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He's in the cage. He looks like he's part of the toy hanging in the middle - look at the very top of the hanging block toy and he's the top block. Greycie and Toby the Caiquey-Jiu-Jitsu master can be out at the same time. Rio has to stay locked up when they are out because he starts fights he can't finish. When he's out Greycie has to be locked up.

Wife asked me to keep tabs on the fids while she is gone for a while. This is what I see: All I see is one Caique a Jardines and a Itty-Bitty-Bat. And I don't expect to have blinds left when I get home

I think extreme persistence is the key. When Greycie got out I had it in my head I would search for 30 days straight. I had plans to take time off from work to keep searching. Going into the second day I was getting depressed but knew I would have to fight through it. We put flyers up on all street corners in our area. I think those were pretty useless. My next step had we not found her was placing leaflets on every door for at least a 1.5 mile radius around our house. Also, when I said Greycie was '3 miles away' - that was from the spot where I suspect I saw her drop down on the horizon. She was being harassed by crows. She went down north-northwest of our house and I found her south-southwest. Her actual distance from our house was 1.5 miles. I want to say she was looking for home and found a familiar trail I used to cycle her on and parked herself there to wait. It's way to bizarre for her to have just randomly picked a tree right next to a familiar trail so I'm pretty sure she knew what she was doing. Record some household noises, like your other birds to play outside. I believe anything that is familiar to him will draw him in. I also think you are correct in believing he will stick to the trees in your area if he has to cross wide open areas to get to something else. I don't know what type of playback device you're using but I would stick it in a bike trailer and pull it along and LISTEN. Making sure you have gaps in the noise so you can hear him call when he does. When we found Greycie there was NO DOUBT she wanted to come home and wanted us to find her. I'm sure your Brutus is looking for you.

I hate to hear this as I have gone through the same thing. Be sure to search at dawn and dusk. If you can record your other birds on a device and play it back while out searching that will help get his attention. Also it's best to use a bicycle as you can see and hear things a lot better. I found a car and my moto were useless as they were too loud and I was limited to what I could see. We found Greycie because she called to us in the dark and we HEARD her first. We would have never seen her. Don't assume you know where he is by the direction you saw him fly or may think he flew. We found Greycie 3 miles, in a completely opposite direction, from where I last saw her descend. She actually flew to a trail that she was familiar with and parked herself in a tree waiting for me. I so hope you find Brutus because this really sucks.

No violence and posturing to see here...Amazons are sweet and cuddly

Talon - still showing as private.

We cover to accomodate sleep time. Otherwise they would be up with the slightest light.

Forgot the link Dave? I'm interested in whatever it is too.

You'd love Toby the Caique then - he goes nutters when he gets a shower. It's like sticking a fresh battery and winding him up real tight.

I've been meaning to post about this but since I've mentioned it here: along with the cage time, I meant to mention also that clipped Greys seem to talk more. This is just from a random smattering of watching videos from people on this and other FB/Forums where I'm able to also see how 'mobile' their bird is. I'm just noticing that the Greys who are more immobile, for whatever reason whether it's caged or clipped just seem to talk more and maybe it's because that's how they find to fill their time without going bonkers. My GreycieMae fills her time patrolling her sovereign skies within our house and wrestling with me, her hanging chain and just plain playing all the time. She has no real need to talk our language as she can just about get what she wants without it.

Ok...I thought my Greybie was being slow about talking. Yours is taking longer. I'm thinking about looking into training techniques to see if I can kick start her talking ability a little more. Mine gives me blank stares when I tell her what things are. Maybe I need to stop reading her mind and giving her what I know she wants based on her behavior. I also have another theory that Greys that are caged more talk more out of sheer boredom. Just a theory though. Does your baby get a lot of out-of-cage time? I'm talking about caged only 1-2 hours per day if at all.

How old? One of Greycie's first words was peek-a-boo. It must be easy for them because I know a lot of Greys will say that phrase.

You sound like a good candidate for some Felix trainings. He will get you sorted out.

Mine does the same. She gets super anxious when I get ready to leave for work even though she gets to stay home with mommy. Then when I am home, she's bitey, aloof, cantakerous.... I solve some of it with laps around the living room, seems to take the edge off of her.

Glad to see you back. How old is Marco now? We're dealing with terrible two's here too and Greycie will be two in three months. She's super jealous of the other birds, very nippy and naughty. She still has her sweet moments though. She won't talk that much for some reason, says the same old same old that she's been saying since she was around 6mos and hasn't learned anything new. Did your Marco do the same? I've never been into tatooing myself but I've though about getting this - just the bird, not the 'I <3' part...

I only have three and I had a flight situation last night. My Grey ended up chasing my Jardines, my Jardines used his well-practiced evasive maneuvers around an orbit and faked a landing on the sink. Meanwhile my Caique buzzed (Caiques buzz, they don't fly) through the living room and crash landed in the dark foyer where my wife has a ton of crap piled. Took me a while to find him as he won't say a peep when I'm looking for him. For about 20 seconds I had birds going everywhere - chaos.

Pics!!!

I'm sure Tigger is out there riding his beach bicycle upside down from the handle bars with his wings spread wide. He loved that. Oh, he loved showers too. Never seen a bird get so excited about getting hosed down until I got my Caique - Toby.

Grey Power!

Staying tuned and hoping for the best. If this succeeds it will be hard to pin it on what worked?!?

I dealt with empty nest syndrome by stuffing my house with birds. Actually the running joke around here is they are my mid-life crisis. One of my wife's friends is hitting rock bottom with her husband - no love, no sex, no nothing in the last six months. I've advised he's seeing someone else and/or is just tired of her sh*t (male perspective). My wife, who is a psychologist by trade has advised her that her 44 yo husband (same age as me) is having his mid-life crisis and is most likely seeing someone else. During all of this I overheard a discussion about me and my midlife/empty nest crisis and my 'stuffing the house with birds'. It's somewhat true although I can remember pining for another Grey shortly after I lost my first one.

I voted and I wasn't late either. But I saw that one entry that was just so-so with 400+ votes...some nepotist at work.

Haa...sounds like GreycieMae. She has made it her lifes mission to keep the counters clear. The only things safe are items which can't be dragged, pushed or tipped over and rolled overboard. The cussing and swearing when glass shatters in the kitchen is gettin less and less. Either we're running out of glass items or we're learning to put stuff away.

Aluminum cages are usually the cages people go after if they have the money. They are among the most durable as they will not rust. If welded properly (I used to weld aluminum) a gorilla cannot get out of them. OTOH, I can't justify the expense of an aluminum cage unless I was going to keep it outside in an all-weather situation. What's your apprehension about an aluminum cage? You're other big $$$ option is stainless.

When they say don't go to fast, that means your speed. Sounds like the Greybie is telling you he's ready to trust and build a relationship. I'd jump right in. What to do when jumps in your lap? Skritches! If he'll let you give skricthes, they love that. I'd keep a few favorite toys handy too, they love to play with their humans. I have a very simple stainless chain with a rattle whiffly type ball attached to the end. Greycie loves to have me swing her back and forth on it. Find something he likes and play with him.