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I only use FB to keep tabs on real friends (I think I have 1) and psuedo-friends(the other ~120). One is a real drama queen that I haven't figured out why I haven't hit the unfriend feature yet. I have hidden most of his posts though. Among my psuedo-friends I can name: - Einstein the Texas Talking parrot - Felix Hawk King of Everything Birds fame - Disco the Parakeet - Grumpy Cat - NASA Curiosity Mars Rover - The Chicken Whisperer - For the Love of Chicken - Kookaburra Bird Shop Then old high school acquaintances and family make up the rest of it. FB is mostly entertainment from that list of psuedofriends. I love the birdy ones.

Anyone know who the beautiful Grey that adorns the homepage and the banner is? Know the story behind him? (looks like a male anyway...)

I just saw on Einstein's FB feed that his parront's are posting a solid hour of him talking non-stop. I've always wanted to put him on a loop, Greycie gets totally absorbed watching him. Hoping she'll pick some of his words up. He's a cutie.

Inara - let me help a little: He's sweet, he has an Elvis haircut and he loves his little cheekys scritched.

No sleep hut here. Greycie likes to sleep on her pvc swing I built. The breeder told us she likes to sleep on her swing so I made her one and she loves it.

Our birdy floors are going in currently. Tile in the kitchen, dining, front entry room (whatever that's called) and laundry. Distressed hardwood in the living room and hallways. My wife wouldn't let me set the carpet on fire before they removed it - probably a smart move. The house is 32 years old and it was the original carpet and counters so you can imagine what it was like. Lookup 'Butcher block Formica' - that's the crap countertop we've been living with for 13 years and some nasty linoleum floor along with dingy dirty smelling carpet. Our place was embarrassing to bring anyone over. Yesterday we ran into a snag that has stopped the hardwood installation until we can get a foundation company out. So now we have a concrete living room and hallway. I love it. Anything but that nasty carpet. Would love to hear what you all use to keep tile and hardwood floors clean. Muse - do you have a 'professional grade steam cleaner' picked out? I want one too but no idea about brands at that level.

Dad to a 19 year old - with a cat: Use a crate. We crate our two mutts, not because we feel they're a danger to the birds, but because they won't stop wrestling in the house. Our cat is not allowed to roam free with the birds unsupervised. In my house - the birds are #1 priority and everyone knows it. If they don't like it, wife: I'll move out and take my birds with me; daughter: if she doesn't like it, she can get out.

Looks exactly like Greycie's and Tobie's when they get watery foods. Color is good. Try giving a pickled beet if you want a real fright Looks like bloody poop. We've scared the heck out of ourselves a couple of times when we've done this.

Where were you when I was a teenager? Pay me to play with a bird, I'd feel like I was stealing your money!

Sorry Nancy, didn't mean to insinuate that was my Greycie laying on the piano. I found that video because I follow Einsteins feed. Greycie likes to wrestle on her back but I highly doubt she will lay there calmly like that for that long. I have a piano I'll have to try. However I can't play it We'll have to pretend.

That's not what it looks like to me. He's getting ready to pen his memoir. Just ask Dayo about this.

Goes right along with the book I'm reading: "A Short History of the World" - J.M. Roberts

. Apparently that's the best way to soak up the music.

If you have a young Grey, it helps to have another bird around to show them the ropes. Greycie didn't take her first bath until Toby the Caique showed up and went right to work bathing. Took her a couple of observations before she was fully engulfed and making a mess of my countertops. It's cute watching her learn from the other birds. The others do things instinctually (as does she) but she will also observer them and pick up thier noises and behaviors.

Hard to watch, couldn't finish it. To close to home. Reminds me of the last six months with Raven only she never got better just gradually worse. I agree with BaileysPapa about special needs birds. You really develop a deep bond that is hard to lose.

Ok, with that new information - I'd still want to see the bird at the breeders location if you have doubts. Plus he's not weaned, that's something I avoided. We've had hell with two of our birds getting the paperwork. Once people get their money, they couldn't give a damn about following up on their promises. I'm still harassing the breeder of our Caique that I want his paperwork along with his DNA papers. It's been a month now and she won't send them. He's not banded. He's a really great little bird and I don't regret buying him one bit, I just really want to know when his birthday is - that's it. Oh and I really want to know that I didn't just give them free money so they could 'tell' me he's a boy. We showed up in a parking lot and purchased him off of Craigslist. So yeah, we took our chances there. Our other bird, we never got paperwork even though I begged for 3 months. Fortunately we had written 6 pre-dated checks. The last two got stopped and they never heard back from us even though they demanded the checks. Karma witches! Our Grey baby came with her paperwork but she came from a very well known and well respected breeder. What I got from it is - bird breeding is still a backyard-home business so don't expect all the proper business etiquette.

Reminds of how Greycie acts sometimes. We'll be sharing my food (she doesn't like to share hers) and she starts picking and tossing as if to say: "nope, this is no good <toss>. This blows <toss>. There's better here <toss>. oh....what's this!" And her pupils start that pinning.

They do it themselves best. The key to a good soaking as Greycie taught us is to relax....and puff up! Haahaaa. I noticed the same thing. Greycie can come out of a forced shower and I feel like she didn't get a good soaking. When she does it herself she comes out like a rag doll. Even the top of her head which I can never get soaked comes out spiked when she does it herself.

There are a few UK regulars here that will chime in I'm sure. I've seen a few threads asking about finding birds in the UK. Even removing the fact that you could lose your money, if you are like a lot of us, once you get a bird you tend to really fall in love with them. Losing them is like losing a child. I may be speaking ignorantly as I've never lost a child but I'm still dealing with the loss of our Jardines parrot and she died in early September. She has a tree and everything outside of our house. It devastated us both. Watching them die is extremely hard to do.

Tough one but I'd definitely steer clear of Bart. Too many negatives up the point where you mentioned PFBD and that's a deal breaker alone. He needs to be shutdown. You do NOT want to deal with a diseased bird no matter how tempted and reassured you are that things will be fine. We got a bird from a rescue that came with PDD and it nearly sank us emotionally and soaked up a lot of our cash flow. Do they ship birds via airline in England like they do here in the States? I found a reputable breeder here by scouring forums and I'm very happy I did.

I never get tired of watching Einstein do his "who let the dogs out - who - who - who".

Dallas, Tx - but a former Marine. I know Quantico is a Marine Corps base although I was never stationed there.

Cute birdy! I have to ask about the markings on the end of each feather on her wings. Is that what is called stress bars? You can really see it in the 2nd and 3rd photo. Maybe that's from playing on her back so much? I've never seen that before.

Good to hear! I was wondering what happened here.

We're going to have to stick to tethered townie bicycle riding. Not as glam as high-flying aerobatics but safer. Greycie's not really a fan yet but Toby the Caique loves townie riding. Feeds his ADD and will actually wear him out if we ride far enough.