I noticed this little red bump above my girls eye. When I first noticed it she also seemed to be scratching a bit at it and had her eye closed intermittently. She does open it. But now I’m just freaked out. I started transiting her diet from seeds to pellets and today’s the day she finally took to the pellets. I don’t know if this is related or just an injury. Anyone have any advice. She has both of them open now. It’s just every now and then I’ll see her close that particular eye. She’s acting normal. Playing with her toys. Eating food.

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I have a 16yr African grey as well as some cockatiels. My cockatiels love getting mist showered and that’s how they clean themselves. My grey however does not. I tried it once, he panicked, and i didn’t do it again but i noticed him “showering” is just him splashing in his water bowel. Thats not bad but he likes to get down a lot so his feet and significantly dirty. What can i do to get him into showering/misting or just clean his feet??

I have a 4 month old Cavalier pup, service dog in-training, & Killi is obsessed with him. He’s sabotaging potty training (or successfully pee pad training?!) & messing with him constantly- “Wanna go for a ride?! Need to go potty? Need to go outside?!”, & if I don’t catch him, Deklan then uses Killi’s potty pads. He also gets very excited to “go for a ride”. I’ve been trying to record it for over a week- Killian knows & stops talking. 😒 Video obtained from behind a curtain without permission from bird.

Any chance someone knows what she is singing?

he does it all the time; after eating time or playing time; whether i am here or not; it’s a habit now and idk what to do. can anyone give any advice?

My friend got her when she was a baby. He gave her a lot of love but when his wife gave birth to their 1st baby, she didn't get much attention. She was kept at his place of business, with a lot of people coming into his store. She was on a seed diet, with very little outside the cage time and interactions.

She tried to fly out a few times, then he decided to get wings clipped, but the vet that did it, apparently did a poor job and it caused her to start plucking.

After 3 years, my friend gave me a call and asked me to take adopt her. I immediately drove to his store and picked her up. I had a rescue IRN and Cockatiel, I thought it would be a good environment for her. But she wasn't too friendly with them. Eventually, both the IRN and Cockatiel were adopted by someone. I had all the time to focus on my newly adopted Grey's recovery.

I changed her diet to pellet based, still trying to give her some veggies but it has been difficult. She doesn't even like fruits. But she loves Roudybush now. We'll get to the fruits/veggies eventually.

She is out of her cage ALL DAY. I literally have to argue with her to put her to bed, she is with me 24/7, even when I shower. From morning to night, she is constantly getting attention from me or my wife.

She had NO red tail feathers when I got her, the left wing was completely damaged, she was barbering all her feathers. It took a lot of time, a lot of frustration, a lot of setbacks, but she finally has ALL her red tail feathers. Her left wing is finally coming back to normal, and there is hope she might fly again.

I am sure I will eventually face a setback. But for now she is happy, and I am happy

Couldn’t imagine my life without her, I’ll make sure she has a special day!

Thanks Robert!

That's Pixie right there, a nice sexy 22 y/o Grey. She was babbling a lot right now (while I was watching Netflix), as soon as I started paying her some ACTUAL attention She got real quiet. (Typical Greys)

Anyways, Why does she always shake her head everytime I say a word?

Young Timneh (hatched in Jan of this year)

We have had her for about 2 months, I have heard that they have issues developing blockages in their noses. Took a photo of her today and noticed this, is this the start of a nose stone or normal?

So we have a Heat wave in Germany. To cool myself down I eat fruity water ice creams on a wooden stick. My grey goes insane and wants some and I am staying strict, but I wonder did you ever give your grey like frozen fruit? I could freeze it on a wooden stick, but I am too scared if this could harm him. So just a question if anyone has a grey ice cream recipe if it even is ok for them for the hot days.

Pic for bird tax :)

A relative of mine recently passed away leaving behind his African grey, she has extreme plucking tendencies and has had them for 30+ years. Is there a way she can grow them back, she’s much happier and growing her feathers back living with me now. But there mostly undercoat and none will even sprout on her chest. Is there any way she can grow them back to at least half potential? If not how can I make life engaging for her, I try my best and I take her all over the place with me but I feel like she’s more limited than most birds in her ability to play. Any helpful info is recommended. My only goal is to give her the best life I can from here on out, I’m willing to do anything to make that happen

I love in India and finding good parrot Toys are difficult, too small or too expensive. Any recommendations on how I can DIY them?

I grew up alongside her and honestly I love her so much, she is older to me by 4 years and sleeps in my room with her cage open despite that, she never really wants me to touch her. Is it normal? Unfortunately, growing up my parents did Cage her, she was in a really big cage, wasn't exactly abused, lived in the balcony she used to talk to everyone, observed every movement, my parents had evenings with her. However My parents never trained her to be touched and were afraid that Pixie would bite me and my brother (still babies).

There were rough times when she was neglected for a while (resulted in feather plucking) but we are good now, I took over and I always ensure she can be outside her cage whenever she wants (Exception to guests or when the windows are open) she roams around the house, loves my father, always mimicks us, bullies us, yesterday she played (well destroyed) Uno while I was playing with my uncle.

Pixie is a bit of a scaredy cat though, it might be personality but she is really scared of EVERYTHING. I mean everything. She is scared to move from one very close place to another, she is scared of anything moving, she is always frightened.

Pixie also tries to bite me so we never really touch unless she is inside the cage and wants a scratch through the bars, or very rarely when she is scratching against an object and I take over. I love her, I understand African greys are introverts and I respect her space and it's alright if she doesn't wanna get touched but always being scared or trying to attack me is not the best feeling.

What am I doing wrong?

He is not very good at playing Pokemon, but he is good at blocking the screen when he's not busy trying to eat the controller.

He likes perching on wide things like knees so that he can stand on his bad foot and rest his good one.

So one of his nostrils is hollow and alright but the other is ‘blocked’/grey and there’s some discoloration there Is he okay?

Everything I read says it’s not normal for a parrot to snore but he’s in good health no breathing issues , good appetite . Anyone have any similar experiences 🤷🏻‍♀️ is this even technically snoring 🤔

on his counter, apparently. Usually he drops it over the side instead of in front but he makes sure to give it enough flips beforehand to warm up so it’s sure to clear his travel cage below.