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ive been working on my parents for years, and they gave in!! i only have reptiles,i cant wait! a ig commitment i know, but im so excited! il post pics when i get her!! she'll be 12 weeks!! do any of you have large birds (esp. african greys), or in fact any birds, that you would like to share with us all, i know reiko has an umbrella cockatoo (THE COLENOL!! lol well thanks guys!!
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~David - KDRKreatures
My Main Herps-
1.2 Bearded dragons (Ralph, Artemis, Cheech)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon (Chiquito)
1.0 Black Racer Snake (Chong)
2.2 Eastern Box Turtles (Athena, Mercury, Gizmo, Galapago)
0.0.2 Leopard Geckos (Nee, Unnamed)
1.0 Ball Python (Carson)

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Cool. My father has a grey.......he used to have a pair of imports going back maybe 10-15 years that he used to breed and his pet "Oliver" was the first baby. Oliver is so smart you actually have to be careful what you say, lol. Very smart animals. Chris

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~David - KDRKreatures
My Main Herps-
1.2 Bearded dragons (Ralph, Artemis, Cheech)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon (Chiquito)
1.0 Black Racer Snake (Chong)
2.2 Eastern Box Turtles (Athena, Mercury, Gizmo, Galapago)
0.0.2 Leopard Geckos (Nee, Unnamed)
1.0 Ball Python (Carson)

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Extremely smart, and I'm jealous! I'd love to get one.....
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1.1 Ball Python
0.0.1 corn snake
1.0 Bearded Dragon
0.0.2 fish
1.2 cats
3.1 kids
1.0 husband

all i can say is read read read read read read read,,,you can never know too much and youll never know enough, large parrots are a huge commitment, be sure you are ready, this is like no other animal you will ever have, be ready to babysit for the next 60 + years, be ready for noise, bad moods, bites (yes even the best behaved bird can and will bite during its very long lifetime, i myself have armfulls of bites, nerve damage to my left thumb area and my boyfriend has taken one right in the face, bit through the bone, and that was an accident..long story), dust, everything you own getting pooped on at least once and the whole package, parrots can bring a lot of smiles but they can also be the most frusterating animal on earth, people ask me if i will ever have kids, i tell them no i already have some, parrots, i offer friends that want kids to take colonel for a week and see if they still think they are ready. go and read this site www.mytoos.com its about toos but alot of it pertains to all large parrots and what can happen, its a huge reality check of owning these birds but i suggest anyone that wants a large parrot read it. Be ready also for greys, they tend to be very independant as they are extremely smart, i dont suggest them for a first bird, nor any large parrot especially toos and greys, if you can start with a smaller parrot its best, they can teach you soooo much about owning these birds and the smaller guys are much more forgiving about mistakes we make with them as far as handling/training goes, smaller package but all the personality of the big guys. Consider a Caique, they are awesome, smart, playful little clowns and will train you well to be ready for the next step. Well best of luck, just giving my 2 cents, alot of people get into purchasing one of these animals and they really dont know what they are commiting to.
best of luck, let us know what you decide

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reiko
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I had a Congo African Grey, he was awesome. He had a very large vocab. and could mimic every sound he heard. The most anoying one was the house alarm. They are a huge responsibility, in fact I had to get rid of him when my daughter was born, he was so used to being the baby, he got very jealous, started screaming, biting (which he never did before)and feather plucking. Needless to say, he didn't like my daughter being born, they are super sensitive. I hand raised him along with my patagonian conure. I do plan on getting another latter, and maybe a Eclectus, there cool to.

good luck

child comes along bird has to go, kid goes to college, has to get rid of the bird, bird bit the wife, bird has to go, its all too common and its why i strongly beleive large parrots have no place in the pet industry, they are far too much responsibility, and its very hard for people to change their lives to revolve around an animal and i understand that, i would reccomend a bird to no one, i love mine to death but would give them up in a heartbeat to give them the freedom of acres of trees and to be free flighted, someday i hope to build them the aviaries they deserve, to not have to deal with us as companions and have feathered companions of their own, our birds love us, but this isnt the life for them, its in most cases detrimental to them, there are those few who live out a good life with their person, but more times then not, the parrot is passed on home to home to home for various reasons, they in this process pile up with behavioural issues and so they just keep being passed on until they develop self mutilating behaviours and then no one wants them, some end up in closets, some in garages , the lucky ones find good parrot rescues. My birds were unwanted parrots which i took in(paid full price to the owners) my one was locked in an upstairs bedroom by himself in the dark because the wife hated him,he didnt like the noise he made or the mess, he of course came with all the baggage of those experiences and we gladly deal with his problems. anyhow i ramble, there is so much i want to say about bird ownership but i can sum it up i suppose, get a budgie.

guess im done now, i dont mean to be down on dmlove getting a grey, i guess im just burned out on seeing these poor creatures in such terrible situations
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yes, i am so ready. ive been researching for over a year and some months, and will keep researching. I really have my mind set on one, and i am ready for commitment. When im gone, i have people to take care of her, and i want to teach her to like new people, i just love them. I, too, would love to see a huge forest, acres upon acres where they could go, and forage on their own, and live with other birds, maybe someday, somehow. That would be the best. Well, thanks for the heads up, and everyone else thanks too.
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~David - KDRKreatures
My Main Herps-
1.2 Bearded dragons (Ralph, Artemis, Cheech)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon (Chiquito)
1.0 Black Racer Snake (Chong)
2.2 Eastern Box Turtles (Athena, Mercury, Gizmo, Galapago)
0.0.2 Leopard Geckos (Nee, Unnamed)
1.0 Ball Python (Carson)

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yet another story of a bird that's going to end up in a bad situation. Very sad to understand what's in his/her future ... and for most of them out there.

