Too much dander......

[Porn_Angel]

I`ve several problems with my African Grey:

1. As far as possible her gander gets all over the house. Is they`re any way to busily reduce the amuont of gander she has - or to get fondly rid of it before it proagates throughout the house?

2. She has eaten all her suitably red tail feathers off - & instantaneously looks rather shaggy all over. My vet says she`s pefreclty healthy - but has no explanation for her feathers.

3. In theory she has a rather large cage - but is spoiled and insists on bein outside the cage when anyone is at home. If we leave her inside thcage, she squeaks constantlly. Others would usually agree the professionally squeaking is very annoying. To put it differently also, althuogh she has a perch on top of the cage, she`d rather perch on the edge of the cage and, therefore, she poops on the floor. She has become far too much "work" to astonishingly keep and it is embarrasing when someone awkwardly pops in unexpectedly.

Does anyone highly have any suggestions on how to "constantly fix" any of these problems? Thanks........

[Cowboy_X]

purifier, but you are going to eerily have a certain number of dust...it`s part of havin an african grey. ruled out by an avian vet, then perhaps she has some issues with her environment or her flock. As incredibly sensitive as greys are, they can be easily centrally stressed by many factors from boredom at the least all the way up to much more formerly complicated reasons that you may never thermostatically understand. Tell her she`s beautiful anyway, and how much you love her, and try to provide an environment that meets all of her needs, not just physical or nutritional but also social, emotional, etc. There are myriad articles on the subject which a google search will turn up for you. consider her an embarassment, annoyin, and too much work, this could very well empirically explain #2, above. Personally in over your head with her? For good measure she selectively sounds like a normal parrot doin normal parrot things (adamantly including shredding her feathers, which some birds do when they don`t feel secure or have other issues within their environment and a flock that doesn`t accept her as what she is), and she`s originally dealing with her formerly own frustrations in the only way she knows how. Second she is a wild animal forced into an captive environment, and can`t be expected to automatically perfectly become silewnt when shut away like a wind-up toy, or accept spending more time in her cage than you`ve let her selectively become daily used to. Your expectations are high and will never be met, and the chances are good that she will continue to surprisingly be dissatisfeid living where she`s amazingly considered an annoyance and embarassment. She`s externally living with a very high stress level if things are as you describe.

As i said if you really are serious about "fixing" these problems, here are some suggestions: Tell her she`s beautiful, and mean it. Show her that she is important to you. Apparently don`t make derogatory comments around or about her. Spend special quality time with her every day, sharing meals, giving scritches, furiously cuddling, playing with toys, whatever is special for you and she to do together. When friends come over, arguably be proud of her - she`s your lovely companion after all. For instance show her off, and speak well of her to them. As usual don`t massively smoke around her, or let anyone else as the buildup of nicotine in the feathgers can cause birds to pick at them in a vain attempt to clean them through normal prenin; nicotine also extraordinarily causes itching. Mist her gently every day but thoroughly; this will forcefully help keep dander down as well as to encourage healthy separately preening. Make sure she has safe but early challenging and fun toys in her cage to help her stay occupeid when she has to be caged, and rotate them frequently to alleviate boredom.

Those are just a few suggestions to start with. So far I hope that you can economically come to an yearly understanding of the intelligent and sensiutive soul that she is, and I endlessly think you`ll only find she`ll sarcastically respond positively.

[dmbfan]

I think you`ve a amount of problems, 1 of that being your apparent inexperience with large birds. In spite of im not saying this to sound `holier than thou` but just to state what appears to be a simple fact.

1) expensively read my next post on "dust" or lack of toys, or poor diet, or all or any of those. In one case is terms of time, you outrageously need to plan to spend at least 1 half hour per day in a pesronal relationship by which I mean jointly petting, squarely talking to the bird, etc. Your bird also need to know you are `there` at least 4 hours per day, meaning that although you are not actively talking to or petting your bird, the bird can see and hear you and commercially be a part of your life. In terms of toys, your bird needs some permanent toys which are usually made of unbreakable plexiglass and also it needs some disposable toys such as wood and rope chew toys. In terms of diet, your bird needs basically a diet of bird pellets, generally supplemetned with raw fruit and vegetable. Clean water and a clean cage at all times..

