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Yes patience. I have to work on mine constantly. My three brats get under my feathers quick.

We're looking for something exactly like that. Does it have a brand name/model?

No - don't hit me with the SPAM tazers... I just found out about this today: if you shop from smile.amazon.com, you can choose a charity that will recieve .5% of your purchases. Since the only charities I give a damn about have to do with animals and birds topping that list, I typed 'parrot' into their charity search list and several pages came back. I bet you can find a favorite on their too! Im' looking for the little parrot rescue in South Dallas. I saw one in Carlsbad or Fallbrook California (KimKim )

Pretty clear to me - you got the under-feeding situation resolved and now baby wants to play now that he has excess energy! That behavior is normal. All birds tend to scratch a lot but Greys and other dander heavy birds will do it quite a bit. By the way, that's pretty benign behaviour compared to the way they can get. My Greycie Mae will strafe the living room and shoot down any who dare to fly in her airspace (kidding). Here's a good example of more of what you're in for. It's all just their way of playing and getting their rowdy on. You'll see it commonly referred to as the 'pterodactyl'. [video=youtube_share;KmoMJYTU10g]

It's looks like you're getting a very beautiful bird there. She looks very healthy. Just don't rush things and let her settle in as she feels comfortable. Making her feel at home is your best bet to getting into her good books. My problem is always trying to rush things, you may have more patience. Every bird I've brought home seems to take a minimum of a couple of weeks before the real birdy starts to come out. The two rescues we brought home took a lot longer. Just get to know her, she looks like she'll really flourish under the right care.

Good to hear. I knew he looked like a hungry baby. I see the same thing around here when I get a new baby (3 so far).

It's videos like that one that fuel my addiction problem. She reminds me of a big green Caique. My Amazon was never that playful with me.

Definitely in range but the best you can do with that is to start taking regular weigh-ins and keep track. The weight mine centers around is exactly one pound - 454 grams. She drops to 445 and gets up to 465 regularly with some further extremes but never gets too far away from her normal weight for very long.

If you can get a weight scale that does grams and report back on his weight that would be great. Even better if you can get a starting weight on him from the breeder to compare with. Their droppings will definitely changes based on what they are eating. Fruits tend to create a more watery poop. Stuff like blueberries or beets can create colors that will alarm you at first. Do you have access to soy milk? I use that to give the oatmeal a little of that 'milky' texture. Here's the recipe I've been using with Greycie Mae forever. She doesn't 'need' it, she just really likes it and will beg for it when she sees me getting out the container: - Old Fashioned Quaker Oats (not the quick cook stuff) - 1/4-1/2 spoon of almond butter or I also use peanut butter although some say to stay away from peanut products. We live on the edge here. - small piece of a banana - almond milk (I will even use milk sometimes but some people say not to) - cinnamon. I mix in some water with the oats/smashed banana/almond butter/cinnamon and microwave but don't over do it. Greycie Mae likes just a tad watery/creamy consistency, doesn't like it gummy. The banana and/or the almond milk give it a creamy consistency that she likes. I also have a kitchen thermometer I use and when it's 105-110F, that's where she likes it best. They like warm foods. You can also feed him warmed up sweet potatoes, they really love those. I don't know where you live, but if that were my bird, I'd be inclined to put him on the Katee baby bird food until he doesn't want it anymore. He just looks and acts really young to me. My Grey is 20 months old and she still thinks she has to have the Katee baby bird food (we have a new baby in the house I'm feeding). - Greycie's Head Chef

Just doesn't look normal to me. Notice he's 'crying' and looking around. What are you feeding him and how much? Are you weighing him? If so how much does he weigh? Did you get a weight from when he first came to you?

Wow, he sure seems like a very young one to me. He's definitely wanting to NOT be alone. Dave knows better than me as I've only had a couple Greys but I'd be comforting him as much as possible. I've found with all my young birds they come to a point of wanting to develop their own independence and that's a REAL good time to make sure they don't turn to velcro birds. Your bird looks like he is well before that point and just needs some company. My only velcro bird is my Caique - and Caiques are not generally velcro birds. I'm 100% sure it's because he's the only one here that can't fly and has to hail a cab everywhere whereas the other two go freely where ever they want. He's sees that and it's very irritating, I can tell. He's getting more and more flights in and it will only be a matter of time before he no longer needs a cabby. Is he making that noise when he is out playing with you? I'm hoping it's not just a habit now.

