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could i own a grey??


Ruddy

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hi all!

im really considering an african grey :) i have loved birds for ever and now im 23 i figgured im responsable enough to own one! i just thought id tell you what an avarege day is like in my household and you can tell me weather a grey would be happy in my planned routine???

i work about six hours a day and am too and from home all day and my dad works from home every day and never leaves the house lol!

so im thinking i could get up and go to work at 9am leaving my grey in his cage to wake up! i could then return to the house at half 11 to let my grey out with me for my hour lunch break! at 12.30 before going back to work i can take the grey into my dads huge offive and leave him on his playstand to talk to my dad for 3-4 hours and when i return at 4pm he can come back to his room with me were we will be most the night! this routine will be monday to friday! ill be there all weekend aswell as the other 4 family members!

is he going to be happy as i wont get one if not!

cant wait for your replysB)

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Guest Lidia

It sounds like a nice set up for a parrot, and it would probably work quite well. But what if your social life takes off and you go out more?

 

And do you know you will have this bird for 50-60 years? Are you okay to cope with that? It's a big commitment.<br><br>Post edited by: Lidia, at: 2007/07/06 10:55

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well ive been with the mrs for five years so my only social life is about 4 hours on a friday night and if im lucky i can go fishing on a tuesday! my mom and dad are always here on these times so mayby a playstand in there sitting room incase of emergancies?

50-60 years will do me just fine as it kind of breaks my heart when we loose a dog or a cat! all being well me and the grey will live about the same time! he might do me by 5 years lol!

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it sounds like a good routine, although greys do wake up early so you would probably have to get up a bit earlier to give him fresh food and water and talk to him for a bit, they are after all most vocal in the morning.

also i wouldn't bank on him sitting "nicely" for hours on a playstand with your dad. if you get a baby you could probably train him to behave but at the end of the day there is no garantee your grey will like your dad.. eeep. i'm not saying he won't.. just.. ya know.

 

well done you though for thinking about how a grey would fit into your life. thankyou for joining the forum, keep reading all you can, there are some EXCELLENT threads on here, and we have resident experts and lots of great people with experience, so if theres anything you can't find the answer to, just ask!

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Welcome to the family by friend.. Just the fact that you are on a forum like this asking for help tells me that you are going in the right direction.. Your attitude is way more important that any logistics. Lidia does have a great point about you being so young and playing the "what if" game about your future.. But, there certainly are younger owners then you and I think once you get the Grey Parrot he or she will make you fall in love with them.. and that could decide what your future looks like better than anything else.. If you know what I mean here..

 

For me, and I am 48 years old... My life sometimes revolves around Ceasar.. When we go out, how long we stay out, when we go on vacation, how long a vacation.. It's this way because Ceasar is one of my kids.. It's just that simple.. and I think this might happen to you when you get your Grey.

 

Good luck my friend..

 

CD<br><br>Post edited by: CeasarsDad, at: 2007/07/06 14:21

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We have been getting that question a lot her lately. So I looked up a great article on this matter. It's about parrots in general but it says everything I would say but without me having to type it all out. Please read it all carefully and be honest with yourself.http://members.aol.com/rhondastoys/page4.html

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thanks for all your answers!

that is a great link too!

ive decided im going to go on thinking for a few months

saving my pennies and see if i still feel the same!

my old school freinds dad breeds greys so im going to go and see him aswell!

the last thing i want to do is make a lovely grey unhappy :)

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thanks guys! :)

i need to let the old man decide weather he can look after him in those 4 hours i mentioned after he has seen that link provided by Tari too :unsure:

i know hes wanted one for many years too! he evan wants to call it jasper for jasper parrot :laugh:

not if i can help it thoughB)

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Guest briansmum

thats great that you have a breeder so handy. im sure he wouldn't mind you visiting every now and then so you can observe and interact with his birds. that would be an excellent way of sussing if a grey is the one for you.:)

as CD touched on, being a young guy you need to try and look into the future and see how your grey would fit into your life forever. i'm 21 so i had to do the same. obviously, and this applies to everyone no matter what age you can't forsee everything, but take into account you may want to start a family, career options, relocating.. all things that are more uncertain when you are younger.. and if you had a grey how he would fit into all this.

i thought about it all too, at great length, but i knew that once i got him my life would revolve around him, and it does. :)

anyway, i'm rambling, i hope this makes some sense

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hi!

im soo bloody lucky you wouldnt beleive it! i work for my mom and dad so im able to get time off whenever i need it! we have a lovely big house with 3 acres of land too and so i was planning on building him a big aivary for the summer months :) our buisness has been going for 24 years so its not looking like its all going to end tomorrow!

i can go and see ray anytime and he is very expereinced in breeding birds! i used to go there when i was about 13-14 and see his greys and owls and so i think thats were i got my love for them!

he never had a grey actually in his house though! just a cockatoo :unsure: maybe i should ask him why lol!

i supose i will be buying a house at one time or another! but il still be able to go home a lot and it will be with the girl im with now (hopefully)

but like you have all said its hard to plan the future exactly but whatever way i look at mine, it involves a grey!

i guess with the avairy and at least one family member always there! he could be a very happy little parrot!

goes off to think again :)

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wow you are a lucky thing! and yes it sounds like your grey would be too. if you've loved them for 10 years then i think you owe it to yourself to get one ;)

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Tari wrote:

We have been getting that question a lot her lately. So I looked up a great article on this matter. It's about parrots in general but it says everything I would say but without me having to type it all out. Please read it all carefully and be honest with yourself.http://members.aol.com/rhondastoys/page4.html

 

Wonderful research Tari.. I love it.. :P :P :P and more importantly.. others here will benefit from your research.. Bravo...

 

Cd

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Tari keep it up cause if someone posts on here and dosnt get much feedback they may wrongly buy a bird that wont suite them!

thanks guts your all very helpfull!

im just watching a few birds on you tube! they have had me wetting myself here! so so funny!

especially heinstein hes very clever!

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Hello Ruddy and welcome to our family, you won't be disappointed if you decide to get a grey, they are awesome creatures.

One thing though, if you don't mind my criticism, but it is your father or papa or daddy but not the old man, show him some respect, we older people need all we can get sometimes. Don't take this personally, I like to jest as you will undoubtedly find out.:silly: :laugh: :P :blush: :cheer: :whistle:

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xxbeccyxx wrote:

it sounds like a good routine, although greys do wake up early so you would probably have to get up a bit earlier to give him fresh food and water and talk to him for a bit, they are after all most vocal in the morning.

 

That's odd. Richard is most vocal at night.

 

 

also i wouldn't bank on him sitting "nicely" for hours on a playstand with your dad. if you get a baby you could probably train him to behave but at the end of the day there is no garantee your grey will like your dad.. eeep. i'm not saying he won't.. just.. ya know.

 

 

Then again, there's no guarantee your bird won't take to your dad more than you. Some greys are one-person parrots. Richard is...no matter how much I try to bond him with the others in the house.

 

This scenerio happened with my parents. Dad bought the CAG for himself, but he bonded only with Mom.

 

Personally, I'd suggest that you get him when you have a few days off (the more the better) to be able to bond with him. I was bonded with Richard within days.

 

If you get him and then leave him with your Dad, he may bond with your dad.<br><br>Post edited by: Richardsmommy, at: 2007/07/06 17:56

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Tari, that is a great link for anyone considering a bird of any type. Thanks you for finding that and posting it.

 

Ruddy, There is a lot of excellent advice here. Sounds like you've given this a lot of thought. Keep at it, and let us know what you decide. And WELCOME to the family, even if you decide against a grey at this time, please stay and continue to learn all you can.:)

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