It's a girl !

[SueA]

Hope it was an old phone! Like the name Two Sheds, I'd stick with it as it suits her!

[Pootle]

Beautiful

In a remarkable show of faith my Grandpa bought an African Grey when he reached the grand old age of 80 - he and parrot are still going strong (GP aged 94 now!)

The only trouble is that the bird picked up some unfortunate habits from GPs cleaning lady and her hubby - he has a 'smokers cough' and barks like a small and annoying dog! You have been warned...

[Two_Sheds]

My conure coughs whenever he sees my mum (she's a smoker)

[dexterdoglancashire]

Awww, shes beautiful - a proper little girl! Please keep everyone posted on her progress.

[rogesse]

When I was a nipper (5 - 6yrs), the more than eccentric old lady (not you obviously twosheds) across the road had an African Grey - boy could it mimic, not only her cutglass English accent but the broad Glaswegian of the area and her workmen! I remember (somewhat painfully) that it liked hot chilli peppers which meant I learned to wash my hands at a very early age!

[Two_Sheds]

Awww, shes beautiful - a proper little girl! Please keep everyone posted on her progress.

We've now had 24 hrs to get acquainted.

- she poos an unbelievable amount, and shuffles backwards & wags her tail before she 'goes'. It should warn me, but I'm never quick enough with the cloth
- she bites fingers, but only to get tickles
- she loves taking things apart (phones, mice, fingernails)
- she likes to squeeze into small gaps to sleep (between legs, under tee shirts, under armpits
- she loves tickles (back of the neck, eyelids)
- her very favourite place, is snuggled on your chest, head under your chin (me or Mr Sheds, although he is squashier than I am)
- she is more gentle with the face than you'd expect. I forgot she wasn't my conure, and offered her cheese from my mouth, and luckily she didn't bite my face off
- while not as good a dancer as Jasper, she didn't object to bopping around the lounge to Off The Wall
- she loves buttons, zips & toggles. probably earrings too, but I'm not trying that
- she can't fly yet (too young) and actually isn't even that good at standing on two feet without falling over
- she can 'kind of, nearly' say Okay, Hello and wolf whistle
- she has just discovered, right now this minute, my ear and my eyelashes, and is inspecting them closely

[Pootle]

I've just remembered that when I was little Grandpa had a Mynah bird which used to perch outside his glasshouses (he was a tomato grower) and shout 'Raymond!' whenever my Grandma wanted to call him in for tea...wonder if I could get one for rounding up the children

[Two_Sheds]

I've resisted posting 100s of photos, but here are two cute ones:

- her favourite dinner (anything of mine)
- her favourite perch

[Two_Sheds]

... and one of my poor hand while we were learning to sit nicely

[Flummery]

She's such a sweetie. One of our cockatiels used to sit on my husband's glasses, bend over and beak his nose!

[Two_Sheds]

She bites and chews everything - laptops, mobiles, cables, wires ... Mr Shed's face

I have spent loads on proper parrot toys, but these are her favourites: 55p dog chews

[jacob marley]

She looks a good un sounds like she could take over the household .
The funniest bird i have heard was a Mynah Bird in a brummie pub that used to keep the barman hopping about with the sound of breaking glasses.... jacob