Hello everyone!

[ashleymarie2322]

I guess I got a little over excited about getting your wonderful advice on my bird and forgot to introduce myself.

 

My name is Ashley. I'm currently attending college and my major is in psych. I plan on doing counseling for children in elementary school.

 

I used to work with cockatoos and sun conure’s in a life lab (sort of a educational center to bring children). I have a sun conure at home (tequila sunrise) and was planning on getting a baby cockatoo when a friend of mine came to me about Rio.

 

Rio is 4 years old and although the owners loved her they weren't very educated in how to handle her. She wasn't brought out of her cage often or trained very well to step up or anything. The owners were hardly home so she spent a lot of time by herself and they decided that it wasn't best for her and that it was time to find her a new home. I figured there were tons of people who would want a baby cockatoo but not many would take in an older bird with some behavior issues (even more so since they are asking for a lot of money), and although I've never worked with or even handled Grey's before I feel up to the challenge. And although she’ll cost a lot of money I think it’s totally worth it if I can give her a better life. I want to bring her to my home and love her and give her as much attention as possible. I want Rio to get to bond with me and get to spend lots of time outside of her cage. I want to give her the best home possible.

 

In wanting to do so I've been finding as many grey forums as I can. I want to be in close contact with other people who have done this before so I can insure I do things right for Rio. I have until July 15th to learn all I can and then the fun begins!

 

As soon as she is here I will post some pictures!

 

Thanks for reading!

 

Ashley

[lovemyGreys]

Hi Ashley & Welcome to the froum.I admire your decision to take on a grey with baggage opposed to a baby too.Rescuing is very rewarding & given time & patience will bring you wonderful rewards.Many of our members have taken on rescue, re-home greys so you will get a ton of support from us look forward to hearing all about Rio.

[M2MM]

Welcome! And, thank you for taking on a "pre-owned" parrot. There are way too many parrots that are in rescues and not enough people willing to take them on due to their "baggage."

 

Hi hope you get on well with your Grey!

 

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[slmclean]

hi ashley welcome, hope you enjoy this forum as much as i have there are great people here with lots advice i know they have helped me alot, welcome again.

[judygram]

Hello Ashley and welcome to the family, so glad you decided to join us and we look forward to hearing more about you and Rio.

 

I am sure you are going to do fine with this grey and I am glad to hear you want to give him a good home where he can receive the love and attention he deserves.

 

You are starting out the same way I did with a sun conure and then I got my grey, Josey and she is a delight to have and I enjoy them both tremendously.

 

To learn a lot in a short time, read thru the many threads for a wealth of information and do not hesitate to ask questions you may have and we will do our best to find you some answers and help you in any way we can.

 

I can hardly wait for the pictures so do post as soon as possible.

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Ashley welcome here

[harley280308]

welcome ashley im sure you will enjoy it here i know i have you get loads of fantastic advise

hope to get to know you and rio better

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