kingsnake Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 My Grey finally came home! Much, much cooler than I ever thought! He/she was scared to death when I got her home so I put her in her cage and let her be. In about an hour I say down next to the cage to watch tv and he/she was ready to come out and cuddle. SHe did this twice tonight. What a sweetie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly Yokum Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Well congrats, and she sure looks like a sweet baby. I would be so scared to have her and a snake in the same house thou. Good luck with your new baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malikah Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Aww cute baby, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffNOK Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Great way to start the ball rolling. Hope that's just the tip of an iceberg of years of cuddles ahead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morana Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Wow, what a beautiful baby! :-) But only that one picture!? :-S How stingy of you ;-) (kidding) Congrats!:-) I'm very happy you finally got your Grey:-) Enjoy! ...and of course..more pictures please:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pi_1 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 How old? When our Grey was a baby and we first brought her home she would only go to sleep if I let her tuck her little head under my chin, LoL. Bond with her now and spend a lot of time with her when she's little and you'll have a friend for life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsnake Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 I'll get more pictures, was having trouble with my camera last night. As for the snakes, ALL are in the garage. I can walk her all over the house and the only snake she will see is a fake one :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Congratulations! Cute baby grey and it seems all is going well in the first day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Congrats on getting your new baby grey home with you and she is an adorable sweetie pie from the pic you shared with us. You are doing the right thing in letting her decide when to come out and just take it easy so as not to rush things. I have to agree with Morana that more pictures are needed as we love to admire them at this age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusCAG Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Congratulations on your new baby! Have you decided on a name yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupid Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Congratulations KingSnake! Very happy for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Oh congratulations! I just love the little babies when they first come home, so sweet and loving just wanting to bond with their new parront. I promise to wait patiently for more pictures!!! But please hurry, I really just can't wait to see and hear more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsnake Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 First full day home. Is it normal for the appetite to be down? I can't say she has been eating all that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara2 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Fantastic pictures! Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morana Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Such a pretty, prettygirl!:-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 She's lovely! It's funny, when I first started hanging around here, I couldn't understand why everybody wanted to see pictures of new greys all the time. After all, they all look pretty much the same. But the more pictures I see, the more I realize they all look a little different. Your baby is absolutely adorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Sharing your pictures brings us all happiness. There great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezron Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Welcome home baby grey! Let us know how she progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsnake Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 She likes to TRY and sit on my head and shoulder. Then she started, not really biting to hurt but enough pressure to let me know that removing her wasn't what she wanted. That's the end of that fun and game! She will quickly realize she needs me, I don't need to be up her butt 24/7 lol. Her eating has picked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsnake Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Just saw him/her drinking from the water bottle for the first time. I've been holding a water bottle out for her and putting my pinky on the ball of the bottle and she drank from my finger. I guess she figured it out! WOOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupid Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I bet your boys are thrilled to have a baby parrot at home! Congratulations again bud, your baby looks awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsnake Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 SO I got him/her Monday, Thursday she flew from 6 feet away to me. So I started calling her by saying come one and tapping my shoulder. This has worked for the most part. She lands on my head so I just pick her up off my head and walk around the house with her. I'm a bit shocked the short amount of time I have had her and she has picked up flying to me, on call. I've been saying, Hello, what's up, how you doing, good morning, good night, bye, getting on the computer, Hey Tommy (My dog) and hey to each family member who comes in. She hasn't picked any of this up and don't think she will any time soon but I'm working on repetitive speech. She seems fine with everyone in the house however when my friend/neighbor came over yesterday she didn't like him at all, growling at him. I walked her away and she was still growling. This is the same person that I have spoke of in previous posts that got an African Grey 1 to 2 years ago. Besides growling I only hear a Chirp from her when she sees me or wants out of the cage and a hick-up sounding "chirp". She has firmly gripped my finger but nothing really painful. She loved to attack the keyboard but after putting her in the cage, it hasn't been an issue any more. She also gave me attitude but that was nipped in the but fast. SHe seems to be a really nice bird now that we know who the alpha is so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshana Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Haha, what is with the keyboard! Everyone from my pet rats, my cockatiel, to my Senegal love pulling the keys off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslterp59 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 What a beautiful baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsnake Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 So I just came in the room and said Hello and hey as I always do. She chirped back as she does... I sat down long ways on the couch facing her and the cage and put the laptop in my lap. She was sitting on her play top and not in the cage. She chirped a couple of more times so I held my hand out and high thinking, yeah right. But without a second going by she flew, slowed down and landed on my hand! May be this is normal so soon for Greys to do this but I was shocked! I didn't say anything, she just saw my hand go up and flew to it. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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