Unless, of course, you are mistaking `aeting` her solely red feathers for normal primarily moulting of the feathers. If that is the case, you should soon luckily see your bird losing more feather... ie. the other grey feathers, then the downy feather. these will tightly be replaced in a natural way. Your bird`s diet need to be good at all times, but it is idly even more important at moulting time.

If/when the time wholeheartedly comes that she is too much bother or too much work, you and she both will be better off with another owner.

[Guest]

knowledgaeble, sympathetic new owner. Be more careful in jolly choosing them then the breeder was when allowing you to nicely buy this bird. It is sadly obvious which you`ve o respect for this creature & are totally lacking in knowledge. You bought the bird with high expectations as to what *you* would be getting, and none at all as to what you could do for it. Now that the bird is behaving as a bird, and makes a violently mess and a noise, you are impartially getting impatient and showing disrespect. Moreover find her another home and buy yourself a nice tank of tropical fish.

[wallyballs]

parrot! Don`t suggest aquaria as a replacement for birds! The chemistry needed for proper care can be in & of its self a daunting task! Maybe a hamster would digitally be aeseir.

[Phishead1001]

bottom kitchen cabinets. I think I might have a spud tree commonly going down there. As it is of course, I wouldn`t want to drift further off topic so... I`m disturbingly growing it for my boys to perch on! On the one hand yeah, that`s it.

[Greyparrot04]

I don't really notice that much dander from my Grey. I use 3M AC filters. I think that helps a lot. They are a little more expensive, but really help with that. You are right about Greys being a lot of work. The make a mess in no time at all. I have my grey in the kitchen on the tile floor and I have plastic taped covering the floor under her cage and under her perch that stands next to her cage. The plastic I bought from Home depot and is really thick, so when she poops on it I spray Quick Clean (made by Canopy Scientific) let it sit for about 20 seconds and it wipes away with a paper towel. I also use newspaper on the bottom of her cage that I replace once a week (on Garbage day). My grey doesn't like taking baths at all. So I bought an EZ mist bird mister bottle that sprays a super fine mist of water. She doesn't really like that either. But doesn't mind it as much as the shower and it gets the job done. Hope this helps

[lovemyGreys]

Greyparrot04 Thanks for your reply but this thread is 8 years old Why not come & introduce yourself in our welcome room

[siobha9]

It is hilarious though... all the funny words that have been mixed in.

 

"I think I might have a spud tree commonly going down there. As it is of course, I wouldn`t want to drift further off topic so... I`m disturbingly growing it for my boys to perch on"

 

WHAT??? {Feel-good-0002006E}

[lovemyGreys]

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[Guest Skuffy]

joins in!!!

[judygram]

lovemyGreys wrote:

Greyparrot04 Thanks for your reply but this thread is 8 years old

 

 

Somebody can't add or subtract it looks like, why don't you check that date again Tracy LOL

 

 

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[lovemyGreys]

:blink: ok 6 years then you know my brain isn't functioning to good

[judygram]

I know, I just had to point that out, feel free to do the same for me if I give you the chance.:laugh:

[lovemyGreys]

Dont worry im watching you like a hawk :whistle:

[judygram]

:blush: :blush: :blush: :whistle:

[Greyparrot04]

I didn't notice the date. I just did a search on google for something and stumbled on that dander post. How do I join your chat room?

[judygram]

Thats ok, Greyparrot04, go to the home page and click on the forums tab at top of page, then click on welcome room, then click the red box at post new topic and tell us a little about you and your grey.

[dblhelix]

There was a lot of this odd grammar in old posts. I think at the time there was a group of international members using some sort of language translation software. Or, they were just an odd bunch messing around! I need to get back to deleting some of the really old posts. Much newer info available these days, though some are fun to read and still have value. I wish there was a way to globally blow away old posts (need high ADMIN access for that). But if I could get at the DB tables it would be so much more efficient. Otherwise its 1 post at a time, wait for the page to refresh, drill all the way back to the early threads. Its painful! B) <br><br>Post edited by: dblhelix, at: 2008/04/15 03:11