Amilcar96 Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Hello everyone, I'm brand new to the forums and my name is Mickey. About a year ago one of my friends had to move to another state and for some reason couldnt take his Grey with him. I always go to his house where his Grey, Lola, is and she's grown accustomed to me and they offered to give her to me. I'm very excited but I do have a few questions. Lola is 20 years old and I wanted to know if there's any kind of special food or vitamins to purchase for her as well as my primary concern being my 4 year old little brother, Nathan. Nathan has Autism and I'm afraid he might put his fingers in the cage and Lola, not knowing Nathan, might bite his fingers. Is there any way to make the cage child proof? Any help would be deeply appreciated
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Introduce Nathan to Lola. Sophie has a friend, Sean, who also is autistic. They are great friends. Sean is 21 now. He has known her for years, but he can't take care of her without supervision. Thats ok....he does alot of yard work for me, and always wants to see Sophie Nancy
Amilcar96 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Posted October 27, 2015 Lola finally came to my house today, Nathan was really excited to see Lola. I introduced him to her and everything went great! I'm sure everything will be fine over time Thank you for the suggestion.
SRSeedBurners Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Pics? Feel free to stick around and be a part of the Grey family.
Amilcar96 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Posted October 27, 2015 It's night time over here so these were the only shots I could get. Tomorrow I'll take better quality pictures
Acappella Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Just wanted to welcome you and Lola to the forum. Please stick around and let us know how it's going. She's lovely.
Timbersmom Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Pretty lady! Hello and welcome to the forum
Greywings Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Love the pictures and the name Lola. I think that you may find Lola is somewhat forgiving of your little brother they seem to understand when one of us a bit different.
neoow Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 Welcome to the forums Mickey and Lola! Lola is a lovely looking bird. I hope things are still progressing well?
Amilcar96 Posted October 29, 2015 Author Posted October 29, 2015 Thank you everyone for the encouragement, we actually took the child proof wire off last night. She hasn't done anything to my little brother, they just stare at each other for periods of time lol. She's adapting great
Acappella Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 I'm glad things are going well. I just want to warn you against a possible false feeling of security. You're still in the honeymoon phase of Lolas re-home. Sometimes after a couple of weeks a re-home's true personality will start to emerge and some new behaviours will emerge. Just watch them together. It might, depending on your brother's autism, be an opportunity to teach your little brother about reading Lola's body language and engage him in something outside himself if he's really intrigued by her.
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 Great suggestion by Acappella! Its also important, to see if your bird likes to play and interact AWAY from the cage, as Sophie did. Some greys are very territorial! Also, Greys tend to love one owner, which was always a big NO NO for me. Once she was comfortable, it was my expectation for her to meet other friends and family members. ( Always to her comfort level, and under my supervision!). I learned with Sophie, that she was more than happy to meet and greet other people, but she tended to like people, that had " something to offer!" She LOVED Ryan, for his singing and dancing, she LOVED Sean because he was the best at playing hide N seek and had awesome CROCS ( she LOVES his shoes!). It doesn't take much for a Grey to love you for the most silliest of reasons! She likes her friend Sean who visits because he will take her in the family room and play games with her. She is easily entertained... and LOVES human contact. Nancy
Amilcar96 Posted October 31, 2015 Author Posted October 31, 2015 Thank you for the advice Acappella! I'll definitely be more observant of Lola's body language as well. So far she's really enthusiastic, I take her outside the cage in the morning and when she get son my finger she gives me kisses and cimbs onto my shoulder. Im guessing her previous owner taught her about the kisses? Anyways so far she loves human contact especially with my mom and dad
katana600 Posted November 1, 2015 Posted November 1, 2015 Congratulations on bringing home your new friend. It sounds like she is well loved and your time with her prior to moving her to your home made this a positive experience for all of you. You must have an innate way with greys because your are very intuitive and a natural friend to her. Thank you for joining us on grey forums.
Greywings Posted December 6, 2015 Posted December 6, 2015 Off to a "greyt" start just keep it positive and keep moving forward. Hope it continues to be a good relationship between your brother and your Grey.
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