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Post by isabelle2378 on Aug 2, 2007 12:45:18 GMT -7
Hi, I was just contacted by a breeder that my name has finally come up on the waiting list and a baby is ready for me! I have two young children, 3 years and 1 1/2 years old. I'm a little concerned about my 1 year old. Has anyone had any problems, issues or success with a new grey and small children? I was warned that if my son did things like throw things at the cage or try to grab it, that it may ruin the bird and cause problems. I would of course take every precaution to teach my children how to respect the bird and keep them away from harming it, but I just wanted to hear about anyone's experience. Thanks to all in advance!!  |
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Post by Jane on Aug 3, 2007 9:14:18 GMT -7
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nancz
Weaned Todd
Morocco
Joined: February 2007
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Post by nancz on Aug 3, 2007 22:43:01 GMT -7
Hi,
We have three five-year-old children -- triplets! They are interested but respectful of Morocco. We do not allow them to interact directly with Morocco yet - no feeding, no touching (also no cleaning duties!). They are allowed to fill water and food bowls and place them in the cage from the little feeding doors. So far (Morocco came to live with us in February of this year), so good. There has been very little teasing and that has been entirely verbal. We do need to remind the children to move more slowly and not to jossle his tree when he is on it.
You would want to be careful about poop on the floor and other dirty stuff with a toddler around. I think you might want to wait a couple of years to get a bird, or keep the bird and children well apart for some years. Is it possible to say with certainty that you would ALWAYS be in the room when the children and the bird are in the same room (with the bird up in the cage or up on a playstand)? It might be okay.
Morocco is a very quiet settled 14-year-old bird and had lived with a single child in the family he lived with before us. Maybe a baby bird is very different? More active and noisy? I don't know, but maybe others here do.
best wishes,
nancz
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Post by isabelle2378 on Aug 5, 2007 18:56:58 GMT -7
Wow. I'm still a little concerned. The children that has been metioned are all older than my 1 year old. I don't want to bring something into my home that will harm my children on a regular basis. I will always be in the room with the bird and will not leave it with my kids unattended, but I don't want my kids to be scared to come into the room where the cage is either. I was told to put the cage in the room that we are all in the most, which is the family room, but my kids play there too. Will I have to always have to be telling my kids to be calm and not play to roughly or loudly?
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Post by erica on Aug 5, 2007 20:19:20 GMT -7
I live at home with my family, and the youngest here is 13, so I don't really have any experience with greys and young children. I do have a lot of young cousins who come by to visit though. Simply from that experience I would be wary to have a grey and a young child. It is always a constant battle to make sure that the kids are respectful and quiet. Grissom gets quite stressed out when they are around, but he is also not used to have young ones around. I am assuming that I will one day have kids, and I know that it will be a struggle to keep everyone safe and happy, but I am determined that I will manage.
In all though, unless you are quite determined, it might be better to wait a couple years.
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