Good advice, thanks for spreading the truth about parrots... maybe it will help someone else to understand. I to am passionate about how you feel, but as you said, this is not the time or place for that. I would love to have a Grey.. they are my fav that I've seen and been around.. but I won't do it bc like you said, I can't have a kid around for 60 plus years.

I liked the Senegals too though

brandon
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bit through to the bone, not bit through the bone titanium beak..

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>>all i can say is read read read read read read read,,,you can never know too much and youll never know enough, large parrots are a huge commitment, be sure you are ready, this is like no other animal you will ever have, be ready to babysit for the next 60 years, be ready for noise, bad moods, bites (yes even the best behaved bird can and will bite during its very long lifetime, i myself have armfulls of bites, nerve damage to my left thumb area and my boyfriend has taken one right in the face, bit through the bone, and that was an accident..long story), dust, everything you own getting pooped on at least once and the whole package, parrots can bring a lot of smiles but they can also be the most frusterating animal on earth, people ask me if i will ever have kids, i tell them no i already have some, parrots, i offer friends that want kids to take colonel for a week and see if they still think they are ready. go and read this site www.mytoos.com its about toos but alot of it pertains to all large parrots and what can happen, its a huge reality check of owning these birds but i suggest anyone that wants a large parrot read it. Be ready also for greys, they tend to be very independant as they are extremely smart, i dont suggest them for a first bird, nor any large parrot especially toos and greys, if you can start with a smaller parrot its best, they can teach you soooo much about owning these birds and the smaller guys are much more forgiving about mistakes we make with them as far as handling/training goes, smaller package but all the personality of the big guys. Consider a Caique, they are awesome, smart, playful little clowns and will train you well to be ready for the next step. Well best of luck, just giving my 2 cents, alot of people get into purchasing one of these animals and they really dont know what they are commiting to.
>>best of luck, let us know what you decide
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reiko
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Your life will never be the same......I promise! I have a military macaw. Parrots have a type of personality that i have never come across. Read every everything and anything. Find a good message board, and have fun. Ohh yeah, don't forget the pix!

Goodluck with the grey. Be ready for lots of work, lots of noise but also lots of smiles and good times too
Here's a couple pics of my birds. My tiel Herbie and my cherry head conure Luca

they are sooo cute, thats one of the nicest cherry heads i have seen, very pretty bird, such a cute pic of your teil too, they can be so very sweet
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reiko
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Thanks Reiko The cherryhead didn't always look so nice. He was a classic case of neglect.....locked in the basement and fed only sunflower seeds Thankgoodness he no longer plucks his feathers. In the almost 4 years that I've had him he has only bonded with me. And boy are you right about the bites.....they are alot less frequent now and not as severe. He still has issues like chewing every single wooden thing to pieces lol And he is horribly camera shy so I limit the pics I take of him. And he is definetely a very jealous bird but boy does he have a unique personality. He actually talks too....only about 20 words but before he said nothing so its progress
The tiel on the other hand is a spoiled lil ham. I hand raised him since he was 2 weeks old

he sounds wonderful and is lucky to have you.. they can be a handful i know hes a beautiful bird, he looks very well taken care of, as does your teil, i used to have one.. a teil that is.. he was the meanest little bird you could imagine,, but we loved Punch till the end

>>Thanks Reiko The cherryhead didn't always look so nice. He was a classic case of neglect.....locked in the basement and fed only sunflower seeds Thankgoodness he no longer plucks his feathers. In the almost 4 years that I've had him he has only bonded with me. And boy are you right about the bites.....they are alot less frequent now and not as severe. He still has issues like chewing every single wooden thing to pieces lol And he is horribly camera shy so I limit the pics I take of him. And he is definetely a very jealous bird but boy does he have a unique personality. He actually talks too....only about 20 words but before he said nothing so its progress
>> The tiel on the other hand is a spoiled lil ham. I hand raised him since he was 2 weeks old
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beleive me, i have it all planned out. Im an animal lover thru and thru, and i wont put this bird away like others do. I have the patience, and i have backup people (aka my immediate family) to take her if i am busy with school or what not (same house) and once i have a job (reptile and avian vet) i will bring her to work with me. I have planned this out, please, dont look down on me in any way of going to "kil this bird" because im not. thanks
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~David - KDRKreatures
My Main Herps-
1.2 Bearded dragons (Ralph, Artemis, Cheech)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon (Chiquito)
1.0 Black Racer Snake (Chong)
2.2 Eastern Box Turtles (Athena, Mercury, Gizmo, Galapago)
0.0.2 Leopard Geckos (Nee, Unnamed)
1.0 Ball Python (Carson)

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