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« on: May 23, 2014, 02:21:55 pm » |
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My name is Amanda and I have 4 very different African Greys, 3 CAGs and a TAG. I love my sweet babies they are so awesome.
I have had Cookie for close to two years and I rescued her with Kiwi. Cookie is my TAG and she weighs 320g. She is estimated to be in her 30's. So Cookie had a pretty bad wing injury when she lived in her last home. I am not sure as to any of the details about it but it has caused a lot of issues moving forward. She has a deformed foot, missing toenails, she is blind in one eye, she also has a picking problem under her wing with the injury. She is completely flightless. I love her so much she has done so much better here lately.
Kiwi is a nine year old CAG and weighs about 430g. He is 100% my husbands bird. I am not sure about his background but he is very distrusting. He is very smart as all Greys are and will talk to my hubby but not so much to me. I really just let him be my husbands baby.
Alice is about to be 3 and she is my newest addition. She came here and was underweight and tiny(I am thinking some of this could be from all of the changes going on in her life) however in about 10 days she has started to put on the grams so I am not sure how much she will weigh at this point. Most recently she was at 380g so still small for a CAG. I once again don't know very much about her. She seems to have came for a very loving home and was spoiled. She is a plucker and we are seeing if we can resolve some of these issues but I am aware that it is not always possible. She is really just now coming out of her shell and she definitely can not stand for me to be out of her sight. I think she is going to fit in great with my flock.
Lexi is the baby I have had the longest and she is about to be two. She is also my little chunk and weighs around 480g. I hand raised her so I have seen her grow so much. She is so spoiled and rotten. She has recently started talking so much more. She for the most part is my only open talker. She has such a spunky little personality. She is also my only flier at the time, ideally all of my CAGs will be able to fly.
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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2014, 02:27:00 pm » |
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Does your vet say that there is maybe a bone poking Cookie where she is plucking? If it is can he do surgery? It's possible that she will at some point in the future open that area up if it's bothering her enough to pluck.
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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2014, 02:27:43 pm » |
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Hi Amanda! It is so good to see you here! I have missed hearing about your greys. Please post pics of your babies for everyone to enjoy!
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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2014, 02:31:03 pm » |
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We haven't discussed that. I know that there is so much scar tissue from the original injury that if she flaps and tries to fly which she does from time to time she will rip the scar tissue. It is awful.
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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2014, 02:48:19 pm » |
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I will add pictures tonight.
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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2014, 03:01:11 pm » |
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Hi Amanda. Welcome to BP. It is lovely to see you here
Yes, we would love to see some pics!
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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2014, 05:19:03 pm » |
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Welcome to the flock Amanda! So glad you & your adorable greys have flown in to the chatting tree here. Love seeing your fabies & have missed them as well. We definitely need lots of update photos of your feathered darlings.
What kind of injury does Cookie have on her wing, like what part is missing? I only ask cause my Green Wing macaw Ruby Jewel is missing the folded part of her left wing which would be on us from our elbow to the fingertips. The male Green Wing bit it off when she was a day old from what the breeder said. When she first came to me at 8 1/2 months old it was not fully feathered and she did pick some of the feathers off that grew the wrong way when they would tickle her under the wing. She is almost 2 yrs old now and she only bites the one & two that grow straight out toward her chest now and the rest of the wing is feathered out & just as beautiful as her normal wing. I was so worried in the beginning that she would continue to pick at it til she would begin on the flesh, but luckily she moved on to just tending the wild hairs so to speak. Ruby Jewel will never fly either with this damage.:twirl:
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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2014, 09:00:55 pm » |
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She has her whole wing but the "elbow is where the break is and she cut the "armpit" area as well and that is where the scar tissue is. She can't open the whole wing.
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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2014, 12:15:28 am » |
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Ahhh, I see why it bothers her so much. Not being able to open her wing fully I can imaging would be very frustrating to her. Hope Cookie continues to improve and heal inside & out.
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« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2014, 07:10:28 am » |
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and welcome! so glad to see you here and i cant WAIT to meet your lil ones. i've always been fascinated with greys... as a matter of fact, when added my grumpy green guy (ollie) i had started out looking for a grey... but ollie touched my heart so i went green instead of grey. i think some things are meant to be, dont you?
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hi Amanda ,I think its so neat you have all the same species . Sometimes I wish id done something like that [maybe in my next bird having life LOL}. My one macaw had a broken wing [I think) that he used to mutilate under his wing. He stopped when the put him with his buddy the female Macaw. I always felt bad thinking they couldn't understand the pain and were trying to fix it.
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