edillon5063 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 My little Congo is coming a week early! in 2 weeks on Feb 6th....I just found out he's a boy- so out the window goes the name Scarlet- I'm having a hard time with boy names. So far its Indy or Max and I'm leaning toward Indy. But I'm not in love with either of those names. I had bought a cage off Craigs and after reading tons of posts about chipped paint and the risk of- last night I bought a NEW cage. Sigh. The biggest thing I'm worried about is him becoming a one person bird- and worse loving my finance more than me. Sounds silly I know, but animals like him, and I love that my animals like him, and I want my grey to like him, I just don't want my grey to only like him. I plan on spending a ton of one on one quality time with my grey so hopefully it will be ok. My other concern is I'm picking my grey up from the airport probably on a Friday- and I have 3 days to vet check him and I have other birds- will it be ok it take him directly to the vet? I know he'll be freaked out about the flight and leaving his breeder and I don't want to freak him out more. But at the same time I only have 3 days and Sunday my avian vet is closed! Thank you guys so much for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Well Congratulations edillon!! In regards the 3 day vet check. I would ask the breeder to make that 3 working days. Receiving the Grey on a Friday makes that constraint near impossible to meet. Express your concerns to the breeder before they ship that Grey. If they are agreeable, schedule the vet visit for Monday or Tuesday. If they are not agreeable, then request the Grey be shipped on Monday and schedule the vet visit for Wednesday. The call is yours on the shipi day, not the breeders. You are the paying customer that deserves good and fair treatment. That would be too much trauma in my opinion for one day. It would be most desirable to get him home from the airport and let him settle in over the weekend before introducing another scary situation. Atleast by then the grey will feel like it is with someone it knows in a strange environment. In regards being worried about whom the grey will love the most. Just relax, spends lots of time with him like you mentioned and all should be ok. If not, then kick the fiance out. ;-) Just kidding. I hope it all goes well for you and that precious Grey. :-)<br><br>Post edited by: danmcq, at: 2009/01/23 15:49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Congratulations on getting your baby soon. You have every right to be so excited. As Dan suggested, asking for three working days to vet check your new grey should be a reasonable request. Can't wait to see pictures of your new baby when you get him home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Well congrats on getting your grey earlier than expected, thats always a welcome bonus but like Dan said, ask for 3 working days to get the baby vet checked as that is only fair. Hope to see pictures when you get him home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twosteph Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I'm having the same problem as you. I had great boy names, and then the DNA came out as a girl. Figures, ha. Indy is cute, I like that. I was going to name mine Bruce if he was a boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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