newbie from Essex UK

[daveo]

Hi everyone just brought my African grey from a breeder hes 13 weeks old now and a beauty, I have had an African grey in the past ex wife got custody shes 19 now(the bird I mean lol).
A little about me my names Dave im married 8 kids etc. come from southend on sea in Essex UK.
a few questions for you all
1, food which ones do you use and what is the birds favourite
2, harnesses does anyone use them would you recommend them
3, vitamins which ones do people use
theres probably more to come lol
thanks
Dave

 

[JerseyWendy]

Hi Dave and welcome to the forum. So glad you joined.

Many congrats on your new family member. What's his name? 13 weeks? AAAWWW..so still a baby! Is he/she completely weaned?

If you have some pictures, we'd all love to see them.

There are TONS of African Grey lovers/owners/guardians/enthusiats on here, and I'm sure they'll chime in about foods and harness training.

Again, welcome!!

 

[brianlinkles]

Hi Daveo,
Congrats on your new baby! Is it a boy or a girl, name? I use Intune pellets by Higgins. I like them because they use only fruits and veggies for the color in the pellets. I also feed my girl Dorothy, homemade birdie bread, fresh veggies & fruit and healthy foods that we might be eating. Please look up all foods that are dangerous in case you have forgotten since last having a grey. I also feed her some seed mix as a treat as well as some nuts. As far as harness training you have missed a good window of time when your grey was younger that would have made harness training a bit easier. You will just have to take it slow. Greys don't particularily take well to harness training but if you want to take him/her outside with you and you are not clipping the wings it is a necessity. Just take it slow, the aviator harness is great and comes with a great cd. This is the one I'm training my baby galah on. As far as vitamins I don't use them, I just make sure that she gets a good mix of food. However, I don't think it's a bad idea. Good luck with your new baby, now we love pictures around here!

 

[daveo]

Hi Dave and welcome to the forum. So glad you joined.

Many congrats on your new family member. What's his name? 13 weeks? AAAWWW..so still a baby! Is he/she completely weaned?

If you have some pictures, we'd all love to see them.

There are TONS of African Grey lovers/owners/guardians/enthusiats on here, and I'm sure they'll chime in about foods and harness training.

Again, welcome!!

Wendy Thanks for the welcome his name is Chewy (hope its not going to be literally) he is completely weaned I will try and post some pics once I work out how this site works
thanks
Dave

 

[daveo]

ah here we go first try of posting a pic hope it works