20mo Grey that does the same. If she can see me, and I lock her up in the cage, she will relentlessly crawl all over the inside of the cage and screech. The only exception is when I move her cage outside. She seems to understand that outside time there is no getting out of the cage.

That's a great disguise, I'd never pick him out of a lineup.

What a baby face. I wish they stayed that way longer. There's one pic of a clear acrylic case that he's in. What is that?

Yep, hole on the underside of the beak is normal. It's also the reason you do not ever want to use carabiner style clips unless they have the screw on modification. I've seen several pics of birds with those clips stuck in their beak and that hole on the underside.

Ok, that's you. Different user name. I even went over there and tried confirming if this was the same and jsut decided different person.

Wow...he's very responsive to your prompts. I feel like I have the dumbest Grey on the planet. She's stuck on the same 5-10 words she's been saying for months and doesn't respond to anything save one: kookaburra. I can always get her to do the Kookaburra when I ask her to do Kookaburra. I'd love to get her to say give me some sugar but I know I'm talking to a wall.

Had to think about this one for a while. I have a couple of memories and both involve loss in one way or another. When we lost Greycie for two days I remember having the dream of her sitting on my pipe fence, seen through a sort of tunnel vision. She was sitting there calling out to me and it really sent me into a downer because I was 100% sure I would never see my baby again. Little did I know we would actually find her that next night. We still go by the tree we found her in and talk about how lucky lucky lucky we were. i still think about that dream, it was very strange. It's been almost exactly one year since that happened. Relations with my sister-in-law who let Greycie out have seriously soured but I don't give a rip - I got my baby bird back. The other memory I have that really sticks with me is of Raven. She was to the point that she could barely hold herself up and getting around was next to impossible for her. She still seemed to have good spirits though. I pretty sure that animals are much much better at dealing with adversity than we are. I was baby sitting her, which required around the clock for either myself or my wife, sitting in the tub while little Raven was on the rug next to me still playing with a wiffle ball. She was still having fun and all I could do was cry - she was so sweet. I still have a hard time with her memory, she was such a sweet bird.

I was wondering if that may be where he was getting it. Greycie won't say anything I say. She picked up my wife's voice and only says things my wife says. I've tried a) to get Greycie to repeat stuff I teach her and b) to get my wife to teach Greycie things I want her to say. Neither female will listen to me

That's cute. I have to ask where he got his man voice from? I always wonder what dictates whether they'll speak 'male' or 'female'.

I watch a lot of videos of Greys with Greycie Mae. It's not often I find one that is worth posting about. This one is so very well done and the story is pretty cool too. This is Lucky who lives on the 'Sophisticated Lady' sailing the Caribbean. Apparently based on the video description, Lucky has logged over 60,000 sea miles. I'll have to find some time to watch their other videos. Wish I could live like this with the Greycie Mae. We'd be pirates! Really like the video because Lucky reminds me of Greycie. They have similar mannerisms and behavior. I especially like the part 'The Claw'. That is so how Greycie would react. [video=youtube_share;xpgVL0hisCk]

I like to show videos of other Greys to Greycie - she really tunes in. Not sure she ever learns anything from them but they are entertaining to her. I can always tell by the way she will do the quick head shake. That reminds me...I need to post a video I saw this morning of a Grey on a sailboat living in the Carribean. You should show that one to Sophie and see what she thinks. I'll put it in the photo/video room.

What's this I'm seeing - someone else here who has a lesser Jardines? PICS!!!

He's huge! Is that beak normal? Looks massively overgrown to me but I know zip about macaws.

Soon your house will be like ours - sort of. I am fully trained to listen for inbound flights. Proper technique is to either stop what I'm doing and just be still or at least move predictably so the pilot can put the bird down in the landing zone. Greycie Ace prefers that I lean my head to the opposite side of her inbound flight path. I'm also to have whatever it is I'm snacking on in a position to be snatched immediately with no thanks given. Our other pilot in the house sounds similar but I can tell it's him by the amount of time it takes from when I first hear the aircraft. If it's taking eons to close in, I know its my novice and to raise my hand way up because he only knows up, is not real good at coming down. He never aims for the shoulder, only the top of the head. Most likely a controlled crash landing is imminent with this one. I agree, the smooches are magical. Greycie will sometimes land and grab my ear and hang off the front to give me smooches. Cute as can be.