Dejecting Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I am a new adopter of a sweet 5 year old female Timneh African Grey named Dafney. The original owners of her took excellent care of her but unfortunately had to give her up. She just came to her new home on 6/20 and so far she is doing great, already whistling and making other interesting sounds and even a word here and there. Hopefully in the next few weeks she will be much more comfortable in our home and will open up to us more, but we'll not be rushing her the least bit. I am married with two young kids (one is 2 and the other is 6 months), but I will be the primary care giver for her, which may be a little challenging at first since Dafney's original primary caregiver was a female so it will be quite a change for her. I am a new bird owner and have been reading up on African Greys for about two months while looking for the perfect bird for our home, but I'm no stranger to the additional care and attention required as I have cared for other exotic pets in the past years. The original owner gave me great instructions of Dafney's routines and behaviors/body languages as well as her diet and favorite snacks. She will be needing a wing, beak, and nail treatment soon, but with the stress of bringing her home (3 hour drive) and the new environment and people I wanted to wait a little while before I subject her to that. Anyone have a rough estimate on how long would be a good time to wait to keep her stress level down? Any advice or tips that anyone has for easing Dafney's transition into her new home are welcome and greatly appreciated! I'll get some pictures posted up soon! - Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Welcome Matt and Dafney!! It's GreYt having you here. :-) You are doing just fine by being patient and letting her come around according to her own time schedule in interacting with you and the new flock. It is very wise to leave the trimmings for a later date so she does not associate the new home with bad experiences. You may also want to read some of the posts on this forum dealing with wing clipping, nail trimming etc. which continue good advice and different points of view. Looking forward to hearing more and seeing those photos. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
she Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Hi Matt, congratulations on the addition of Dafney to your family.Everything you are doing is great so far. I am pleased you have excellent guide lines from Dafneys previous owners regarding her diet and routine, this will help a lot in getting Dafney settled in.Any diet or routine changes needed can be done gradually as she becomes more at home.It sounds as if you have done your homework on greys before Dafney came home and have an idea of the hard work and time exotics need.There are two views on the vet visit one is to hang on as long as possible before going and the other is to go as soon as possible to have a thorough check up of the bird.As you have no other birds to worry about with regards to illness and quarantine and if the bird looks in good health,eatin,playing I sugest letting her settle first.Good luck and I am looking forward to hearing more about Dafney and if you can I would love to see some pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Karma to you Matt for taking in an older grey. It sounds like Dafney came from a loving family into your loving family. Can't wait to see some pictures of Dafney. Welcome to the family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Hello Matt and welcome to our family, we are so glad you could join us and we look forward to hearing more about you and Dafney. Thats wonderful you could open your home and heart for this grey and I am sure you will do an excellent job with her as her former owners did. It is always so enheartening to hear that for whatever reason they gave her up they had taken excellent care of her and probably socialized her properly so the transition will be more smooth. You are doing the right thing to learn all you can about the grey and you will learn a lot from reading thru our many threads for we have many knowledgeable members who will be willing to help you in any way they can, all you have to do is ask. What an excellent idea to note all her particular likes and dislikes and her preferences and other things about her, it will help immensely with her transition. We do love pictures here so when you can share some of Dafney we would appreciate it very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejecting Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Here are a couple of pictures as promised. I only snapped a few since she was a little annoyed with the camera as you can tell from her ruffled feathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Dafney is beautiful Matt, thanks for sharing some pictures of her with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Thanks for sharing some pictures of Dafney with us Matt. She is a very fine looking grey!!! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckobird Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Welcome to the forum Matt and Dafney! That is so wonderful of you to give her a loving home. Those are great pictures that you shared, Dafney is beautiful! I hope you enjoy the site and don't hesitate to ask questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myafricanqueen Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 WELCOME....SUCH A BEAUTIFUL GREY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 You have a very good looking Tag there. Thanks for posting the photos. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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