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Post by mazza on Jun 8, 2005 23:43:26 GMT -7
;DHi again, I just wondered if anyone could give me a bit of advice ???We have just reserved a congo born 2 days ago and have taken lots of advice from parrot breders who have told me that the bird will be great with my kids aged 5 and 4(who have lots of experience with handling parrots and are very respectful of their needs) because th bird is hand reared and I am getting it at 8 weeks so that I can finish the feeding also allowing my children and husband to feed him or her in the hope of them being accepted and at least "liked" by the bird, "loved" would be even better, the children will handle the baby every day along with me and my husband, does anyone think this situation will work out??? I dont want to end up with a situation where the bird hates my kids, had anyone got a grey that is fine with kids??? there seems to be very conflicting comments from people, some who say greys love their kids and love the entertainment and attention from kids while others say they should be avoided in a family with children, we have reserved him with the full intention of buying him but if it would be bad for the bird I would rather not place him in this situation as I could not bear to give him up?  Please any advice would be so welcome and appreciated :)thanks |
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Post by Jane on Jun 11, 2005 1:56:24 GMT -7
With a baby hand reared Grey I don't think there would be a problem as long as the children are supervised all the time because even tame young babies can get nippy as they grow up.
Greys can be nervous of loud noises and sudden movements which is another reason why care has to be taken when there are young children around.
I don't think the Grey would hate anyone because early socialisation with everyone helping should prevent this. That doesn't mean the Grey would necessarily like everyone equally; they do sometimes choose favourites.
Jane
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debs12o
Weaned Todd
Joined: June 2005
Posts: 36
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Post by debs12o on Jun 20, 2005 5:07:48 GMT -7
Hi guys,
We have a 7 months old grey who totally hates kids. As soon as they come in the house he goes crazy with screaming and loud growling, which as you can imagine in turn scares the kids!
We don't have any kids of our own but have a lot of kids in the family who have been in the house since Charlies was a just new. He wasn't always like this with kids so I think as long as the kids are around from day one and are calm around him it should be fine.
Debs
P.S. He is totally fine with an adults who come in the house.
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liquidsky
Just Hatched
Joined: July 2005
Posts: 3
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Post by liquidsky on Jul 4, 2005 16:21:41 GMT -7
As with our post in the general categorie, we are in the same boat. We have children and have been told that greys are not good with children and are mainly one person pets. The only person to contradict this for us so far is the breeder that I know. Ofcourse, he could be just saying that so we will want to buy a bird from him..... Like you, we want to make a responsible descision.
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Please any advice would be so welcome and appreciated :)thanks
