Ziggy...........

[Mitchjr]

Well after many weeks of homework, I finally brought home my new Bird. He is 4 years old and needed a new home due to the owners new work schedule. Before I decided to purchase him, I made a few trips to see him with my children. He went to me and my girls with no problem. He allowed us hold him, scratch his head and pass him on to each other. He was very well taken care of and seemed to be a good choice for us. This is our first Grey and we are excited to welcome him into our home. He burps, laughs, barks, says good bye and a few more things that we cant make out just yet. He has been home for about 4 hours and I am just allowing him to adjust to his new cage. I am sitting in the room typing, but I am giving him time to adjust. We are excite to work with him. I have been watching videos and reading books and this forum. I have got some great tips and ideas, but my one big question is this.

 

His feeding schedule was that he was fed around 5:00 and the food that was not eaten after several hours, was taken out of the cage. He was given fruits and other snacks during the day, but the food bowls were not kept filled. I want to keep the schedule, but my wife wants to keep food (pellets) in the cage. What are you thoughts on this ?

 

Post edited by: Mitchjr, at: 2009/08/30 23:52<br><br>Post edited by: Mitchjr, at: 2009/08/30 23:54

[Mitchjr]

Here is a current Photo......

[Luvparrots]

Hi Mitch, welcome to you and Ziggy! I'm with your wife, pellets and fresh water should be in Ziggy's cage 24/7. The schedule you have for other foods and snacks sounds good especially if it one he is use to having. Ziggy sounds like a very loved and socialized grey. I look forwarding to hearing and seeing more of him. Welcome to the grey family!

[lovethatgrey]

It is my opinion that fresh clean water and pellets should be available at all times.

 

Vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and other healthy foods can be served whenever it is convenient for you. Of course all cooked or raw foods should be removed from the cage before it spoils. I always remove between 45 minutes to an hour.{Feel-good-00020114}

 

Ziggy looks very handsome.

[judygram]

Hello Mitch and welcome to our family, we are so glad you could finally introduce yourself and we look forward to hearing more about you and Ziggy.

 

You are starting out just fine, he does need time to settle in and feel comfortable before doing too much with him, he will let you know when he is ready for more.

 

I also agree he needs pellets available all the time as they do snack during the day and do not have any set meal times.

 

You will find lots of useful information in our many threads and do ask questions you may have and we will help you in any way we can.

 

Thanks for including a picture of him in your introduction post, he is a handsome fella.