Ajilon Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 So I figured I'd come in and introduce myself. My name is Gina and I've been reading the forum for a while, researching the African Grey, now but hadn't joined or posted until now. I just adopted a very sweet 4 month old Congo. His name is Zazu and he's spoiled rotten. He's been with us for a week now and has settled in nicely. His little noises and chirps crack me up and if he's eating and you walk by him, he'll stop and growl at you like a dog. I have to giggle every time he does it. He shares his home with 2 blue & gold macaws, a harlequin macaw and a blue fronted amazon. I swear when social hour hits around here and the 4 of them start screaming, the house vibrates. Zazu tries to get his 2 cents in, but can't seem to get over the big boys. I'm amazed at how different the greys are from the macaws and the amazons. Zazu likes attention and pouts when he doesn't get it. He's already starting to mimic and the other birds are teaching him alot. So far I've not gotten any real words out of him, but he call call whistles at me when I walk by him. Anyway... I just wanted to introduce myself. This looks like a great forum and I'm anxious to learn more and more about these wonderful companions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Hello Gina and welcome to the family, so glad you could join us and we look forward to hearing more about you and Zazu. Well you are no stranger to parrots what with 2 blue and golds, a harlequin and an amazon and I bet social hour does pretty much rock the house when they get going. Only had him a week and he is already spoiled rotten, sounds about right, they do wrap their talons quickly around your heart, no doubt about that. As you have already done some reading on the site, continue to do so for lots of useful information in ourmany threads and do not hesitate to ask any and all questions you may have and we will help you in any way we can. If you have any pictures of Zazu you would like to share with us we would love to see him and we have an other birds room where you can share the other too if you like. This is a wonderful forum and you will make friends here very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaxtersMom Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Hi Gina, great to have you here & congrats on Zazu. Sounds like you have a real nice flock. I have a grey, an eclectus and a conure and still can't believe how different they all act and I totally know what you meant by the social hour. We have it here at our house too. Looking forward to hear more about you and your flock. Can't wait to see some pictures when you get the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrew5 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Hello Gina and Zazu and Welcome. Congrats on bay Zazu. Looking forward to hearing more from you and Zazu, and pics. we love pics. Welcome and Congrats!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Welcome, do you have a Cag (Congo) or Tag (Timneh) African Grey. The Cags have black beaks and the Tags horn colored. Sounds like you have a whole menagerie. Cant wait to hear more about your family of feathered friends.{Feel-good-00020069} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolyn Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Nice family Gina,welcome cant wait to see some pics;) Carolyn & Mica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Welcome Gina and Flock!! It's GreYt having you here. Looking forward to hearing more and seeing some photos when you get a chance. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nims Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Hi Gina, Welcome to the forum. I look forward to hearing more sbout Zazu and the rest your flock! Nims Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernathy Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Hi and welcome Gina, Zazu et al! Looking forward to hearing more about you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajilon Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 Zazu is a congo. He's spoiled rotten. I'm slowly integrating him into the rest of the flock. He's alot more needy than I expected, but that's ok. I'm not allowed to walk by him and not say hello or give him a petting. He gets real mad if I ignore him and if I'm talking, he'll try his hardest to get up over me. It's so funny to see such a little bird demand so much attention. I was making him some bird toys last night and as I'm stringing things together, he's taking apart the other side. here's some pictures to hold you guys over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Aww Zazu is a good looking grey and he definitely spoiled rotten for sure, thanks for sharing a couple of pics with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Zazu looks great and sounds like a typical 4 month old CAG. He is definitely going to require a lot of attention and demand it, as you stated. They are very needful when young. Enjoy those wonderful moments of bonding and play. :-) Is he assisting you in the design specs of his soon to be new toys? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siobha9 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Hi Gina, Welcome to the grey forum! I would love to see pictures of all your birds. I find it funny that you call your CAG such a little bird, and I think they're the big bird:P My other birds are a caique, tiels and budgies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slmclean Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Hi Gina and welcome to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajilon Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 siobha9 wrote: Hi Gina,Welcome to the grey forum! I would love to see pictures of all your birds. I find it funny that you call your CAG such a little bird, and I think they're the big bird:P My other birds are a caique, tiels and budgies! I guess when you have a harlequin macaw that's the size of a greenwing, every bird looks little! LOL My harlequin's beak is twice the size of Zazu's head. I did post pictures of all of them in the "other birds" section if you want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siobha9 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 YES I want to see.... going to check it out now;) Oooh I dont like the sound of your harlequin's beak:unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyric Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Welcome to the forum Gina. We all look forward to hearing more about your flock. Zazu is a very pretty bird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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