Hey all! I'm wondering what cool, creative, or just fun gifts would an African Grey owner like to receive. I know that everyone spends money on bird toys, treats and other gifts for their Fids, but what would a dedicated "parront" bird owner like to receive. Like a coffee mug with their bird on it that says " speak louder I own parrots (or on a tee). Or like a door mat that says Welcome. Hope you like loud ass birds. Ideas that a parrot owner would like. Ideas? Thoughts

Yesterday, despite us telling him to be careful and double check if he locked the cage properly ,he didn't and she flew away.

And she's been out the whole night and I am worried sick. It's a cold winter here and there are loads of crows ,cats and eagles etc around the area.And all the apartments and buildings have the same design and structure ,so no doubt scary and confusing for her.

She's such a pampered darling and I can't imagine her surviving such harsh conditions. She's easily spooked by new people ,sounds and things.

Praying we get her back. I am open to suggestions or any success stories. She's been with us since for almost 4 years. I am so depressed and can't focus on my finals in a week.

The worst scenarios keep on popping in my head. Searched the area to no avial,but our neighbourhood is huge with lots of trees and nooks and crannies to hide. It's only been a day but it's to much.

Anyone know if the smell from making hard candy is a problem for my birb, I just started making some and got to thinking after walking out and back in and smelling the candy flavoring birb is preening atm seems ok I have windows open now but want to make a few more batches?

My grandmother recently passed, and I have gained custody of her African grey Named Leo. This bird is literally older than I am and I’m 29 years old. I’ve been living with her for the past six months before she passed away, so the bird is familiar with me and has known me my entire life just not as a full-time caretaker. Any tips on proper care would be greatly appreciated.

My AG who is on treatment for giardiasis started plucking her pin feathers off just 30 minutes ago. Her poop is normal (not frequent and solid). She has been active as well. She’s on antibiotic. This is the 6th day. I don’t understand why she suddenly started plucking again. She never plucked before this. Please help!!

Hi, my bird recently flew in the house when our fan was on. We usually don’t let him out when the fans are on but he flew to the other room where it was on. After that, he has fluffed up his feathers, wiggled his tail but is sleeping a lot and is barely eating. Should we give him some time? Because taking him to the vet might get him stressed more. Any help would very appreciated.

After 25 years, we have managed to finally get our Grey to show an interest in Harrison's, but i dunno if it's a downside, she will only eat it if it's drowned in apple juice (not from concentrate). Assuming, this isn't great due to the sugar content. It does contain no added sugar, and has no artificial sweeteners.

We rescued our Grey about 25 years ago and she came to us a very ill bird. Diagnosed with high grade psittacosis, which nearly killed her twice. But she pulled through and here we are decades later. The problem we had with her, outside of eating some veg and 2 or 3 fruits, she has always been on a seed diet. We have attempted to change her diet over the years, but without success she does not cope with the stress at all. Our Avian vet stated to keep her on the seed diet because stress could reactivate the psittacosis. The stress seems to kick in when we reach around the half-and-half stage with her food dish (half seed, half pellets of some sort). She stops throwing the pellets, and will simply stop eating. We have also tried her on numerous brands.

That's a very condensed summary of her issues. Anyway, even though she has never eaten it, we do attempt periodically to introduce them very slowly, and this time she seems to be going mad for the pellets when they are doused in apple juice. Cut the amount of apple juice or give them to her dry or mixed with anything else, she won't look at them and will throw the food dish.

Anybody else's bird have a favorite tv show? Our guy protests many shows. Really hated Batman Begins. But he seems to enjoy watching Doctor Who with us.

Hi. My AG (1 year 4 months) keeps plucking pin feathers that look like this. I don’t know what it means.

Hi all! 24 year old CAG has in the last week decided she is an explorer and has routinely begin climbing down from the cage/gliding to explore her territory usually to a dark area under my desk in her room for chewing(leaning me to believe nesting/harmonial has triggers caused this)or to explore the house. Gigi will not step up for my partner who works from home and was seeking any tips to help discourage this as she has made it past the seed guard on the cage haha. I believe my steps are going to be restricting her unsupervised cage roaming time during the work day while im out of the house working and work on her step up game with the partner but wanted to survey any other tips for excited new explorers and carpet sharks. Previously never left the cage or playgym but our cat passed away about 8 months ago so maybe she feels emboldened that it is her kingdom now. Recently added a rolling stand that allows her to hang out with us all over the house. Not clipped but doesn't know she can fly. Thank you all.

I have a 2yr old CAG I actually got him for my wife 2yrs back . He loved her up until she gave birth Ever since we had a kid a year ago the bird is out to get her . He still loves her attention but has become very aggressive and bites her alot . In the past 3 months he's gotten her ear and lip twice , all 3 times he drew blood . She's gotten understandably scared of him.

He loves me though ever since . Not that he'll choose me over her , but I don't ever get bitten and he obeys me alot better

It's almost as if he's 2 different birds with the 2 of us

For some context of the scenario :

• We're both work from home and are with him in the living area all day of he's out an about for atleast 6 hours a day
• We're both allowed to touch him and give him head scratches
• She's not allowed to touch he's cage or else he starts lunging to bite her
• the baby can give him treats but gets bitten on he's fingers if he gets too close ( has happened a bunch)

One last thing and I don't know if this is the most important one... Wazi flew away when he was 6months old for WHOLE DAYS . out in the harsh winter and nature of Africa. Which Was an absolute miracle and a whole other story But my wife's convinced he has ptsd and that's made him nuts I Definitely agree he's a tad weird lol he plays quite rough with me and insists on rough play lol but he's never ugly with me . I just really got to repair their relationship. The relationship definitely exists because he sits on her for hours and is nice to her a lot of days . It's just about once a week that he loses it with her

She thinks her good looks will get her through life on someone else’s dime

He has a 5ft java tree ($$$), numerous natural perches around the house, a jungle gym, etc and, still, his fav place to chill is the toaster. I think it’s because the kitchen is the center of all activity in our house. He can monitor all the action.😆

I already made an appointment with an avian pet, but the closest one was in 2 days.

I need to ask you guys, have you ever seen this condition before? What’s wrong with my greys nostrils?

It’s been advancing the last 3 days.

Any input is really appreciated.

I was wondering if you could give me some tips on keeping african greys, like body language, care tips and simmilar stuff

Edit: thanks for all the answers :D

I couldn’t get blue to just eat fresh veggies alone so I put pinch of dry Harrison and pinch of trilogy seed get at Walmart. I just thought to I would share idea to get your bird to eat veggies… old bread in containers keeps vegetables crispy. When bread is moist toss put in old dry bread or paper towels gives veggies one week…food for thought..