msmousej Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 hi everyone!! my daughter and I are kinda new to the grey world. we just got mandy about 3-4 days ago...she is 12 years old. she seems like a very sweet bird...she isn't talkin and she really doesn't want to step up but we understand her fear of us...like any new child starting school...new is scary...we plan to give her enough time to adjust to her new home and flock...we spend the whole day in her presence...espeically my daughter since I got mandy for her...we don't expect miracles though they could happen...besides mandy we have 2 quaker parrots and a lovebird who thinks she is a quaker..she spends all her time with the younger quacker and has picked up most of his words. our oldest quaker Kracker we got him when he was about 4 years old...got him at the pet shop...the day we got him there was a really cute senagal baby in there...friendly as could be...Kracker he was not friendly at all and the only word he really knew was a swear word...after considering his bad biting habit and knowing no one would really want him we bought him...it took my daughter a few months to convince him not to bite her.6 years later we are very happy to say Kracker is very lovable and protective of her...he does allow me to pick him up...we got the other quaker when he was only 6 weeks old..that was about 5 years ago.his name is gonzo and he is just like a kid...always curios...and like to learn from kracker...our love bird my dauighter had her from birth...she hand fed her and did a wonderful job at that...now we have mandy and I feel it in my heart she will be happy again...even if it is slow we will never give up on her...we have read alot of material about greys but the majority of them only refers to the young ones...we really do look forward to getting to know all...and picking up ideas on how to make mandy happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Very nice introduction to your flock msmousej. Congratulations on your new grey. There are oodles of threads here so read, read, read and ask any questions you might have. Can't wait to hear more about Mandy and see more pictures if you have any to share! Welcome to the Grey Family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmousej Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 hi again...I don't have any new pics of mandy but daughter will be taking some soon...a little bit more about mandy...like I said we got her a couple days ago..she is 12..the last owners really didn't give us much info on her...so this is going to be fun with mandy...they did tell me that the first owner that had her told them about an accident with mandy ...he was painting in the basement where mandy was and he had to go upstairs for something and not thinking about her he left the big paint can open...when he came back down stairs he discovered her in the paint can....he had said that when he pullled her out she was near death...some how he managed to bring her around and it took a few weeks to get the paint off of her...then while living with her last family the wife was in the kitchen and mandy's cage is in the kitchen...she had the oven door open and something spooked mandy and mandy flew off the cage and just missed the open oven...she ended up under the oven door thank good and not in the oven...now mandy is here with us and she won't have to worry about close calls like that...our house is birdy proofed..and none of our quakers had even came to any harm here...I love them too not to be aware of what is going on around them...oh and mandy stepped up on me tonight and we snuggled and watched tv.....she let me stroke her head. I put her back on her cage and she won't step up again....but will let me pet her head....patience is a virtue and I know good things come to those who wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillyBeanz Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Hi Msmousej ~ Welcome to the forum. It's lovely that Mandy is now stepping up - that's a great accomplishment! It'll be great to hear all about you and Mandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana600 Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Congrats on your flock and the addition of Mandy. You have a great intro. My grey has only been with us two weeks, he is six months old and although he is happy to step up, he does not let me touch him to rub his head. For all the changes Mandy has had, letting you hold her this soon is a good sign. We do love pictures and will enjoy getting to know you through the forum. Thanks for coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Hello Msmousej and welcome to our family, we are so glad you could join us and we look forward to hearing more about you and Mandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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