WonderMomma Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hello everyone! So I joined this forum in May of this year but have only posted on it once (re: homemade cargo net). I didn't have a grey at the time, but I am now "expecting". HAHA I am a single "parront" to seven other parrots, a beautiful daughter and 2 kitties; Dejia (human) | Poppee (CherryHead) | Romeo (GreenCheek) | Juliette (Nanday) | Mo (DYH Amazon) | Jasmine (YCM Macaw) | Valentine (PF Lovebird) | Cupid (PF Lovebird) | Sebastian (Kitty) | Buddy (Kitty) COMING SOON: Baby Girl Grey (need to choose a name!) who is my profile picture. I work PT at a parrot shop near my home and take care of over 168 birds of various species. Every time I go to her enclosure, she'd come running to see me. She seeks me out whenever I walk by and is just the sweetest little girl. Las weekend I officially put dibs on her at the store. YAY! About her: she is theee sweetest baby Grey in the entire store. She's a large Grey, with both light and dark shades of grey... perfectly rounded beak and beautiful eyes. Get this... she only has three toes on her right foot ( I just noticed this about her a couple of days ago!). She's a "beaky" girl, but never bites down hard and LOVES scritches. She'll will sit on my chest and cuddle under my chin and close her eyes. I've already taught her the kissy noise. LOL She's in an enclosure with another Congo, a Timneh, a Goffin, a Rose Breasted and a Lesser Sulfer (all babies) and she constantly watches me when I'm in her sights. She runs right up to the door when I start walking towards her and has already learned the "up" command (she did not know this last as of 10/1). She's just gorgeous, sweet and a complete butterball!! Now for the names. Of course, I'm looking into African names (how original eh? NOT) and have a few others in mind. I am open for ANYTHING. I just want to keep it simple for her to learn and make sure it's not something Greys have a hard time pronouncing (is that true that there are some sounds they cannot make?). I appreciate your feedback on the ones I have listed here... or any new ones you might want to suggest. I'm looking for something DIFFERENT, unique and suitable. THANKS EVERYONE! I'm so excited!! She'll be coming home in a month or so (she's on regular food but still receives one hand feeding a day). Asha - life Juji - heap of love Penda - love (variation Pendi) Dalila - gentle in her soul Lewa - beautiful Mandisa - sweet (variation Madisa or Mhadi) Luna Dolce (as in Dolce Gabanna) Freya (Norse Goddess of Love) Eden Gia Suki Nadia Bella Karma I'm also down for combining any two, though I'm sure I'll only use the second one when she's being naughty! Much like when I call my daughter by first and middle name! I would like to follow this post up in Pt. 2 a bit later by telling you all about the rest of my beautiful fids... but wanted to post this one first as I'm going to be going to see my grey baby tomorrow and would like to figure out what I'm going to name her before then! Thanks again! [/img] Post edited by: WonderMomma, at: 2007/10/10 17:12<br><br>Post edited by: WonderMomma, at: 2007/10/10 17:14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tari Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I like the name Karma cause it is a hippie kind of name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hello and welcome to the family, WonderMomma, glad you could join us and finally introduce yourself even though you joined in May. But hey if you have been busy I can understand that, but just glad you are here now. You do have some flock already and now you are going to add a female grey, I know you have made a good decision and we look forward to hearing more about this bird. That was a wonderful introduction and it speaks a lot about what kind of person you are and thats what we would like all new members to do. Looks like your grey chose you and that is wonderful, it happens like that sometimes and the fact that she is so sweet is a bonus. We look forward to seeing a picture of her if you have any, we love to admire each other's greys every chance we get. If we are getting to vote on possible names, I choose Mandisa, that is so sweet sounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourtrap Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Hey there WonderMomma welcome to the group. Congratulations on your new family member, I am sure that you will have many years of enjoyment with all of your birds. Look forward to your posts and pics of your Fids. Benny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatB Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Hi, WonderMomma -- Welcome! I vote for Juji. It sounds like a "heap of love" describes her perfectly! Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyGreys Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Hi & I personally like this Femi -Love me- African girls name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdgranna Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I find my grey Jiggy has problems saying her "s" sound ie. she says "I am the martest bird". I knew a beautiful grey called Freya so I vote for that name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderMomma Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 Thanks everyone. With my daughters help, we've narrowed it down to the following: Juji Luna Gia My daughter really wants Gia... and I really want either Luna. I really like Juji too, but my daughter says it's sounds too silly. LOL. This is soooo hard! By the way, I haven't figured out how to post pictures in a message yet... but there are pictures of her in my profile!<br><br>Post edited by: WonderMomma, at: 2007/10/11 19:20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 For information on posting photos in threads go to the FAQ section, we have a topic there just about that very subject, read it over and see if that helps you.B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 taking care of 168 birds (in the shop) wow :ohmy: no wonder you chose the nickname 'wondermomma' :laugh: Welcome WonderMomma.... I like the name Luna, mostly because I like short - easy to pronounce names but also because of the meaning. Ra would also be nice, meaning the king of the sun (pity there is no queen of the sun) :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderMomma Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 We first decided with Gia, but because we know another Grey named Giana, we had a hard time not calling our bird Giana. So we both decided on Luna. :-) Luna came home on 10/28/07 and has settling in quite nicely! I love this little girl so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Congrats! That's very exciting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Well congrats on bringing home your baby, Luna, and that is a lovely name too I must say and glad to hear it is going well on her homecoming. Keep us updated on her progress, and more pictures, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Congratulations Wondermomma!!! We'll look forward to hearing and seeing more of your new baby grey. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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