alemap
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Post by alemap on Aug 27, 2009 3:13:11 GMT 10
Greys and blue and gold macaws are 2 of the most bred birds in the uk.both species are very ready breeders, they are produced in large numbers.
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Post by meandem on Aug 27, 2009 8:30:45 GMT 10
Unwanted African Greys.....weeping.  ....... I'd love one!!!!!! or two or three or four  |
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Post by Laraine on Aug 28, 2009 10:52:59 GMT 10
Well 3 or 4 at that price. Would love to breed them in Australia.
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Post by madaussie on Aug 28, 2009 10:59:10 GMT 10
Yes i would be happy with just a pair to start off with .
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Post by Laraine on Aug 28, 2009 15:24:42 GMT 10
I was just looking at an American site, they are selling baby African Greys for US $800. Even they are cheaper than in OZ. Why are our birds so expensive?
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Post by avinet on Aug 28, 2009 21:05:36 GMT 10
there are probably no more than 50 successful breeding pairs of Greys in Australia, I know breeders in the USA that have that have twice that number on their own. I saw an estimate of something like 10,000 breeding pairs of Greys in Florida alone. a simple supply and demand situation.
cheers,
Mike
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Post by Robyn on Aug 29, 2009 6:54:53 GMT 10
Laraine, I have a customer that was from South Africa. She had to leave her beloved Grey behind when the family moved to Cairns. She started to search for a Grey here and almost dropped dead with the price she was quoted . She only paid $250 for her's in Africa. She is now the owner of a pair of Eclectus.
As a matter of interest i asked her what species was easier to care for she didn't hesitate She thought the Eclectus had a far better nature than the Grey. Don't think she could cuddle the Grey the way she does the eckies.
Robyn.
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Post by vankarhi on Sept 1, 2009 19:08:02 GMT 10
From my reading..... and that is all it is ..... no actualy experience....I have read that Greys in general are quite shy, nervous and can be prone to plucking and other neurocies (spelling???) ..... I had also read that about Ekkies too. I had the experience of meeting a grey for the first time in Brisbane about 3 or 4 years ago while Rhianna was playing a volleyball tournament. I had heard it was in the hypermarket pet shop near Boondall.....so off we went. I was disappointed as I probably had such high expectations. It just sat on it's perch dunking it's food into it's water bowl and eating it. Nothing I did got it's attention.....yet the corella behind me was doing everything to get my attention ;D I knew Skye would have been saying "HELLO" "HELLLLLOOOOO" in a very loud lady voice and trying to get to someone's shoulder if she had been on that perch. So from my very quick and brief encounter with a Grey I decided that the Grey's and Ekkies might be similar.....but some ekkies appear to be more social than some Greys. I did meet one of Mike's Greys last year and he was willing to step up on me but was wary of me.....which is totally to be expected too with intelligent birds as they do recognise people and can be very wary of strangers.......I know Erik is. But skye was a social butterfly.......I know I talk about her aggressivness now but she was a friendly and social girl before hormones kicked in. Geesh can I talk ;D sorry guys  |
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Post by scots001 on Sept 2, 2009 1:28:07 GMT 10
I want those Greys too... ;D
I love them and they are fun ... mine are in with a flock of various personalities and they have taken on the speech and actions of all around them.
I had my beloved Augusta fly off and that about did me in... I searched and spread the word for months and found out someone south of here probably has her...
Actually I had two large Cameroon Greys stolen in 1999... that about did me in too... (they are heavier and a very pale pale grey pretty close to 800 grams whereas the Congo's are probably around 550gr)
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Post by alemap on Sept 2, 2009 4:41:50 GMT 10
How much do you guys have to pay for greys? i have a breeding pr i paid £500 for.
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Post by vankarhi on Sept 2, 2009 5:51:37 GMT 10
Scots001 ........ if you found out where your grey is ...... can you get her/him back?  How did you find out she is south of you??? |
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Post by scots001 on Sept 2, 2009 11:09:02 GMT 10
When I lost Augusta there was 2 CAG's in Florida who were unbanded. One belonged to an elderly Spanish lady who spoke no English and naturally her bird only spoke Spanish. Her son was out hunting for her bird.
I had notified 911 parrot alert about Augusta and a lady called in to 911 to say on the roadside there was a Grey sold and the Grey spoke Spanish.. Well I knew it wasn't mine as Augusta had a very broad Scottish accent...
Then a second Grey was found, no band and a good 200 miles from me a month later... 911 called me, gave me the name of the finder and I called her... she said she was going to take the bird to the vet as it seems a bit distressed and I assured her if she would have the left leg checked for a previous breakage then she had my Augusta and all vet bills I would pay... She said she would. In the meantime I had her put Augusta on the phone and although Augusta never said one word to me ... when she heard my voice this lady said she reacted and was so happy.
Long story short... the Spanish people saw the "found" alert on 911 and did the smart thing... went and got the bird!! and he lived close to central Florida so logic says it couldn't be his bird... He gave a reward of 200.00
This lady didn't have the guts to tell me she had already got rid of the bird but had her friend email me...
I sent her in return the ad where I had offered 1,000 and the reward was growing as people from all over the states who saw the lost bird ad started to donate monies.
Long story short... she said she'd get the bird back for the larger reward... I told her to "screw herself" thinking I could get Augusta fair and square as she was mine. No go as the son kept hanging up on me or else he didn't understand my accent..
I had a friend call him and say she had found a Grey and it talked and she had seen where two CAG's went missing at the same time both unbanded and the supposed bird she found didn't have a band...
The Spanish people said the bird was theirs (mind you they said Augusta was theirs) and my friend said sorry but the owner had been found.
Then I called the number they (Spanish folks) gave to 911 and said I believed they had my bird.... they upped and changed phone numbers and the chance was lost to get her back..
But I feel if they went to all the trouble then Augusta would be taken care of and well loved by the old Spanish mama.
A stranger out in California called a breeder friend of theirs in Tallahassee Florida and bought me a beautiful little girl Grey.... That is my Kira... that was a lovely surprise...
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Post by vankarhi on Sept 2, 2009 16:16:05 GMT 10
wow I would be just livid to know it was probably my bird and they wouldn't give it back. Many years ago (like over 20 years ago) I lost a very tame cockatiel. He could whistle the entire "weetbix" ad. Not many birds could do this (I hadn't heard any at that time actually). We we went door knocking etc etc and few days later I could hear him at the end of the street......he was in someones house and they just said "no we have not found a bird".......I didn't think to bring the police into it I just thought he wasn't banded what proof did I have???
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How did you find out she is south of you???