So, my partner (M) and I (F) recently began fostering an AG with the intent to adopt. She (Millie) is about 13 years old and her original owners had to give her up due to terminal illness on their part. We were told she had a slight preference for women, but it was believed to be because the previous men in her life weren't overly involved in her care.

On to the issue. We've had her for about 6 weeks now. At first, I'd have said she showed a preference to my partner because he was less shy with her. She was never overly aggressive, just a bit territorial of her cage, which we chalked up to the stress of changing house. She would give my partner some warning nips if he got too close, but nothing worrying. And she warmed up to us after plenty of treats, she was letting us give her some pets and she jumped up on my partner's shoulder a couple of times.

The issues started when we had to make an emergency trip to the vet. One evening around her bedtime, we noticed her breathing was very laboured and she wasn't acting her usual self. We called the charity we're adopting her through and they said phone the vet, so we did, and they said get her in for a check up ASAP.

She didn't love going in her travel cage, and then she didn't love coming out of it at the vet. My partner handled all of this. He took a couple bites while getting her in her cage, then he toweled her at the vet so they could get a good look. She ultimately ended up being fine after some oxygen and they sent us home on our merry way.

Since then, Millie has been different. She seems to love me now, she seeks out head pets and gives me a lot of really gentle, playful nibbles. My partner hasn't been so lucky. She seems to have a personal vendetta against him. She's almost put her beak through his finger twice in the past two days, and she'll bite him really hard, completely unprovoked. She'll take treats off of him still, then she'll act interested in something else before she lunges and clamps down. Again, these are not playful little warning nips, they are very hard I'm-going-to-hurt-you bites that draw a significant amount of blood. She doesn't do anything of the sort to me, and she seems to lure him in with the same body language she uses with me when she's being sweet.

This is both of our first experience with parrots, and we're still learning. Basically, we'd like to know if this is a temporary problem that can be fixed with time/patience/training, or if my partner has made an enemy for life. We adore her and we've made a lot of progress in the six weeks we've had her, but we obviously can't have her out for blood every time my partner is in the room. It was more of my partner's thing to get a parrot, so he's gutted she's turned on him like this. Any insight is greatly appreciated.

ignore the poop, I just changed her cage a few days ago and will change it later* I worry about my girl plucking, and we just put her cage where she can get some sun. Now, I hope she maybe nicked a little blood feather. I just got home from school, and l noticed it on the bottom of her cage. If worse comes to shove, maybe she’s plucking. But the end of the feather looks like how it normally does whenever she molts. Can anyone tell me if it is or not? hopefully it’s just food, and I’m overreacting 😅

Preening is definitely in high gear for spring! Came out to my fluffbutt looking fluffier than usual, 😂. She's 26 in June, I've had her since she was 3 months old.

I have seen a lot of sad pictures of African grey whole plucked half of their feathers.

What led these beautiful birds to so this? What are the things that people do to these birds to pluck their feathers and get depressed?

Hi, all, I’m in Riverside County, California and want to adopt a young African Grey male parrot 🦜 I want a local adoptee so I can pick up myself. My question: where in Riverside County can I adopt an African Grey young male parrot? If you have contact information, please leave me a comment

My parrot only opened it eyes once today and not fully open maybe like 30%. He is always playful and energetic but not today can someone please help.

A little over a month ago I got my six-year-old African Grey parrot, and we've had a bit of a rocky journey with her adapting to the change of coming to my home, experiencing my other pets (cat and dog, and always monitored when in the same room), and just getting better acclimated to having a new family. She and I have been bonding well, but for every 2 steps we take forward, we've taken at least 10 steps back.

It took her weeks to be comfortable with stepping up on my fingers to get out of her cage and onto her perch, but even so she has taken falls from her perch or when I've walked through the house with her on my fingers or on my shoulder. She's great one second and then for no reason whatsoever it seems gets spooked and falls. She had her wings clipped prior to me getting her and I've obviously since decided I don't want to clip them as to prevent injury. The last thing I want is for her to keep falling and smacking into things as a result.

