Nice pics, cool tanks and neat critters.

I think African grays are the coolest birds. Was yours habd-raised? What kind of a vocabulary does he have?

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The birds I have now, the grey, the brat, I mean the Pattagonian Conure and the Citron crestested Cockatoo were all hand raised. The grey is a third hand bird and i am the only one and I do mean the only one that can handle him and that is as long as no one else is in the room. Some times he will sit on my sons knee, but that is about as much interaction he will have with anyone else. If I try to reach for him with any one in the room with some exceptions, he will try to take my finger off or hand.

The patty bites me but does well with everyone else. Me being an avian behaviorist has decided he will not get the best of me that was until he bit me so hard he bit through my nail all the way to the skin below making it bleed. Believe it or not it is not bruised but you can see it still as it grows out.

Maggie came to me as a surrender/rescue. Her owner was 78 years old and to old to take care of her any more and asked specifically for me to take her once she heard of my credentials. Once I saw her diet -she was allowed to eat an all seed diet that was fortified with extra white striped sunflower seeds bought from a feed store. The mix was so lopsided her feathers were suffering. I have her on a pellet diet and she loves it and I do mean she loves is. She was also allowed jelly beans, chocolate, all the things she shouldn't have. She doesn't get them here because I want to extend her life another 50 years if I can. I don't know how much damage has been done to here insides but her plumage has suffered majorly. She is the sweetest bird I have of the three. She spends 90-99% of the time on my shoulder or knee or somewhere on me when she is not eating. She is a sweetie and if she loves you she lets you know by letting out a scream if you leave my room. She wouldn't let my husband leave tonight until he cleaned her cage. It was so cool because I got out of one of my few chores.

kygrl wrote:

I live about seven hours away from WV. I'm in south central Kentucky. If you look on the map i'm right on the Tennessee boarder. About 40 minutes north of Nashville.
I'm still in the reading stage when it comes to getting a bird. I plan on doing a lot of reading. I originally wanted a quaker parrot, but for some reason they are illegal to own in Kentucky. I haven't found out why, seems silly but i'm sure they have their reasons.
I plan on getting young birds that have been hand raised. There is a place just south of me that raise beautiful sun conures.(I'm reading up on them too) I'm still planning and need to do a lot more research before getting anything.
I loved the site. Your photobucket pictures are awesome!!!! Your birds look healthy and happy. Sure not hard to see what a good job you are doing with them.

You didn't here this from me....but I know several people that own Quakers in KY. The trick is to find a Avian Vet that will treat them before you buy one and don't give out your name when calling and use number blocking when calling so they don't get your number. That is if you want a Quaker. I didn't like them all that much untill I adopted Booger and Boo as rescues when I was doing rescue and rehoming. They have been homed already but Boo and Boog both were very loving birds. I don't recomend any bird from the conure family except maybe a green cheeks if you can get it as a baby that has been weened for at least three to six weeks. GC are the quietest of the conures, Suns. Jendays and nandays being the loudest. I don't think there is a conure besides the GC that are soft spoken and non screamers. Suns, Nandays and Jendays came through my rescue so often because they were screamers and they couldn't stop it. People would put them in closets and just give them food and water. Now these were unlit closets and it gave the poor pets all sorts of fears for me to work through before I could even begin to work on the screaming.

If you want a Parrot, I really suggest you start reading up on the medium sized birds. Goffin Cockatoo's, Timin Greys, Citron crested cockatoos, There is a bunch of them type in medium sized parrots. They are a little more expensive but you really will be much happier with them if you have small children, it's important to teach them right away hands away from the bird, and the cage no matter what size bird you get.