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Greycie saw the ice cream cone and wants to come visit

So cute at that age. I like both names. I'm surprised a pet store would have such a young one.

Only on Tuesdays and sometimes on Fridays. Somedays she prefers her squirrel suit, or on Saturdays when we're downhilling and approaching 60mph we ditch all safety measures in favor of aero. At that point all we're concerned with is attaining parrot ground speed records. Timbersmom, I'll see if I can get a video.

I brought the bike inside just for photo but this is basically Greycie's setup on my Electra Townie. She's got about 10-15 miles riding this thing. We never get much over 10mph but we have crazy wind here in Texas and she has done just fine.

Greycie has flown into a mirror and a window - both once. They're pretty smart and will remember not to do that again. She sat around looking dazed and confused after the window incident but all's well these days. Btw...your statement below is funny. For me, these are mutually exclusive

We don't leave the harness on, the non-detachable leash prevents doing anything like that. I was refering to Jayd's tip of putting a cut dog leash on them - she chews that too. I'm not asking if there's a way to stop her chewing, I'm asking if there's a better harness out there that is less easily destroyed.

Greycie's got about 15-20 hours logged in her harness. She's been on bicycle rides, to Lowes and Home Depot, the local plant nursery, and bike race venues plus around a 100 trips to the chicken house and back. In all that time, she's diligently working on her harness. The breast strap is about half severed. We bought the Aviator harness. Question, is there a better harness out there that can't be so easily destroyed? Doesn't matter if we use the trick of putting a dog leash on her in the off time - she's smart. She knows the harness is capable of being chewed off and she's one determined birdy.

Digging up an older thread here, but Jay, do you know if sprouted lime beans are ok after cooked in the above manner? I managed to sprout some lima beans and was going to feed them but decided to check first and found they are considered poisonous once sprouted. Seems to be some conflicting info on these.

Before the thread loaded, I was thinking Greycie would say the same thing - everyday, people, everyday.

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Look hard into their eyes and you will see the viciousness. I saw it once when I was looking for Greycie's lips. I know she has lips, she makes kissy noises. I know she has viciousness, she makes terrordactyl noises. Your bird has you fooled, fooled I say.

Greycie won't go in her cage. According Bobbi Brinker, a Grey's natural tendency is not to poop where they hang out to avoid attracting predators - not sure how true that is. Greycie will poo on me so that doesn't say much for what she thinks about me being a good snack for said predator.

What a sweet bird.

Sounds like a zoo! Us: 1 CAG 1 Jardines parrot 1 GCC 1 Parrotlet 2 dogs 1 cat 1 prairie dog 3 llamas 3 goats 12 chickens 1 special needs pet - my 19 year old daughter. She still needs care and feeding and won't do anything I ask of her so she gets put in the pet category just like the rest of the freeloaders

I didn't think Greycie would take to it at first either. It took three weeks before she finally settled down and then I got it on her. Another couple of weeks and she now just grumbly lets me put it on. Every time I interacted with her the harness was involved. I got a few hard nips in the process.

Greycie rides my bicycle with me - harnessed of course.

I'm not much of a fan of big birds (or big dogs) but he's kinda cute!!!!

Is this the site you're refering to? http://africangreykingdom.info/available.html If so, that looks like a African Grey sweatshop. You get what you pay for with these guys. I would stay far far away. Upon further investigation, it looks like that place is located outside of the U.S.

1- Our Greycie does the exact same. Sleepy in the afternoons, very active mornings and late afternoon/evening. 2 & 3 - Keep offering a variety of foods. I've noticed with ours, it looks like they waste a lot but somehow she's still gaining weight. She goes after the sunflower seeds first so we only give those as treats or sparingly with her normal food. I use a mash to get her to eat stuff she won't eat normally. Fortunately for me, mine is young so she still wants warm comfort food and I can get stuff in her that won't normally go down in its native form.

We have the ceiling fans that have blades that look like airplane propeller blades. They are designed to move slowly but have a very high CFM. Greycie stays away from them when on just because it's not a stable surface but due to their slow movement they are no danger to her when on. She has flown up there and landed once but got tired of the merry-go-round so she decided to look elsewhere. A couple of rooms have the normal ceiling fans, I don't think I'd risk running those.

Mountain cedar grows like weeds here in Texas. I've been thinking about finding a long dead tree somewhere back in the sticks, off the beaten path (to avoid any kind of spraying that may have occured), to cut up and make a stand out of. Does it have to be a dead tree? Would a live tree that needs to be removed be ok? We have some on our property that need to be thinned and we've never sprayed a thing here so I know they're good if it's ok to use a live one. Thx!

Greycie has made quick work of my mostly plastic cheap Ironman watch. Guess I'll have to go with an all metal watch with buttons that are impossible for a beak to get out. Any ideas? It's not like I can 'just keep her away from it'. She waits till I slip up and then gets a good hold. She usually gets away with a piece before I can pry her beak off.

Worked on Greycie!

I will tell you I opted NOT to go with a breeder who was right in my back door because she offered to let me take the Grey earlier at a discount. The one I finally went with had to convince me she understood the concept of abundance weaning, allowed the birds to learn to fly, and of course I found out this lady travels to conferences and such. She's by far the most expensive breeder I came across but my philosophy was - Grey's are easy to screw up, I wanted it done right from the beginning. Very professional. Plus we were able to go see her operation. There is another one in Austin that won't allow you to see their 'facility' - steer clear.

I would say yes. Our Jardine is quite timid but is able to hold her own with Greycie mainly due to the size of the Jardine's beak. Her beak is something to be feared! For such a small bird, they have a ferocious beak. Greycie has been trying relentlessly to make friends with Raven but Raven is apparently not too interested. Greycie will follow Raven around doing the baby grunting. Occasionally they get into a brawl and Greycie will get Raven on her back but we're not sure if it's playing or fighting because Raven will do the same thing on her own and it sounds like she's fighting. Jardine's are very cute birds and I'd say are really almost the perfect bird. They are not loud too much but when they are it's pretty cute. They are snugglers by nature if you get one that's been raised properly. And when they play it's similar to the way a Caique plays if you're familiar with those. Maybe you need one! http://avalonaviary.com/jardines-parrots.aspx