is a plucker now. We feed them similar, lots of toys, interaction when we're home etc. The big difference is, his bird sits alone during the day. If adjusting her sleep pattern takes more time away from being with you, I personally would not do it. My Grey stays up till 10pm some nights just because she wants to keep playing with me.

This is good to hear. I was afraid you would come back here and tell us about the passing of your Grey. Those symptoms are usually NOT GOOD.

Greycie had a seagrass mat at one point but she shreds that thing in two days. She does the same with wicker baskets (easier for us to get). Her favorite toy is a plastic chain hanging from a hook with a bell at the top and a cow bell at the bottom. However it requires a daddy standing there and giving a good push while she swings. She also LOVES LOVES LOVES to ride the ceiling fan. We have one of those large props that turns very slow but pushes a ton of air. She flies up there and fully expects me to go hit the switch. I swear I can see her grinning as she goes round and round...

I would just like you all to take pity on poor GreycieMae down here in Texas. She was sweating it out in her aviary at 82 degrees yesterday. Another warm one again today. She would love to play in some of that snow - until it melted in a matter of minutes.

Fortunately your Grey is your life (part of it anyway) and I say that's not a bad thing. Don't know what I'd do without my little Grey girl.

Yeah, it sounds something similar to what our birds will do every once in a while. We freaked the first few times but we also noticed that all three knuckleheads would have the same thing which meant they were all getting it from the same source. I usually attribute it to fruit or real juicy stuff.

Yah, Greys are weird. My Greycie's favorite toy is a plastic chain with indestructi-bell at the top and a cowbell at the bottom. Then I have to stand there and swing her...for many many long minutes.

Funny story, and I'm going to get a little off-track here: I race bikes (like Lance Armstrong only slower and no drugs) which requires I put in a lot of hours training, sometimes in groups. I was sitting behind this one guy who had a pair of grey shoe covers with a red stripe down the back where they zipped up. I kept getting drawn to his shoes because the color combination really caught my eye. When I got home I commented to my wife about these cool shoe covers I saw and how neat they looked and she said "they must have looked like Greycie". *BAM* - it hit me like a brick in the forehead - yeah that IS what the color combo was. I didn't even realize it till she said that. I guess I have a thing for Grey with Red highlights!

So many ideas now... "Obey the Grey"

We made the mistake a couple of times making a huge ruckus about her well-timed *fart* noise and now she tries to use it to great effect. She's somehow learned to use it when she wants to say "I know you're flapping your gums at me but I don't really care" *fart*.... I think she figured it out in a situation similar to "blah blah blah blah...blah blah" *FART* "OH MY GAWD GREYCIEMAE" ensuing huge laughter....

Toby is the only one who gets a beak trim. I understand it's common for Caiques. We have a test we use with him: try to take some of his food and see how deep he buries his top beak in your finger. If it goes in real nice and deep, he needs a beak trim.

Cuddles while watching "A Million Ways to Die in the West". I love Grey cuddles, they are the best. Greycie won't sit still like that. Before long she would be upside down and wrapped around my hand.

Gosh, that's a rough neighborhood. Turf wars...

I'm not sure what you're asking...

We have our very own troll that hangs out, not under a bridge, but on top of the fridge [video=youtube_share;7iHtceilMQ0]

All we ever get is the well-timed *fart*

These little feather puffins are such rowdy players. I'm afraid the same thing is going to happen to Greycie. She came in from the aviary yesterday with a nice red slash just millimeters from her eye. Sure hope Sully's eye heals. Looks like the cantalope(?) is helping to pass the time (cute picture!).

I used to cover as well and it was a real pain the butt. Greycie's cage took two blankets to cover and required clips to hold together. She hated the covers. I finally came up with the great idea to mount a removable dowel rod over both windows and we used some 100% light blocking curtains to create easy to hang and remove night curtains. I'll never go back to the cage covering...

I've had this issue with the website for some time now. It renders the forums completely unusable and I'm getting real tired of it. Really need something done about it. Maybe the website admin can contact the tech support for a solution? Some screenshots that may help - This is what I see when the issue starts to creep up And then the website will start acting up. At this point it's getting hard to use This is the part that really irritates me. These shots show the whole screen has gone completely haywire. Nothing can be done at this point until it clears itself up. This can last anywhere from 1-10 minutes. It's even gone 15 minutes before. I'm pretty sure I got a bad bug from the site. All those google warnings must have been right. I was just looking for trouble when I clicked on here...

We get punished regularly for not following GreycieMae's rules. Rule #1: "No charging phones on my countertop." My wife has lost several charging cables as a result of not following this rule. Rule #2: "Keep my countertops clear!" GreycieMae will immediately drag overboard anything she can manage to get to the edge. I lost my absolute favorite glass drinking cup a couple days ago because I failed to follow this rule. She hates a messy countertop unless it's her food tray or her playthings (which usually end up on the floor too).

Well, he's definitely showing his Grey-tude as only a Grey can. Looking forward to the stories.

Is this 'Teka'? I just spoke with someone today - same exact story. Long time birdy and had since he was just a few months old. Would definitely love to hear more about those 25 years. That's getting up there in experience that most of us don't have. Pics too!

Not sure where you are located, but in our area there are multiple parrot specific facebook groups. I see re-homes a lot - lots of birds. Keep your eyes peeled on something like that and you might just meet your feathered soul mate.

Give her a Chamomile tea bag! You can't take away her private 'tea time'. That would be completely uncivilized.

Gosh what a cutie! Love that baby face.