kofola Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hi, time to introduce myself. My name is Tina, Kofola is my nickname (Kofola is very famous drink in Slovakia and Czech republic, it´s something like CocaCola, but not as sweet as CocaCola - I love this drink and that´s why I got this nick a lot of years ago). I´m 31 and at this time I live in the capital of Slovakia - Bratislava. After few weeks of decision making, me and my partner Jan decided to have a Grey in the future. At first we have to move from Bratislava to the small village in the central part of Slovakia to the house with big garden. (I think it will be better for the Grey to live in big house and have the chance to be in the volary during the summers.)It´s the house of Jan´s parents and now we are preparing everything for living there in the future (2-5 years). Owning the Grey in the future is also the matter of other animals which we have now. I think that the Grey would be really dangerous for my fancy rats. I love rats, but they live for short time and most of them use to die because of cancer or other bad illnesses. It´s really sad and I can´t stand this sadness anymore. Always when I have to go to the veterinary doctor to euthanasis my little sweeties it breaks my heart. I will love rats to the rest of my life, but I need someone who lives longer. And I think that the Grey is best choice for me and Jan. And that´s why I´m here. I want to know everything about Greys and this forum seems to be a very good source of information and experiences. I know that it will be difficult and that the Grey needs attention and most of my free time. My rats take 90% of my free time, so this is not a problem for me. I can´t wait for having my own Grey, to teach him, play with him, train him - and spend the rest of my life with him. I know this is Grey forum, so I hope it will be OK if I share some links of my Boys. Who want to see them, just go here http://www.squeek-rat.info/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=37448 (my current Boys) or here http://www.squeek-rat.info/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=37431 (In memoriam albums). Also you can see my Boys together here http://www.squeek-rat.info/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1558 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Very nice introduction Tina and I look forward to hearing about your new grey. I grew up with a big white rat named Sanford so I know they can be cuddly, very friendly and a big part of the family. That was many years ago as I am a senior citizen now! Welcome to the Grey family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kofola Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Thank you Luv. It will takes a lot of time until I will have my own Grey. But then I will have this parrot to the rest of my life and that´s amazing I hope it will be a lucky bird in our house. Today we were talking about the cages, because I found out that the stainless steel is the best solution.I´m happy that Jan have agreed with stainless steel cage even it is very very expensive for us. But we have a few years I hope we are able to save up as much as money as needed to buy stainless steel cage. And Jan have already the place for summer volary and the place for the indoor cage. As he told me today - he can´t wait to have the Grey at home. He uses to ignore a lot of think I´m saying (like a typical man ) and he says "yes" to everythign I want. But now I see that he is really interested in having the Grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Hello Tina and welcome to our family, so glad to hear you want to own a grey, I think you are doing the right thing to research all you can before you make that final committment for it will be for a lifetime as they live a long time. Its good that both of you are on the same page about getting the grey and the fact that you are waiting a while before actually getting it means you serious about it. Do read thru the many threads on different topics to learn much information on all aspects of owning a grey, it is all firsthand experiences and will give you much insight into what you will be facing when that time comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kofola Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Well, I´m really surprised with Jan. It is very important to be on the same page about getting the grey, also with his parents (we will live with them and the grey will live with them too). Rats are mine at whole, the water turtle too. When we were talking about the grey for the first time he said "yes, but it will be yours and you have to save up all the money for bird, cage and accessoriess". Now, after few weeks of daily watching the videos and reading and talking about the greys I see that he changed his mind. . And I´m happy for that. Thanks to grey Einstein from Texas I found this forum. I can read about the experiences and about living with the greys from the first hand and it is much better then read some anonymous manuals and books. We have also Slovak and Czech forums, but these forums are not as full of information as this forum. Also Slovak and Czech books are not as good as I want them to be. Fortunatelly, reading books, forums, manuals etc in English is not a problem for me. And finally I know some people here in Bratislava who have Greys. I can go and visit them and see the life with the greys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywings Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 So nice that you are earning and working towards obtaining your Grey, so many people become Grey owners with out the knowledge needed to give them the best life understaning their food requirements and behaviors to expect. Pat on the back to both of you for taking the time and effort to learn first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kofola Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 You know - I see these inconsiderate decisions in rat´s owners. It is so sad that people buy an animal and they know nothing about its behavior, food and environment demands and they buy it only because at this time owning the rat is "in". Almost daily I have to help the rats which are finally unwanted, casted off, hagridden . I decided that I do not want to be a member of these people. I want to be as responsible as I can and I really want to give the best to my own grey. And it is impossible with no knowledge. I hope you and other grey´s owners will help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I want to be as responsible as I can and I really want to give the best to my own grey. And it is impossible with no knowledge. So true and since you are not getting a grey for a while you have plenty of time to learn as much as possible so you will know the requirements and needs of your new best friend, I only wish every prospective grey owner did the same. We will help you in any way we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kofola Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 Judy thank you a lot. So tired today...I was driving whole day, to the Eas Slovakia back to Bratislava (850km). Today no study, I´ll go sleep in few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kofola Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 I just saw really funny video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshana Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I currently have five pet rats, four boys and one girl (one of my girls recently passed) and they are kept separate from my tiel. When I get the Grey he/she and my tiel will live in the living room, and the rats will live in the bedroom. I believe it is fully possible to have both rats and birds and take care of both species easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kofola Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 That´s great to hear that it is possible to have rats and Grey together. I was affraid that it would be dangerous for my rats to have a Grey. I have to think about it. You know, I don´t want my rats to be hurted anyway. I´m sorry for the lost of your girl. It is always very sad when they die. We were on the ratshow in Czech republic last weekend and now I´m affraid of strange illness which is spreading among the breeders there (it might to be corynebacterium or something like this). And I hope my Boys will be OK. They all have cold, it´s not for anthibiotic treatment, we are giving Plerasan for imunity and herbal tea with honey and coryzalia (homeopathicum). We have to wait. I think Boys have very good imunity system. But I know that in Czech republic there are dying rats with no clinical signs in few days. PS: I´m sorry but what does it means "tiel". My vocabulary can´t find this word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshana Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Oh, sorry! Tiel is short for Cockatiel. They're a little parrot...the second most popular in the USA behind the budgie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kofola Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 Oh, thank you, now I see. I know these birds, they are very popular also in Slovakia. We call them "korela", my grand parents had these birds when I was a child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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