hi there everybody, my name is Richard and live in Blackpool and I have just joined your forum,I've just purchased a male African grey about a week ago and I just wanted to join a site where other members can share there knowledge of the bird world. I bought the bird from a bird auction in which it has been plucking its feathers with its previous owner who obviously neglected the poor bird, since I've owned Bella which im convinced its a boy,it is now in a bigger cage, eating and talking well and I've been spraying the bird with water and its feathers are starting to look better. The wife has a Male Barra band called rocky and they are side by side in cages and both are singing away all day,lol