Little bruises are forming on her head, her feathers are snapping in the process of her falls, and she had a section of her wing where she was bleeding (it had stopped), but now I notice when she experiences a new fall the area is aggravated and droplets of blood are lost. The first time it bled I had applied styptic powder, cleaned it up afterwards, and it had appeared to be perfectly fine. There's also one feather in particular that's out of order and she can't put back in place no matter what she does and I don't know what to do about it.

She's not a fan of me touching her wings and screams bloody murder when I try (she bites me as well, though I try to hold her head in place), so it's overall been a very difficult situation and I just want to put her at ease. I've put off to vet for this reason, as I don't want to add to her stress with more people touching her, but I know now I have no choice to take her in and hope for the best with her mental health.

I just want to know what I can do to help minimize her falls so that she can stop experiencing the pain in her wings. If there's a way for me to have easier access in examining her wings/feathers. Any other tips in general so that there's a smoother transition with her getting used to her new surroundings because my priority is her not dreading this new life. Thank you so very much!

Context: My dad bought me my african grey around 2016 - 2017 (i dont remember specifically). He told me that he bought her from the previous owner, not from the pet store and they didn't have any paperwork that specify the buying date nor is it legally obtained. I just recently found out about the whole CITE 2016 rules and I'm about to immigrate to the US.

Now my question is does anyone know whether I'm be able to bring my African grey with me to the US or they'll just take her away (I really hope not) since we don't have any paperwork?

I'm really stressed out about this situation rn, i don't want to leave her. 😭

i had a dream last night that i was putting turmeric and grated jalapeño on some cucumber for my CAG. now i am wondering if i should incorporate spices IRL. i know people will sometimes add spices to chop mixes, but are there any spices that Greys (or your bird in particular) tend to enjoy? i am hoping that i can spice up some healthy foods that she might find boring otherwise

I’m beginning to believe I did not get accurate age information from the breeder. I was told he was about a year old. However, he seems to have a pretty large vocabulary of things he didn’t get from us. I read that that takes a few years. Unfortunately, the man isn’t responding to my request for confirmation. That, of course, makes me more uncertain. Are there any tells you guys can use say if that’s close to accurate? It doesn’t matter now because he’s ours. However, when we go to our first vet check, I’d like to share accurate information. We were also told he is male, but if the age is incorrect, maybe breeder was dishonest about the testing. He’s also refused thus far to confirm that. Anyway, none of that actually matters other than making sure I have information to appropriately care for him and understand his behavior as it may relate to his age/gender- if that’s even a thing. I wouldn’t be upset to learn he was older, I tried rescues first anyway. I would be upset to learn I was intentionally lied to, but I can’t do anything about that now.

Ruby and I are heading to the vet tomorrow! I had a video call with a vet last week and she was concerned with the state of her feathers. She said by her neck was really puffy like a skin infection 😢 She’s plucking WAY more than normal and her skin looks very irritated :( she suggested a few changes which I’ve implemented but they have not worked. I hope it’s nothing serious! She said it wasn’t an urgent vet visit needed but obviously I took the first opening they had! Hopefully it goes well 🤞🏽

My parrot has been hormonal as of late and tonight they're laying an egg. I got freaked out cause it sounded like they fell from their perch, but I ended up seeing the egg peak through halfway as they climbed on their perch. It doesn't seem to be moving anymore though, is it a slow process?

Edit: I'm really worried the shell of the egg has a small crack in it and is dripping fluid

With more sunshine my birds are going crazy hyper extra needy.

I'm his forever home. Had him 10 years he's 30.

But last night all night he beeped like smoke detector about every 30 minutes until sunrise. Then the outdoor birds started up.

I love my African Gray and am totally committed for life.

But he is needy lately.

There's a baby book out called "go to f in bed!" Narrated by Samuel jackson Jackson

I'm gonna see if there's an audio version!