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Your house must be a riot (in a good way). Two Greys and four GCCs - wow. I like that nickname, the Greybies. Definitely would like to see pics of the flock too.

You're way ahead of where I was when I got my first Grey at 19!

My Tigger (BFA) used to fluff his crest and head bob but he would also wildly swing his head in a circular-swivel pattern and his wings would be splayed. He was definitely getting himself overexcited and having a good time. Usually accompanied by loud head banging music from his hoomans too.

Looking at the picture and it may just be the angle, it looks like that is more than just normal beak flaking. Looks like he is filing it away on something as it looks very squared off. Is he doing that himself?

We had (still do to some extent) the same problem with our Greycie. She did not like my daughter (19) at first. She would actually bite her hard enough to break the skin whereas she has never done that with myself or my wife. If sitting on my daughters shoulder she would go after her ear or her cheek - so the sitting on my daughter's shoulder was stopped. Then she started the targeted hits, where she would fly and tap dance, as I call it, on my daughters head. Basically a touch and go (Greycie is flighted). Our problem was we had a pending trip for a couple weeks away and the primary caregiver was going to have to be my daughter. We couldn't have Greycie being mean and Kayla scared of Greycie while we went away. It involved training both of them. With Kayla, she made the mistake of harassing Greycie when we first got her. Big NO NO!!! I had to train this out of her as she got it from me. I'm a cat harasser and so is she. You have to treat birds differently. We worked on that and also dropping the fear. I'm pretty sure Greycie was picking up on the fear. With Greycie I had Kayla messing with her constantly while I was in close proximity. As much as I could I would have Kayla doing stuff with her and stopping any behavior out of either one that went off track. Eventually they got to where they could interact together enough that I felt safe leaving. The good news was, while away I was getting pictures of Greycie being indoctrinated into the midget squad as I call them (I know, not PC, sue me). Kayla got to where she could handle Greycie just as I do. When we got back a little bit of the redheaded stepchild treatment crept back into Greycie and some feelings got hurt but things are definitely better. I have to keep reminding Kayla we don't really know what Greycie's thinking - don't take it personally.

We're siting at the top of the wait list for African Queen Aviary and unfortunately the Old World down in Austin doesn't breed them anymore. I contacted a bunch of breeders and most are giving me the line "we don't breed them any longer". I responded to a couple asking why so many people are not raising Jardine's any longer and couldnt get a good answer. They come close to being the perfect bird IMHO. Grey's, well, not so much haaahaa

Sometimes you get this...they spend most of their days right next to each other. Of course they both come out swinging for the fence when another of the birds gets near.

Sounds like our place - lots of critters. One of my worst fears is coming home and my house has burnt down with the birds inside. Pics of all the critters!

The yellow tail threw me. I couldn't find a bird with a yellow tail to make a guess. QB Conures definitely have a yellow tail!

Posting here is really a reach, but we're trying to find a baby Jardine's somewhere. I guess it's the wrong time of year or they're really dang hard to find. If you've seen one, or heard of one - post up. We're on a couple of wait lists but not looking promising.

Doing what Greys do best: sharing the work load at meal time.

Greycie thought of it for me....after destroying my suction cups

Nice work. My only suggestion on the shower perch is to use it inverted before your Grey decides the suctions cups make great chew toys.

Where did this come from? Oops first pic answered my question. Avian Organics!

Everytime Dan uses 'love muffin' I have to giggle.

I read somewhere that even older, when the bird is naturally ready to part ways and find new beginnings is the best time to get a grey. What age that was slips by me but I seem to recall it was older than 'months' - so maybe it was a year or so. Maybe even just on the other side of the terrible twos? Either way, mine is 11mos and she's still exhibiting baby behavior but also showing new adult behaviors as well. I think as long as the Grey hasn't been mishandled you shouldn't have any excess baggage.

Interestingly, I took BaileysPapa's advice to Amazon and the first thing that popped up was a toy making kit will a lot of the stuff you need all-in-one.

I had forgotten about leather as Dan mentions. Our little Raven loved leather strips with knots tied in them and also the leather squares/circles etc(for lack of a better description). I need to find a place that sells it because we've take to hanging toys off of the tree with cotton string and leather is a lot safer for that purpose.

Technically we fall into category "4. Four to Six parrots". But based on a nice loophole that my high-powered loophole finders found, we only fall into category 3 as we officially don't claim the two that my daughter takes care of. <wrings dust off hands>. I've also found that birds are different from dogs, cats, kids etc. There's a saying in the dog world that goes something similar to - you always love your own dog, others, not so much. With me that's really apt with kids too. I generally don't prefer other peoples dogs, kids and sometimes cats. However, I've found I really like other peoples birds. Must be a bird person.

Wow...the sight is disabled with a message now. Seems the petition has reached it's intended target.

Toby He's around 6mos old. We had him DNA'd but definitely wasted our money there...we knew it would come back "HE'S ALL BOY". Greycie is not to thrilled with him at the moment but they're slowly getting better. We picked him up almost 1 month ago, kept him for two weeks, then returned him to the breeder on an arrangement to board him while we went on vacation. She was really attached to him because apparently "he's a real sweety". I'm guessing based on her knowledge and experience with Caiques that this little guy is kinda special. I'm not letting my guard down though...I fully expect a little feather-pants monster to emerge at some point. Greycie tried exerting herself with him but he's fearless and stands his ground. With his strong little legs he doesn't let go of his perch easily so she's having a hard time flopping him to the ground like she used to do with Raven - until we put a stop to that. Now she's the one hitting the deck, except she can fly so she doesn't actually hit the deck. But he's winning these little attacks. He loves to sit on shoulders and gently nibble ear lobes, or in the case with my wife, wind himself up in her hair. He's a real chatter-box. Does a lot of cute whistles. Greycie has picked up nearly everything he does including the annoying Caique alarm call. He much prefers to be hauled around with you and sit on your hand rather than be perched. He's clipped unfortunately but I believe he had learned to fly as he attempts to launch himself but then flutters to the ground. We'll let his feathers grow out. Greycie's turkey is cooked when that happens We still miss our Raven dearly but are already falling head over heels with this little guy. We're still getting another Jardine's but with Greycie, Toby and the Jardine's eventually, we'll be at our limit of three.

I just had to laugh when I came across this site today. Clever. Surprised I've never seen this site before. http://www.plannedparrothood.com/

Lying in wait to punish the poor soul that will be next through the door I suppose

Yeah...cross that PDD bridge when you come to it. Good husbandry I believe will ward it off. Their tests suck. My pet rock would test positive for PDD I'm sure of it. My CAG Odie wore a plastic cone till she was completely feathered. Off came the cone, off came the feathers. That was our n=1 experience with that.

The loofa is interesting. I looked and saw several ebay ads, some from China. Do you buy from a specific vendor that you know is safe?